Perfect Boy Lite: GBA Emulator
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Fast, accurate GBA emulator with save states, cheats, link play and more.
- Downloads
- 133+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Nov 7
- 2026 · v2.84.5981
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About Perfect Boy Lite: GBA Emulator
Perfect Boy is an emulator: an app that lets you play Game Boy Advance games on your Android phone or tablet. Built on the acclaimed open-source mGBA core, it lets you add your games, pick up where you left off and play the way you like, with on-screen buttons or a physical controller.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Copy your own game files (.gba ROMs) to your device.
2. Open Perfect Boy and add them to the library.
3. Tap a game to play with the on-screen buttons or a controller.
4. Save at any moment and continue later right where you stopped.
🎮 ACCURATE, SMOOTH EMULATION
- mGBA core: high compatibility and faithful sound
- Works without a BIOS (optionally import your own gba_bios.bin for the boot screen)
- Fast forward with adjustable speed, as a tap-to-toggle or hold button
- Automatic save type detection, with manual override and speed hack in Advanced settings
💾 SAVES, STATES AND BACKUP
- The game's own save is written automatically, just like a real cartridge
- 10 save state slots plus a quick slot (on-screen SAVE / LOAD buttons)
- Auto save: leave the game and continue exactly where you stopped
- Import .sav files from other emulators
- Export everything to a single .zip: saves, states, cheats, patches and, if you want, your ROMs
- Restore your backup on any device: each save finds its game automatically
🕹️ CONTROLS YOUR WAY
- Multi-touch virtual controller with optional vibration
- Edit the layout: drag and resize every button, with profiles for each way you play
- Realistic buttons with relief, shine and shadow, and adjustable opacity
- Bluetooth / USB controllers and keyboards work right away, with full button mapping
- On-screen buttons hide automatically when a controller is connected
📺 PICTURE AND SOUND
- Filters: Sharp, Smooth, Smooth pixels, xBR, LCD grid and CRT
- Color correction that simulates the original handheld screen
- Integer scaling for sharp, even pixels, or stretch to fill
- Adjustable screen size, portrait or landscape, full screen and immersive mode
- Stereo audio with volume control
✨ CHEATS AND PATCHES
- GameShark, Action Replay and CodeBreaker codes, each one toggled on or off
- IPS, UPS and BPS patches applied automatically when the game starts: play translations and ROM hacks
👥 PLAY TOGETHER
- Local link: 2 players on the same device
- Network link over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth with a friend nearby
📚 A LIBRARY THAT LOOKS GOOD
- Cartridge or list view, with each game's last screen as its label
- Recently added and recently played games on top
- Select several games at once to remove them
- Light or dark theme, customizable console color
- Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian
⭐ FREE VS PRO
The free version has every emulation feature, with ads. You can add up to 5 games and unlock more slots by watching a short ad.
Perfect Boy PRO removes all ads, unlocks an unlimited library and adds automatic backup and sync with Google Drive, so your progress follows you to any device.
IMPORTANT
Perfect Boy does not include any games or BIOS. Use only copies of games you legally own. Perfect Boy is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Nintendo.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Copy your own game files (.gba ROMs) to your device.
2. Open Perfect Boy and add them to the library.
3. Tap a game to play with the on-screen buttons or a controller.
4. Save at any moment and continue later right where you stopped.
🎮 ACCURATE, SMOOTH EMULATION
- mGBA core: high compatibility and faithful sound
- Works without a BIOS (optionally import your own gba_bios.bin for the boot screen)
- Fast forward with adjustable speed, as a tap-to-toggle or hold button
- Automatic save type detection, with manual override and speed hack in Advanced settings
💾 SAVES, STATES AND BACKUP
- The game's own save is written automatically, just like a real cartridge
- 10 save state slots plus a quick slot (on-screen SAVE / LOAD buttons)
- Auto save: leave the game and continue exactly where you stopped
- Import .sav files from other emulators
- Export everything to a single .zip: saves, states, cheats, patches and, if you want, your ROMs
- Restore your backup on any device: each save finds its game automatically
🕹️ CONTROLS YOUR WAY
- Multi-touch virtual controller with optional vibration
- Edit the layout: drag and resize every button, with profiles for each way you play
- Realistic buttons with relief, shine and shadow, and adjustable opacity
- Bluetooth / USB controllers and keyboards work right away, with full button mapping
- On-screen buttons hide automatically when a controller is connected
📺 PICTURE AND SOUND
- Filters: Sharp, Smooth, Smooth pixels, xBR, LCD grid and CRT
- Color correction that simulates the original handheld screen
- Integer scaling for sharp, even pixels, or stretch to fill
- Adjustable screen size, portrait or landscape, full screen and immersive mode
- Stereo audio with volume control
✨ CHEATS AND PATCHES
- GameShark, Action Replay and CodeBreaker codes, each one toggled on or off
- IPS, UPS and BPS patches applied automatically when the game starts: play translations and ROM hacks
👥 PLAY TOGETHER
- Local link: 2 players on the same device
- Network link over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth with a friend nearby
📚 A LIBRARY THAT LOOKS GOOD
- Cartridge or list view, with each game's last screen as its label
- Recently added and recently played games on top
- Select several games at once to remove them
- Light or dark theme, customizable console color
- Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian
⭐ FREE VS PRO
The free version has every emulation feature, with ads. You can add up to 5 games and unlock more slots by watching a short ad.
Perfect Boy PRO removes all ads, unlocks an unlimited library and adds automatic backup and sync with Google Drive, so your progress follows you to any device.
IMPORTANT
Perfect Boy does not include any games or BIOS. Use only copies of games you legally own. Perfect Boy is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Nintendo.
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