Last Updated on July 11, 2021
KiGB is an accurate and free portable emulator for Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Super Gameboy.
It is fully compatible with all GB/GBC games, and features several components not usually packaged with basic emulators, including a graphics effects module which allows visual effects like blur to be enabled.
KiGB is the only emulator that emulates the Game Link Cable, this lets you play most 2-player games over a TCP/IP network.
Features include:
- Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy (SGB and SGB2) emulated.
- High compatibility and accuracy in graphics, sound and timing.
- Game Link Cable supported (allows 2 players to play over a TCP/IP network).
- MBC1, MBC2, MBC3, MBC5, MBC6, 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: 1×1, 2×2, 3×3 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.
- 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 properties 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.
Website: kigb.emuunlim.com
Support:
Developer: Ricky Liu, Richard Bannister (port)
License: Freeware
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