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|successor = [[Virtual Game Boy Advance emulators|Virtual Game BoyAdvance]]

 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 <abbr title="($182.24 in 2018 money)">${{Inflation|USD|89.95</abbr> |1998}}. The Game Boy has a Sharp LR35902 core CPU at 4.19 MHz. It had a monochrome display that could only show only two colorsfour shades of grey, black and white (though albeit with a olive green tinge on the white was more green)original. The Game Boy Color has a Sharp uses the same LR35902 core CPU as the original; while it is clocked at 8.38 MHz, it can be underclocked to 4.19 MHz and 8.38 MHzfor backwards-compatibility purposes. It was named such from its color screen, but it also had a larger memory size and a double-clocked 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]].

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|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://sameboy.github.io/downloads/ {{SameBoyVer}}]|{{✗✓}} <ref group=N name=sameboylink>SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.</ref> |{{✓}}|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bgb.bircd.org/#downloads 1.5.7{{BGBVer}}]|{{✓}} |{{✗}}|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/gambatte/files/gambatte/ r571{{GambatteVer}}]|{{✗}} |{{✓}}|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases 2.3.1{{GearboyVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[http://emulicious.net Emulicious]|Multi-platform|[https://emulicious.net/downloads/ {{EmuliciousVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}

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|[httpshttp://fmsbinji.komkongithub.orgio/VGBbinjgb/ VGBbinjgb]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Web}}|[https://fmsgithub.komkon.orgcom/binji/VGBbinjgb/ 5.6releases {{binjgbVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}

|[[GBE+MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS (untested)|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-|[http://emulicious.net Emulicious]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://emulicious.net/downloads {{EmuliciousVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-|[[ares]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/shonumiares-emulator/gbe-plusares/releases {{GBEVeraresVer}}]|?|{{✗}} ||{{✗✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[MAME]]|Multi-platform|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|? {{✓}}<ref group=N name=mgbalink>Pretty buggy but sometimes works.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|{{✓}} ||{{✗✓}}<ref group=N name=one>A VBA-M libretro core does existFull GBC, but it only emulates GBAand GB support since version 2.1.3.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[GBE+]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://fms.komkon.org/VGB VGB]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://fms.komkon.org/VGB {{VGBVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://github.com/tzlion/hhugboy/releases{{hhugboyVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|UGE|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https:/tag/v1github.2.7 1.2.7com/SuperDisk/hUGETracker/releases {{UGEVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}<ref group=N name=two>As On Linux as an SDL port (and the [[libretro]] core is based on this version).</ref>|[https://github.com/libertyernie/tgbdual_L/releases "L" v1.2git]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=two /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}|[https://github.com/AntonioND/giibiiadvance/releases 0.2.0git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

!colspan|MetroBoy|align="7"left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://github.com/aappleby/MetroBoy/releases {{MetroBoyVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||Mobile{{✗}}

!colspan="8"|GBA4iOS|iOS|[https://iemulators.comMobile /gba4ios 2.1]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}ARM

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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|GBA4iOS|align=left|{{Icon|iOS}}|[https://iemulators.com/gba4ios 2.1]<br/>[https://github.com/CocoaBob/GBA4iOS git]<small> (new fork)</small>|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[Game Play Color]]|align=left|{{Icon|iOS}}|[https://github.com/gameplaycolor/gameplaycolor/releases {{GamePlayColorVer}}]|{{✗}}||{{? }} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗✓}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Pyra}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.GbcEmu {{.emuVer}}][https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]</br>[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/76 1.5.46.02 Pyra]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[http://www.explusalpha.com/ GBA.emu]<br/><small>(VBA-M r1097 based)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Android emulators|Android]]Pyra}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.GbcEmu GbaEmu {{.emuVer}}][https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]</br>[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/75 1.5.1946.02 Pyra]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|GizBoy|align=left|{{Icon|Gizmondo}}|[https://sites.google.com/site/criticalhippo/GizBoy0.1.0.zip 1.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-|gbc4NSpire|align=left|{{Icon|Nspire}}|[https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/426/42630.html 0.92][https://github.com/calc84maniac/gbc4nspire git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{~}} ||{{✓}}|-|Prizoop|align=left|{{Icon|Prizm}}|[https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tthn8j0g5lh2p8/prizoop.g3a?dl=0 1.0][https://github.com/tswilliamson/prizoop git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|GIOVANNI|align=left|{{Icon|WatchOS}}|[https://github.com/Manurocker95/GiovanniEmulator git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|MeBoy|align=left|{{Icon|Java}}|[http://www.arktos.se/meboy/download.php 1.6][https://github.com/chijure/meboy git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}

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|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Android]]}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.johnemulators.johngbc 3.8093]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

|[http://www.explusalpha.com/ GBA.emu]<br/><small>(VBA-M r1097 based)</small>Ohboy|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Didj|Android]]LeapsterGS}}|[https://playyoutu.google.com/store/appsbe/details?id=comiPyy44ktOAU x.explusalpha.GbaEmu 1.5.19x]|? {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓✗}} ||{{✗}}

!colspan="8"|[https://github.com/afjcjsbx/gambatte-droid GambatteDroid]|[[Android emulators|Android]]|1.2|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}Consoles

!colspan="7"|Consoles|-|[http://gbatemp.net/threads/gameyob-a-gameboy-emulator-for-ds.343407/ GameYob DS]|[[Nintendo DS emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Nintendo DS]]NDS}}|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/GameYob Gitgit]|{{✓}} <small>(NiFi)</small> ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|[[Nintendo 3DS emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Nintendo 3DS]]}}|[https://githubwww.gamebrew.comorg/Steveice10wiki/GameYob/releases v1GameYob_3DS 1.0.8][https://github.com/Drenn1/GameYob git]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|[[Wii emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii]], [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]]}}

