BGB v1.0!

posted in Emulator Release by spacetiger on Oct 12th, 2004

Big news on the GameBoy emulation scene as one of the best emulators gets an update to version 1.0. The emulator should now be both faster and more accurate. Here's the list of what's new:
  • Added debugger
  • Added cheat searcher
  • Added optional directdraw and directsound support
  • Greatly improved accuracy/compatibility/rom support, fixed many known problem roms
  • Added "GBC + initial SGB border" support, allowing a number of GBC roms to show a border
  • Added experimental support for sub-scanline timing graphics, "demotronic demo" works perfectly
  • New, more accurate, extendable, save state format
  • Made bgb faster by optimizing/rewriting parts
  • Added support for 4 gamepads
  • Redone joypad config, easy to use GUI
  • New GBC LCD colors, more like the real GBC
  • Lots of minor changes
Head to the GameBoy Emulators page for the download.