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Nintendo Game Boy / Nintendo Game Boy Advance / Nintendo Game Boy Color /

mGBA Active

A fast and accurate Game Boy Advance emulator that also runs Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, with Lua scripting, GDB debugging, link cable support and ports to the 3DS, Switch, Wii and Vita.

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Facts

Runs on
Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Other
Install from
Flathub
Works with
OpenEmu, RetroArch (mgba), Lakka
License
Open source (MPL-2.0)
Accuracy
High
System ROMs
Not needed
BIOS
Runs without the real BIOS
Mobile
None (no official phone or tablet version)
Opens
.gb .gbc .gba
Written in
C
First release
2014
Authors
endrift
Last checked
Oct 2026

Features

  • HasSave states
  • HasRewind
  • HasFast-forward
  • Not listed:Run-ahead
  • Not listed:Online multiplayer
  • Not listed:CRT shaders
  • HasA/V recording
  • HasCheats
  • Not listed:Achievements
  • Not listed:Themes

Input

  • HasGamepad
  • Not listed:Touch controls
  • Not listed:Light gun
  • Not listed:Mouse
  • Not listed:Positional key mapping
  • Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
  • Not listed:On-screen keyboard
  • Not listed:Native keyboard

For developers

  • HasDebugger
  • HasMemory viewer
  • Not listed:Disassembler
  • Not listed:Profiler
  • Not listed:Trace logger
  • HasScripting
  • Not listed:Command line

Emulated hardware

  • Not listed:Hard disk
  • Not listed:MIDI
  • HasPrinter
  • Not listed:Networking
  • Not listed:Modem
  • Not listed:RAM expansion
  • Not listed:Accelerator cards

Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.