How can I evolve trade Pokemon like Kadabra using the VBA Emulator?

I want to evolve Kadabra in Fire Red (using vba) and noticed that in the videos people used they simply were using the link option. But my problem is that the VBA emulator I have was a different version without the link option. How do i

• Evolve Kadabra on my current vba, or
• Open the same GBA file on VBA 1.8 (which has the link option)?

Solution 1:

You can use VBA Link.

It's a different version from the regular VBA, it supports using up to 4 player connection.

You will need to change your save data format, from .SAV to .SA1 (you can change it from .SA1 to .SA4, the number being the respective player).

Once you do all the trading you need change your save file back to .SAV to keep playing in your regular emulator.

I recommend to do a back up of your save file just in case things go wrong so you don't lose any progress.