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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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==Consoles==
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==Arcade==
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===NES===
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|Version
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! scope="col"|[[Wikipedia:Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]
 
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| PocketNES
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| Greenboy Attack
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| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/pocketnes.php  7-1-2013]
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/marcade/greenboy-attack.html 0.5]
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| ?
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| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| Mid
 
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| {{~}}
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| HCVA
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| RGBArcade
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/hcva.html 1.40]
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| [http://web.archive.org/web/20091027133820/http://geocities.com/rgbArcade/rgbArcadeV0.1.zip 0.1]
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| ?
 
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
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| {{✗}}
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;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. <br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20041126024811/http://www.geocities.com:80/rgbArcade/ Archived Website]
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 +
==Computers==
 +
 
 +
===Acorn - BBC Micro===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| InfoNES
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| PocketBeeb
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/infones.html V0]
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| [http://www.geocities.ws/quirky_2k1/emulation/index.html 1.01]
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| ?
 
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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|}
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 +
===Microsoft - MSX===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| Famicom Advance
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| MSXAdvance
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/famicom-advance.html 0.1]
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| [https://emutopia.com/index.php/emulators/item/345-msx/522-msxadvance 0.4]
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| ?
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| {{✓}}
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| {{✗}}
 
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
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|}
  
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;PocketNES:Best one for GBA. Fast, stable, with multiple zoom options.
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===Sharp - Sharp X1 Turbo===
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;InfoNES:Old yet decent emulator.
 
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;Famicom Advance:Slower than PocketNES. FC/NES emulation.
 
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;HCVA:FC/NES emulator with support for lots of mappers.
 
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===SNES===
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
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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>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| SNES Advance
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| X Millennium Advance
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| [http://archives.dcemulation.org/gba/www.snesadvance.org/www.snesadvance.org/index.html 1.0]
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sharp-x1-turbo/x-millenuium-advance.html 0.2]
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| {{✗}}
 
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| {{✗}}
 
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| Mid
 
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| {{~}}
 
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|-
 
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| Pocket SNES Advance
 
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| [https://www.pocketsnes.net/download_pocketsnes.htm Download]
 
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
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Not really ideal for the obvious reason GBA has two buttons less than the SNES.
 
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;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.
 
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===Sega Genesis===
 
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* No known emulator for Genesis yet.
 
  
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===Sega Master System / Game Gear===
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===Sinclair - ZX Spectrum===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
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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>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| DrSMS
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| Foon
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/drsms.html 6.0]
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| [http://www.codepuppies.com/ben/sens/gba/mirror/about.html 0.22]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| Mid
 
 
| {{~}}
 
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| SMS Advance
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| ZXAdvance
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/sms-advance.html 2.5]
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sinclair/zxadvance.html 1.0.1]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| Low
 
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
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;DrSMS:GG/MS. Excellent speed and compatibility.
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==Consoles==
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;SMS Advance:SG-1000/GG/MS. Good. No FM Chip, EEPROM emulation.
 
  
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===PC Engine===
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===Coleco - ColecoVision===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
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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>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| CoG
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/cog.html 0.9.7 beta]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| ColecoTech
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/colecotech.html v.0]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| PCEAdvance
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| Cologne
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| [https://emutopia.com/index.php/emulators/item/285-nec-pc-engine-turbografx/334-pceadvance 7.5]
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/cologne.html 0.8]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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;PCEAdvance:Very decent emulator.
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;CoG: The first ever ColecoVision emulator for GameBoyAdvance.
 +
:It lacks support for multiple ROMS. The bug supposed to be fixed in the 1.0 release, but however, the development has stopped.
 +
;Cologne: The author made a "quick and dirty" emulator based on SMSadvance. Can play a few games.
  
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===Emerson Arcadia 2001===
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===Emerson Radio - Arcadia 2001===
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
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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>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Super Bug Advance
 
| Super Bug Advance
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;Super Bug Advance:Can only emulate Super Bug, Super Bug 2, and Capture.
 
;Super Bug Advance:Can only emulate Super Bug, Super Bug 2, and Capture.
  
