VisualBoyAdvance-M

yes some cartridges use GB/GBC infrared for linking,like these games： Bomberman MAX Blue Champion Bomberman MAX Red Challenger Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner Mission Impossible (thanks SparTonberry) Super Mario Bros DX (combine your high score table ...

and im saying it works fine in 1030, so the only possible reason is the dump is hacked or bugged.

Do you Really tested this game?

please post your useing ROM's Information for test and verify it's a bad/hacked ROM,here are my(attach file)

 

 

Hacked / Bad Dump.

 

Mario Party Advance works fine.

Not，"press start" screen work fine in svn 945

 

"Press Start" Screen issue：1952 - Mario Party Advance (U)

My Vba-M svn:1030

useing svn 1030 load this game,when "Press Start" appear,Look Attachment