VisualBoyAdvance AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like VisualBoyAdvance

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   RetroArch

    318 likes

   A fast, modular emulator frontend offering portability and extensive support for systems from arcade consoles to mobile platforms, featuring game engines like Doom and Quake, and capabilities for real-time rewinding and shader support on a variety of devices.

   154 RetroArch alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Blackberry
   • iPad
   • F-Droid
   • Steam
   • Raspberry Pi
   • Playstation
   • Xbox

   

   

   

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   • Most users think RetroArch is a great VisualBoyAdvance alternative.

   • RetroArch is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to VisualBoyAdvance.

   • RetroArch is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to VisualBoyAdvance.

   • RetroArch is Free and Open SourceVisualBoyAdvance is also Free and Open Source
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   Lemuroid

    38 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.

   31 Lemuroid alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Origin

   • Italy
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Android
   • F-Droid

   

   

   

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   Delta Emulator

    28 likes

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

   37 Delta Emulator alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • iPhone
   • AltStore
   • iPad

   

   

   

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   mGBA

    32 likes

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

   36 mGBA alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   RemovedUser

   Positive comment•Nov 13, 2023

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   Fast, lightweight, optimized, open source and the best current alternative.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • mGBA is Free and Open SourceVisualBoyAdvance is also Free and Open Source
   • mGBA is LightweightVisualBoyAdvance is not according to our users
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   OpenEmu

    65 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.

   53 OpenEmu alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Visual Boy Advance-M

    30 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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Flathub

   

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   LaunchBox

    49 likes

   LaunchBox was originally built as an attractive frontend to DOSBox, but has since expanded to support both modern PC games and emulated console platforms. LaunchBox aims to be the one-stop shop for gaming on your computer, for both modern and...

   54 LaunchBox alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium (Pay once)
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Game Library Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Android

   

   

   

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    Ares (Formerly Higan / BSNES)

     48 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Game Emulator

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    KRetro

     2 likes

    KRetro is a Libretro frontend written in Qt/Kirigami, designed for Plasma Desktop, Mobile, and Bigscreen.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Game Emulator

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Plasma Mobile

    

    

    

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    WinDS PRO

     13 likes

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

    34 WinDS PRO alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Game Emulator

    Origin

    • Spain
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

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    Mednafen

     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)...

    38 Mednafen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Game Emulator

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    SkyEmu

     3 likes

    SkyEmu is a low level GameBoy, GameBoy Color and Game Boy Advance emulator. Its primary focus is to provide a good user experience through a good mixture of tradeoffs of accuracy, performance, features and usability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Game Emulator

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    

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