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Using Linkboy

Import saves from the My Boy! emulator

Note

Only in-game saves (as opposed to state saves) can be shared between emulators.

  1. In Linkboy, tap the Settings tab on the bottom. Scroll down, find and tap Open app folder. A file manager will show up.

  2. In the file manager, click the 3-bar icon on the top-left, scroll down and tap My Boy!.

    Note

    If you can't find it, please update My Boy! to the latest version.

  3. The file manager should now show the internal file structure of My Boy!. Tap the save subfolder.

  4. Select all the files ending with .sav that you would like to import by tapping the icons on the left side of the file names.

    Tip

    • If the file names are too long and hard to read, it may be helpful to switch to list view and landscape mode.

    • You can select all files regardless of their types, but only .sav files will be recognized by Linkboy.

  5. Tap the 3-dot icon on the top-right, choose Copy to…

  6. Once again, click the 3-bar icon on the top-left but choose Linkboy this time.

  7. The file manager should now show the internal file structure of Linkboy. Tap the saves subfolder.

    Note

    The saves folder may not have been created if you have not yet used Linkboy to play a game. In that case, you can manually create one with the file manager.

  8. Tap the Copy button, which will copy all your selected files to this folder.

    Note

    If there are already files with the same names, they will be renamed to .bak before being overwritten.

  9. Now switch back to Linkboy. Start your game, tap the menu button, and then the 3-bar icon. Tap 'Reboot game'. The game will restart and your new .sav file will be picked up by the emulator.

Rom patching

Linkboy supports automatic ROM patching when a game is loaded. Here's how to set it up:

Important

Your game must have been added using "Add game folder". Otherwise, Linkboy won't have permission to locate and read your patch file.

  1. Enable "Auto patch ROM" in the settings.

  2. Place the matching patch file (.ips, .ups or .bps) in the same folder as your game file.

    Note

    The patch file must have the same name as the game file (excluding the extension).
    Example: your_rom.gba and your_rom.ips

  3. Launch your game — it should be automatically patched.
    If it isn't and you've followed all instructions, the most likely reason is that the patch doesn't match your game or its version.