Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (Meteor)¶
Background¶
Meteor is a Gameboy Advance emulator.
The Meteor core has been authored by
- Philippe Daouadi
The Meteor core is licensed under
A summary of the licenses behind RetroArch and its cores can be found here.
Extensions¶
Content that can be loaded by the Meteor core have the following file extensions:
- .gba
Databases¶
RetroArch database(s) that are associated with the Meteor core:
Features¶
Frontend-level settings or features that the Meteor core respects.
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| Restart | ✔ |
| Screenshots | ✔ |
| Saves | ✔ |
| States | ✔ |
| Rewind | ✔ |
| Netplay | ✕ |
| Core Options | ✔ |
| Memory Monitoring (achievements) | ✕ |
| RetroArch Cheats | ✕ |
| Native Cheats | ✕ |
| Controls | ✔ |
| Remapping | ✔ |
| Multi-Mouse | ✕ |
| Rumble | ✕ |
| Sensors | ✕ |
| Camera | ✕ |
| Location | ✕ |
| Subsystem | ✕ |
| Softpatching | ✔ |
| Disk Control | ✕ |
| Username | ✕ |
| Language | ✕ |
| Crop Overscan | ✕ |
| LEDs | ✕ |
Directories¶
The Meteor core's internal core name is 'Meteor GBA'
The Meteor core saves/loads to/from these directories.
Frontend's Save directory
- 'content-name'.srm (Cartridge battery save)
Frontend's State directory
- 'content-name'.state# (State)
Geometry and timing¶
- The Meteor core's core provided FPS is 59.7275005696
- The Meteor core's core provided sample rate is 44100 Hz
- The Meteor core's core provided aspect ratio is 3/2
Controllers¶
The Meteor core supports the following device type(s) in the controls menu, bolded device types are the default for the specified user(s):
User 1 device types¶
- None - Doesn't disable input. There's no reason to switch to this.
- RetroPad - Joypad - Stay on this.
- RetroPad w/Analog - Joypad - Same as RetroPad. There's no reason to switch to this.
Controller tables¶
Joypad¶

| User 1 Remap descriptors | RetroPad Inputs |
|---|---|
| B | ![]() |
| Select | ![]() |
| Start | ![]() |
| D-Pad Up | ![]() |
| D-Pad Down | ![]() |
| D-Pad Left | ![]() |
| D-Pad Right | ![]() |
| A | ![]() |
| L | ![]() |
| R | ![]() |
Compatibility¶
Awaiting description.
External Links¶
- Official Meteor Github Repository
- Libretro Meteor Core info file
- Libretro Meteor Github Repository
- Report Libretro Meteor Core Issues Here









