# Mgba emulator standalone
**URL:** https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908
**Category:** Emulators
**Tags:** mgba
**Created:** [June 27, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908 "2019-06-27T08:35:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@littlehui](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/littlehui)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/1 "2019-06-27T08:35:56Z")
I compiled a standalone gba simulator called mgba.
Based on sdl2, opengles2
> **[littlehui/mgba-gameshell](https://github.com/littlehui/mgba-gameshell)**
>
> Contribute to littlehui/mgba-gameshell development by creating an account on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@cjv123](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/cjv123)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/2 "2019-06-27T08:46:54Z")
oh,good job! I have a try…
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### Author:  [@guu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/guu)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/3 "2019-06-27T08:49:24Z")
yeah
teach me how to compile it
🙂
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### Author:  [@cjv123](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/cjv123)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/4 "2019-06-27T09:18:11Z")
miss same library，can you provide compiled files?
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### Author:  [@littlehui](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/littlehui)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/5 "2019-06-27T09:30:12Z")
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavresample-dev libavutil-dev libedit-dev libelf-dev libmagickwand-dev libpng-dev libqt5opengl5-dev libsdl2-dev libsqlite3-dev libswscale-dev libzip-dev
```
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr ..
make
```
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### Author:  [@littlehui](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/littlehui)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/6 "2019-06-27T09:32:12Z")
[https://github.com/littlehui/mgba-gameshell/releases/download/v0.7.2/mgba-gameshell-0.7.2.zip](https://github.com/littlehui/mgba-gameshell/releases/download/v0.7.2/mgba-gameshell-0.7.2.zip)
binaryfile: sdl/mgba
also contain mgba\_libretro.so can run with retroarch
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### Author:  [@Rebusmind](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Rebusmind)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/7 "2019-06-27T13:10:48Z")
Would be cool to know how it compares performance-wise to the standalone gpsp emulator cjv123 postet here some days ago.
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### Author:  [@Micro007](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Micro007)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/8 "2019-06-27T14:47:05Z")
I know mGbA is a more complete and realistic emulator in general it would be sweet if it ran full pop
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### Author:  [@littlehui](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/littlehui)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/9 "2019-06-28T01:37:30Z")
try : mgba -f \*\*\*.gba
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### Author:  [@cjv123](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/cjv123)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/10 "2019-06-28T05:42:28Z")
It works, there is no setup menu?
CPU usage 80%
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### Author:  [@littlehui](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/littlehui)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/11 "2019-06-28T06:58:26Z")
I also hava not found.
anothe frontend is QT5 and QT5 need opengl support, gameshell have not support opengl
Adbantages of mgba is supportfor more complete functionality
See detail [http://www.mgba.io/](http://www.mgba.io/)
[https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba](https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba)
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### Author:  [@Dowdheur](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Dowdheur)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-emulator-standalone/3908/12 "2019-06-28T13:45:45Z")
I tested with Advance Wars and it’s not great …
Slowdowns, jerky sound. And, how am i supposed to quit ?