Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy, a 2005 GBA card-battler by Konami, immerses you in Duel Academy as a student building decks and battling rivals like Jaden Yuki. Based on the GX anime, it sold ~1 million copies, a 2025 X retro hit for card game fans (,).

The .gba ROM (~16 MB) features crisp 16-bit visuals and anime-style music, running smoothly on emulators like VisualBoyAdvance, mGBA, or RetroArch on PC, Mac, or Android. Legally download Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy GBA ROM by dumping your cartridge with GBxCart RW (~$50,). Avoid illegal ROM sites like EmulatorGames.net due to malware and Konami’s copyright rules (). Buy Yu-Gi-Oh cartridges (~$15–$50 in 2025 on eBay) for legal dumping or play on Analogue Pocket. Rise to Slifer Red legally at Gigarom!