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==Handheld==
 
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===Game Boy Color===
 
−
If you don't want to use a GB Bridge, emulators exist as well:
 
  
 +
===NEC - PC Engine===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| PCEAdvance
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/tg16/pceadvance.html 7.5]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
;PCEAdvance:Very decent emulator.
 +
 +
===Nintendo - NES===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|[[Wikipedia:Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/gb_roms_on_gba.htm GBonGBA]
+
| Famicom Advance
−
| [http://mapage.noos.fr/gbongba/download.html 0.3a]
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/famicom-advance.html 0.1]
 +
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| Goomba Color
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| FC Emulator for Gameboy
−
| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php 2019-05-04]
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/fc-emulator-for-gameboy.html 0.02]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| ?
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| HCVA
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/hcva.html 1.40]
 +
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
−
| {{✗}}
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| {{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/PocketGB.htm PocketGB]
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| InfoNES
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| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/pocketgb.html 0.1a]
+
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/infones.html V0]
 +
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| PocketNES
 +
| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/pocketnes.php  7-1-2013]
 +
| ?
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 
|}
 
|}
−
;Goomba Color:Sound, SGB borders, savestates. (Updated [http://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php Link])
 
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;PocketGB:Low compatibility, high speed.
 
  
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===Neo Geo Pocket===
+
;Famicom Advance:Slower than PocketNES. FC/NES emulation.
 +
;FC Emulator for GameBoy:Just a simple NES emulator for the Game Boy Advance.
 +
;HCVA:FC/NES emulator with support for lots of mappers.
 +
;InfoNES:Old yet decent emulator.
 +
;PocketNES:Best one for GBA. Fast, stable, with multiple zoom options.
 +
 
 +
===Nintendo - SNES===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
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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>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| NGP Advance
+
| Pocket SNES Advance
−
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ngpocket/ngp-advance.html 0.3]
+
| [https://www.pocketsnes.net/download_pocketsnes.htm Download]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| SNES Advance
 +
| [http://archives.dcemulation.org/gba/www.snesadvance.org/www.snesadvance.org/index.html 1.0]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| SnezziBoy
 +
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/snezziboy/ 0.26]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 
|}
 
|}
−
;NGP Advance:Incomplete but good.
+
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.
  
−
===WonderSwan===
+
===Sega - Genesis===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
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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>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| SwanAdvance
+
| YJ Emulator
−
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ws/swanadvance.html 0.1]
+
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
−
| Low
+
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
|}
−
;SwanAdvance:Very early, low compatibility and speed.
+
;[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.
  
−
==Arcade==
+
===Sega - Master System / Game Gear===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
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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>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| DrSMS
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/drsms.html 6.0]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Greenboy Attack
+
| PocketSMS
−
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/marcade/greenboy-attack.html 0.5]
+
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/pocketsms.html Demo 5 <br> & Sonic Special <br>]
 
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| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
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| {{✗}}
 
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|-
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| RGBArcade
+
| SMS Advance
−
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20091027133820/http://geocities.com/rgbArcade/rgbArcadeV0.1.zip 0.1]
+
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/sms-advance.html 2.5]
−
| {{✗}}
+
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
|}
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;Greenboy Attack:Green Beret, Rush'n Attack, Mr. Goemon.
 
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;RGBArcade:Donkey Kong 1,3 and Jr, Gorkans, Pacman and Ms.Pacman, Phoenix and Pleiads [http://web.archive.org/web/20041126024811/http://www.geocities.com:80/rgbArcade/ Archived Website]
 
  
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==Computers==
+
;DrSMS:GG/MS. Excellent speed and compatibility.
−
===MSX===
+
;pocketSMS:Written in 100% ARM assembly language. Can run some games.
 +
;SMS Advance:SG-1000/GG/MS. Good. No FM Chip, EEPROM emulation.
 +
 
 +
==Handheld==
 +
 
 +
===Bandai - Tamagotchi v1===
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! scope="col"|Version
 +
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Tamaboy_GBA Tamaboy-GBA]
 +
| [https://github.com/jeffayle/tamaboy/releases rc2]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===Bandai - WonderSwan===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
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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>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
−
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| MSXAdvance
+
| SwanAdvance
−
| [https://emutopia.com/index.php/emulators/item/345-msx/522-msxadvance 0.4]
+
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ws/swanadvance.html 0.1]
−
| {{✗}}
+
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| SwanGBA
 +
| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/SwanGBA git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| ?
 
|}
 
|}
 +
;SwanAdvance:Very early, low compatibility and speed.
  
