Linkboy

Pixel Respawn LLC

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About this app

Linkboy is the successor to the popular My Boy! emulator series, offering fast and efficient GBA, GBC, and GB emulation with a modern interface and advanced features like Link play and RetroAchievements.

KEY FEATURES
• ⚡ Optimized performance — smooth, efficient emulation with minimal battery use
• 🎮 High compatibility — runs nearly all games flawlessly
• 🔗 Link cable emulation — play up to 4 players via local network or on the same device
• 🏆 RetroAchievements support — unlock achievements while you play
• ⏩ Speed control — fast-forward up to 100× or slow down for detailed play.
• 🧩 Cheat support — codes for multiple systems
• 📱 Cartridge features emulation — gyroscope, light sensor, rumble, and GB Camera
• 🎮 Controller & keyboard support — flexible many-to-many button mappings
• 🎛️ Customizable virtual controls — move, resize, and configure buttons freely
• 💾 Save states — multiple slots, save and load anytime
• ☁️ Google Drive sync/backup — keep saves and cheats safe across devices
• ✨ Visual enhancements — apply multiple GPU shaders for a new look
• 📁 Manage game folders — easily add, remove, or organize your game collection
• 🖌️ Modern UI — clean design with Material You styling

DISCLAIMER
This app is not affiliated with, authorized, endorsed, or licensed in any way by Nintendo, its affiliates, or subsidiaries.
No games are included. Screenshots feature either public domain titles or copyrighted works owned by their respective rights holders.

Ratings and reviews

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.

Other than some sound irregularities, which carried over from the MyBoy! 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), Shadowgate Classic (GBC), and most games utilizing Digitized Speech/SFX (Resident Evil: Gaiden and Spawn to name a few). Great work in modernizing MyBoy! and MyOldBoy! with QoL improvements. Keep the updates comin'! 👍

I'll stick with another emulator they made, though (MyBoy). yet, MyBoy can't play every game anymore, so here goes....I really like how it's a GBA and GBC emulator in one! you can also move around the virtual controller layout, which is nice. I don't really like how you have to tap the three bars, then tap close game, to close the game, but that's just me...keep up the good work. one issue is it takes awhile to find my roms, when you rescan...idk why. thx for the option for the visual feedback!

What’s new

• Added option for switching the game library between grid view and list view (only available when thumbnails are enabled in Settings)
• Added a “Floating window” option in the pause menu to run games in a floating window
• Fixed device sensors not working when a game controller is connected
• Fixed mouse movement being incorrectly interpreted as D-pad input