Specify a BIOS file to use during boot. If this flag is omitted, mgba-qt will use the BIOS specified in the configuration file, or a high‐level emulated BIOS if none is specified.

-C option=value, --config option=value

Override the given config option with value.

-f

Start the emulator full‐screen.

-g

Start a gdb(1) session. By default the session starts on port 2345.

-l loglevel

Log messages during emulation. loglevel is a bitmask defining which types of messages to log:

1 – fatal errors
2 – errors
4 – warnings
8 – informative messages
16 – debugging messages
32 – stub messages for unimplemented features
64 – in‐game errors

The default is to log warnings, errors, fatal errors, and status messages.

-p patchfile, --patch patchfile

Specify a patch file in BPS, IPS, or UPS format.

-s n, --frameskip n

Skip every n frames.

-t statefile, --savestate statefile

Load initial game state from statefile.

CONTROLS

The default controls are as follows:

A: x
B: z
L: a
R: s
Start: ⟨Enter⟩
Select: ⟨Backspace⟩
Load state: F1–F9
Save state: ⟨Shift⟩‐F1–F9
Frame advance: ⟨Ctrl⟩‐n

ENVIRONMENT

XDG_CONFIG_HOME: The location where mgba-qt will look for the configuration directory. If not set, ~/.config is used.

FILES

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mgba/config.ini: Default mgba(6) configuration file.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mgba/qt.ini: Default mgba-qt configuration file.
portable.ini: If this file exists in the current directory, mgba-qt will read config.ini and qt.ini from the current directory instead of $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mgba.

AUTHORS

Jeffrey Pfau <jeffrey@endrift.com>