Emulators on Game Boy Advance

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

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.
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Computers

Acorn - BBC Micro

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

Microsoft - MSX

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

Sharp - Sharp X1 Turbo

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

Sinclair - ZX Spectrum

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

Consoles

Coleco - ColecoVision

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

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

Name	Latest version	Accuracy	License	Active	Recommended
PCEAdvance	7.5	Low	Custom (Permissive)	✗	✗

PCEAdvance: Very decent emulator.

Nintendo - NES

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

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

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

Atari - Lynx

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

Bandai - Tamagotchi v1

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

Bandai - WonderSwan

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

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

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

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

Other

CHIP-8

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

Sierra - AGI

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