Linkboy
Pixel Respawn LLC Arcade In-app purchases
A fast GBA emulator that supports link
- Rating
- 4.3
- 1.5K ratings
- Downloads
- 282K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Oct 3
- 2026 · v3.11.4
Screenshots
About Linkboy
Linkboy is a successor to the popular My Boy! emulator, redesigned with a modern UI, providing extremely efficient GBA emulation, with advanced features such as Link and gyroscope.
Feature highlights:
• Highly optimized emulation core that ensures efficient emulation while using the least power
• High game compatibility, running nearly all games perfectly
• Full speed Link cable emulation between nearby devices
• Efficient fast-forward that reaches up to 100× speed
• Cheats for multiple systems
• Accurate gyroscope, light sensor, and rumble emulation to replicate nearly all features of the original GBA
• Highly configurable virtual controller, allowing all buttons to be moved and scaled
• Save and load game states in multiple slots at any time
• Modern UI design, such as dynamic color and themed icon
** This app is not affiliated with, nor authorized, endorsed or licensed in any way by Nintendo, its affiliates or subsidiaries.
** No games are included. The games shown in the screenshots are either in the public domain, or are copyrighted by their respective owners.
Feature highlights:
• Highly optimized emulation core that ensures efficient emulation while using the least power
• High game compatibility, running nearly all games perfectly
• Full speed Link cable emulation between nearby devices
• Efficient fast-forward that reaches up to 100× speed
• Cheats for multiple systems
• Accurate gyroscope, light sensor, and rumble emulation to replicate nearly all features of the original GBA
• Highly configurable virtual controller, allowing all buttons to be moved and scaled
• Save and load game states in multiple slots at any time
• Modern UI design, such as dynamic color and themed icon
** This app is not affiliated with, nor authorized, endorsed or licensed in any way by Nintendo, its affiliates or subsidiaries.
** No games are included. The games shown in the screenshots are either in the public domain, or are copyrighted by their respective owners.
What’s new
Version 3.11.4 · Updated October 3, 2026
• [gba] Fixed open-bus reads in rare cases. • [gba] Fixed a rare HLE BIOS bug that could cause freezes in certain games.
User reviews
superb!
Love the idea of this emulator and am very close to buying it, but missing controller support is a huge omission, I have a Razor Kishi. Also giving the option to toggle the speed button would be great 👍 Edit: Changed it to 5* as the devs reassured they are working on the mentioned features.
Linkboy is an excellent GameBoy Advance emulator with link capabilities. You can add files separately or add a folder of GBA roms. It has good emulation, and the touchscreen controller is pretty good. A very good free application. 👍
Very happy to see my go-to GBA emulator refreshed! I'm especially glad that it finally gives you access to the saves folder, which is extremely helpful for backup up/restoring saves. I only have 2 minor requests which were in MyBoy: On the layout screen, I'd love if touching the gameplay screen gave some options lik...
Yo, from reddit! EMULATOR IS FIRE BRO
Very nice and lightweight emulator, still missing some features but that's to be expected knowing that it's still new. But I would love to see RetroAchievements being supported in the future.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linkboy | 4.3 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | Oct 3, 2026 | |
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| My Boy! Lite | 4.1 / 5 | Free | 50,000,000+ | Mar 16, 2019 | Compare |
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