Game Boy (Color) emulators: Difference between revisions

The '''[[wikipedia:Game Boy|Game Boy]]''' (GB) and '''[[wikipedia:Game Boy Color|Game Boy Color]]''' (GBC) are 8-bit, fourth-generation handheld consoles released by Nintendo on July 31, 1989, and November 18, 1998, respectively and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|89.95|1998}}. The Game Boy has a Sharp LR35902 core CPU at 4.19 MHz. It had a monochrome display that could only show four shades of grey, albeit with a olive green tinge on the original. The Game Boy Color uses the same LR35902 core as the original; while it is clocked at 8.38 MHz, it can be underclocked to 4.19 MHz for backwards-compatibility purposes. It was named such from its color screen, but it also had a larger memory size and a faster CPU. The hardware similarities allow cross-compatibility between the two platforms and they are often treated as one. They would both be succeeded by the backward-compatible [[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]].

Nintendo re-released the console as the '''Game Boy Pocket''' in 1996, with a more compact body and a better screen. A front light was added to a special edition of the Pocket in Japan called the '''Game Boy Light''', a feature that wouldn't be seen outside of Japan until the Game Boy Advance SP.

Nintendo released a peripheral for the [[Super Nintendo emulators|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] called [[wikipedia:Super Game Boy|Super Game Boy]] in June 1994, which was modeled like a cartridge but included its own cartridge slot for Game Boy (Color) games, as well as the hardware needed to translate the games. Many Game Boy (Color) emulators offer at least some of the special features it included, such as added borders, colorization, custom button mappings, and other features. It was possible to link, but without the external port, as well as errors in the CPU, it would not be feasible to the end user. These issues would later be corrected in the Japan-exclusive Super Game Boy 2.

<small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/gambatte/ Gambatte_libretro]</small>

|[https://github.com/Senryoku/SenBoy/releases/tag/v1.1. 1.1]||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}})  

<small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/sameboy SameBoy_libretro]</small>

[https://github.com/CocoaBob/GBA4iOS git] <small>(new fork)</small>

|[[Nintendo Switch Online|Nintendo Classics]] <small>(Hiyoko)</small>

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<small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/gambatte/ Gambatte_libretro]</small>

<small>(BSNES, Gambatte_Speedrun, SameBoy)</small>

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[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]

 

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* Supports tilt controls through gyroscope or normal controllers (e.g.: ''Kirby's Tilt 'n' Tumble'');

'''List of recommended GB/GBC emulators for Android:'''

''This shouldn't be confused with [[Game Boy Advance emulators#Hardware features and peripherals|actual backwards compatibility on GBA emulation]].''

; [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VisualBoy Advance-M <small>(VBA-M)</small>]]

Much like the NES, the Game Boy (and by extension, the Game Boy Color) used '''Memory Bank Controllers''' (MBC) (called MMCs on the NES) and also known informally as '''mappers''', to go beyond the restrictive initial hardware specifications. Nevertheless, Nintendo was much more careful to standardize their specifications to [https://niwanetwork.org/wiki/Category:Licensed_chips just a small number of possible mappers]. Moreover, Game Boy ROMs now included an official internal header mandated by Nintendo that included the correct MMC type. This meant that for the officially licensed games, these mappers proved to be rarely a problem... with some notable unimplemented exceptions: Net de Get's MBC6 that offered downloadable content off the internet, and the MMM01 footer used for some official multi-cart games, among others.

However, it doesn't get better when it comes to '''unlicensed games''', since they didn't necessarily respect Nintendo's specifications about how a given mapper type should handle its memory and behave in general, and internal headers were often filled with erroneous data to hinder dumping and emulation efforts. Some emulators like MESS/[[MAME]] and [http://hhug.me/?tags=hhugboy hhugboy] try to emulate that behavior with various degrees of success (see the [http://hhug.me/dump/ compatibility list], noting that it has not been updated in years; for more recent information, consult MAME’s XML data or [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mess.php?machine_name=gameboy this website]). The hhugboy project also proposed a similar solution to iNES for this mapper problem, as the [http://hhug.me/gbx/1.0 gbx ROM format] that appends a footer with extra information needed for some unlicensed games. However, this format, much less unlicensed hardware quirks, isn't widely adopted aside from tentative [https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/blob/master/README.md#game-boy-mappers mGBA support].

