Emulators

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Polished Crystal values hardware accuracy. Emulators to play it must be good enough.

Main article: FAQ § Which emulator should I use?

Windows

• Sameboy
• BGB
  • Game Link supported
• mGBA

MacOS

• Sameboy
• mGBA
• (Wine + BGB)

Linux

• Sameboy
• mGBA

Android

EX Plus Alpha

GBC emu (Gambatte-based)

Retroarch

Core: Sameboy, Gambatte; mGBA

iPhone

Sameboy for iOS

Available on the App Store

Note that it's quite different from the desktop version:

• It generates a real-time savestate (.auto);
• When launched, it defaults to the savestate of the last played game, properly overwriting the .sav immediately;
  • Modifying a .gbc or .sav file must be done outside the app and must involve removing the .autos;
• It uses a per-game directory structure like this:

Sameboy/
├── game1/
│  ├── game1.gbc
│  ├── game1.sav
│  ├── game1.auto (savestate)
│  └── game1.auto (savestate screenshot)
├── game2/
│  ├── game2.gbc
│  ├── game2.sav
│  ├── game2.auto (savestate)
│  └── game2.auto (savestate screenshot)
…

Steam Deck

• mGBA

3DS

• CIA
• mGBA

External Links

• Emu Gen Wiki

DO NOT USE

• ❌ VisualBoy Advance(-M)
• ❌ My (Old)Boy!