KiGB v1.63

posted in Emulator News by narvick on Jun 19th, 2004

KiGB is an excellent standalone GameBoy/GBC emulator by Ricky Liu. It's now been updated and according to the author is "very very close to the real thing". What's new:
    Highlights of This Release
  • Supported the Demotronic Trick- the world's first and only emulator that did it! See the Demotronic Final Demo (PD) [C] to see what it is.
  • A new and nice (I hope) GUI is implemented. Currently, there are 2 themes available. See the readme.txt for details.
  • Great improvement on speed. A P-II can run in full speed even with mix frame on.


    • New Features
  • A new GUI with 2 themes is implemented.
  • Alternate hotkeys can be configured for reset, pause and exit.
  • Lots of hotkeys are added: screen size, frame skip, emulation speed, border on/off, sound on/off, load ROM and load recent ROMs.
  • Added the support of MBC Rocket. Support the game Full Time Soccer and Hang Time.


    • Changes
  • The minimum CPU requirement is Pentium and the recommended one is P-II or above. A P-II can run in full speed even with mix frame on.
  • The mouse pointer will not be displayed during game play. This helps to improve the emulator speed very significantly.
  • When customizing keys, simply press the keys on the keyboard, or move the sticks or press the buttons on the joypad/joystick.
  • The following hotkeys are changed: Ctrl-X is used instead of Esc for exit; Keypad-asterisk will no longer reset the emulator.
  • To bring up the menu, either press the Tab key or click the left or right mouse button.
  • Lots of updates and corrections in showing the licensee names. Thanks to Scott Nash.


    • Bugs Fixed
  • Supported the Demotronic Trick. Demotronic Final Demo (PD) [C] worked perfectly. [#]
  • Fixed the color display bug in Color Panel Demo (PD) [C]. [#]
  • Fixed the hanging bug in Bo Jackson Hit and Run (U) [!] when the baseball was hit.
  • Fixed a blank screen bug when shadow is selected in SGB mode. (Thanks to Richard Bannister).
  • Fixed the missing of Galaxian's bug in Namco Gallery Volume 2 (J) [S].
  • Fixed a graphics glitch after selecting the last game in Namco Gallery Volume 3 (J) [S].
  • The screen was covered by garbage in Kanjiro (J) [S]. Fixed.
  • The colors were missing in Dokapon! - Millenium Quest (J) [C] [!] under the preference GBC with SGB border. Fixed.
  • Some garbage quickly showed up when the player was dead in Burai Fighter Color [C]. Fixed.
  • Some garbage quickly showed up after selecting a player in Dejiko no Mahjong Party [C]. Fixed.
  • Fixed the screen flickering bug in Mario Brothers Demo (PD) [C] with mix frame on.
  • Fixed the border color in Nettou Samurai (J) [S] (bug in v1.60).
  • Fixed a crash bug in Work Master v1.00 - Multitask OS for Gameboy (PD) [C].
  • A flashing and moving line just under the square showing the fruit at the top right is now correctly shown in Artic Zone (Unl) [!].
  • A corrupted line just under the status window in Duck Tales (U) [!] is now correctly shown.
  • A very short flashing line at the left in the lower half of the screen is now correctly shown in Jeopardy! (U) [!].
  • A white line (cloud?) just above the wall at the right after selecting a new game in Urusei Yatsura (J) [!] is now correctly shown.


    • [#] KiGB is the first and only emulator that can support this game/demo.
Grab it at the GameBoy Emulators for Windows or Linux sections.