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Android Apps > Arcade > Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator)
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Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator)

2.5.9
Nostalgia Emulators
4.61
6,657 reviews
500,000+
Downloads
Free

GBA emulator with rewind, save states, cheats & turbo. Games not included.

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About Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator)

Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator) is an arcade app developed by Nostalgia Emulators.

Download Statistics

Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator) has been downloaded 910 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2.8 thousand times.

User Ratings

Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator) is rated 4.61 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 6.7 thousand ratings.

App Information

Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator) is freely available from Google Play. The APK size is 6.29 MB. The latest APK version available is 2.5.9. The last update was on October 31, 2026.

Technical Requirements

Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator) requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The APK has been available on Google Play since October 2019.

Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator) is made and published by Nostalgia Emulators. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with Nostalgia Emulators. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to Nostalgia Emulators and are shown as published on Google Play.

Description by Nostalgia Emulators (from Google Play)
Nostalgia.GBA is a fast, high quality GBA emulator for Android based on mGBA. Play your own GBA games with rewind, save states, cheats and a fully customizable on-screen controller. mGBA is distributed under the terms of the MPL license and its source code is available here: https://tinyurl.com/ovoepck

Features
- Modern, cool-looking & user friendly interface
- Highly customizable virtual controller! You can adjust the size and position of each button to suit your needs.
- Game progress saving and loading - 8 manual slots with screenshots & an autosave slot. Share save states among your devices via Bluetooth, email etc. directly from the app.
- Export and import your battery saves (.sav) to back them up or move them to another device or emulator
- Rewinding! Got killed by a bad guy? Never mind! Just rewind the game a couple of seconds back and try again!
- Wi-Fi controller mode!
- Turbo buttons & A+B button
- Hardware accelerated graphics utilizing OpenGL ES
- 44100 Hz stereo sound
- Hardware keyboard support
- Supports HID bluetooth gamepads (MOGA, 8bitdo etc.)
- Screenshots - easily capture an image of the game any time during gameplay
- Use special cheat codes to make GBA games even more fun!
- GBA and ZIP file support

No ROMs are included in the application.

Import your ROMs (zipped or unzipped) with IMPORT FROM DIR or IMPORT FROM FILE in the Nostalgia.GBA menu.

This is the ad-supported lite version of Nostalgia.GBA. We do not want to disturb you during gameplay - no ads will be displayed when a game is running.

Join our Discord community to get help, share cheats and suggest new features: https://discord.gg/EJwuB2gyFa

Do not hesitate to send bug reports, suggestions or questions to our email.

Recent changes:
What's new
• Export and import your game saves (.sav) – back up your progress or move it to another device
• Loading ROMs from a whole folder works again
• Fixed on-screen buttons (Start, Select, menu) not responding on some newer phones
• Screenshots are saved correctly on newer Android versions
• Better support for Android 15 and 16
• Fewer crashes and better stability
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Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Installs over time

Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator) has been installed 910 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 94 installs per day.

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Developer information for Nostalgia Emulators

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Comments on Nostalgia.GBA (GBA Emulator) for Android

★★★★★ Garvin Munisi · Nov 23, 2025
Best gba emulator for games like Pokémon
★★★★★ Krisgeline Estebat · May 26, 2026
Best emulator I have seen rom hacks works all of your nostalgia emulator like nes and gbc works perfect for all the rom hack also this is something i don't see alot But Its cool and perfect for super Mario advance 2 cheats is always enabled the roms does not get delete like the other one sav. Srm. Is easily seen in archiver no lags
★★★★★ Double Pump God69 · May 22, 2026
I love being able to play all my favorite old school games like Pokémon ruby and even though there is ads it's only one ad banner when looking at your games, and it doesn't interfere with your game
★★☆☆☆ Rotted Hood · May 9, 2025
Can't use the read directory/folder option, saying i don't have the application to use it with. This wasn't an issue before.
★☆☆☆☆ Thomas Elder IV · Aug 25, 2025
Used to be a 5-star app for many years. Recently they have decided to hide all the .sav files and constantly looses all my ROMs and cannot import them again....very sad
★☆☆☆☆ Matt Curnell · Aug 9, 2026
it's a great app.... tell your roms a bin file, and it doesn't display the roms name and instead gives a random number string and msf for the name
★☆☆☆☆ Rory McKenzie · Mar 29, 2025
No way to access save files. I need to get a new phone soon and can't find anyway to back up my saves. Frustrated that my 50-hour Emerald Imperium save with 3 shines is being held hostage. Will not be using this emulator next time unless resolved

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