Linkboy

3.10.0

Pixel Respawn LLC

4.25

1,180 reviews

100,000+
Downloads

Free

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

About Linkboy

Linkboy is an entertainment app developed by Pixel Respawn LLC.

Download Statistics

Linkboy has been downloaded 220 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 13 thousand times.

User Ratings

Linkboy is rated 4.25 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.2 thousand ratings.

App Information

Linkboy is FREE to download. The APK download size is 7.80 MB. The latest version available is 3.10.0. The last update was on June 10, 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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Retro Boy App Roms Files Advance John Gameboy Rom Classic Gaming Performance Load Screen States Experience Smooth Gameplay High Customizable Compatibility Controls Devices Device Console Recent Enjoy Speed Import Easy Forward Slow Fixed Auto Audio Bluetooth Hardware Free

Google Play Rating history and histogram

Downloads over time

Linkboy has been downloaded 220 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 420 downloads per day.

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Developer information for Pixel Respawn LLC

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Comments on Linkboy for Android

★★★★★ 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'! 👍

★★★★☆ Louie Adrao · May 18, 2026

Pretty great emulator overall, It completely removes the need of having 2 emulators for GB and GBA titles and is a complete advancement over My Boy and Moldy. There is one gripe I have with it, and it's that you can't hold down B and A together which makes some games unplayable but overall pretty good

★★★★★ Howard · Jun 9, 2026

Great emulator! Two suggestions: (1) Please add the solar-sensor to the virtual buttons and/or button mapping; (2) Please add an option for grid-lines when customizing the virtual layout.

★☆☆☆☆ 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.

★☆☆☆☆ Ivan Federico · Feb 2, 2026

Locking saves behind a paywall is a dealbreaker. Of all the things you could have put behind a paywall, you chose this one, which is also one of the most essential features and is present in all other emulators.

★☆☆☆☆ Alang · Dec 20, 2025

Not even one free slot to save the game lmao! Uninstalling it right away

Google Play Rankings for Linkboy

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Technologies used by Linkboy

Linkboy is requesting 23 permissions and is using 15 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, view Wi-Fi connections, pair with Bluetooth devices, full network access, Google Play billing service, Google Play license check

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Hardware controls

take pictures and videos, control vibration

System tools

access Bluetooth settings, connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi, run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE, android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT, android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, com.pixelrespawn.linkboy.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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None found

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Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Android Jetpack Annotations Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Annotations AndroidX App Startup Android Library Icon

AndroidX App Startup Android WorkManager Android Library Icon

Android WorkManager AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 AndroidX SQLite Android Library Icon

AndroidX SQLite AndroidX ProfileInstaller Android Library Icon

AndroidX ProfileInstaller Jetpack WindowManager Android Library Icon

Jetpack WindowManager Jetpack Compose Android Library Icon

Jetpack Compose AndroidX Graphics Android Library Icon

AndroidX Graphics Ktor Android Library Icon

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Price	Free to download
Total downloads	220 thousand
Recent downloads	13 thousand
Rating	4.25 based on 1.2 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	3.10.0
APK size	7.80 MB
Number of libraries	15
Suitable for	Everyone
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