SkyEmu
Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator (by skylersaleh)
tinygb
Tiny and portable Game Boy emulator written in C (by jewelcodes)
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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.
tinygb
Posts with mentions or reviews of tinygb.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SkyEmu and tinygb you can also consider the following projects:
Gearboy - Game Boy / Gameboy Color emulator for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.
gbemu - WebAssembly based Gameboy Emulator
giibiiadvance - A GB, GBC and GBA emulator with GB Camera support.
binjgb - Gameboy emulator implemented in C, that also runs in the browser
metroboy - A repository of gate-level simulators and tools for the original Game Boy.
gbemu - A Gameboy emulator in modern C++
desmume - DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator
citra - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator
emu-ex-plus-alpha - Multi-platform computer & game console emulation system including supporting code (EmuFramework) and core engine (Imagine)
retro-go - Retro emulation for the ODROID-GO and other ESP32 devices
yuzu - Nintendo Switch emulator