Editing VisualBoyAdvance (section)

== Reception ==
The VisualBoyAdvance became the most popular GBA emulator for the Unix platform<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kohler |first1=Chris |title=Retro gaming hacks |date=2006 |publisher=O'Reilly |isbn=9781449303907 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fz8lndvLhJQC |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> and the emulator contributed "greatly" to the late years of GBA game development by providing a suite of development and visual debugging tools for developers who wanted to create games that surpassed even Nintendo's own.<ref name="book-odonnel">{{cite book |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Casey |title=Developer's dilemma: the secret world of videogame creators |date=2014 |publisher=MIT Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |isbn=9780262028196 |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_OkBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA241 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> A port from VBA's code was used as the foundation of the Visual Boy Zune, an emulator of the [[Zune HD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-11-visual-boy-zune-brings-game-boy-emulation-to-zune-hd-video.html|title=Visual Boy Zune brings Game Boy emulation to Zune HD (video)|first=Sean|last=Hollister|website=[[Engadget]]|date=May 11, 2010|access-date=September 26, 2022}}</ref>

Wesley Akkerman from the Dutch computer magazine ''[[Computer!Totaal]]'' named the VisualBoyAdvance as one of the best Game Boy emulators alongside the mGBA, owing to its variety of features and customization options.<ref name="ComputerTotaal">{{cite web|language=Dutch|url=https://computertotaal.nl/artikelen/apps-software/de-beste-pc-emulators-voor-de-gameboy-advance/|first=Wesley|last=Akkerman|title=De beste GBA-emulators voor pc|date=March 18, 2022|website=[[Computer!Totaal]]|access-date=September 26, 2022}}</ref> In a review on the tech blog ''Techilife'', VisualBoyAdvance has been named the oldest and most reliable Game Boy Advance emulator and has been praised for its ease of use.<ref name="techilife">{{cite web|url=https://www.techilife.com/a-complete-review-on-gba-emulators-for-android-windows-pc/|title=A Complete Review On GBA Emulators For Android & Windows PC|first=Alex|last=Joshua|date=June 10, 2020|website=Techilife|access-date=September 26, 2022}}</ref>