# Beetle GBA (Mednafen) — Game Boy Advance (libretro)
# ref: beetle-gba-libretro/mednafen/gba, docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_gba
# Same BIOS as mGBA/VBA-M. Read only with the gba_hle core option disabled.
emulator: Beetle GBA (Mednafen)
type: libretro
cores: [mednafen_gba]
source: "https://github.com/libretro/beetle-gba-libretro"
source_commit: "b158166237b17253188cfdbe73a8a0b9fe4b3a8c"
systems:
  - nintendo-gba
files:
  - name: gba_bios.bin
    system: nintendo-gba
    required: false
    hle_fallback: true
    size: 16384
    validation: [size]
    source_ref: "mednafen/gba/GBA.cpp:2639-2673, mednafen/settings.cpp:81-82, libretro.cpp:223-230"
    note: >
      Read only when the gba_hle core option is disabled; it is enabled by
      default and the core then uses its built-in HLE BIOS. A file of any size
      other than 16384 bytes is ignored and the core falls back to HLE.