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} <small>(as VBA-Next)</small> ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|PlutoBoy|align=left|{{Icon|PSP|Vita|3DS|NX|DC}}|[httphttps://filetripgithub.netcom/RossMeikleham/pspPlutoBoy git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-downloads|MasterBoy|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://archive.org/homebrewdetails/downloadmasterboy-theelf.7z Theelf mod][https://archive.org/details/masterboy.-2107z 2.02][https://github.com/PSP-f28308.html Archive/MasterBoygit]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-|RIN|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://github.com/mbarczak/psp_rin git][PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portablehttps://archive.org/details/rin-rx.-7z RX]<br/>[https://archive.org/details/rin_v1.32n1.2.7z 1.32n1.2]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}|-|RealBoy Vita|align=left|{{Icon|PSV}}|[https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/167 1.2][https://github.10com/xerpi/realboy-vita/releases git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

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|{{✓}} <small>(Pokemon only)</small> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|align=left|{{Icon|Wii|3DS}}<br>{{Icon|PSV|NX}}|[https://endrift.com/mgba/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}][Wii emulatorshttps://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/releases git]|? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|GeMP|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|Wii[https://archive.org/details/ge-mp.-7z 3.3 Final][https://github.com/PSP-Archive/GeMP git], |{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}|-|GBEmu|align=left|{{Icon|PS4}}|[https://www.psxhax.com/threads/ps4-gbemu-gameboy-emulator-beta-for-ps4-by-retrogamer74.5199 Beta]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}|-|Khedgb|align=left|{{Icon|NX}}|[Nintendo 3DS emulatorshttps://gbatemp.net/threads/gbc-emulator-port-khedgb-works-on-5-0.503969 U7]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|gacubeboy|align=left|{{Icon|WiiU}}|[https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-gacubeboy-emulator.435627 9000]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|Nintendo 3DS[[Gambatte]], |align=left|{{Icon|PS3}}|[https://ps3.brewology.com/downloads/download.php?id=12226&mcid=4 r2]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|InfoGB|align=left|{{Icon|PS2}}|[PlayStation Vita emulatorshttps://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1641 rev 6c]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |PlayStation Vita|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|aGBe|align=left|{{Icon|PSX}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/agbe/files/agbe SF]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|Shuboy <small> (Only GB)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|32X}}|[http://jiggawatt.org/badc0de/shuboy.htm 1.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|GBEmu <small> (Only GB)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|VB}}|[https://endriftwww.virtual-boy.com/mgbaforums/t/entry-game-boy-emulator 0.1]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|GBonGBA <small> (Only GB)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|GBA}}|[https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/downloadsgbongba.html 0.4]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{MGBAVer✗}}|-|Game Boy Emulator (POM '98) <small> (Only GB)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|N64}}|[https://www.nesworld.com/n64/homebrew/bb-gb.zip 0.1]|? {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓✗}} ||{{✓✗}} ||{{✗}}

!colspan="8"|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-gemp-homers-rin-33-final-f27565.html GeMP]|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portable]]|3.3 Final|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}Others

|PlutoBoy|align=left|{{Icon|UEFI}}|[httphttps://dl.qjgithub.netcom/pspRossMeikleham/emulators/rin-v132-gameboy-emulator/gameboy-color-emulator.html RINPlutoBoy git]|[[PlayStation Portable emulators{{✗}} |PlayStation Portable]]|1.32|{{✗}} ||{{✗✓}} ||{{✗✓}} ||{{✗✓}}

;[[SameBoy]]:A relatively new emulator, probably the most accurate Game Boy emulator currently. The UI is simplistic simple and lacks mouse supporteasy to use. It includes open source bootroms, although these can be replaced with real ones. Also emulates Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.

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Game Boy Printer is a thermal printer accessory released by Nintendo in 1998 used in conjunction with the Game Boy Camera and also used to prints images from compatible GB games such as ''Pokémon Gold and Silver'', ''Pokémon Crystal'', ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'', ''Donkey Kong Country'' and ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX''.  [[VisualBoy Advance]] (ver. 1.8.0 beta 3 onlyincluding its forks), [[GBE+]] and [[mGBA]] have Game Boy Printer support that turn the signals into a bitmap form of the image.

A good number of cartridges came with a built-in rumble that required an AAA battery to power, such as ''Pokémon Pinball'', but the feature is optional. It is unknown if any emulator supports this So far, only [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-GX|VBA-GX]] emulates rumble in these games, including games that have their rumble featuredummied out (one being ''Tarzan'').

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.

This accessory both allowed IR communications between 2 gameboys before the Game Boy Color existed with it’s IR port and with a modem, it allowed users to download exclusive content by them from Hudsonsoft's website. No emulator supports this.Resources about this super obscure accessory include http://nectaris.tg-16.com/GB-KISS-LINK-FAQ-hudson-gameboy-nectaris.html and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOuJ0EcA8IQ

* '''Singer Sewing Machine:''' There is link cable support for the Singer IZEK Digital Sewing Machine. 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">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlhJKMXU7tg&t=5m25s|title=Game Boy Part 2 - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Jake of Vsauce3|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2018-08-10|date=2014-05-24}}</ref><ref name="IZEK_2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Epj2_eJdA|title=Singer IZEK Digital Sewing Machine - Gameboy Color Controller (Game Boy Color) Review|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2018-08-10|date=2014-06-24}}</ref> No emulator supports this, mostly due to Despite the IZEK being a rare item's rarity, along with the complexity of implementing support for it has been added in a recent GBE+ release.<ref>[https://hackadayshonumi.github.comio/2015articles/01art22.html Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines]</07/arduino-controlled-sewing-machine-increases-stitch-options/ similarly automated sewing machine]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}}.