Gearboy
Game Boy / Gameboy Color emulator and debugger for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch. (by drhelius)
SkyEmu
Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator (by skylersaleh)
| Gearboy | SkyEmu | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 11 | |
| 906 | 863 | |
| 1.8% | 2.4% | |
| 8.8 | 9.2 | |
| 20 days ago | 5 months ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Gearboy
Posts with mentions or reviews of Gearboy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-10.
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List of best emulators for each console! (2023)
Gearboy is not in that shootout.
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I finally wrote my first ever emulator (GameBoy)
There were multiple times where I got stuck with the CPU timings and the PPU. So I modified the Gearboy to print some extra info, like registers and timers, so I could compare with mine and figure out where it failed.
- Gearboy, a cross-platform Gameboy emulator (iOS too)
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[PS3 RetroArch Community Edition] I cant get the Game Gear Cores working
Gearboy is a Game Boy emulator. Gearsystem should work, though. Picodrive works, too, I think.
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So in 2022, what reasons, if any (even minor ones), are there to use VBA-M over mGBA?
I prefer Gearboy to Sameboy. It emulates the display flicker of a real Gameboy. Gave me a nostalgia kick.
SkyEmu
Posts with mentions or reviews of SkyEmu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-08.
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Open source GBA emulators?
Skyemu has a Web version that's usable on Android. Other than that, I don't think there's any new one.
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SkyEmu v2 Release
The autogenerated source code for web.skyemu.app is also open source, and located in the following branch https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/tree/gh-pages
- SkyEmu v2 (Game Boy / GB Color / GB Advance emulator for Windows, macOS, Linux) supports integer scaling (“Display Settings” → “Force Integer Scaling”)
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Release of SkyEmu v2
I just added a Arm/Intel universal build to the release. You can download it here: https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/releases/download/v2/SkyEmu-v2-macOS-universal.dmg
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Real World Application using C++
It is possible to make web applications in C++. Here is a web-based Game Boy emulator done in C. But it's a hell of a lot harder than doing it in a language designed to make web applications.
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New and would appreciate some help!
SkyEmu (https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu)
- is RetroArch even possible to install using MacBook?
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Release of SkyEmu 1.0
Despite it being a new emulator, it features high accuracy and compatibility allowing it to play difficult to emulate games that established emulators like mGBA and VBA-M struggle with. On top of accurate emulation. SkyEmu supports the following major features:
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First Emulator to 100% GBA Suite Timing Tests
SkyEMU, the GB/GBC/GBA emulator project that I have been working on for the last six months was recently able to 100% pass all 1920 of Endrift's GBA suites timing tests. I believe this is the first time this level of timing accurate emulation of the GBA has been achieved and I wanted to share my excitement with the community.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Gearboy and SkyEmu you can also consider the following projects:
snoopy - Snoopy Command Logger is a small library that logs all program executions on your Linux/BSD system.
binjgb - Gameboy emulator implemented in C, that also runs in the browser
jitboy - A Game Boy emulator with dynamic recompilation (JIT)
giibiiadvance - A GB, GBC and GBA emulator with GB Camera support.
mgba - mGBA Game Boy Advance Emulator
gbemu - A Gameboy emulator in modern C++
Mu - A new Palm OS emulator targeting compatibility, speed and accuracy in that order.
metroboy - A repository of gate-level simulators and tools for the original Game Boy.
Gearsystem - Sega Master System / Game Gear / SG-1000 emulator and debugger for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.
gbemu - WebAssembly based Gameboy Emulator
emu-ex-plus-alpha - Multi-platform computer & game console emulation system including supporting code (EmuFramework) and core engine (Imagine)