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24 alternatives to GBAEmu
A local-first GBA emulator for iPhone
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
- 1GJ
2012 · jpfau.github.com · its alternatives →
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Delta▲245The first Gameboy emulator approved in the App Store
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to sacert/Gameboy development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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📡 Stream Raspberry Pi games to a GBA via Link Cable. - afska/gba-remote-play
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The Best Emulator for Pokémon GBA Adventures
Nov 2025 · gba-emu.org · its alternatives →
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Super Mario Run▲327Mario jumps into a new adventure on iPhone and iPad
2016 · supermariorun.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, Over the past ~1.5 years, I built an open-source FPGA retro emulation handheld that can play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges. To my knowledge, there isn't an existing open-source FPGA emulator that can play physical cartridges like this. One of my main goals was to do all of the pieces myself, and be able to understand every component of it, so I designed my own PCB, wrote the firmware, wrote a Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulator for the FPGA (using the Chisel HDL), and designed a 3D-printed case. I detailed the design and development process in the…
2025 · eli.lipsitz.net · its alternatives →
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Best Emulator for playing retro games on iOS
2022 · freeonlinegames.com · its alternatives →
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GameBoy vibes▲150a Candycat themed GameBoy Emulator in the browser
2025 · gb.candycatstudio.com · its alternatives →
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GB Studio▲159A free and easy to use game creator for the GameBoy
2019 · gbstudio.dev · its alternatives →
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Play classic FDS/NES, SNES, GB/GBC and GBA games with NiN10
Nov 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 16GJ
2015 · matthewbauer.us · its alternatives →
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:tv: An (almost) fully featured Game Boy emulator. - Dooskington/GameLad
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Afterplay▲113We just launched the Afterplay Store. It lets you buy new retro games and start playing instantly in your browser, with no installs or setup. Here’s a quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoChUbaspbI We’re launching with publishers like Mega Cat Studios and Incube8, with more to come. The goal is to make retro games as easy to access as modern ones. Would love any feedback.
2023 · afterplay.io · its alternatives →
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RomM is a self-hosted app that allows you to manage your retro game files (ROMs) and play them in the browser. Think of it as Plex or Jellyfin for your ROM library: it automatically fetches metadata, artwork, and game information from online metadata sources to transform your folders into a browsable collection. You can play games directly in the browser for consoles like the N64, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation 1, using the integrated web emulator (https://emulatorjs.org/). Members of the community have released integrations for Playnite (Windows), muOS…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I recently dug my Nintendo GameCube out of storage to revisit the first Animal Crossing game. Things were mostly as I remembered, but the game's heavy reliance on a clunky on-screen keyboard quickly wore my patience thin. Unwilling to accept this subpar experience, I did what any rational person would do and ordered a rare, Japan-exclusive, keyboard/controller hybrid on eBay, then used a Raspberry Pi Pico to 1. listen for keypresses and 2. send simulated controller events to the GameCube, automating typing in Animal Crossing at a Tool-Assisted Speedrun level. Of course, this oddball…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Analogue Pocket ▲182A modern hand-held for playing old GameBoy gamees
2019 · analogue.co · its alternatives →
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Still very much a work in progress, but really wanted to share this even in it's early state. Had heaps of fun building it to learn more about WebRTC.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hello everyone! I've created a gameboy emulator to unlock my Wayland session and wanted to share this project to everyone here! I've been a Linux enthusiast since I was a kid. What always captivated me was the freedom to customize my system exactly the way I wanted. With Wayland, we've reached an incredible level of performance. It's like turning your operating system into a video game! I've always been fascinated by the blend of fun and the serious, technical nature of an OS. That’s what inspired me to create this project. I started by studying Wayland, its protocol and how to build a…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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