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What’s interesting is that the software creates an easy-to-use pathway for users to download their saves and rom files from cartridges or upload a game to a blank or rewritable cartridge, making it a great tool for preservationists and indie developers, particularly those using the GB Studio program.

The software’s core is the emulator mGBA, one of the best available. Users input a game, connect it to their computer, download the software, and within moments the game is available for play with a keyboard or controller. Anyone interested in this sort of tech and gaming content should give this team a follow on their various social platforms and check out their main website.īack to the GB Operator, this simple device houses a GBA cartridge slot, outputting via a USB cable. Their coverage of emulation handhelds is unparalleled and I often discover cool gadgets in the retro-gaming spaces through their articles and videos. To start this article, I have to make a quick shout-out to the team at Retro Dodo, a media outlet that focuses on modern approaches to emulation and hardware. With the GB Operator from a new company called Epilogue, users can play their physical cartridges on a PC, Mac, or Linux machine with features common to emulation programs. Game Boy emulation, hacking, translating, and preservation have been prominent for over a decade but a new tool might streamline playing these games for a wider group of users. Plenty of the titles still hold up incredibly well and several art styles are frequently adapted by indie games or revisited by larger publishers. The Game Boy line of systems and games may be one of the most timeless points of gaming history, at least to me personally.