GBA Emulators
GBA emulators are programs that recreate the hardware of the Game Boy Advance, letting you play GBA games on PCs, smartphones, tablets and other devices without the original handheld.
Well known GBA emulators such as mGBA and VisualBoyAdvance-M run the vast majority of games and are easy to set up. Most also offer extras that the original console lacked, such as save states, screen filters, fast-forward and cheat support.
ares is an open source multi-system emulator focused on accuracy and preservation, covering the NES, SNES, N64, Sega consoles and more. The successor to higan.
GBE+ is an open source Game Boy, Game Boy Color and GBA emulator by Shonumi, known for custom graphics support and emulating obscure peripherals.
Mednafen is an open source multi-system emulator, controlled from the command line, known for accurate Sega Saturn and PlayStation emulation.
Mesen is an open source multi-system emulator for the NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance and more, with a built-in debugger, for Windows, Linux and macOS.
mGBA is a fast and accurate open source Game Boy Advance emulator that also runs Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, on desktop, mobile and even other consoles.
no$gba is a freeware GBA and Nintendo DS emulator. It was the first GBA emulator with multiplayer link support and the first to run commercial DS games.
Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA-M) is an open source Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux.
BatGBA is an early, long-discontinued GBA emulator. It needed the GBA BIOS to run some games, though work had started on emulating the BIOS itself.
BoycottAdvance is a discontinued GBA emulator that was once one of the better options, known for good performance on the modest PCs of its day.
