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Nintendo launched its state-of-the-art (for its time) handheld gaming apparatus back in 1989. It was a cassette based system. Its first game was Tetris and people bought Tetris, Gargoyle’s Quest, Metroid II: Return of Samus, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and Kirby’s Dream Land 2 the most. Unique accessories to this gaming system included: the Game Boy Camera, the Game Boy Pocket Sonar, the Game Boy Printer, the Game Link Cable that allowed multiple Game Boys to connect for multiplayer use, the e-Reader, and the Super Game Boy Adapter that allowed users to play Game Boy games on the Super Nintendo gaming console.

Here are the top Nintendo Game Boy Emulators accessible on a Mac:

#1 – BoyCott (Version 0.6.7)


A nice DOS/Unix port for Macs.

Download the BoyCott Game Boy Emulator

#2 – Gambatte (Version 0.4.0)


Another great Game Boy emulator for Macs. A lot of testing and work went into building this emulator.

Download the Gambatte Game Boy Emulator

#3 – GBMac (Version 1.2.64b)


A Game Boy emulator that supports high resolutions at great frame rate speeds.

Download the GBMac Game Boy Emulator

#4 – gbpablog (Version 0.9)


This emulator lacks some of the support of the more popular emulators, but it is still decent.

Download the gbpablog Game Boy Emulator

#5 – KiGB (Version 2.0.5)


KiGB works great with both Game Boy and Game Boy Color roms. It also includes many features. Check it out!

Download the KiBG Game Boy Emulator

The Nintendo Gameboy was an awesome and totally rad gaming system that really blew all of our socks off. Many of us can remember getting one of these big (by today’s standards) and clunky monochrome gaming system. It was such a step up from those little Tiger handheld games because you could change the cartridge and have a completely different game and experience.

These high-quality emulators that have been designed by gaming and programming pros are right here at your fingertips courtesy of FreeEmulator.com so go ahead tell your wife, tells your kids, and tell your husbands too cause everybody out here gettin’ em. You can also find us on facebook under the username Free Emulators.

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