These saves require an extra step but provide you with a visual thumbnail gallery of your saves. The keyboard shortcut for loading a quick save from slot 1 is F1. Loading a quick save: To load a quick save that you previously saved, go to File > Quick Load and choose the slot of the save you want to load (if you remember which one it is).The keyboard shortcut for saving a quick save in slot 1 is Shift+F1. mGBA lets you save up to 9 different quick saves (9 different slots). Capturing a quick save: To capture a quick save go to File > Quick save and choose a slot, as shown here.If you want instant gratification, quick saves are the instant saving you want. Don't place them in mGBA's folder! To open mGBA, you can find it in your Windows start menu. I recommend Documents, Downloads, or create a folder on your desktop.

With the installer version, your GBA ROMs for mGBA must be placed in a common folder on your computer.You could place your GBA ROMs in mGBA's folder as well. With the portable version, mGBA must be placed in a common folder on your computer.There's an important detail you need to remember with either version: It lets you keep mGBA and the ROMs all in one location. But yet, I recommend the portable version. If you're not too computer savvy, I suppose the installer would be easier for you. The install wizard walks you through installing mGBA onto the C: drive. The installer version (“ Windows (64-bit, installer.

This is how most emulators are: to 'install' the emulator, you simply extract it. 7z archive)” download is the 'portable' version. If you need help extracting 7z files with 7-Zip, here are some help videos.

You can extract 7z files with 7-Zip (it's free). If it says “ 32-bit operating system” then you're using 32-bit Windows.ħz is a compression format like 'zip'. If it says “ 64-bit operating system” then you're using 64-bit Windows.

You'll see this come up: “ See if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows”.

On the bottom left where you see Search the web and Windows, do a search for “ 64-bit”.

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