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{{for|software that emulates the GBA|Game Boy Advance emulators}}
  
 
Even weak Game Boy Advance has quite a few emulators. They can be downloaded from [http://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy.html EMULATORS FOR GBA LIST].
 
Even weak Game Boy Advance has quite a few emulators. They can be downloaded from [http://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy.html EMULATORS FOR GBA LIST].
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
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| PocketNES
 
| PocketNES
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| SNES Advance
 
| SNES Advance
 
| [http://archives.dcemulation.org/gba/www.snesadvance.org/www.snesadvance.org/index.html 1.0]
 
| [http://archives.dcemulation.org/gba/www.snesadvance.org/www.snesadvance.org/index.html 1.0]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
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| Mid
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| {{~}}
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| SnezziBoy
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| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/snezziboy/ 0.26]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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===Sega Genesis===
 
===Sega Genesis===
* No known emulator for Genesis yet.
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| YJ Emulator
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| ?
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| {{✗}}
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| ?
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;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IHBIlnx52Y YJ Emulator]:An emulator commonly used on pirated multicarts like PocketNES. Its name is derived from the header. Games will suffer from low speed and poor sound emulation while emulated. There's currently no way found to inject the game into the emulator.
  
 
===Sega Master System / Game Gear===
 
===Sega Master System / Game Gear===
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| DrSMS
 
| DrSMS
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| pocketSMS
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| PocketSMS
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/pocketsms.html Demo 5 <br> & Sonic Special <br>]
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/pocketsms.html Demo 5 <br> & Sonic Special <br>]
 
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| PCEAdvance
 
| PCEAdvance
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
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| CoG
 
| CoG
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;CoG: The first ever ColecoVision emulator for GameBoyAdvance.<br>
 
;CoG: The first ever ColecoVision emulator for GameBoyAdvance.<br>
:It lacks multiple for multiple ROMS. The bug supossed to be fixed in the 1.0 release.<br>
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:It lacks support for multiple ROMS. The bug supossed to be fixed in the 1.0 release.<br>
 
:However, development has stopped.
 
:However, development has stopped.
;ColecoTech: The author made a "quick and dirty" emulator of SMSadvance. Can play a few games.
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;Cologne: The author made a "quick and dirty" emulator based on SMSadvance. Can play a few games.
  
 
===Emerson Arcadia 2001===
 
===Emerson Arcadia 2001===
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
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| Super Bug Advance
 
| Super Bug Advance
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==Handheld==
 
==Handheld==
===Game Boy Color===
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===Game Boy / Game Boy Color===
 
If you don't want to use a GB Bridge, emulators exist as well:
 
If you don't want to use a GB Bridge, emulators exist as well:
 
 
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| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/gb_roms_on_gba.htm GBonGBA]
 
| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/gb_roms_on_gba.htm GBonGBA]
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/gbongba.html 0.4]
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/gbongba.html 0.4]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| Low
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| Goomba
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| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php 2.0]
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| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
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| Low
 
| Low
 
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| Jagoomba Color
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| [https://github.com/EvilJagaGenius/jagoombacolor git]
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
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| Low
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| {{~}}
 
|-
 
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| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/PocketGB.htm PocketGB]
 
| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/PocketGB.htm PocketGB]
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|[https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA NGPGBA]
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|[https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases 0.5.5]
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| NGP Advance
 
| NGP Advance
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| Low
 
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;NGP Advance:Incomplete but good.
 
;NGP Advance:Incomplete but good.
  
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| SwanAdvance
 
| SwanAdvance
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| Greenboy Attack
 
| Greenboy Attack
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;Greenboy Attack: Can play Green Beret, Rush'n Attack and Mr. Goemon.
 
;Greenboy Attack: Can play Green Beret, Rush'n Attack and Mr. Goemon.
;RGBArcade: Can play Donkey Kong 1,3 and Jr, Gorkans, Pacman and Ms.Pacman, Phoenix and Pleiads. <br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20041126024811/http://www.geocities.com:80/rgbArcade/ Archived Website]
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;RGBArcade: Can play Donkey Kong 1,3 and Jr, Gorkans, Pacman, Ms.Pacman, Phoenix and Pleiads. <br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20041126024811/http://www.geocities.com:80/rgbArcade/ Archived Website]
  
 
==Computers==
 
==Computers==
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| MSXAdvance
 
| MSXAdvance
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| X Millennium Advance
 
| X Millennium Advance
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| Foon
 
| Foon
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| PocketBeeb
 
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| [http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=GBAGI GBAGI]
 
| [http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=GBAGI GBAGI]
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==See also==
 
* [[Game Boy Advance emulators]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on handheld consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on handheld consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on sixth-generation consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on sixth-generation consoles]]

Revision as of 15:49, 7 November 2022

Nintendo Game Boy Advance
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Developer Nintendo
Type Handheld game console
Generation Sixth generation
Release date 2001
Discontinued 2010
Predecessor Game Boy Color
Successor Nintendo DS
Emulated
For software that emulates the GBA, see Game Boy Advance emulators.

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 ~
SnezziBoy 0.26 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

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
YJ Emulator ? ?
YJ Emulator
An emulator commonly used on pirated multicarts like PocketNES. Its name is derived from the header. Games will suffer from low speed and poor sound emulation while emulated. There's currently no way found to inject the game into the emulator.

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.

ColecoVision

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
CoG 0.9.7 beta Low
Cologne 0.8 Low
ColecoTech v.0 Low
CoG
The first ever ColecoVision emulator for GameBoyAdvance.
It lacks support for multiple ROMS. The bug supossed to be fixed in the 1.0 release.
However, development has stopped.
Cologne
The author made a "quick and dirty" emulator based on SMSadvance. Can play a few games.

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 / 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 2.0 Low
Goomba Color 2019-05-04 Low
Jagoomba Color git 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
NGPGBA 0.5.5 Medium
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
Can play Green Beret, Rush'n Attack and Mr. Goemon.
RGBArcade
Can play Donkey Kong 1,3 and Jr, Gorkans, Pacman, 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

ZX Spectrum

Name Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Foon 0.21 ~
ZXAdvance 1.0.1

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