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Gearboy v3.7.5, a C++ Nintendo Game Boy emulator, emphasizes source code readability while offering excellent compatibility. Key features include accurate CPU and memory emulation, support for various Memory Bank Controllers (MBCs), and precise LCD controller emulation. The emulator mimics the original Game Boy’s LCD ghosting and provides sound emulation via SDL Audio. It supports Game Boy Color, includes a real-time disassembler, and offers save states and Game Genie/GameShark cheat support. This multi-platform emulator runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Raspberry Pi, and iOS. The latest update adds custom shortcuts, improved color correction, and various bug fixes.
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Gearboy v3.7.5 has been released. Gearboy serves as a Nintendo Game Boy emulator implemented in C++. The emulator emphasizes source code readability while ensuring good compatibility. Significant effort has been made to adhere to OOP principles and maintain simplicity.
Features of Gearboy:
– Highly precise CPU emulation, successfully passing cpu_instrs.gb from blargg’s tests.
– Accurate instruction and memory timing, passing instr_timing.gb and mem_timing.gb from blargg’s tests.
– Supports Memory Bank Controllers (MBC1, MBC2, MBC3 with RTC, MBC5), alongside ROM + RAM and multicart cartridges.
– Precise LCD controller emulation, managing background, window, and sprites, with correct timings and priorities including mid-scanline timing.
– Frame mixing: Simulates the LCD ghosting effect observed in the original Game Boy.
– Sound emulation through SDL Audio and the Gb_Snd_Emu library.
– Game Boy Color compatibility.
– Built-in disassembler, which can output the complete disassembled memory to a text file or access it in real-time.
– Enables saving battery-powered RAM cartridges to file.
– Supports save states.
– Compressed ROM support (ZIP deflate).
– Offers support for Game Genie and GameShark cheats.
– Multi-platform capabilities. Operates on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Raspberry Pi, iOS, and as a libretro core (RetroArch).
Gearboy Changelog:
🎵 VGM Recorder
⌨️ Custom shortcuts. You can add shortcuts to gamepad buttons
🎨 Improved GBC color correction
🌎 UTF-8 character support in paths
🎮 Updated game controller database
🐛 Various bug fixes