|[[Input lag|Input lag-mitigating technique]]||{{Dunno}}

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|[https://docs.retroachievements.org/general/tutorials/turbo-button.html Turbo button]||{{Dunno}}

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|Remove sprite limit

<small>The Game Boy can only display 10 sprites per row (from 40 sprites in total). – this limitation is indirectly responsible for some of the flickering seen in games at times and different strategies must be used to achieve certain game design elements. When this option is enabled, the limit is disabled, allowing more sprites to be drawn on the same line.</small>

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|[[Widescreen hacks#Game Boy|Widescreen hack]]

<small>Possible with technique called [[Widescreen hacks#Emulators .282D.29|WideGB]] which uses a similar technique as [[Widescreen hacks#Emulators .282D.29|WideNES]].</small>

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|Automatic updater||{{Dunno}}

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|[[Frontends#Graphical User Interfaces .28GUIs.29|Big Picture Mode]]||{{Dunno}}

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|Built-in [[Cheats and patches|cheat manager]]||{{Dunno}}

|{{Dunno}}||{{~}}<ref name="SameBoyCOCO" group="note">For macOS only.</ref>

|Built-in Game Boy sound player||{{Dunno}}

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|Built-in [[Mods, hacks and fan-translations#Built-in mod editor and manager for emulators|mod editor and manager]]||{{Dunno}}

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|Built-in [[Cheats and patches|patch manager]]||{{Dunno}}

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|Command-line options||{{Dunno}}

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|Pause/Resume emulation||{{Dunno}}

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|Per-game profiles||{{Dunno}}

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|[https://www.portablefreeware.com/faq.php#portable Portable] and [https://www.portablefreeware.com/faq.php#stealth stealth]

<small>Useful enhancement feature for non-personal computer use or plug-and-play scenarios. However, the software may still require the necessary [[Computer specifications#Operating System|prerequisites and dependencies]] for your operating system if it is not statically linked.</small>

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|[[Save disk space for ISOs|Streamable compression format]]||{{Dunno}}

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|Fast forward/Turbo speed||{{Ya}}

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|Frame step

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|[[wikipedia:Macro_(computer_science)|Macros/Scripts]]/[https://tasvideos.org/LuaScripting Lua]||{{Dunno}}

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|[https://tasvideos.org/Movies Movie recording/playback]||{{Dunno}}

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|Rewind||{{Ya}}

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|Save states||{{Ya}}

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|[[Sound and audio#Audio filters and presets|Audio filters and presets]]

|[[wikipedia:Category:Debugging|Debug features]]||{{Ya|link=https://bgb.bircd.org/manual.html#debugkeys}}

|{{Dunno}}||{{Ya|link=https://sameboy.github.io/features/#debugging}}

|[[Netplay#Game Boy|Netplay]]

<small>Should not be confused with Game Boy (Color) online features or link cable emulation. See [[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Hardware features and peripherals|hardware features and peripherals]].</small>

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|{{Dunno}}||{{~}}<ref name="LibretroExclusive" group="note">Input lag mitigation technique and [https://docs.libretro.com/guides/retroachievements/#game-boy-game-boy-color RetroAchievements exclusive to libretro cores]. Also [https://docs.libretro.com/library/sameboy/#features netplay enhancement] exclusive to SameBoy libretro core.</ref>

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|Rich Presence (RPC)

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|Screen translator

''[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art34.html Shonumi: The State of Emulation - 2024]''

| colspan="2" |Built-in IR ports

<small>Some games like ''Nectaris'' for GB (monochrome GBs have no IR port at all, IR functionality is completely new to them) or ''Pokémon Trading Card Game'' and the Japanese edition of ''Robopon'' for GBC feature on-board IR transmitters/receivers on their cartridges instead of relying on the Modile Adapter GB or GB Kiss Link IR modem or Link Cable functionality. This feature is sometimes called ''GB Kiss'' (i.e. cartridges "kiss" each other).</small>

