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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest version
! scope="col"|[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Game_Boy/Game_Boy_Color_emulators#Multiplayer Game <br/>Link]
! scope="col"|[[libretro]]
! scope="col"|<small>[https://retroachievements.org/download.php Retro<br/>Achievements]</small>
! 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="89"|PC / x86
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| [[SameBoy]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [https://sameboy.github.io/downloads {{SameBoyVer}}]<br />[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
| {{~}}<ref group=N name=sameboylink>SameBoy's libretro core supports Link Cable, standalone does not.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N>[https://docs.libretro.com/guides/retroachievements/#game-boy-game-boy-color May have issues with some achievement sets for the time being, exclusive to libretro core].</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| [[BGB]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [http://bgb.bircd.org/#downloads {{BGBVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| [[Gambatte]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| [https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://sourceforge.net/projects/gambatte/files/gambatte {{GambatteVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=ExLibretro>[https://docs.libretro.com/guides/retroachievements/#game-boy-game-boy-color Exclusive to libretro core].</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} <ref group=N>libretro core is still active.</ref> ||{{✓}}
|-
| [[BizHawk]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
| [http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-| [http://emulicious.net Emulicious]| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}| [https://emulicious.net/downloads {{EmuliciousVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2 Mesen2]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2/tags 2.0.0-preview1]| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [[GBE+]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| [https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-| [http://binji.github.io/binjgb/ binjgb]| align=left|{{Icon|Web}}| [https://github.com/binji/binjgb/releases {{binjgbVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [[MAME]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [[Gearboy]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases {{GearboyVer}}]
| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=ExLibretro></ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [https://gbcc.dev GBCC]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| [https://github.com/philj56/gbcc git]
| {{~}}<ref group=N name=GBCClink>[https://gbcc.dev/ Only supports a fake "link" with itself.]</ref> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|GameRoy
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|Web}}
|[https://github.com/Rodrigodd/gameroy 0.2.0]
| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-| [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/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [[mGBA]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [https://mgba.io/builds/1/ Dev builds]<br/> [https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]
| {{~}}<ref group=N name=mgbalink>[https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+Link Pretty buggy but sometimes works.]</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=ExLibretro></ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [https://nightly.vba-m.com/ Nightly builds]<br/> [http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core] <br/> [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> ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=ExLibretro></ref>||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [http://hhug.me/ hhugboy]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [https://github.com/tzlion/hhugboy/releases {{hhugboyVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|SkyEmu
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}
|[https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu v3]
|{{✗}}[https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/issues/44 *] ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-| [http://binji.github.io/binjgb/ binjgb]| align=left|{{Icon|Web}}| [https://github.com/binji/binjgb/releases {{binjgbVer}}]| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [[higan]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [http://byuu.org/emulation/higan {{higanVer}}]<br />[https://github.com/libretro/higan libretro core]| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N>[https://docs.libretro.com/guides/retroachievements/#game-boy-game-boy-color SGB only and exclusive to libretro core.]</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| [https://mattcurrie.com/bdm/ BDM]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS|Web}}
| [https://mattcurrie.com/bdm-demo/ Demo]
| ? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| [https://fms.komkon.org/VGB VGB]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [https://fms.komkon.org/VGB {{VGBVer}}]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| [[Pantheon]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| UGE
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [https://github.com/SuperDisk/hUGETracker/releases {{UGEVer}}]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| [[KiGB]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| [http://kigb.emuunlim.com/downloads.htm 2.05]
| {{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| [[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 /> ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| GiiBiiAdvance
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
| [https://github.com/AntonioND/giibiiadvance/releases git]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| MetroBoy
