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! scope="col"|Game Link Support
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="8"|PC / x86
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|[[SameBoy]]|align=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> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[http://emulicious.net Emulicious]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://emulicious.net/downloads {{EmuliciousVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[https://mattcurrie.com/bdm/ Beaten Dying Moon]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS|Web}}|[https://mattcurrie.com/bdm-demo/ Demo]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[BGB]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bgb.bircd.org/#downloads {{BGBVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[Gearboy]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases {{GearboyVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[BizHawk]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[MAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[ares]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]|?|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[http://binji.github.io/binjgb/ binjgb]|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}|[https://github.com/binji/binjgb/releases {{binjgbVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[Gambatte]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/gambatte/files/gambatte {{GambatteVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[higan]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan {{higanVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[mGBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]|{{✓}}<ref group=N name=mgbalink>Pretty buggy but sometimes works.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[VisualBoy Advance|VisualBoy Advance-M (VBA-M)]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/releases {{VBAMVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=one>Full GBC, GBA and GB support since version 2.1.3.</ref>||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[GBE+]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[https://fms.komkon.org/VGB VGB]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[https://fms.komkon.org/VGB {{VGBVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[Pantheon]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[http://hhug.me/ hhugboy]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://github.com/tzlion/hhugboy/releases {{hhugboyVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|UGE|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://github.com/SuperDisk/hUGETracker/releases {{UGEVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[KiGB]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}|[http://kigb.emuunlim.com/downloads.htm 2.05]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[TGB Dual]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}<ref group=N name=two>On Linux as an SDL port (and the [[libretro]] core is based on this version).</ref>|[https://github.com/libertyernie/tgbdual_L/releases git]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=two /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|GiiBiiAdvance|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://github.com/AntonioND/giibiiadvance/releases git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|MetroBoy|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://github.com/aappleby/MetroBoy/releases {{MetroBoyVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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!colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM
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|[[mGBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}|[https://endrift.com/mgba/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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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>|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[Game Play Color]]|align=left|{{Icon|iOS}}|[https://github.com/gameplaycolor/gameplaycolor/releases {{GamePlayColorVer}}]|{{✗}}||{{?}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[http://www.explusalpha.com/home/gbc-emu GBC.emu]<br/><small>(Gambatte 0.5-wip based)</small>|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]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[http://www.explusalpha.com/ GBA.emu]<br/><small>(VBA-M r1097 based)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Pyra}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.GbaEmu {{.emuVer}}][https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]</br>[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/75 1.5.46.02 Pyra]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|GizBoy|align=left|{{Icon|Gizmondo}}|[https://sites.google.com/site/criticalhippo/GizBoy0.1.0.zip 1.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|gbc4NSpire|align=left|{{Icon|Nspire}}|[https://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/426/42630.html 0.92][https://github.com/calc84maniac/gbc4nspire git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{~}} ||{{✗}}
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|Prizoop|align=left|{{Icon|Prizm}}|[https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tthn8j0g5lh2p8/prizoop.g3a?dl=0 1.0][https://github.com/tswilliamson/prizoop git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|GIOVANNI|align=left|{{Icon|WatchOS}}|[https://github.com/Manurocker95/GiovanniEmulator git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|MeBoy|align=left|{{Icon|Java}}|[http://www.arktos.se/meboy/download.php 1.6][https://github.com/chijure/meboy git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|[https://my-oldboy-free-gbc-emulator.en.uptodown.com/android My OldBoy!]|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fastemulator.gbc 1.5.2]|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|John GBC|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.johnemulators.johngbc 3.93]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|Ohboy|align=left|{{Icon|Didj|LeapsterGS}}|[https://youtu.be/iPyy44ktOAU x.x]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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!colspan="8"|Consoles
