Lameboy

Part of the Homebrew Directory

Lameboy
Developer	Dev name
Website	Link
DSi Compatible?	[[#DSi_Compatibility|]]
Demo	Lameboy Videos

Lameboy DS v0.12 Gameboy and Gameboy Colour emulator.

Features

• High compatibility
• Full speed for many games
• Support for large games greater than 2 MB in size
• Zipped ROM support for games smaller than 2 MB
• "Fast Mode" with L-trigger
• Preliminary sound support
• Auto save on exit to menu
• RTC emulation
• Pseudo bilinear upscaling mode
• Super Game Boy borders and colouring support
• Rumble emulation with slot 2 devices with rumble
• Green colour scheme option emulating original Game Boy color palette (green to very light green)
• Configurable X/Y Keys
• Save states

Media

See Lameboy videos.

(none yet)

Download and Install Instructions

• Download lameboy_ds-012.zip
• DLDI patch lameboy.nds if your card needs it
• Copy lameboy.nds to your card
• Create a folder for your GB/GBC files on your card the default is 'lameboy'

Basic Usage

Keys

When in the file browser menu:

• Up and Down - scroll through the files one at a time
• Left and Right - scroll through the files one page at a time
• A - run selected game

When in-game:

• Up, Right, Left, Down, A, B, Start, Select - mapped to GB keys
• X - (configurable) save contents of battery RAM to .sav file (without returning to ROM selection menu)
• Y - (configurable) toggle between normal mode / full screen upscaling mode / pseudo bilinear upscaling mode
• L + R - save contents of battery RAM to .sav file and return to rom selection menu
• Hold L - save mod

Menu Options

• Exit - saves RAM or state and exits to rom section
• Continue - hide menu (also A on top menu bar)
• Save - saves RAM (.sav) or state (.lsX)
• Load - loads state
• Delete state - removes current save state slot
• State slot - chooses between save slots or simple RAM save
• Exit without save - exits to rom selection
• Reset - resets Game Boy

• X Y Keys - X/Y keys function
• L Key - fast key type (classic / toggle)

• GBC - GameBoy Colour emulation (Never - disable, If Needed - only in GBC exclusive games, Always - all games that support GBC)
• SGB - Super GameBoy emulation
• Rumble - Enable rumble emulation (additional slot 2 hardware required)
• Test rumble - Set rumble on for about 1s

• GB Colors - Selects colour scheme for monochrome games
• Vertical Pan - non scaled GB screen vertical position (useful with SGB borders)
• Game Screen - Switch top/bottom DS screens function
• Scale x 1.5 - fullscreen mode
• Scaling Filter - enables bilinear filtering
• Show FPS - enables fps counter

• Save Settings - saves menu settings
• Default Settings - reset to default menu settings

Common Problems and Known Issues

• Graphical and aural glitches in both Harry Potter games for the GBC
• Turns the power off sometimes when trying to save a state (only in Pokémon Crystal, I think)
• Pokémon Puzzle Challenge doesn't support speed up and flickers.

Additional Information

• Patch that allows rumble to work with Lameboy without you having to enable it beforehand.

Related links

Nutki Lameboy Blog