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mGBA VS FreeROMS

Compare mGBA VS FreeROMS and see what are their differences

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mGBA is an open source emulator of the Game Boy Advance. The goals are speed and accuracy.

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FreeROMS have been giving a tremendous choice of ROMS and emulators to game fans for a considerable length of time.
  • mGBA Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-07-06
  • FreeROMS Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-10-24

mGBA videos

PS Vita MGBA Emulator Version 0.8.1 Test! (Latest Update)

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  • Review - PS Vita MGBA Emulator! UPDATED! (Improved Frame Drawing)
  • Review - mGBA Emulator for PC: Full Setup and Play in 2 Minutes (The Game Boy Advance Emulator)

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to mGBA and FreeROMS)
Gaming
100 100%
0% 0
Roms
0 0%
100% 100
Emulators
85 85%
15% 15
Games
0 0%
100% 100

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  1. Fake downloads and pop-ups

    Really bad website, virus instead of roms, and mass flooding of pop-ups. You should unlist it.

    👍 Pros:    None
    👎 Cons:    Send to virus/trojan infected sites|Fake

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, mGBA seems to be a lot more popular than FreeROMS. While we know about 70 links to mGBA, we've tracked only 2 mentions of FreeROMS. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

mGBA mentions (70)

  • Cheats on Visualboy Advance for Mac
    Visual Boy Advance is actually outclassed these days, use mGBA instead. Source: 10 months ago
  • I must know, how do you emulate fire emblem on a windows laptop?
    Which game do you want to emulate? If you're talking about fe7 (localized as just Fire Emblem in the west), you're gonna need a ROM which I can't link here but I can PM to you if you need it, and an emulator. I recommend Mgba (https://mgba.io/) for GBA games. Source: 10 months ago
  • Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (D-Pad Controls) (GBC Hack)
    Install the GBA emulator called “mGBA” on your 3DS (You can install it through Universal Updater or heres a link to it: https://mgba.io [v0.10.2] ) It should be a cia file to install through FBI. Source: 10 months ago
  • Hi, new to emulators. I had a question, can I run gba and nds games on this?
    No, you can use mGBA for GBA games, and MelonDS for NDS games. Source: 11 months ago
  • If you had to use the 4.5 navis to create a team, who would you choose?
    Here's the thread for the Real Battle Network Gameplay patch, here's the English translation patch, and here's the emulator I recommend where you can just slot in the Navi of your choice to unlock them immediately. The ROM you'll have to scare up for yourself, but I'm sure you can handle it. Source: 12 months ago
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FreeROMS mentions (2)

  • Where to download Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara rom safely?
    Hello. I've just downloaded the latest version of mame (I think it says it's version 0.249.0.0). I downloaded the rom from freeroms.com, alternative download link. I'm not sure it's compatible with the mame tho. I got a "ddsomu" folder, with contents like dd2.05g, dd2.06g, dd2.07, dd2.08, and so on and so forth. Is this it? I copied it into the roms folder, but nothing happened. It says incorrect or missing rom. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Is freer*ms safe?
    Last time I went to freeroms.com My antivirus program went haywire, that was a couple of years ago. Maybe it's better now but I personally wouldn't trust it. Source: almost 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mGBA and FreeROMS, you can also consider the following products

DeSmuME - DeSmuME is a freeware emulator for the NDS roms & Nintendo DS Lite games created by YopYop156.

Romulation - Romulation provides information and downloads for classic game system emulators.

VisualBoyAdvance - VisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is a free software (GNU GPL) emulator targeted for the Game Boy, Super Game...

RomWorldOnline - RomWorldOnline is a site committed to SNES ROMS and ROMS for different operating systems and gaming devices.

RetroArch - RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.

The Iso Zone - To improve gameplay