How to Get Games on Your Phone for GameBoid
Playing Gameboy Advance games on an Android Phone is both retro and futuristic. With GameBoid (available in the Android Market) you can play antique games on a device that also plays music, browses the Web and makes phone calls. Before the button-mashing nostalgia can begin, you need to rebuild your Gameboy Advance library by finding the game files, called ROMs, online.
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Instructions
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With Your Android Phone
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Tap the "Market" app on your home screen or in the application drawer.
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Tap the "Search" button and type "Gameboy Roms." There are many apps that will help you download games; pick a highly reviewed option and tap to "Purchase" or "Install."
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Open your new app and hit the Android "menu" button to choose the directory where Gameboy ROMs will be downloaded. Browse and download your favorite games.
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Open GameBoid and navigate to the directory where games are installed on your SD card.
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Tap one of your games to open it in the GameBoid emulator.
On Your PC
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Navigate to one of the sites in Resources where you can download Gameboy Advance games.
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Download your favorite games.
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Connect your Android phone to your computer with a USB cable swipe down the notification bar. Tap "Select to copy files to/from your computer."
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Open the directory of your downloaded games and drag and drop them to the USB drive of your phone.
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Swipe down the notifications bar on your phone and select the option to "Unmount" your phone as a USB drive. Disconnect your phone from your computer and open GameBoid. Navigate to the directory on your SD card and choose which game to play.
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