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Even the tiny Game Boy Advance has quite a few emulators. They can be downloaded from [http://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy.html here].
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{{Infobox console
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|title = Nintendo Game Boy Advance
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|logo = gbagba.png
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|developer = Nintendo
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|type = [[:Category:Emulators on handheld consoles|Handheld game console]]
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|generation = [[:Category:Emulators on sixth-generation consoles|Sixth generation]]
 +
|release = 2001
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|discontinued = 2010
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|predecessor = [[Emulators on GB/GBC|Game Boy Color]]
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|successor = [[Emulators on DS|Nintendo DS]]
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|emulated = {{✓}}
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}}
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{{for|software that emulates the GBA|Game Boy Advance emulators}}
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 +
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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 +
==Arcade==
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Greenboy Attack
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/marcade/greenboy-attack.html 0.5]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| RGBArcade
 +
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20091027133820/http://geocities.com/rgbArcade/rgbArcadeV0.1.zip 0.1]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
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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]
 +
 
 +
==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]]
 +
|-
 +
| PocketBeeb
 +
| [http://www.geocities.ws/quirky_2k1/emulation/index.html 1.01]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===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]]
 +
|-
 +
| MSXAdvance
 +
| [https://emutopia.com/index.php/emulators/item/345-msx/522-msxadvance 0.4]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Sharp - Sharp X1 Turbo===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| X Millennium Advance
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sharp-x1-turbo/x-millenuium-advance.html 0.2]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Sinclair - ZX Spectrum===
 +
{| 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"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| Foon
 +
| [http://www.codepuppies.com/ben/sens/gba/mirror/about.html 0.22]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| ZXAdvance
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sinclair/zxadvance.html 1.0.1]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
  
 
==Consoles==
 
==Consoles==
===NES===
 
* PocketNES: Best one for GBA. Fast, stable, with multiple zoom options.
 
* InfoNES: Old yet decent emulator.
 
* Famicom Advance: Slower than PocketNES. FC/NES emulation.
 
* HCVA: FC/NES emulator with support for lots of mappers.
 
  
===SNES===
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===Coleco - ColecoVision===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| 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
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| Cologne
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/cologne.html 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===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Super Bug Advance
 +
| [http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#amiarcadia 1.3]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
;Super Bug Advance:Can only emulate Super Bug, Super Bug 2, and Capture.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===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;"
 +
! scope="col"|Name
 +
! 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"|Active
 +
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 +
|-
 +
| Famicom Advance
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/famicom-advance.html 0.1]
 +
| ?
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| FC Emulator for Gameboy
 +
| [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
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| InfoNES
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/infones.html V0]
 +
| ?
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| PocketNES
 +
| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/pocketnes.php  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===
 +
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| Pocket SNES Advance
 +
| [https://www.pocketsnes.net/download_pocketsnes.htm Download]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| 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
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|}
 
Not really ideal for the obvious reason GBA has two buttons less than the SNES.
 
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.
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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.
  
===Sega Master System / Game Gear===
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===Sega - Genesis===
* DrSMS: GG/MS. Excellent speed and compatibility.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
* SMS Advance: SG-1000/GG/MS. Good. No FM Chip, EEPROM emulation.
+
! 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| YJ Emulator
 +
| ?
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| ?
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
;[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.
  
===PC Engine===
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===Sega - Master System / Game Gear===
* PCEAdvance: Very decent emulator.
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{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| DrSMS
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/drsms.html 6.0]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{~}}
 +
|-
 +
| PocketSMS
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/pocketsms.html Demo 5 <br> & Sonic Special <br>]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| SMS Advance
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/sms-advance.html 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==
 
==Handheld==
===Game Boy Color===
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 +
===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;"
 +
! 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| SwanAdvance
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ws/swanadvance.html 0.1]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| SwanGBA
 +
| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/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:
 
If you don't want to use a GB Bridge, emulators exist as well:
* GBonGBA
+
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
* Goomba Color: Sound, SGB borders, savestates. (Updated [http://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php Link])
+
! scope="col"|Name
* PocketGB: Low compatibility, high speed.
+
! scope="col"|Version
 
+
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
===Neo Geo Pocket===
+
! scope="col"|Active
* NGP Advance: incomplete but good.
+
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 +
! 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
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
| Jagoomba Color
 +
| [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]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
 +
;Goomba Color:Sound, SGB borders, savestates. (Updated [http://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php Link])
 +
;PocketGB:Low compatibility, high speed.
  
===WonderSwan===
+
===SNK - Neo Geo Pocket===
* SwanAdvance: Very early, low compatibility and speed.
+
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| NGP Advance
 +
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ngpocket/ngp-advance.html 0.3]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|-
 +
|[https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA NGPGBA]
 +
|[https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases 0.5.7]
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|Medium
 +
|{{✓}}
 +
|}
 +
;NGP Advance:Incomplete but good.
  
==Arcade==
+
===Watara - Supervision===
* Greenboy Attack: Green Beret, Rush'n Attack, Mr. Goemon.
+
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| WasabiGBA
 +
| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiGBA 0.2.3]
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
| Mid
 +
| {{✓}}
 +
|}
  
==Computers==
+
==Miscellaneous==
===MSX===
+
===Sierra - AGI===
* MSXAdvance
+
{| 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]]
 +
|-
 +
| [http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=GBAGI GBAGI]
 +
| [http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=File:GBAGI_2_(gbagi-bin-20041003).zip 2.0]
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
| Low
 +
| {{✗}}
 +
|}
  
 
[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
 +
[[Category:Emulators on handheld consoles]]
 +
[[Category:Emulators on sixth-generation consoles]]

Latest revision as of 18:06, 16 March 2024

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
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[edit]

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[edit]

Acorn - BBC Micro[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
PocketBeeb 1.01 Low

Microsoft - MSX[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
MSXAdvance 0.4 Low

Sharp - Sharp X1 Turbo[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
X Millennium Advance 0.2 Low

Sinclair - ZX Spectrum[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Recommended
Foon 0.22 ~
ZXAdvance 1.0.1

Consoles[edit]

Coleco - ColecoVision[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Nintendo - NES[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Bandai - Tamagotchi v1[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
Tamaboy-GBA rc2 Mid


Bandai - WonderSwan[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Watara - Supervision[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
WasabiGBA 0.2.3 Mid

Miscellaneous[edit]

Sierra - AGI[edit]

Name Version FLOSS Active Accuracy Recommended
GBAGI 2.0 Low