TempGBA

TempGBA emulates Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It reads 1 file, 1 of them required: without a required file it does not start games.

About this profile

Detail	Value
Type	libretro
Classification	Community fork
Source	https://github.com/libretro/TempGBA-libretro
Upstream	https://github.com/Nebuleon/ReGBA
Version	26731013, stated in libretro.c
Revision	libretro/TempGBA-libretro@b0c2652797a4
Profiled	2026-03-25
Profile	YAML, JSON
Cores	tempgba
Systems	Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Install this emulator's files

The installer finds your setup and its BIOS folder, then downloads only the files this emulator reads there and checks each one.

Windows

Open the Start menu. Type PowerShell and open it. Paste the line. Press Enter.

PowerShell

&([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i.ps1))) --emulator tempgba

macOS

Open Terminal, in Applications, then Utilities. Paste the line. Press Return.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator tempgba

Linux

Open a terminal. Paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator tempgba

Steam Deck

Switch to Desktop Mode. Open Konsole. Paste with Ctrl+Shift+V. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator tempgba

Android (Termux)

Install Termux, a terminal app. Run pkg install python and termux-setup-storage once. Then paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator tempgba

On the device

Open a terminal on the device. Or connect from a computer with SSH, a terminal over the network. Paste the line. Press Enter.

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --emulator tempgba

Technical notes

Fork chain: gpSP (Exophase) -> gpSP Kai (takka) -> TempGBA NDS (Nebuleon) -> TempGBA4PSP (unknown) -> TempGBA-libretro. PSP-optimized GBA emulator. No HLE BIOS: SWI calls execute from the real BIOS ROM. The NDS version (ReGBA) added an open-source BIOS replacement (Normmatt), but TempGBA4PSP did not carry it over. Boot sequence skipped by default (PC starts at 0x08000000).

Files

1 file: 1 required, 0 optional.

In this collection: 1 in repo and 0 missing.

Required

gba_bios.bin required in repo

• System: Nintendo Game Boy Advance

• Size: 16.0 KB
• Collection copy: bios/Nintendo/Game Boy Advance/GBA_bios.rom
• Platforms: gba_bios.bin: Batocera, KNULLI, Lakka, RetroArch, RetroBat, RetroPie, ROCKNIX. bios/gba_bios.bin: AmberELEC, EmuELEC, RetroDECK. gba/gba_bios.bin: Recalbox, RomM. GBA/boot.rom: MiSTer FPGA. GBA_bios.rom: BizHawk

Source

• Asked for by: emulator code, libretro port and libretro glue
• Source: memory.c:3308-3323 (emulator code, libretro port), libretro.c:238-314 (libretro glue)

Next steps

• Get your files, for the setup you play on
• Every system, and the files each one needs
• When a game does not start

Data as of 4 November 2026.