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BGB


Description

BGB is a GameBoy emulator/debugger which runs on Windows

 

Features

  • emulation of the GameBoy, GameBoy Color, and Super Gameboy
  • accurate emulation of the hardware, based on research with lots of test roms, useful for debugging/rom development. some highlights:
    • clock exact timing of LCD behavior/state changes
    • realistic initial ram values - random but with specific bit patterns, and simulated values left by bootroms (for example "nibbler (pd)" depends on this)
    • accurate emulation of LCD register writes during scanline (prehistorik man, demotronic demo)
    • emulation of inaccessible VRAM and OAM as on real hardware
    • 10 sprites per line limit
    • clock exact emulation of sprites causing mode 3 to take longer
    • correct memory access timing (access happening at the last/second to last clock of an opcode)
    • accurate emulation of the differences between DMG and GBC, including timing differences, differences in hardware behavior, initial state, etc.
    • can run a GBC rom as on a DMG, and a DMG rom as on a GBC
  • powerful debugger:
    • disassembler
    • assembler (change code and ability to save modified rom)
    • symbols (SYM file) support
    • "inline" editing in code, data, and stack viewer
    • breakpoints
    • break on access
    • conditional breakpoints
    • "on jump" access breakpoints for breaking before a jump into a range is taken.
    • source code breakpoints (ld b,b)
    • singlestepping/tracing/animating/step out/step over
    • vram viewer: BG map, tiles, OAM, palette.
    • IO registers viewer
    • live display of data during emulation and freezing of ram values
    • break on exceptions (accessing inaccessible VRAM, read unitialized RAM, echo ram access, access locked external ram, disable lcd outside vblank)
    • ability to modify all registers and state at any time
    • joypad window allows simulating button presses at any time while debugging
  • SGB multiplayer with up to 4 gamepads
  • graphics output: GDI, DirectDraw, Direct3D, OpenGL, null output
  • graphics doubler: HQ2X, Scale2x, scanlines filter, blocky
  • sound output: waveout, directsound, null, and disk writer supported. support for writing the 4 channels to separate wav files
  • screenshot animation recording that is synchronized with the wav writer and can be converted to a video using avisynth
  • runs almost all roms perfectly, compatibility comparable with the best GB/C emulators
  • Accurate/high quality sound emulation, bandlimited synthesis
  • accurate video emulation including "high color" graphics, correct sprite/background priorities, 10 sprites/line limit, and mid-scanline register changes.
  • This emulator is fast.
  • Joystick/Gamepad support, everything mappable to every button
  • some user interface keys are configurable and can be mapped to joystick/gamepad buttons
  • MBC3 Real Time Clock emulation. RTC is saved/loaded in the .sav file, compatible with VBA
  • Auto delay/frameskip, emulation runs at 100% real speed and full 60 fps
  • GameGenie and GameShark cheat, load/save cheats (auto and manual), "cheat searcher", easy creation of new cheat codes
  • save/load state with quick (zsnes style) keys.
  • Load from ZIP and GZIP files
  • good OS/platform compatibility/low requirements
  • support for optional border bitmap and pseudo and real fullscreen modes.
  • TCP/IP game link support

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BGB GameBoy Emulator

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