SameBoy AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like SameBoy

SameBoy is described as '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' and is a Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are six alternatives to SameBoy for Windows, Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Mac. The best SameBoy alternative is Gearboy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SameBoy are BGB, zBoy, gnuboy and Gameboy.Live.

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  1. Gearboy icon
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    Gearboy is a cross-platform Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator written in C++ that runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

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

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

    • Gearboy is Free and Open SourceSameBoy is Freemium and Open Source
  2. BGB icon
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    BGB is a GameBoy and Gameboy Color emulator and debugger for Windows and Wine.

    5 BGB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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
     
  4. gnuboy icon
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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.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. 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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • Gameboy.Live is Free and Open SourceSameBoy is Freemium and Open Source
  6.  Like

    A lightweight and efficient Nintendo Game Boy emulator written in C++ using SDL2 for graphics, spdlog for high-performance logging, and fmt for clean and flexible formatting. This project faithfully reproduces the classic Game Boy gaming experience, supporting popular game...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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