diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
index e0c33e2c34..0b75031d9d 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 		/// core callback to print meaningful (or meaningless) log messages
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="msg">message to be printed</param>
+		/// <param name="abort">true if emulation should be aborted</param>
 		[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-		public delegate void MessageCallback(string msg);
+		public delegate void MessageCallback(string msg, bool abort);
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// set callback for log messages.  this can (and should) be called first
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
index 482eaa2f51..b804db5dc8 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
@@ -40,33 +40,19 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 				LagCount++;
 		}
 
-		public int Frame
+		public int Frame { get; private set; }
+		public int LagCount { get; set; }
+		public bool IsLagFrame { get; private set; }
+		public string SystemId { get { return "GBA"; } }
+		public bool DeterministicEmulation { get { return true; } }
+
+		public void ResetFrameCounter()
 		{
-			get;
-			private set;
+			Frame = 0;
+			LagCount = 0;
 		}
 
-		public int LagCount
-		{
-			get;
-			set;
-		}
-
-		public bool IsLagFrame
-		{
-			get;
-			private set;
-		}
-
-		public string SystemId
-		{
-			get { return "GBA"; }
-		}
-
-		public bool DeterministicEmulation
-		{
-			get { return true; }
-		}
+		#region saveram
 
 		public byte[] ReadSaveRam()
 		{
@@ -83,11 +69,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 
 		public bool SaveRamModified { get { return false; } set { } }
 
-		public void ResetFrameCounter()
-		{
-			Frame = 0;
-			LagCount = 0;
-		}
+		#endregion
 
 		#region savestates
 
@@ -138,12 +120,16 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 			get { return null; }
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>like libsnes, the library is single-instance</summary>
 		static GBA attachedcore;
+		/// <summary>hold pointer to message callback so it won't get GCed</summary>
 		LibMeteor.MessageCallback messagecallback;
+		/// <summary>hold pointer to input callback so it won't get GCed</summary>
 		LibMeteor.InputCallback inputcallback;
 
 		LibMeteor.Buttons GetInput()
 		{
+			// libmeteor bitflips everything itself, so 0 == off, 1 == on
 			IsLagFrame = false;
 			LibMeteor.Buttons ret = 0;
 			if (Controller["Up"]) ret |= LibMeteor.Buttons.BTN_UP;
@@ -159,13 +145,20 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 			return ret;
 		}
 
+		void PrintMessage(string msg, bool abort)
+		{
+			if (!abort)
+				Console.Write(msg.Replace("\n", "\r\n"));
+			else
+				throw new Exception("libmeteor abort:\n " + msg);
+		}
 
 		void Init()
 		{
 			if (attachedcore != null)
 				attachedcore.Dispose();
 
-			messagecallback = (str) => Console.Write(str.Replace("\n","\r\n"));
+			messagecallback = PrintMessage;
 			inputcallback = GetInput;
 			LibMeteor.libmeteor_setmessagecallback(messagecallback);
 			LibMeteor.libmeteor_setkeycallback(inputcallback);
@@ -192,6 +185,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 				disposed = true;
 				videohandle.Free();
 				soundhandle.Free();
+				// guarantee crash if it gets accessed
+				LibMeteor.libmeteor_setbuffers(IntPtr.Zero, 240 * 160 * 4, IntPtr.Zero, 4);
+				messagecallback = null;
+				inputcallback = null;
+				LibMeteor.libmeteor_setmessagecallback(messagecallback);
+				LibMeteor.libmeteor_setkeycallback(inputcallback);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 			uint nbytes = LibMeteor.libmeteor_emptysound();
 			samples = soundbuffer;
 			nsamp = (int)(nbytes / 4);
-
 		}
 
 		public void DiscardSamples()
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll
index a6a52228bf..5335be733a 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 712faed8f0..0856955f39 100644
--- a/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp
+++ b/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 #define EXPORT extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
 
-void (*messagecallback)(const char *msg) = NULL;
+void (*messagecallback)(const char *msg, int abort) = NULL;
 
-EXPORT void libmeteor_setmessagecallback(void (*callback)(const char *msg))
+EXPORT void libmeteor_setmessagecallback(void (*callback)(const char *msg, int abort))
 {
 	messagecallback = callback;
 	print_bizhawk("libmeteor message stream operational.");
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@ EXPORT void libmeteor_setmessagecallback(void (*callback)(const char *msg))
 void print_bizhawk(const char *msg)
 {
 	if (messagecallback)
-		messagecallback(msg);
+		messagecallback(msg, 0);
 }
 void print_bizhawk(std::string &msg)
 {
 	if (messagecallback)
-		messagecallback(msg.c_str());
+		messagecallback(msg.c_str(), 0);
+}
+void abort_bizhawk(const char *msg)
+{
+	if (messagecallback)
+		messagecallback(msg, 1);
 }
 
 uint16_t (*keycallback)() = NULL;
diff --git a/libmeteor/source/debug.hpp b/libmeteor/source/debug.hpp
index a3324ee7d9..7c2c5236ae 100644
--- a/libmeteor/source/debug.hpp
+++ b/libmeteor/source/debug.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 // from cinterface.cpp
 void print_bizhawk(const char *msg);
 void print_bizhawk(std::string &msg);
+void abort_bizhawk(const char *msg);
 void keyupdate_bizhawk();
 
 #if 0
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ void keyupdate_bizhawk();
 		<< IOS_ADD << ::AMeteor::_cpu.Reg(15) << "\n[r15] = " << IOS_ADD \
 		<< ::AMeteor::_memory.Read32(::AMeteor::_cpu.Reg(15)) \
 		<< "\nFlag T : " << ::AMeteor::_cpu.ICpsr().thumb << std::endl; \
-		print_bizhawk(_zisrny.str().c_str()); \
+		abort_bizhawk(_zisrny.str().c_str()); \
 	}
 
 #else