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [https://github.com/aappleby/MetroBoy/releases {{MetroBoyVer}}]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| hdmg
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/hdmg git]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
! colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM
| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.philj56.gbcc beta40][https://github.com/philj56/gbcc-android git]
| {{~}}<ref group=N name=GBCClink>[https://gbcc.dev/ Only supports a fake "link" with itself.]</ref> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|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}}]
| {{✗}}|| {{✗}}||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| [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]
| ? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|SkyEmu
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
|[https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu v3]
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|GameRoy
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://github.com/Rodrigodd/gameroy 0.2.0]
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| DeeS
| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
| [https://github.com/DeeSEmu/DeeS 1.0.6]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| MeBoy
| align=left|{{Icon|Java}}
| [http://www.arktos.se/meboy/download.php 1.6][https://github.com/chijure/meboy git]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| [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]
| {{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| John GBC
| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.johnemulators.johngbc 3.93]
| ? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
! colspan="89"|Consoles
|-
| [http://gbatemp.net/threads/gameyob-a-gameboy-emulator-for-ds.343407 GameYob DS]
| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
| [https://github.com/Drenn1/GameYob git]
| {{✓}} <small>(NiFi)</small> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| [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]
| ? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| [[VisualBoy_Advance#VBA-M|Visual Boy Advance-M <br/>(VBA-M)]]
| align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii}}
| r1231
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} <small>(abbr title="as VBA-Next)">*</smallabbr> ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| PlutoBoy
| align=left|{{Icon|PSP|Vita}}<br/>{{Icon|3DS|NX}}<br/>{{Icon|Vita|DC}}
| [https://github.com/RossMeikleham/PlutoBoy git]
| {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-| Gamebatte| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}<br/>{{Icon|3DS|Switch}}<br/>{{Icon|Vita|WiiU}}<br/>{{Icon|PS3}}| ?| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| RIN
| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
| [https://github.com/mbarczak/psp_rin git]<br/>[https://archive.org/details/rin-rx.-7z RX]<br/>[https://archive.org/details/rin_v1.32n1.2.7z 1.32n1.2]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| [[Virtual Console]]
| align=left|{{Icon|3DS}}
| 8.10
| {{✓}} <small>(abbr title="Pokemon only)">*</smallabbr> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| RealBoy Vita
| align=left|{{Icon|PSV}}
| [https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/167 1.2][https://github.com/xerpi/realboy-vita/releases git]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [[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]
| ? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| aGBe
| align=left|{{Icon|PSX}}
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/agbe/files/agbe SF]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
! colspan="89"|Others
|-
| PlutoBoy
| align=left|{{Icon|UEFI}}
| [https://github.com/RossMeikleham/PlutoBoy git]
| {{✗}} || {{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|}
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====[[Multi-system emulators]]====
;[[higan]]/[[ares]]:Because it started out as a [[Super Nintendo emulators|SNES emulator]] (its original name was bsnes), '''it was the first and only one that properly emulated [https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/zwq9fu/ares_crossplatform_open_source_multisystem/j1ys10k/ (which requires the SNES and GameBoy to be emulated simultaneously so it's demanding)] all of the [[Super_Nintendo_emulators#Super_Game_Boy|Super Game Boy]]'s features, such as SPC sound chip utilization, which requires the SNES and GameBoy to be emulated simultaneously so it'''s demanding.<ref>https://old.reddit. com/r/emulation/comments/zwq9fu/ares_crossplatform_open_source_multisystem/j1ys10k/</ref> Versions of bsnes at and before v073 used the Gambatte core for its Super Game Boy functionality, but byuu eventually made his own Game Boy core, which ended up having pretty good accuracy.
;[[BizHawk]]:Uses a modified Gambatte core. It provides speedrunning tools.
;[[MAME]]:Has solid Game Boy emulation through its <code>gameboy</code> driver despite the sound being imperfect, as well as slightly worse Game Boy Color compatibility through its <code>gbcolor</code> driver (where both the graphics and sound are imperfect). Despite its setbacks, it aims to feature compatibility with obscure mappers that other emulators usually ignore, like Wisdom Tree games or MMM01 multicarts. Accuracy was improved upon with contributions by Judge_.
| 0.7
| {{✓}}
|-
| [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| Latest
| {{✗}}
|-
| [https://gbcc.dev GBCC]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| beta40
| {{✗}}
|-
| GiiBiiAdvance
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| ?
| {{✗}}
|-
| [https://gbcc.dev GBCC]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| beta40
| {{✗}}
|-
| [[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| Latest
| {{✗}}
|-
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