diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
index b0a4d749df..957396ae12 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 	public static class LibMeteor
 	{
 		/// <summary>
-		/// reset the emulation core
+		/// power cycle the emulation core
 		/// </summary>
 		[DllImport("libmeteor.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-		public static extern void libmeteor_reset();
+		public static extern void libmeteor_hardreset();
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// signal that you are removing data from the sound buffer.
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 		[Flags]
 		public enum Buttons : ushort
 		{
-			BTN_A      = 0x001,
-			BTN_B      = 0x002,
-			BTN_SELECT = 0x004,
-			BTN_START  = 0x008,
-			BTN_RIGHT  = 0x010,
-			BTN_LEFT   = 0x020,
-			BTN_UP     = 0x040,
-			BTN_DOWN   = 0x080,
-			BTN_R      = 0x100,
-			BTN_L      = 0x200
+			BTN_A      = 0x001,
+			BTN_B      = 0x002,
+			BTN_SELECT = 0x004,
+			BTN_START  = 0x008,
+			BTN_RIGHT  = 0x010,
+			BTN_LEFT   = 0x020,
+			BTN_UP     = 0x040,
+			BTN_DOWN   = 0x080,
+			BTN_R      = 0x100,
+			BTN_L      = 0x200
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
index 92b085620b..c042116a5d 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 			Name = "GBA Controller",
 			BoolButtons =
 			{					
-				"Up", "Down", "Left", "Right", "Select", "Start", "B", "A", "L", "R"//, "Reset", "Power",		
+				"Up", "Down", "Left", "Right", "Select", "Start", "B", "A", "L", "R", "Power"
 			}
 		};
 		public ControllerDefinition ControllerDefinition { get { return GBAController; } }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 			if (bios.Length != 16384)
 				throw new Exception("GBA bios must be exactly 16384 bytes!");
 			Init();
-			LibMeteor.libmeteor_reset();
+			LibMeteor.libmeteor_hardreset();
 			LibMeteor.libmeteor_loadbios(bios, (uint)bios.Length);
 			LibMeteor.libmeteor_loadrom(rom, (uint)rom.Length);
 
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 		{
 			Controller.UpdateControls(Frame++);
 			IsLagFrame = true;
+
+			if (Controller["Power"])
+				LibMeteor.libmeteor_hardreset();
 			if (!coredead)
 				LibMeteor.libmeteor_frameadvance();
 			if (IsLagFrame)
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll
index 6e99f0c5af..26024bf318 100644
Binary files a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll and b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll differ
diff --git a/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp b/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp
index 63fa55f354..1df9438806 100644
--- a/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp
+++ b/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ EXPORT void libmeteor_setkeycallback(uint16_t (*callback)())
 	keycallback = callback;
 }
 
-EXPORT void libmeteor_reset()
+EXPORT void libmeteor_hardreset()
 {
-	AMeteor::Reset(AMeteor::UNIT_ALL ^ AMeteor::UNIT_MEMORY_BIOS);
+	AMeteor::Reset(AMeteor::UNIT_ALL ^ (AMeteor::UNIT_MEMORY_BIOS | AMeteor::UNIT_MEMORY_ROM));
 }
 
 uint32_t *videobuff;