Gameboy Emulators


The most well known portable gaming device in the world is Nintendo's Gameboy. Originally released in the late 80's it has sold more than any other portable game console in the world. Several years later Nintendo released the "color" version of the all time classic!



Specs (of the Gameboy Color model):
  • Processor: Z80 Sharp processor
  • Processor Speed: 8 MHz
  • RAM: 32K
  • Video RAM (VRAM): 16K
  • Colors Available: 32,000
  • Colors On Screen: 10, 32, or 56
  • Resolution: 160x144 @56 colors and 320x288 @24colors
  • Sound: 4-channel FM sound
  • Controls: 8-directional D-Pad, A, B, select, and Start buttons
  • Power: 10+ hours on 2 AA batteries. AC adapter separately available

Emulators


 zBoy   Windows   Free          Rating: Full StarFull StarFull StarFull StarFull Star 9.3 (4 Votes) 
  
 Visual Boy Advance   Windows   Freeware          Rating: Full StarFull StarFull StarFull StarHalf Star 8.5 (2664 Votes) 
  Probably the best Gameboy Advance emulator available.
 BizHawk    Windows   Open-Source          Rating: Full StarFull StarFull StarHalf StarNo Star 8.0 (1290 Votes) 
  Multi-system emulator designed for Tool-Assisted Speedruns (TAS)
 BGB   Windows   Freeware          Rating: Full StarFull StarFull StarHalf StarNo Star 8.0 (100 Votes) 
  Gameboy emulator supporting link function.
 RetroArch    Multi-platform   Open-Source          Rating: Full StarFull StarFull StarNo StarNo Star 7.6 (218 Votes) 
  Frontend for the Libretro API, effectively a multi-system emulator
 TGB DUAL   Windows   Freeware          Rating: Full StarFull StarFull StarNo StarNo Star 7.4 (37 Votes) 
  The only emulator that supports the link function
 KiGB   Windows   Freware          Rating: Full StarFull StarNo StarNo StarNo Star 6.8 (24 Votes) 
  Gameboy Color Emulator
 PlayGuy   Windows   Freeware          Rating: Full StarFull StarNo StarNo StarNo Star 6.8 (17 Votes) 
  Gameboy Color emulator.
 higan    Windows   Open-Source          Rating: Full StarFull StarNo StarNo StarNo Star 6.7 (254 Votes) 
  Multi-system emulator with emphasis on emulation accuracy
 GEST   Windows   Freeware          Rating: Full StarFull StarNo StarNo StarNo Star 6.6 (8 Votes) 
  Gameboy Color emulator.
 DreamGBC   Windows   Freeware          Rating: Full StarHalf StarNo StarNo StarNo Star 6.2 (24 Votes) 
  Gameboy Color emulator.
 BasicBoy   Windows   Freeware          Rating: Half StarNo StarNo StarNo StarNo Star 5.2 (21 Votes) 
  Gameboy emulator written in Visual Basic
 gnuboy   Windows   Freeware          Rating: Half StarNo StarNo StarNo StarNo Star 1.7 (7 Votes) 
  Open source Gameboy emulator.