sameboy ☆
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Description:
Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator
Type: Cask  |  Latest Version: 1.0.3@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
Mar 4, 2026 10:28pm 1.0.3 0 VERSION_BUMP d7a61246
Aug 1, 2025 8:50pm 1.0.2 0 VERSION_BUMP a31f93ae
Feb 14, 2024 1:26pm 0.16.2 0 VERSION_BUMP 7b10b541
Jan 13, 2024 10:56pm 0.16.2 0 VERSION_BUMP 6b0b51c0
Dec 23, 2023 5:02pm 0.16.1 0 VERSION_BUMP 45523950
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