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===Sharp X1 Turbo===
+
===Nintendo - Game Boy / Game Boy Color===
 +
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−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/gb_roms_on_gba.htm GBonGBA]
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/gbongba.html 0.4]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| Goomba
 +
| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php 2.0]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| Goomba Color
 +
| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php 2019-05-04]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
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| X Millennium Advance
+
| Jagoomba Color
−
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sharp-x1-turbo/x-millenuium-advance.html 0.2]
+
| [https://github.com/EvilJagaGenius/jagoombacolor git]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{~}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/PocketGB.htm PocketGB]
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/pocketgb.html 0.1a]
 
| {{✗}}
 
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| {{✗}}
 
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;Goomba Color:Sound, SGB borders, savestates. (Updated [http://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php Link])
 +
;PocketGB:Low compatibility, high speed.
  
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===BBC Micro===
+
===SNK - Neo Geo Pocket===
 
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+
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−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| PocketBeeb
+
| NGP Advance
−
| [https://sites.google.com/site/gbaremakes/home/emulation 1.01]
+
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ngpocket/ngp-advance.html 0.3]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA NGPGBA]
 +
|[https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases 0.5.7]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Medium
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
;NGP Advance:Incomplete but good.
 +
 +
===Watara - Supervision===
 +
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 +
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 +
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 +
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 +
! scope="col"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| WasabiGBA
 +
| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiGBA 0.2.3]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Miscellaneous==
 
==Miscellaneous==
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===Sierra AGI===
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===Sierra - AGI===
 
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! scope="col"|Active
−
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+
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−
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
+
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=GBAGI GBAGI]
 
| [http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=GBAGI GBAGI]
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==See also==
 
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* [[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 18:06, 16 March 2024

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.

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

Acorn - BBC Micro

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
PocketBeeb 1.01 ✗ ✗ Low ✗

Microsoft - MSX

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
MSXAdvance 0.4 ✓ ✗ Low ✗

Sharp - Sharp X1 Turbo

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
X Millennium Advance 0.2 ✗ ✗ Low ✗

Sinclair - ZX Spectrum

Name Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Foon 0.22 ✗ ✗ ~
ZXAdvance 1.0.1 ✗ ✗ ✗

Consoles

Coleco - ColecoVision

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

Emerson Radio - 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.


NEC - PC Engine

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

Nintendo - NES

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

Nintendo - SNES

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Pocket SNES Advance Download ✗ ✗ Low ✗
SNES Advance 1.0 ✓ ✗ Mid ~
SnezziBoy 0.26 ✓ ✗ Mid ~

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 ~
PocketSMS Demo 5
& Sonic Special
✗ ✗ Low ✗
SMS Advance 2.5 ✓ ✗ 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.

Handheld

Bandai - Tamagotchi v1

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Tamaboy-GBA rc2 ✓ ✓ Mid ✓


Bandai - WonderSwan

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
SwanAdvance 0.1 ✓ ✗ Low ✗
SwanGBA git ✓ ✓ Mid ?
SwanAdvance
Very early, low compatibility and speed.

Nintendo - 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.

SNK - Neo Geo Pocket

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
NGP Advance 0.3 ✗ ✗ Low ✗
NGPGBA 0.5.7 ✓ ✓ Medium ✓
NGP Advance
Incomplete but good.

Watara - Supervision

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
WasabiGBA 0.2.3 ✓ ✓ Mid ✓

Miscellaneous

Sierra - AGI

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
GBAGI 2.0 ✗ ✗ Low ✗
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