No$GBA Alternatives

Apps similar to No$GBA include RetroArch, which is free and open source. Other options are VisualBoyAdvance, mGBA, Delta Emulator and Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES). Game Emulators like No$GBA are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. 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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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  2. iDeaS icon
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    iDeaS is a plugin-based Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows and Linux, using the GTK+ toolkit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. iNDS icon
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    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
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  4. nds4droid icon
     5 likes

    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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
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  5. 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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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  6. KiGB icon
     2 likes

    KiGB is the most accurate and free portable emulator for Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Super Gameboy for Windows, Linux and MS-DOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Spectral icon
     1 like

    Spectral is an experimental Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator from the 80s, which has been randomly assembled since the pandemic days. Accuracy and performance are long-term goals, but the primary focus is just having fun with this thing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. RetroFab icon
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    RetroFab is an online collection of 3D simulations of vintage electronic games that can be played in your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. gpSPhone icon
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    gpSPhone is a Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It has been ported by ZodTTD from the original source code of gpSP (made by Exophase). They are now both working together on this project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. GoGBA icon
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    A modern GBA emulator designed for immersive, distraction-free gaming. With optimized touch controls, enjoy smooth gameplay in both slow-paced RPGs and fast-paced action games. Focus on stability, comfort, and reliability - like holding a clean handheld console.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  11. Jailbreak-free Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator for iPhone and iPad. Game Play COLOR is an open-source, browser-based emulator that lets you run games from Google Drive for a jailbreak-free way of running GBA games on iOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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