# MGBA not finding games

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-not-finding-games/1028>\
**Category:** Emulators\
**Tags:** mgba\
**Created:** [July 30, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-not-finding-games/1028 "2018-07-30T02:48:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Covington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/larry_covington/32/3473_2.png) [@Larry\_Covington](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Larry_Covington)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-not-finding-games/1028/1 "2018-07-30T02:48:01Z")

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Hello I have recently uploaded some games to my Gameshell but it is not selecting or finding my files for any GBA games? is it my file or do i have to do something for it to recognize it. also Is there a way for me to make my Start & Select buttons on the device for playing MAME games? Sorry if i am asking for a lot lol.

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**Author:** ![Spaml](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Spaml](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Spaml)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-not-finding-games/1028/2 "2018-07-30T04:18:22Z")

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Larry your not asking a lot. I’m at the same point got the GBA games to the MGBA folder and edited the action.config told to reboot and still doesn’t work.

I remember a lot of dos and learned a lot of Linux commands now… LOL

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**Author:** ![Drjekill77](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/drjekill77/32/41_2.png) [@Drjekill77](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Drjekill77)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-not-finding-games/1028/3 "2018-07-30T08:45:36Z")

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What is the extention of your gba file ? I put a .GBA in my device and it work

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**Author:** ![Spaml](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Spaml](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Spaml)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-not-finding-games/1028/4 "2018-07-31T17:55:51Z")

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its gbc. And edited the action file

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**Author:** ![ZiTAL](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/zital/32/839_2.png) [@ZiTAL](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/ZiTAL)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-not-finding-games/1028/5 "2018-08-09T19:48:20Z")

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I used roms with gba extension and works fine

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**Author:** ![Sebas\_Ballesteros](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/sebas_ballesteros/32/4196_2.png) [@Sebas\_Ballesteros](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Sebas_Ballesteros)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mgba-not-finding-games/1028/6 "2020-05-11T16:23:04Z")

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If your gamefile is to large like 30mb  
It doesn’t work. If that is the case just encrypt to a zip and change to .gba again