sameboy ☆

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Description:
Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 1.0.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: emulator gameboy retro-gaming development cask

Install: brew install --cask sameboy

About:
SameBoy is a highly accurate Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator that emphasizes correctness and portability. It provides a robust emulation core that can be used as a library, alongside a feature-rich Cocoa frontend for macOS. Its main value proposition is its accuracy, which is verified by extensive hardware testing, making it a top choice for both gamers and developers.

Key Features:

Highly accurate hardware emulation, verified by automated tests on real hardware
Portable core written in C, with bindings for multiple languages
Advanced debugging tools, including a powerful disassembler and memory viewer
Support for save states, rewinding, and video/audio filters

Use Cases:

Playing classic Game Boy and Game Boy Color games with high fidelity
Developing and debugging new homebrew games for Game Boy hardware
Researching and documenting Game Boy system behavior

Alternatives:

mGBA – Another high-accuracy emulator with a focus on Game Boy Advance, but also supports Game Boy Color.
BGB – A highly regarded, closed-source emulator for Windows known for its debugging features.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Aug 1, 2025 8:50pm	1.0.2	0	VERSION_BUMP	a31f93ae