The Gameboy is a handheld, portable gaming system by Nintendo. Its technical specifications are rather primitive, because Nintendo demanded the machine be light, small, have low power consumption levels, and be cost-effective.
 | KiGB 1.5.5a. |
| Emulator Enhancer, which adds extra features to KiGB. |
KiGB is the latest Gameboy emulator for Macintosh. Compatible with both OS 9 and OS X, KiGB features excellent compatibility and full sound support. Super Gameboy and GB-in-GBA emulation are also included.
 | the KiGB home page. |
 | to Richard Bannister, author of the Macintosh port of KiGB. |
| Virtual Gameboy 2.0. |
| Navigation Services (optional for Virtual Gameboy). |
| GameSprockets (recommended for Virtual Gameboy). |
 | Virtual Gameboy online with Kagi. |
Virtual Gameboy is an excellent Gameboy Color emulator for the Macintosh. It is compatible with Super Gameboy titles and Gameboy Color games, so the emulator can display vibrant colors and full-color backdrops--without any slowdown at all! Virtual Gameboy also has the ability to freeze the game state at any time.
Please note that NetPlay does not yet work properly with Virtual Gameboy! There is no way to connect two emulated Gameboys at this time.
| the Virtual Gameboy home page. |
| the Game Genie Code Creators Club, listing hundreds of Game Genie codes for the Gameboy. |
| to Marat Fayzullin, author of the Virtual Gameboy emulator. |
| to John Stiles, author of the Macintosh port of Virtual Gameboy. |
| gnuboy 1.0.3r5. |
gnuboy is a very good Gameboy emulator for the Macintosh. It provides excellent compatibility and sound, but it is for Mac OS X only.
| the gnuboy home page. |
| to Lucas Newman, who ported gnuboy to Mac OS X. |
| GBMac 1.2.6b4. |
GBMac is a Gameboy emulator for Macintosh. It is very fast on 680x0 Macs, offering full speed with a good frame rate even on 68040s! The new GBKiss format and Gameboy Color is also supported.
| the GBMac home page. |
| to Hideki Naito, author of GBMac. |
| Boycott/MacOS 0.6.7. |
| the Blitter Library plugin, which provides additional video modes for use with Boycott. |
This is a port of a UNIX-based Gameboy emulator. It works with many Gameboy Color titles, and now includes sound support. It also has a cool cheat-finder option.
| the Boycott/MacOS home page. |
| to Richard Bannister, who ported Boycott to the Macintosh. |
| Victoly Boy 1.0b2. |
Victoly Boy is a new Gameboy emulator written in Future Basic. The compatibility level is pretty low, and sound is unsupported. The author promises that future versions will support sound and Gameboy Color emulation.
| the Victoly Boy home page. |
| to Derek Smith, author of Victoly Boy. |
| PlayBoy 0.0d2. |
Nothing dirty here, I promise! PlayBoy is just a simple Gameboy emulator. It only supports a handful of black-and-white Gameboy titles, and it is lacking sound, but it is free.
| the PlayBoy home page. |
| to Nick Vellios, who wrote PlayBoy. |
| the VGBMac 0.3 emulator. |
This version is several years old, and hasn't been updated since Marat's VGB 0.3 release. It doesn't support sound and many games work improperly. It is included here only for completeness, as the authors are no longer working on it.
| to Alan Steremberg and Brian Foley, authors of this Macintosh port. |
| Gameboy ROM Info. |
| Discott, a Gameboy ROM disassembler. (for developers only) |
