Ok i have seen many a topic asking how to get it to worl so i decided to write a walkthrough so here it goes
1. Download IPSWin
http://zerosoft.zophar.net/ipswin.htm
2. Download the rom from irc chinagba or g-masters
as these versions come witht he patch in the zip file
3. open up IPSWin
4. press the browse buttonw which looks like a little folder
this will open the brosw dialog box now find your pokemon emerald rom
[img width=356 height=400]http://omnidragon.e3emu.com/data/media/1/Step2.jpg[/img]
5. do the same for the patch which will have a .ips extension
so now both feilds are filled in like this
6.now press Patch! and wait when it is done you will be presented with this
7.Now for the next stage open up your copy of VBA and enable Real Time Clock like so
[img width=290 height=400]http://omnidragon.e3emu.com/data/media/1/Step7.jpg[/img]
and now the game will run fine ok that was it now no one has any reason to post a new topic about it