Hades GBA emulator fixes gamepad binding regression in v1.1.1

Hades, the Game Boy Advance emulator, pushed a small but meaningful patch release, v1.1.1, to address a regression introduced in the prior v1.1.0 release. The project published the v1.1.1 build on its blog and on GitHub Releases on February 21, 2026, explicitly targeting the gamepad binding problems that appeared after the 1.1.0 update.

The regression stemmed from the 1.1.0 build and manifested in the emulator's gamepad binding subsystem. Developers labeled the February 21 release as a corrective update that specifically addresses those binding issues, making v1.1.1 a focused stability fix rather than a feature release. The project maintained the concise changelog approach used in previous updates, keeping the release narrowly scoped to the controller-related regression.

For users running Hades on Windows, Linux, or macOS frontends that rely on external controllers mapped to Game Boy Advance inputs, the v1.1.1 upload on GitHub Releases is the relevant download as of February 21, 2026. The project blog post accompanying the release reiterated that v1.1.1 fixes the regression from v1.1.0, and directed users to the release assets posted the same day. Anyone who experienced altered or nonfunctional gamepad bindings after installing 1.1.0 should retrieve the 1.1.1 build.

The release timeline is compact: v1.1.0 introduced the regression, and within days the team issued v1.1.1 on February 21, 2026. That cadence reflects the project's maintenance pattern of issuing targeted patches when regressions affect core emulator workflows such as input mapping. Restoring reliable gamepad bindings is a concrete daily impact for players who use USB or Bluetooth controllers to play GBA ROMs on modern hardware.

If you rely on controller mapping in Hades, upgrade to v1.1.1 to pick up the February 21 fixes. The project posted both the blog announcement and the GitHub Releases assets on that date, making the corrected build available immediately to anyone who experienced the binding regression from v1.1.0.