Game Boy Color - aceituning/retroace GitHub Wiki
The Game Boy Color was an 8 bit handheld gaming console released by Nintendo in 1998. Pokemon Yellow anyone?
| Emulator | Rom Folder | Extension | BIOS | Controller Config |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lr-gambatte | gbc | .7z .gbc .zip | gbc_bios.bin (optional) | /opt/retropie/configs/gbc/retroarch.cfg |
| lr-tgbdual | gbc | .7z .gbc .zip | none | /opt/retropie/configs/gb/retroarch.cfg |
| lr-mgba | gbc | .7z .gb .zip | gbc_bios.bin (optional), sgb_bios.bin (optional) | /opt/retropie/configs/gbc/retroarch.cfg |
Emulators: lr-gambatte, lr-tgbdual, lr-mgba
lr-gambatte is the prefered single-player emulator, while lr-tgbdual runs two instances of the same game for either two-player link cable games or parallel play on the same system.
lr-mgba is a modern emulator that aims to be fast and accurate, supports local cable games, external BIOS, Super Game Boy emulation, among many other features. It also emulates Game Boy and Game Boy Advance.
ROMS
Accepted File Extensions: .7z .gbc .zip
Place your Game Boy Color ROMs in
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gbc
BIOS
lr-gambatte can load external BIOS for Game Boy Color (gbc_bios.bin).
lr-mgba can load external BIOS for Game Boy Color (gbc_bios.bin) and Super Game Boy (sgb_bios.bin).
Place these BIOS in
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
The correct MD5 for gbc_bios.bin is dbfce9db9deaa2567f6a84fde55f9680 and for sgb_bios.bin is d574d4f9c12f305074798f54c091a8b4
Controls
Both emulators utilise Retroarch configurations
Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in
/opt/retropie/configs/gbc/retroarch.cfg
For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration
