GBA

gba icon

Nintendo Game Boy Advance ROM image

File type: Emulator file

Files with gba extension can be found as ROM images for Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulators.

Found 2 different file type records with the same gba filename suffix.

What is gba file?

File type category:
Emulator file

Date updated: November 29, 2023

File extension gba is used by Emulators of Nintendo Game Boy Advance for its ROM Images.

GBA is one of the emulator formats. These files contain exact copy of the data found on the game cartridge a form readable by emulators in Windows or Mac computers.

How to open gba file?

There are probably several emulators that can work with .gba files, such as NO$GBA.

How to convert gba file?

These files are generally not mean to be converted to other formats.

Technical details

MIME types
  • application/x-gba-rom

Suggested software to open gba file:

Associated software actions with the gba file

Software applications that can open gba files:

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

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GrabIt batch file

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: November 3, 2026

The .gba file extension identifies a GrabIt batch file. GrabIt was developed by Ilan Shemes for downloading content from Usenet, including binary newsgroups. A GBA file stores batch-download information for GrabIt rather than the downloaded content itself.

The format is associated with the Windows version of GrabIt and is not a general-purpose interchange format. It is normally treated as binary data and may use the application/octet-stream MIME type.

How to open gba file?

Open a GBA file with GrabIt on Microsoft Windows. The file is intended for use by GrabIt, so opening it in a text editor or another general-purpose program will not display its batch information correctly.

How to convert gba file?

GBA files are not normally converted to another format. Use GrabIt to process the batch information and download the associated Usenet content; no general-purpose converter is normally required.

Suggested software to open gba file:

Associated software actions with the gba file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving gba files:

Microsoft Windows

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