KiGB

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Overview

KiGB is the self-proclaimed leader of Gameboy emulation accuracy.

In a thorough comparison between KiGB and 4 other emulators made by the author of KiGB, KiGB shows 100% perfect emulation in all tested games, however it fares about as poorly as no$gmb on various test ROMs, suggesting its accuracy isn't as high as its author claims.

Facts

• Homepage: http://kigb.emuunlim.com/
• Type: Emulator
• Platforms: Windows, MS-DOS, Linux, 3rd party OS X port
• License: Freeware
• Current version: 2.04
• Last updated: 2007-11-19

Feature list

List of supported features

• Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy (SGB and SGB2) emulated
• Best compatibility and accuracy in graphics, sound and timing (see Compatibility)
• Game Link Cable supported (allows 2 players to play over a TCP/IP network)
• MBC1, MBC2, MBC3, MBC5, MBC7, HuC1, HuC3, Rocket, MMM01, Gameboy Camera and multi-carts supported
• All 4 sound channels and digital sound supported (each can be on or off)
• Graphics on background, window and sprites can be set individually on or off
• Battery supported
• Real time clock supported
• Zipped and gzipped files supported
• Screen size: 1x1, 2x2, 3x3 and full screen
• Frame skip supported
• Joypads/joysticks supported
• GameGenie and GameShark cheats supported
• Screen dump supported
• Save states supported
• Close colors as a real Game Boy Color
• Input playback supported
• Save states and input files are compressed
• Battery save, save states and input files are portable across all supported platforms, currently MS Windows, Linux and MS-DOS
• Default border image supported
• Up to 4 players are supported (SGB only)
• Gameboy Printer supported
• Per-game configuration
• Sound wave file output
• Customizable Gameboy palettes
• Adjustable emulation speed (25%, 50%, 100%, 200% and 400%)
• Graphics filters: Super 2xSaI, Super Eagle, scanline and bilinear
• Special effect: sprite shadow (experimental)
• Special porperties of LCD (Mix Frame)
• Generic flashcart (most public domain, trainers and hacks required this)
• Demotronic Trick
• GBC palettes (default and built-in) for GB mono games
• 5-speed auto-fire
• Barcode Boy supported (required game: Battle Space)
• Boot ROM for GB supported (not included)
• Simulate boot ROM for GBC

List of unsupported features

• Infrared port (including HuC1 and HuC3)
• Camera functions in Gameboy Camera
• TAMA5 (Tamagochi 3)
• Some SGB features, mainly on sound
• Rumble (Perfect Dark, Pokemon Pinball and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing)
• Bar code reader (Bardigun)
• Full Changer (Zok Zok Heroes)
• Mobile Adaptor (Mobile Trainer)
• GPS receiver (GPS Boy)