GBCC vs PHPBoy
GBCC
gbcc.devPHPBoy
github.comSide by side
| Figure | GBCC | PHPBoy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Game Boy Emulators | 8.6 (#1) | 6.9 (#18) |
| Maker | The site credits Phil Jones; it does not state a headquarters or founding date. | The GitHub profile identifies the maker as Edd Mann and lists London, UK as the location. |
| Product | GBCC is a cross-platform Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C with a focus on accuracy. | PHPBoy is a Game Boy Color emulator written in PHP 8.4 with backward compatibility for original Game Boy games. |
| Purpose | GBCC is a cross-platform Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C, with a focus on accuracy. | PHPBoy is a Game Boy Color emulator written in PHP 8.4 with backward compatibility for original Game Boy games. |
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In their own words
GBCC
GBCC is a free Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C, with an emphasis on accurate emulation. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows, with SDL and GTK graphical interfaces. Visual options include Dot-Matrix, Colour-Correct, and Subpixel shaders, DMG palettes, and frame blending; Colour-Correct and Subpixel are intended to reproduce Game Boy Color output accurately. It supports gamepads, adjustable turbo, screenshots, a VRAM tile display, cartridge saves with real-time clock data, and save states with automatic saving and resuming. Link emulation connects GBCC to another instance of itself. The Game Boy Printer sends output only to the terminal, and Game Boy Camera support is limited to Linux and Android. Game Boy Pocket and Super Game Boy are not supported. Installation options vary by platform, and the project describes development as ongoing but slow. Save states are binary dumps and may not work across different architectures or compilers.