Description:
Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator
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Type: Cask
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Latest Version: 1.0.3@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Multimedia
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Tags:
emulator
gameboy
retro-gaming
development
cask
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Install:
brew install --cask sameboy
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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.
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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
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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
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Alternatives:
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mGBA
– Another high-accuracy emulator with a focus on Game Boy Advance, but also supports Game Boy Color.
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BGB
– A highly regarded, closed-source emulator for Windows known for its debugging features.
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| Mar 4, 2026 10:28pm |
1.0.3 |
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d7a61246 |
| Aug 1, 2025 8:50pm |
1.0.2 |
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a31f93ae |
| Feb 14, 2024 1:26pm |
0.16.2 |
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7b10b541 |
| Jan 13, 2024 10:56pm |
0.16.2 |
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6b0b51c0 |
| Dec 23, 2023 5:02pm |
0.16.1 |
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45523950 |
| Nov 6, 2022 2:06pm |
0.15.8 |
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b6022a5b |
| Nov 1, 2022 8:52am |
0.15.7 |
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c7fab820 |
| Sep 19, 2022 11:29am |
0.15.6 |
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e40a0726 |
| Aug 25, 2022 7:01am |
0.15.5 |
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5ca96626 |
| Aug 1, 2022 10:06am |
0.15.4 |
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1cdbac1e |
| Jul 26, 2022 11:52am |
0.15.3 |
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bc335c57 |
| Jul 25, 2022 2:49am |
0.15.2 |
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62b73e3f |
| Jul 10, 2022 12:33am |
0.15.1 |
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2b68a828 |
| Jul 4, 2022 5:01pm |
0.15 |
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10fd88c8 |
| Jul 3, 2022 1:37pm |
0.15 |
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