On this page you can find information about the software and hardware that is allowed and banned for speedrunning Game Boy games as well as some technical insights to keep in mind.
For game specific rules, please check out their respective leaderboards. There might be some game/community specific rules that you need to take into consideration. These mostly apply to how runs get timed and what game mechanics can or shouldn’t be used/abused depending on the category of the game.
You can check out the correct version and/or firmware of the mentioned emulators/tools on https://kleemans.ch/static/gb-emlator-timing
ALLOWED
Hardware
- Super Nintendo (NTSC) or Super Famicom + Super Game Boy 2
- Super Nintendo (NTSC) or Super Famicom + SD2SNES
- SuperNT + Super Game Boy 2
- GameCube + Game Boy Player
- GameCube + GBinterface
Emulator (on Windows)
- BGB
- Gambatte
Emulator (on Mac)
- Gambatte
- SameBoy
- GearBoy
BANNED
- VBA/VBA-M
- Bizhawk
- RetroArch
OTHER
- Super Nintendo (NTSC) or Super Famicom + Super Game Boy
Not recommended as it runs 2.4% faster but can be used if the time gets converted through https://nudua.com/convert