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SameBoy

by LIJI32v1.0.3

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SameBoy is an open source Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator, written in portable C.

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Install with winget

$ winget install --id LIJI32.SameBoy --exact --version 1.0.3

Run in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. Prompts for any agreements.

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About

SameBoy is an open source Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator, written in portable C. It has a native Cocoa frontend for macOS, an SDL frontend for other operating systems, and a libretro core. It also includes a text-based debugger with an expression evaluator.

Features common to both Cocoa and SDL versions:

- Supports Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulation

- Lets you choose the model you want to emulate regardless of ROM

- High quality 96KHz audio

- Battery save support

- Save states

- Advanced text-based debugger with an expression evaluator, disassembler, conditional breakpoints, conditional watchpoints, backtracing and other features

- Extremely high accuracy

- Emulates PCM_12 and PCM_34 registers

- T-cycle accurate emulation of LCD timing effects, supporting the Demotronic trick, Prehistorik Man, GBVideoPlayer and other tech demos

- Real time clock emulation

- Retina/High DPI display support, allowing a wider range of scaling factors without artifacts

- Optional frame blending (Requires OpenGL 3.2 or later)

- Several scaling algorithms (Including exclusive algorithms like OmniScale and Anti-aliased Scale2x; Requires OpenGL 3.2 or later or Metal)

Installers · v1.0.3

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Copy a command tailored to that specific architecture, type, and scope - useful when winget would otherwise pick a different default.

Security

No known CVEs for SameBoy.

Coverage is best-effort and depends on a winget package mapping to an NVD CPE entry. Absence here is not a guarantee of safety.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install SameBoy on Windows?
Open Windows Terminal, PowerShell, or Command Prompt and run: winget install --id LIJI32.SameBoy --exact --version 1.0.3. winget downloads the installer from LIJI32 and runs it. Requires Windows 10 (1809+) or Windows 11.
How do I install SameBoy silently for unattended deployment?
Add --silent and accept the agreements upfront: winget install --id LIJI32.SameBoy --exact 1.0.3 --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements. This is the variant Intune, Configuration Manager, and other deployment tools should use.
How do I uninstall SameBoy via winget?
Run: winget uninstall --id LIJI32.SameBoy --exact. Add --silent for unattended uninstalls. winget will use the registered uninstaller from SameBoy's Apps & Features entry.
Is SameBoy free?
SameBoy is distributed under X11 License. Refer to the publisher (https://github.com/LIJI32/SameBoy) for the full license terms - Wingetly itself does not charge for installation.
Does SameBoy work on Windows 10?
Yes, as long as your Windows 10 build supports winget (1809 or newer). winget ships with App Installer on Windows 10/11 and pulls SameBoy directly from the publisher.
How do I keep SameBoy up to date?
Run winget upgrade --id LIJI32.SameBoy --exact, or winget upgrade --all to update everything winget tracks. We index 9 versions of SameBoy from microsoft/winget-pkgs.

Recent versions

  • 1.0.3latest
  • 1.0.2
  • 1.0.1
  • 1.0
  • 0.16.6
  • 0.16.3
  • 0.16.2
  • 0.16.1
  • 0.15.8