GBA, GB and GBC emulator with free homebrew games. Add your own game files too.
PocketCore is a fast, free emulator for the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
A handful of free homebrew games are included, so you can play straight after installing,
and you can add your own game files with a couple of taps.
EASY TO GET STARTED
- Free homebrew games included: Tobu Tobu Girl Deluxe, Rebound, Libbet and the Magic Floor,
GB Chess and more
- Add games: tap Add games and pick files from your Downloads, or open a game file from
your file manager with PocketCore
- Or point PocketCore at a whole folder; games you add to it later show up on their own
- A short built-in guide explains every step
ONE APP, THREE SYSTEMS
Game Boy Advance, Game Boy and Game Boy Color are all supported, and PocketCore works out
which system a file is for by reading the file itself.
ACCURATE EMULATION
PocketCore is built on mGBA, one of the most accurate open-source Game Boy Advance cores
there is. Sound is generated at the console's own 32,768 Hz and paced by your device's audio
output, so picture and sound stay locked together without the drift you get from a timer.
SAVE ANYWHERE
Ten save-state slots per game, each with a thumbnail of the moment you saved. PocketCore also
writes an automatic save state whenever you close a game, so you can always pick up exactly
where you stopped. Battery saves work exactly as the cartridge intended.
REWIND YOUR MISTAKES
Hold the rewind button to run the last few seconds backwards, let go, and try again.
CONTROLS THAT FIT YOUR HANDS
Drag every on-screen button to wherever your thumbs actually sit, and set the size and
opacity to taste. Separate layouts are remembered for portrait and landscape. Multi-touch
throughout, so holding a direction while tapping A works the way it should. Diagonals on the
directional pad are resolved by angle, not by rectangles, so they are actually reachable.
USE A REAL CONTROLLER
Bluetooth and USB gamepads are supported, including analogue sticks and hat switches. Any
button can be remapped by pressing it.
EVERYTHING ELSE
- Fast forward up to 8x, and slow motion down to a quarter speed
- Cheat codes: GameShark, Action Replay, CodeBreaker, Game Genie and raw codes
- Tilt, gyroscope and solar sensor emulation for the cartridges that used them
- Reads .gba, .gb, .gbc files, and .zip and .7z archives
- Integer scaling for sharp, evenly-scaled pixels
- Material You interface with a full dark theme
- Your recent games appear as shortcuts when you long-press the app icon
FREE, WITH ADS
PocketCore is free and supported by advertising. Ads appear on the game list and settings
screens, and occasionally when you close a game. There are never any ads while a game is
running.
A NOTE ON GAME FILES
The included games are free homebrew titles, shipped unchanged under their authors' open
licences: Tobu Tobu Girl Deluxe by Tangram Games, Libbet and the Magic Floor by Damian
Yerrick, Rebound by DevEd, GB Chess by Nick Craig-Wood, 2048 by Wyatt Ferguson, and Little
Green Blob, Loss of Pressure and DCPR by MilanFIN. Full credits and licences are in the app
under About.
PocketCore has no way to search for or download games, and needs no BIOS file. To play
other games, add backups of games you legally own.
OPEN SOURCE
PocketCore's emulation core is mGBA by endrift and contributors, used under the Mozilla
Public License 2.0. The source for the covered files is linked from inside the app, under
About PocketCore.
Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance are trademarks of Nintendo. PocketCore is not
affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo.
What's new
- Removed vibration: no more button vibration or rumble, PocketCore never vibrates now
- Small cleanups and stability improvements