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| colspan="2" |Built-in speakers

<small>Embedded audio speakers present on cartridges employing TAMA5 and HuC1 mappers: ''Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi - Osutchi to Mesutchi'' (aka ''Tamagotchi 3''), ''Robot Poncots'' (''Robopon'' outside of Japan) and ''Pocket Family'' game series.</small>

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| colspan="2" |Game Boy Advance-enhanced mode||{{Ya}}

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| colspan="2" |On-cartridge save batteries||{{Dunno}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Real-time clock|Real-time clock]]||{{Dunno}}

|{{Dunno}}||{{Ya}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Rumble|Rumble]]||{{Na}}

|{{Na}}||{{~}}<br><small>RetroArch only.</small>

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| rowspan="5" |[[Super Nintendo emulators#Super Game Boy|Super Game Boy]]

<small>Most features can only work on the Super Nintendo's hardware.</small>

|Borders||{{Ya}}

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|Custom audio||{{Na}}

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|Custom palettes||{{Ya}}

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|Local multiplayer||{{Ya}}

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|Super Game Boy-enhanced mode||{{Ya}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Motion Control (Tilt Sensor)|Tilt sensor]]

<small>''Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble'' and ''Command Master'' use biaxial/4-way accelerometer.</small>

|{{{~}}<br><small>Motion Control does not support controller accelerometer. Supports only remapping to keyboard/gamepad.</small>

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| colspan="3" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Infrared|Infrared (Game Boy Color)]]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="3" |System BIOS||{{Ya}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Accessories|Barcode Boy]]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Accessories|Barcode Taisen Bardigun]]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Multiplayer|4-Player Adapter]]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Multiplayer|Link Cable]]

<small>Super Game Boy for SNES supports only on the Japan-exclusive Super Game Boy 2.</small>

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|{{Dunno}}||{{~}}<br><small>[[SameBoy]]'s libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.</small>

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| colspan="2" |Mobile Adapter GB||{{Ya}}

|{{Dunno}}||{{Na}}

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| colspan="3" |[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art8.html Full Changer] accelerometer||{{Dunno}}

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| colspan="3" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Game Boy Printer|Game Boy Printer]]||{{Na}}

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|{{~}}<ref name="SameBoyCOCO" group="note">For macOS only.</ref>

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Game Boy Camera|Game Boy Camera]]||{{Ya}}

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| {{~}}<ref name="SameBoyCOCO" group="note" />

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| colspan="2" |GB Kiss Link IR modem||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Accessories|GB Pocket Sonar]]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |Power Antenna & Bug Sensor||{{Dunno}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Accessories|Sewing Machines]]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |Turbo File GB||{{Dunno}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Accessories|WorkBoy]]||{{Dunno}}

|{{Dunno}}||{{~}}<ref name="SameBoyCOCO" group="note" />

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| colspan="2" |[[Game Boy (Color) emulators#Multiplayer|16-Player Adapter]]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |[https://tcrf.net/Alleyway#Paddle_Controller_Accessory Alleyway Controller]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |Game Genie||{{Dunno}}

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| colspan="2" |[https://luigiblood.tumblr.com/post/187348407478/reverse-enginnering-the-unreleased-gameboy-printer Pocket Printer Color]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |Pro Action Replay||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |[https://segabits.com/blog/2022/08/18/the-story-of-the-cancelled-game-boy-color-to-dreamcast-official-connectivity-solution/ Sakura Taisen TV Adapter/Barcode Scanner]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |{{YouTubeVideo|yP1Bkfj9kDY|WORLD PORT}}||{{Na}}

|{{Dunno}}||{{Na}}

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| colspan="2" |[https://sakurawars.fandom.com/wiki/Pocket_Sakura Pocket Sakura]||{{Dunno}}

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| colspan="2" |[[Bulba:Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS#Interactions with Generation II|Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS]]||{{Na}}

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| colspan="3" |[[wikipedia:Hot_swapping#Gaming|Cartridge hot swapping]]

<small>It was sometimes possible to apply cheats (such as a player having infinite lives) and other temporary software alterations to games by hot swapping cartridges, even though the cartridges were not designed to be hot swappable.</small>

