Emulators on Game Boy Advance

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Game Boy Advance
Developer Nintendo R&D
Manufacturer Nintendo
Type Handheld video game console
Generation Sixth
Release date JP: March 21, 2001
NA: June 11, 2001
PAL: June 22, 2001
Discontinued WW: 2010
Predecessor Game Boy Color
Successor Nintendo DS
Emulated ✓
For software that emulates the Game Boy Advance, see Game Boy Advance emulators.

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

Arcade

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
Greenboy Attack 0.5 Low Custom (Permissive) ✗ ✗
RGBArcade 0.1 Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
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

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Acorn - BBC Micro

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
PocketBeeb 1.01 Low Proprietary ✗ ✗

Microsoft - MSX

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
MSXAdvance 0.4 Low Custom (Permissive) ✗ ✗

Sharp - Sharp X1 Turbo

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
X Millennium Advance 0.2 Low Proprietary ✗ ✗

Sinclair - ZX Spectrum

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Name Latest version License Active Recommended
Foon 0.22 Proprietary ✗ ~
ZXAdvance 1.0.1 Proprietary ✗ ✗

Consoles

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Coleco - ColecoVision

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
CoG 0.9.7 beta Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
ColecoTech v.0 Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
Cologne 0.8 Low Proprietary ✗ ✗

S8GBA can load colecovision games too.

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

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
Super Bug Advance 1.3 Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
Super Bug Advance
Can only emulate Super Bug, Super Bug 2, and Capture.


NEC - PC Engine

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
PCEAdvance 7.5 Low Custom (Permissive) ✗ ✗
PCEAdvance
Very decent emulator.

Nintendo - NES

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Name Latest version FDS Accuracy License Active Recommended
Famicom Advance 0.1 ✗ Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
FC Emulator for Gameboy 0.02 ✗ ? Proprietary ✗ ✗
HCVA 1.40 ✓ Low Proprietary ✗ ~
InfoNES V0 ✗ Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
PocketNES 7-1-2013 ✗ Mid GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✗ ~
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

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
Pocket SNES Advance Download Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
SNES Advance 1.0 Mid Non-commercial ✗ ~
SnezziBoy 0.26 Mid GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✗ ~

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 - Master System / Game Gear

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
DrSMS 6.0 Mid Proprietary ✗ ~
PocketSMS Demo 5
& Sonic Special
Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
SMS Advance 2.5 Low Custom (Permissive) ✗ ✗
S8GBA v1.1.8 Mid ? ✓ ✓
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.
S8GBA
Port of S8DS. No FM Chip, Speech Samples and EEPROM emulation. Can play SEGA SG-1000 / SG-1000 II, SEGA SC-3000, SEGA Mark III, SEGA Master System J, 1 & 2, SEGA Game Gear, Othello Multivision and ColecoVision games.

Handheld

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Atari - Lynx

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
LodjurGBA v0.1.2 Mid ? ✓ ~

Bandai - Tamagotchi v1

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
Tamaboy-GBA rc2 Mid GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✓ ✓

Bandai - WonderSwan

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
SwanGBA 0.7.6 Mid ? ✓ ?
SwanAdvance 0.1 Low Custom (Permissive) ✗ ✗
SwanAdvance
Very early, low compatibility and speed.

Nintendo - Game Boy / Game Boy Color

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

Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
GBonGBA 0.4 Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
Goomba 2.0 Low GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✗ ✗
Goomba Color 2019-05-04 Low GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✗ ✗
Jagoomba Color git Low GPLv2 (Copyleft) ~ ~
PocketGB 0.1a Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
Goomba Color
Sound, SGB borders, savestates. (Updated Link)
PocketGB
Low compatibility, high speed.

SNK - Neo Geo Pocket

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
NGP Advance 0.3 Low Proprietary ✗ ✗
NGPGBA 0.5.7 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
NGP Advance
Incomplete but good.

Watara - Supervision

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
WasabiGBA 0.2.4 Mid ? ✓ ✓

Other

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CHIP-8

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
DrChip 8 09/20/02 TBD Proprietary ✗ ✓

Sierra - AGI

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Name Latest version Accuracy License Active Recommended
GBAGI 2.0 Low Proprietary ✓ ✗

See also

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Emulators on consoles(edit)

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