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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;"|[http://dl.qj.net/psp/emulators/rin-v132-gameboy-emulator/gameboy-color-emulator.html RIN] | ||
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==Emulator issues== | ==Emulator issues== | ||
| + | [[File:Gbc over saturation2.png|thumb|right|350px|Comparison of saturation levels in VBA-M and Gambatte.]] | ||
===Oversaturation=== | ===Oversaturation=== | ||
| − | + | Emulators tend to over-saturate the colors that would have been seen on the GBC's screen. This can be fixed with emulator options. | |
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
| − | *[http://gbdev.gg8.se/wiki/articles/Main_Page Gameboy Development Wiki] - Information about the Gameboy | + | *[http://gbdev.gg8.se/wiki/articles/Main_Page Gameboy Development Wiki] - Information about the Gameboy |
[[Category:Consoles]] | [[Category:Consoles]] | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 22 August 2014
The Game Boy is an 8-bit, 4th generation handheld console released by Nintendo in 1989. It had a monochrome display. Its successor, the Game Boy Color (GBC), was released in 1998. Unlike the original, it features a color screen.
Emulators
| Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | GB/GBC | Game Link Support | Libretro Core | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGB | Windows | 1.4.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| BizHawk | Windows | 1.7.4 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Gambatte | Multi-platform | 0.5.0 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| higan | Windows, Linux, OS X | 0.94 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| KiGB | Windows, Linux, OS X | v2.05 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MESS | Multi-platform | 0.154 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA-M) | Multi-platform | r1229 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | GB/GBC | Game Link Support | Libretro Core | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GameYob | Nintendo DS | Git | ✓ | ✓ (NiFi) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA-M) | Wii, Gamecube | r1229 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (as VBA-Next) | ✓ |
| MasterBoy | PlayStation Portable | 2.10 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| GeMP | PlayStation Portable | 3.3 Final | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| RIN | PlayStation Portable | 1.32 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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.
- 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.
- RIN has some incompatibilities with later PSP models.
- 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.
Emulator issues
Oversaturation
Emulators tend to over-saturate the colors that would have been seen on the GBC's screen. This can be fixed with emulator options.
Resources
- Gameboy Development Wiki - Information about the Gameboy
