iDeaS Alternatives

iDeaS is described as 'Plugin-based Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows and Linux, using the GTK+ toolkit' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to iDeaS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best iDeaS alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iDeaS are VisualBoyAdvance, Delta Emulator, mGBA and Visual Boy Advance-M.

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  1. NooDS icon
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    The goal of NooDS is to be a fast and portable DS and GBA emulator. It features accurate software rendering with upscaling, and can take advantage of multiple cores for better performance. I started working on NooDS for fun and as a learning experience, and I'd like to keep...

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    • Android
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Nintendo Wii / Wii U
     
  2. guac icon
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    Guac is an Emulator written in golang for Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance handheld consoles.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. RetriX icon
     7 likes

    RetriX is an emulator front end for UWP, on all the hardware platforms it supports: it serves the same purpose as RetroArch but is built from the ground up to integrate as well as possible with Windows.

    103 RetriX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Mobile
    • Windows Phone
    • Xbox
     
  4. My Boy! icon
     5 likes

    My Boy! is an emulator to run GameBoy Advance games on the broadest range of Android devices, from very low-end phones to modern tablets. It emulates nearly all aspects of the real hardware correctly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Windows Phone
     
  5. Nostlan icon
     5 likes

    A front-end or user interface (UI) is the presentation and interaction layer of an app or website. Most modern emulator apps have basic game list UIs that you can interact with using a mouse/keyboard but not a game controller.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Folium icon
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    Folium is a beautifully designed, high performing multi-system emulator that allows you to play video games from retro consoles and handhelds, currently including cores for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. DroidEmu icon
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    DroidEmu is a game system to play SNES, NES, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy/Color, SEGA GameGear, SEGA Genesis games on your Android phone. It runs thousands of games at full speed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. iNDS icon
     1 like

    iNDS is a derivation of the previous Nintendo DS apps for iOS, nds4ios and Nitrogen. The iNDS Team release of iNDS is a fork of the original iNDS emulator by William Cobb. iNDS Team aims to create a version that is driven by support from the community, adding trusted...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • AltStore
     
  9. nds4droid icon
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    nds4droid is a free, open source Nintendo DS emulator written for Android smartphones. It is based off of the excellent emulator DeSmuME. The source code can be found on sourceforge.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. BoycottAdvance is a free and portable emulator for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance handheld. Program is available on Windows, Macintosh, BeOS, Linux, FreeBSD and there is even a Java port, playable online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
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