Linkboy

3.11.2

Pixel Respawn LLC

4.24

1,357 reviews

100,000+
Downloads

Free

A lightning-fast GBA/GBC/GB emulator with Link play and RetroAchievements

4.24 · 1,357 reviews · 100,000+ downloads

Pros & Cons

Efficient emulation delivering smooth performance with low battery drain
Very high compatibility across GBA, GBC, and GB titles
Reliable local multiplayer through Link cable emulation
Cloud save and cheat data sync via Google Drive

Lacks explicit ROM hosting or built-in ROM management features
Uses a broad set of permissions which may raise privacy concerns for some users
Performance and features may vary by device and network conditions for multiplayer

About Linkboy

Linkboy is an entertainment app developed by Pixel Respawn LLC.

Download Statistics

Linkboy has been downloaded 260 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 19 thousand times.

User Ratings

Linkboy is rated 4.24 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.4 thousand ratings.

App Information

Linkboy is FREE to download. The APK download size is 7.87 MB. The latest version available is 3.11.2. The last update was on August 21, 2026.

Technical Requirements

The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play January 2025.

Description

Linkboy is the successor to the popular My Boy!

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Linkboy has been downloaded 260 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 620 downloads per day.

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Comments on Linkboy for Android

★★★★★ Hippo Pilot · Jul 7, 2026

The my boy emulators were my main until updates halted and Pizza boy became the hot new emulator. BUT, I am happy to say the developers have turned Link boy into a genuine competitor that outperforms pizza boy in features and design. If I had to choose one app I would choose link boy and not find myself wanting. The developers are attentive to user feedback and suggestions and deserve your money. A suggestion: some games have both an SGB and GBC enhanced mode, there should be a preference toggle

★★★★☆ Muhammad Ullah · Aug 7, 2026

Good emulator but it would be nice to have a screenshot button on a virtual game pad layout like My Boy does, without having to click the menu just to take a GBA screenshot.

★★★★★ Justin Caldwell · May 7, 2026

Other than some sound irregularities, which carried over from the My Boy! Series, this is a more streamlined emulator for the Game Boy series of systems. The games in question (and possibly others) are Sword of Hope II (GB), Shadow gate Classic (GBC), and most games utilizing Digitized Speech/SFX (Resident Evil: Gaiden and Spawn to name a few). Great works in modernizing My Boy! And Moldy! With QoL improvements. Keep the updates comin'! 👍

★☆☆☆☆ Allysa Thompson · May 30, 2026

It plays nice (no skipped frames), but for some reason it's not recognizing the cheat codes that have 12-characters per line (and are legit codes as they have worked on the actual Game Shark device they're for--I still have the device and checked to make sure they work, and they do). This needs to be fixed, as otherwise it will limit how much I will be using this app.

★☆☆☆☆ Dr. hany · Jul 11, 2026

It asks for money to unlock the save feature. Really, save has become a feature right now. no, thanks

★★☆☆☆ Christopher · Aug 10, 2026

Wish I had this when I was a kid, but now I'm home-grown and don't want any things like this thrash my house, so I'm just rating this for my self, off course, and it's the best gift I could have for this lifetime, so thank you LINKBOY for all I have when I didn't know what is everything about

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Technologies used by Linkboy

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Price	Free to download
Total downloads	260 thousand
Recent downloads	19 thousand
Rating	4.24 based on 1.4 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	3.11.2
APK size	7.86 MB
Number of libraries	15
Suitable for	Everyone
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