SameBoy 0.12.3

Description

SameBoy

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. Visit [the website](https://sameboy.github.io/).

Features

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
Includes open source DMG and CGB boot ROMs:

Complete support for (and documentation of) *all* game-specific palettes in the CGB boot ROM, for accurate emulation of Game Boy games on a Game Boy Color
Supports manual palette selection with key combinations, with 4 additional new palettes (A + B + direction)
Supports palette selection in a CGB game, forcing it to run in 'paletted' DMG mode, if ROM allows doing so.
Support for games with a non-Nintendo logo in the header
No long animation in the DMG boot

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](https://github.com/LIJI32/GBVisualizer)
T-cycle accurate emulation of LCD timing effects, supporting the Demotronic trick, Prehistorik Man, [GBVideoPlayer](https://github.com/LIJI32/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](https://sameboy.github.io/scaling/) (Including exclusive algorithms like OmniScale and Anti-aliased Scale2x; Requires OpenGL 3.2 or later or Metal)

Features currently supported only with the Cocoa version:

Native Cocoa interface, with support for all system-wide features, such as drag-and-drop and smart titlebars
Game Boy Camera support

[Read more](https://sameboy.github.io/features/).

Compatibility

SameBoy passes all of [blargg's test ROMs](http://gbdev.gg8.se/wiki/articles/Test_ROMs#Blargg.27s_tests), all of [mooneye-gb's](https://github.com/Gekkio/mooneye-gb) tests (Some tests require the original boot ROMs), and all of [Wilbert Pol's tests](https://github.com/wilbertpol/mooneye-gb/tree/master/tests/acceptance). SameBoy should work with most games and demos, please [report](https://github.com/LIJI32/SameBoy/issues/new) any broken ROM. The latest results for SameBoy's automatic tester are available [here](https://sameboy.github.io/automation/).

Changelog

Version 0.12.3

This version is backwards compatible with save states from SameBoy 0.11.x and newer.

New/Improved Features

Super Game Boy color correction is now available in the libretro port
It is now possible to hide the Super Game Boy border in the libretro port
The SDL port will now hide the mouse while a ROM is running

Accuracy Improvements/Fixes

Changing the frequency of channels 1 and 2 is now more accurate
Audio rendering should now be accurate when emulating Game Boy Advance

Bug Fixes

Fixed garbled graphics while emulting Super Game Boy in the SDL port when OpenGL 3.2 is not available
The Cocoa build is now linked against the correct SDK version, restoring compatbility with older macOS versions that was mistakenly dropped in the previous release
Fixed fullscreen related issues in the SDL port
Fixed a bug where the SDL port did not save the battery in some cases
Bug fixes to libretro achievement support
Restored Game Boy Camera support on newer macOS versions
Fixed High-DPI support on Windows 10

Misc Internal Changes