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| colspan="3" |[http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Cartridge_tilting Cartridge tilting]

<small>Cartridge tilting is an action performed on cartridge-based systems to create otherwise impossible glitches. {{YouTubePlaylist|PLkAqx5EV7l_DkwOv4WmVEBLv39WPEUm3d|Cartridge tilting is not a glitch, but rather the process which creates glitches.}}</small>

| colspan="4" |<small>There is no emulator currently includes built-in cartridge tilting simulation. As a workaround, you can try the external [https://github.com/redscientistlabs/RTCV Real-Time Corruptor (RTCV)] tool. It is a real-time memory/data corruption tool for inducing glitches during emulation, which might mimic some effects of cartridge tilting (e.g., visual/audio artifacts or crashes). However, it is not a true "cartridge tilting" simulator, as it works on live memory rather than simulating cartridge read errors.</small>

The Game Boy Color had an infrared transmitter and receiver. Generation II Pokémon games made use of this feature through Mystery Gift. Super Mario Bros. Deluxe could send high scores to another cartridge. GBE+ had [https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art4.html basic IR emulation] back in July 2016 but it then only worked with Pokémon games. Now, as of [https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art11.html April 2018], it has full IR emulation for most IR-enabled games (Hudson Soft's HuC-1's IR capabilities need to be emulated for Japanese ''Pokémon TCG'').

'''Game Boy Printer Color''' alternatively known as '''Pocket Printer Color''' is an unreleased successor to the Game Boy Printer. See [https://niwanetwork.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Printer_Color here]. It would have connected to the Nintendo 64DD via ''Mario Artist: Paint Studio'' using the 64GB Cable and possibly an MBC4 GB Printer Cartridge.

Two Game Boy Color games featured a built-in tilt sensor: Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble and Command Master. These games cannot be played without support for this feature. [[VisualBoy Advance|VBA]] and [[KiGB]] have a "Motion Sensor" option to map four directional keys to emulate the cartridge tilting, but the controls aren't analog. [[BGB]] can emulate the tilting features with the use of the mouse. [[SameBoy]] allows to use the mouse, as well as a joystick, and on the Cocoa frontend, is supporting controller's motion controls. [[mGBA]] supports controller's motion controls and allows to assign stic's X an Y axes. Hiyoko, the official GBC emulator for [[Nintendo Switch Online]], emulates motion controls for Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble by translating gyroscope input either from the console itself (when playing in portable mode) or from a detached Joy-Con or Switch Pro Controller (when playing in docked mode).

=== Alleyway Controller ===

* '''Link Cable:''' [[BGB]], [[KiGB]], some versions of [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]] and [[TGB Dual|TGB-Dual]] supports link cable. It can also be used for Netplay on the corresponding [[RetroArch]] core. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiplayer_Game_Boy_games#Two-player_games_via_the_Game_Link_Cable Two-player games via the Game Link Cable list].

* '''4-Player Adapter:''' Currently only [[GBE+]] and DoubleCherryGB supports it.

* '''Faceball 2000 16-Player Link Cable:''' There is a 16-Player adapter as well, but it went unreleased outside of unused code in some games, but it is emulated by ''DoubleCherryGB'' emulator and allows to play Faceball 2000 in local splitscreen and via netplay.

* '''Multiplayer Hacks:''' DoubleCherryGB emulates virtual link-cable devices that allow Tetris Battle Royal and Kwirk Multiplayer up to 16 players on local splitscreen and via netplay.

There is a Japan-only accessory that communicates with Mobile Golf and Japanese Pokémon Crystal. It was bundled with Mobile Trainer cartridge which allowed the player to use e-mail as well as browse Nintendo's website. It saw use on some Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games, but support was limited to Japan, and the servers went offline by 2002.

It is possible to partially emulate its feature for Pokémon Crystal by [http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php?topic=7509.0 using BGB's scripting capability], and GBE+ can at least reach the title screen of Mobile Trainer and made [https://www.reddit.com/r/EmuDev/comments/9141oy/making_progress_with_gb_mobile_adapter_emulation/ some progress in July 2018], but otherwise, no emulators (except for a recently leaked at time of writing internal emulator) properly support this accessory.

