VisualBoyAdvance AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like VisualBoyAdvance

VisualBoyAdvance is described as '(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' and is a very popular Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to VisualBoyAdvance for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best VisualBoyAdvance alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VisualBoyAdvance are Lemuroid, Delta Emulator, OpenEmu and mGBA.

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  1. RetroArch icon
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    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.

    164 RetroArch alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • Steam
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    • Haiku
     
  2. Lemuroid icon
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    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.

    36 Lemuroid alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  3. Delta Emulator icon
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    Delta is an iOS emulator that supports multiple game systems such as NES, SNES, N64, and DS, improving upon its predecessor, GBA4iOS.

    42 Delta Emulator alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • iPhone
    • AltStore
    • iPad
     
  4. OpenEmu icon
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    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.

    56 OpenEmu alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Fast, lightweight, optimized, open source and the best current alternative.

    • mGBA is Free and Open SourceVisualBoyAdvance is also Free and Open Source
    • mGBA is LightweightVisualBoyAdvance is not according to our users
  6. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  7. LaunchBox icon
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    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...

    64 LaunchBox alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
  8. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. WinDS PRO icon
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    WinDS PRO contains the latest versions of the emulators for the Nintendo, Sega and Playstation consoles for PC including:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Plasma Mobile
     
  11. SkyEmu icon
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    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 (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  12. My Boy! icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Windows Phone
     
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