DamageBoy is the name of Yet Another™ Experimental GameBoy emulator created for learning purposes. The name comes from DMG, which is the original codename for the GameBoy, which stands for Dot Matrix Game. The emulator is written in C#, it uses OpenGL for rendering, OpenAL for audio and ImGui for UI. Despite being optional, it's recommended to have a boot ROM (BIOS) file named dmg_boot_rom and put it in the same path as the DamageBoy executable.
- It can run games with the most common Memory Bank Controllers: MBC1, MBC2, MBC3, MBC5, HuC1 and HuC-3.
- Most graphics features are supported: background, window, sprites, scrolling and mid-scanline effects.
- Audio mostly implemented, but there could be small audio errors here and there.
- It can be played with keyboard or with an XInput compatible controller.
- It supports saving and loading. Saves are stored in the
Savessubfolder in the emulator path. - It also has save state functionality. They are stored in the
SaveStatessubfolder. - Most games I've tried work perfect or almost perfect. But there are still games that don't work or have severe issues.
It requires having a GPU compatible with OpenGL 3.3.
Click here to check game compatibility.
