diff --git a/games-emulation/vba_next_libretro/additional-files/vba_next_libretro.info.in b/games-emulation/vba_next_libretro/additional-files/vba_next_libretro.info.in
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+display_name = "Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (VBA Next)"
+authors = "Forgotten|VBA-M Team|Squarepusher"
+supported_extensions = "gba"
+corename = "VBA Next"
+manufacturer = "Nintendo"
+categories = "Emulator"
+systemname = "Game Boy Advance"
+database = "Nintendo - Game Boy Advance|Nintendo - Game Boy Advance (e-Cards)"
+license = "GPLv2"
+permissions = ""
+display_version = "@DISPLAY_VERSION@"
+supports_no_game = "false"
+firmware_count = 1
+firmware0_desc = "gba_bios.bin (Game Boy Advance BIOS)"
+firmware0_path = "gba_bios.bin"
+firmware0_opt = "true"
+notes = "(!) gba_bios.bin (md5): a860e8c0b6d573d191e4ec7db1b1e4f6"
diff --git a/games-emulation/vba_next_libretro/vba_next_libretro-1.0.2_20180603.recipe b/games-emulation/vba_next_libretro/vba_next_libretro-1.0.2_20180603.recipe
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+SUMMARY="An optimized VisualBoyAdvance-M core for the libretro API"
+DESCRIPTION="VBA-Next is a fork of VBA-M, itself a fork of VisualBoyAdvance, \
+a popular Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator. VBA Next was developed by the \
+libretro team as an optimized version of VBA-M."
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libretro/vba-next"
+COPYRIGHT="2001-2018 Forgotten, the VBA-M team , the libretro team"
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+REVISION="1"
+srcGitRev="110ab08a8042cb215a04872e26244331aa90eed5"
+SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/libretro/vba-next/archive/$srcGitRev.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="bd38e3b23287d654b622e6ddbf3d2829e07e07cb67295ef1be17ed1d9a70b5c0"
+SOURCE_FILENAME="libretro-vba-next-${portVersion/_/-}-$srcGitRev.tar.gz"
+SOURCE_DIR="vba-next-$srcGitRev"
+ADDITIONAL_FILES="vba_next_libretro.info.in"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	vba_next_libretro$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	addon:vba_next_libretro$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	retroarch$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	sed -e "s/@DISPLAY_VERSION@/v${portVersion/_/-}/" \
+		$portDir/additional-files/vba_next_libretro.info.in \
+		> vba_next_libretro.info
+	make -f Makefile.libretro $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	install -m 0755 -d "$docDir"
+	install -m 0644 -t "$docDir" LICENSE
+	install -m 0755 -d "$addOnsDir"/libretro
+	install -m 0644 -t "$addOnsDir"/libretro \
+		vba_next_libretro.info \
+		vba_next_libretro.so
+}