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− | + | [[File:942953-database_hardware_gameboy01.jpg|thumb|The Gameboy handheld console]]The '''[[gametech:Game Boy|Game Boy]]''' is an 8-bit, 4th generation handheld console released by Nintendo in 1989. It had a monochrome display. Its successor, the '''[[gametech:Game Boy Color|Game Boy Color]]''' (GBC), was released in 1998. Unlike the original, it features a color screen. | |
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==Emulators== | ==Emulators== | ||
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− | {| class="wikitable | + | ! scope="col"|Latest Version |
− | + | ! scope="col"|GB/GBC | |
− | + | ! scope="col"|Game Link Support | |
− | + | ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]] | |
− | + | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] | |
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− | |[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://bgb.bircd.org/ BGB] |
− | | align | + | |style="text-align:center;"|Windows |
− | | [ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://bgb.bircd.org/#downloads 1.5.1] |
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+ | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ | ||
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|✗ | ||
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− | |[[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawk]] |
− | | align | + | |style="text-align:center;"|Windows |
− | | [ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}] |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ |
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− | |[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[Gambatte]] |
− | | align | + | |style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|0.5.0 |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ |
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|✗ | ||
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− | |[[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[GBE+]] |
− | |align | + | |style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|1.0 |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ |
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|✗ | ||
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− | |[[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[higan]] |
− | |align | + | |style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://byuu.org/higan/ 0.94] |
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− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://kigb.emuunlim.com/ KiGB] |
− | + | |style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X | |
− | | [ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://kigb.emuunlim.com/kigb_win.zip v2.05] |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ |
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− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[MAME]] |
− | |align | + | |style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform |
− | |[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}] |
− | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ | |
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|? | ||
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ | ||
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− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[Visual_Boy_Advance_-M|Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA-M)]] |
− | + | |style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform | |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/VisualBoyAdvance-M/ SVN] |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ |
− | |- | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ |
− | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓* | |
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− | < | + | <nowiki>*VBA-M libretro core only emulates GBA</nowiki> |
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! scope="col"|Name | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
− | ! scope="col"| | + | ! scope="col"|Operating System(s) |
! scope="col"|Latest Version | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
− | ! scope="col"| | + | ! scope="col"|GB/GBC |
− | + | ! scope="col"|Game Link Support | |
− | ! scope="col"| | + | ! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]] |
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] | ||
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− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://gbatemp.net/threads/gameyob-a-gameboy-emulator-for-ds.343407/ GameYob] |
− | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[Nintendo DS]] | |
− | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/GameYob Git] | |
− | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ | |
− | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ (NiFi) | |
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− | | [[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[Visual_Boy_Advance_-M|Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA-M)]] |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[Wii]], [[Gamecube]] |
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|r1231 | ||
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ | ||
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+ | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ (as VBA-Next) | ||
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+ | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-masterboy-210-f28308.html MasterBoy] | ||
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]] | ||
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|2.10 | ||
+ | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ | ||
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− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-gemp-homers-rin-33-final-f27565.html GeMP] |
− | | [[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]] |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|3.3 Final |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ |
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− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[http://dl.qj.net/psp/emulators/rin-v132-gameboy-emulator/gameboy-color-emulator.html RIN] |
− | | [[ | + | |style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]] |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|1.32 |
− | | | + | |style="text-align:center;"|✓ |
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− | == | + | ==Comparison== |
− | + | * BGB also has excellent Game Boy and Game Boy Color accuracy, as well as near flawless link support. It has a wealth of options for color palettes and even enabling Super Gameboy colors and borders, though it doesn't emulate all of its functions. Because of that, if you're looking for highest compatibility you should get both Gambatte and BGB so you can switch between them when needed. | |
− | + | * [[Gambatte]] is hands-down the most accurate Game Boy Color emulator. It has a good range of options, though not quite as much as some other emulators. | |
− | + | * GameYob (on the DS) is the best GB/GBC emulator for that platform. | |
− | + | * [[GB Enhanced]] is a fairly new emulator that can load custom tiles in games, including colorized tiles for GameBoy games. | |
− | + | * GeMP has some incompatibilities with later PSP models. GeMP is incompatible with GameCategories folders. | |
− | + | * [[higan]] is the only emulator that properly emulates all of the Super Game Boy's features, though the quality of its Game Boy emulation is inferior to that of other emulators, unless one hunts down an older version of bsnes, which used the Gambatte core for its Super Game Boy functionality. The last version of bsnes to use Gambatte as its SGB core is version 0.73. | |
− | + | * RIN has some incompatibilities with later PSP models. | |
− | + | * [[Visual_Boy_Advance_-M|Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA-M)]] emulates GB/GBC games as they appear on a GBA. This causes games to look unusually bright and saturated. | |
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− | + | [[File:Gbc over saturation2.png|thumb|right|350px|Comparison of saturation levels in VBA-M and Gambatte.]] | |
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− | == | + | ===Tilt Sensor=== |
− | + | Used only in Kirby Tilt'n Tumble as part of the cartridge, and actually required to play it. Existing patches to be applied on the game make only the intro playable, with no way to actually control Kirby (like in other similar GBA games) so such patches are not recommended. While VBA and KiGB have a "Motion Sensor" option to map four directional keys to emulate the cartridge tilting, BGB can emulate the tilting features with the use of the mouse. | |
− | + | ==Resources== | |
+ | *[http://gbdev.gg8.se/wiki/articles/Main_Page Gameboy Development Wiki] - Information about the Gameboy | ||
[[Category:Consoles]] | [[Category:Consoles]] | ||
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− | [[Category:Game Boy | + | [[Category:Game Boy emulators|*]] |