My Boy! AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Game Emulators

The best Game Emulator alternative to My Boy! is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to My Boy! and many of them are Game Emulators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Game Emulator alternatives to My Boy! are VisualBoyAdvance, mGBA, Delta Emulator and Lemuroid.

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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.

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My Boy! alternatives page was last updated Jan 28, 2024
  1. RetroArch icon
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    RetroArch is a graphical frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players.

    151 RetroArch alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • iPad
    • OpenPandora
    • Steam
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Playstation
    • Xbox

    RetroArch Features

    1.  Multi System Emulator
    2.  Multiplatform
    3.  Emulation
    4.  Controller Support
    5.  Modular System
    6.  Gameboy emulation
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Variety
    9.  Rewind button
    10.  Portable
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    • RetroArch is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to My Boy!.

    • RetroArch is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to My Boy!.

    • RetroArch is Free and Open SourceMy Boy! is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. VisualBoyAdvance icon
     155 likes

    VisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is a free software (GNU GPL) emulator targeted for the Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

    33 VisualBoyAdvance alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS

    VisualBoyAdvance Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Emulation
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.8.0 beta 3, released in October 2005, can be still downloaded from FileHippo

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    Comments about VisualBoyAdvance as an Alternative to My Boy!
     
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    It is very similar and great to use!

    Positive commentMar 7, 2020
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    • VisualBoyAdvance is Free and Open SourceMy Boy! is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. mGBA icon
     30 likes

    mGBA is an open source emulator of the Game Boy Advance. The goals are speed and accuracy.

    31 mGBA alternatives
    mGBA screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
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  4. Delta Emulator icon
     22 likes

    Delta is an iOS emulator that supports multiple game systems such as NES, SNES, N64, and DS, improving upon its predecessor, GBA4iOS.

    30 Delta Emulator alternatives
    Delta Emulator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • AltStore
    • iPad

    Delta Emulator Features

    1.  Cloud Sync
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Portable
    4.  Controller Support
    5.  Skins
    6.  Multiple windows
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  5. Lemuroid icon
     25 likes

    Lemuroid is an open-source emulation project based on Libretro. It's completely free, without ads and focused on ease of use and good user experience.

    16 Lemuroid alternatives
    Lemuroid screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Playstation
    2.  Gameboy emulation
    3.  Emulation
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dark Mode
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  6. OpenEmu icon
     61 likes

    Open Emu is an open source project to bring game emulation to OS X as a first class citizen, leveraging modern OS X technologies such as Cocoa, Core Animation and Quartz, and 3rd party libraries like Sparkle for auto-updating.

    40 OpenEmu alternatives
    OpenEmu screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    OpenEmu Features

    1.  Access the AppStore
    2.  Multi System Emulator
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  7. Visual Boy Advance-M icon
     29 likes

    VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is a free emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles as well as of Super Game Boy and Super Game Boy 2.

    14 Visual Boy Advance-M alternatives
    Visual Boy Advance-M screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Visual Boy Advance-M Features

    1.  Gameboy emulation
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  8. Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) icon
     47 likes

    Ares, which apparently replaced higan, was formerly known as bsnes. The project was renamed after becoming a multi-system emulator.

    55 Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multi System Emulator
    Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES) iconMy Boy! Icon

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  9. Mednafen icon
     21 likes

    Mednafen is a portable, utilizing OpenGL and SDL, argument(command-line)-driven multi-system emulator with many advanced features. The Atari Lynx, GameBoy (Color), GameBoy Advance, NES, PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16), SuperGrafx, Neo Geo Pocket (Color), PC-FX, and WonderSwan (Color)...

    30 Mednafen alternatives
    Mednafen screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Mednafen Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multi System Emulator
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  10. No$GBA icon
     31 likes

    NO$GBA is a Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows. It is capable of running commercial and homebrew Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS games, such as Pokémon Diamond which the latest version is able to run at full speed with no graphical glitches.

    29 No$GBA alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    No$GBA Features

    1.  NDS support
    2.  Remote Debugging
    3.  Gameboy emulation
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  11. WinDS PRO icon
     12 likes

    WinDS PRO contains the latest versions of the emulators for the Nintendo, Sega and Playstation consoles for PC including:

    29 WinDS PRO alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinDS PRO Features

    1.  Skinnable
    2.  Multi System Emulator
    3.  Multiple languages
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  12. RetroX icon
     6 likes

    RetroX is an Android application that will help you organize and play your own Retro Games with the less possible effort. Put your collection in your device and RetroX will take care of the rest.

    107 RetroX alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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