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|[http://gbatemp.net/threads/gameyob-a-gameboy-emulator-for-ds.343407 GameYob DS]|align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/GameYob git]|{{✓}} <small>(NiFi)</small> ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|[https://gbatemp.net/threads/gameyob-3ds-gb-c-emu.372523/ GameYob 3DS]|align=left|{{Icon|3DS}}|[https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/GameYob_3DS 1.0.8][https://github.com/Drenn1/GameYob git]|? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[VisualBoy_Advance#VBA-M|Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA-M)]]|align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii}}|r1231|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} <small>(as VBA-Next)</small> ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|PlutoBoy|align=left|{{Icon|PSP|Vita|3DS|NX|DC}}|[https://github.com/RossMeikleham/PlutoBoy git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|RIN|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://github.com/mbarczak/psp_rin git][https://archive.org/details/rin-rx.-7z RX]<br/>[https://archive.org/details/rin_v1.32n1.2.7z 1.32n1.2]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[Virtual Console]]|align=left|{{Icon|3DS}}|8.10|{{✓}} <small>(Pokemon only)</small> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|MasterBoy|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://archive.org/details/masterboy-theelf.7z Theelf mod][https://archive.org/details/masterboy.-7z 2.02][https://github.com/PSP-Archive/MasterBoy git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
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|RealBoy Vita|align=left|{{Icon|PSV}}|[https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/167 1.2][https://github.com/xerpi/realboy-vita/releases git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
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|[[mGBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Wii|3DS}}<br>{{Icon|PSV|NX}}|[https://endrift.com/mgba/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}][https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/releases git]|? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|GeMP|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}|[https://archive.org/details/ge-mp.-7z 3.3 Final][https://github.com/PSP-Archive/GeMP git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|GBEmu|align=left|{{Icon|PS4}}|[https://www.psxhax.com/threads/ps4-gbemu-gameboy-emulator-beta-for-ps4-by-retrogamer74.5199 Beta]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|Khedgb|align=left|{{Icon|NX}}|[https://gbatemp.net/threads/gbc-emulator-port-khedgb-works-on-5-0.503969 U7]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|gacubeboy|align=left|{{Icon|WiiU}}|[https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-gacubeboy-emulator.435627 9000]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[Gambatte]]|align=left|{{Icon|PS3}}|[https://ps3.brewology.com/downloads/download.php?id=12226&mcid=4 r2]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|InfoGB|align=left|{{Icon|PS2}}|[https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1641 rev 6c]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|aGBe|align=left|{{Icon|PSX}}|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/agbe/files/agbe SF]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|Shuboy <small> (Only GB)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|32X}}|[http://jiggawatt.org/badc0de/shuboy.htm 1.0]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|GBEmu <small> (Only GB)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|VB}}|[https://www.virtual-boy.com/forums/t/entry-game-boy-emulator 0.1]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|GBonGBA <small> (Only GB)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|GBA}}|[https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/gbongba.html 0.4]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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|Game Boy Emulator (POM '98) <small> (Only GB)</small>|align=left|{{Icon|N64}}|[https://www.nesworld.com/n64/homebrew/bb-gb.zip 0.1]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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!colspan="8"|Others
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|PlutoBoy|align=left|{{Icon|UEFI}}|[https://github.com/RossMeikleham/PlutoBoy git]|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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<references group=N />
===Comparison===
====Game Boy-only emulators====
;[[SameBoy]]:A relatively new emulator, probably the most accurate Game Boy emulator currently. The UI is simple and easy to use. It includes open source bootroms, although these can be replaced with real ones. Also emulates Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.
==Emulation issues==
===Oversaturation===
[[File:Gbc over saturation2.png|thumb|right|350px|Comparison of saturation levels in [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]] and [[Gambatte]].]]
====Emulator options====
'''mGBA:''' Under Tools > Settings > Shaders, you will find three customizable '''Desaturation''' parameters.
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Build to Use
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! colspan="4"|PC / x86
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|[[mGBA]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|0.7|{{✓}}
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|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|Latest|{{✓}}
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|GiiBiiAdvance|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|?|{{✗}}
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|[[BGB]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|?|{{✗}}
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|Hashcam|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://www.darkfader.net/gbc Source]|{{✗}}
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The Game Boy Camera is an official Nintendo accessory for the Game Boy and was released in 1998. Users can take pictures and modify them with stickers and frames, as well as play several included minigames. In addition to the original model, there was a US-exclusive Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time edition that included different stamps.
