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Revision as of 13:18, 30 December 2021

Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Gbagba.png
Developer Nintendo
Type Handheld game console
Generation Sixth generation
Release date 2001
Discontinued 2010
Predecessor Game Boy Color
Successor Nintendo DS
Emulated

Even weak Game Boy Advance has quite a few emulators. They can be downloaded from EMULATORS FOR GBA LIST.

Consoles

NES

Name Version FDS FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
PocketNES 7-1-2013 ? Mid ~
HCVA 1.40 ? Low ~
FC Emulator for Gameboy 0.02 ?
InfoNES V0 ? Low
Famicom Advance 0.1 ? Low
PocketNES
Best one for GBA. Fast, stable, with multiple zoom options.
InfoNES
Old yet decent emulator.
FC Emulator for GameBoy
Just a simple NES emulator for the Game Boy Advance.
Famicom Advance
Slower than PocketNES. FC/NES emulation.
HCVA
FC/NES emulator with support for lots of mappers.

SNES

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
SNES Advance 1.0 Mid ~
Pocket SNES Advance Download Low

Not really ideal for the obvious reason GBA has two buttons less than the SNES.

SNES Advance
Formerly known as PocketSNES. Different versions have different game-specific fixes breaking stuff elsewhere. This emulator is very inaccurate and has lots of issues, it hasn't been updated for a long time, so it's not recommended to use.

Sega Genesis

  • No known emulator for Genesis yet.

Sega Master System / Game Gear

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
DrSMS 6.0 Mid ~
SMS Advance 2.5 Low
pocketSMS Demo 5
& Sonic Special
Low
DrSMS
GG/MS. Excellent speed and compatibility.
pocketSMS
Written in 100% ARM assembly language. Can run some games.
SMS Advance
SG-1000/GG/MS. Good. No FM Chip, EEPROM emulation.

PC Engine

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
PCEAdvance 7.5 Low
PCEAdvance
Very decent emulator.

Emerson Arcadia 2001

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Super Bug Advance 1.3 Low
Super Bug Advance
Can only emulate Super Bug, Super Bug 2, and Capture.

Handheld

Game Boy Color

If you don't want to use a GB Bridge, emulators exist as well:

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
GBonGBA 0.4 Low
Goomba Color 2019-05-04 Low
PocketGB 0.1a Low
Goomba Color
Sound, SGB borders, savestates. (Updated Link)
PocketGB
Low compatibility, high speed.

Neo Geo Pocket

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
NGP Advance 0.3 Low
NGP Advance
Incomplete but good.

WonderSwan

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
SwanAdvance 0.1 Low
SwanAdvance
Very early, low compatibility and speed.

Arcade

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Greenboy Attack 0.5 Low
RGBArcade 0.1 Low
Greenboy Attack
Green Beret, Rush'n Attack, Mr. Goemon.
RGBArcade
Donkey Kong 1,3 and Jr, Gorkans, Pacman and Ms.Pacman, Phoenix and Pleiads Archived Website

Computers

MSX

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
MSXAdvance 0.4 Low

Sharp X1 Turbo

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
X Millennium Advance 0.2 Low

BBC Micro

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
PocketBeeb 1.01 Low

Miscellaneous

Sierra AGI

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
GBAGI 2.0 Low

See also