BGB AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like BGB

BGB is described as 'GameBoy and Gameboy Color emulator and debugger for Windows and Wine' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are four alternatives to BGB for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, iPhone and Self-Hosted apps. The best BGB alternative is SameBoy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BGB are zBoy, gnuboy and Gameboy.Live.

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  1. SameBoy icon
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    SameBoy is a user friendly, powerful and open source Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy emulator for macOS, Windows and Unix-like platforms. SameBoy is extremely accurate and includes a wide range of both powerful debugging features and user-facing features, making it...

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
     
    • SameBoy is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & Linux alternative to BGB.

    • SameBoy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BGB.

    • SameBoy is Freemium and Open SourceBGB is Free and Proprietary
  2. zBoy icon
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    zBoy is a multi-platform, open-source GameBoy Classic ("DMG") emulator that provides a load/save feature, can perform PCX screenshots and emulates an internal battery for ROMs that were designed to use one.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    One of the few emulators for the original Gameboy handheld systems, gnuboy is written in ANSI C and supports a wide range of systems from MS-DOS to Windows and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Gameboy.Live is a Gameboy emulator written in Go (Programming Language) for learning purposes. You can simply play Gameboy games on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Gameboy.Live is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to BGB.

    • Gameboy.Live is Free and Open SourceBGB is Free and Proprietary
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