The cartridges were designed for the Japan-only [[Early online services#Nintendo Power .28SNES .2F Game Boy.29|Nintendo Power cartridge service]] and come with special sticker spaces for the player to make note of the games they installed onto the cartridge. The Super Famicom Memory Cassettes were released for the same service.

See [[Early online services#Nintendo Power .28SNES .2F Game_Boy.29]] page and [https://niwanetwork.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Memory_Cartridge niwanetwork's dedicated page] for more information.

There are [[wikipedia:Game Boy accessories#Game_Boy|a few accessories that the Game Boy and Game Boy Color]] had. Due to their very small and game-specific use, most emulators don't bother with them at all, save for GBE+.

* '''Game Boy Pocket Sonar:''' Japan only cartridge released by Bandai. It is a sonar-enabled device used for fishing with a fishing game included. Only GBE+ [https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art13.html supports] this feature. A similar cartridge was released for the WonderSwan (still unemulated).

* '''Barcode Boy:''' An obscure Japan-only barcode-scanning device released by Namcot (then-Namco's consumer division) in 1992. A total of 4 games were released to utilize this accessory. KiGB and GEST claim support for this device, but they only feed random data to Game Boy until the game accepts it as a valid barcode. GBE+ has [https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art7.html proper emulation] with the ability to read barcodes from binary files. DoubleCherryGB also has full support. All barcodes are hardcode. After each scan the next barcode is loaded.

* '''Barcode Taisen Bardigun:''' Another Japan-only barcode-scanning device with the dedicated game. GBE+ [https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art6.html supports this accessory].

* '''Sakura Taisen TV Adapter/Barcode Scanner:''' Unreleased hardware {{YouTubeVideo|ilaJUOr8Knk|which connects to the GBC link port and is used to scan barcodes shown on TV by the Dreamcast Sakura Taisen game in order to unlock extra content in the GBC Sakura Taisen game}}, where support is still out there hidden in game's code.

* '''Sewing Machines:''' There is link cable support the compatible sewing machines of 3 models:

** '''Singer IZEK-1500''': Released for Singer's 150th anniversary. Has a compartment near the back to hold the Link Cable. Nearly identical to the Jaguar JN-100 in all physical aspects. Unlike the JN-2000, the IZEK 1500 lacks a connection for an embroidery arm. The power cable is also detachable.

** '''Jaguar JN-100''': Nearly identical to the Singer IZEK-1500 in all physical aspects. Unlike the JN-2000, the JN-100 lacks a connection for an embroidery arm. The power cable is built-in.

** '''Jaguar JN-2000''': Different body style from the JN-100 or IZEK-1500. Very similar to the '''Jaguar SP-3000 series''' or the '''Singer CE-200'''. Link Cable is not inside a compartment. It sits as part of a slot where the Game Boy is supposed to rest. Power cable is built-in. Comes with an embroidery arm, the '''EM-2000'''.

Each model is compatible with the single-prong version '''YC-485''' foot controller. The IZEK was unique in that it came bundled with a specially coloured Game Boy and a cartridge for interfacing with the machine.<ref name="IZEK_1">{{YouTubeVideoTime|AlhJKMXU7tg|325|Game Boy Part 2 - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Jake of Vsauce3}}</ref><ref name="IZEK_2">{{YouTubeVideo|K-Epj2_eJdA|IZEK Digital Sewing Machine - Game Boy Color Controller (Game Boy Color) Review}}</ref> Their support has been added in a GBE+ release.<ref>[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art22.html Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines]</ref>

* '''Suzuki Pocket Dash Diagnostic System''' and '''Aprilia DITECH Interface''': A series of diagnostic cartridges used for Suzuki and Aprilia scooters respectively, developed by Orbital Technologies in the early 2000s. Both were used to interface with a supported motorcycle's engine control unit (ECU) in a similar manner to OBD tools for automobiles. The diagnostic cartridges were only made available for use by motorcycle dealerships and were not licensed by Nintendo. No dump of either cartridge exists as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}.