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ABOUT / THE PROJECT
About GBA Emulator
An Android app that brings Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color and Game Boy games into one library, with comfortable controls and saves you never have to think about.
★ ONE APP.
THREE
HANDHELDS.
THREE
HANDHELDS.
01 / WHAT IT ISEmulator software.
Emulator software.
Nothing else.
GBA Emulator plays game files you provide yourself. It doesn't include games.
It detects whether each file is Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color or original Game Boy, and keeps everything together in one library. On top of that sit touch controls you can move and resize, portrait and landscape play, Quick Save and Auto Resume, cheats, speed options and two image styles.
Curious about a specific system? See the GBA emulator overview, the GBC emulator page or the original GB emulator page.
- 3handheld systems in one app
- Androidbuilt for phones
- 0games included
02 / WHY IT EXISTSRetro games are easy to love,
Retro games are easy to love,
awkward to carry.
Playing old handheld games on a phone can be fiddly: scattered files, controls that fight your thumbs, saves you are never quite sure about. GBA Emulator aims to make that simple.
One library. Controls that fit. A pause menu that keeps saving, cheats and settings close. That is the whole idea.
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Simple
A clean four-tab app: Home, Library, Favorites, Settings.
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Comfortable
Move and resize controls, and use portrait or landscape.
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Yours
Your files, your saves, your settings, all on your device.
- 04
Honest
Features described plainly. No games bundled.
03 / PRIVATE BY DESIGNYour games stay
Your games stay
on your device.
No storage permission
You add files through Android's own file picker. Network access is used only to show ads.
Gameplay works offline
Once your game files are on the device, playing needs no connection. Ads need a network.
Private storage
Your library and saves stay in the app's own storage on your device.
04 / BUILT ON mGBAStanding on
Standing on
open-source shoulders.
GBA Emulator uses the mGBA emulation core, unmodified, for Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color and Game Boy. mGBA is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and it includes blip_buf, licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1.
Our thanks to the mGBA project and its contributors. mGBA is a separate project, and GBA Emulator is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.
- MPL 2.0mGBA core, unmodified
- LGPL 2.1blip_buf audio resampler
05 / THE FINE PRINT
Clear about what we are.
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No commercial games
The app does not include, download or link to ROMs or BIOS files. You provide your own compatible game files. See the disclaimer.
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Independent
Not affiliated with, authorized by or endorsed by Nintendo or any game publisher. Third-party trademarks belong to their owners.
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Copyright matters
Questions about content? See the Copyright / DMCA page and the terms of use.
GBA. GBC. GB. AND YOU.Come and play.
Your own retro games, one comfortable Android app.
Bring your own compatible game files. Games are not included.