Virtual Boy Emulators
6 emulators available — choose the right one for your device
BizHawk
RecommendedOpen SourceBizHawk is a multi-system emulator focused on Tool-Assisted Speedruns (TAS). It supports over 30 consoles, offers frame-by-frame rewind, RAM watch, Lua scripting, and is the go-to tool for the TASVideos community.
Mednafen
RecommendedOpen SourceMednafen is a high-accuracy multi-system emulator with best-in-class cores for Saturn, PS1, PC Engine, Neo Geo Pocket, Virtual Boy, NES, SNES, and Game Boy. A first choice for accuracy-focused emulation.
OpenEmu
RecommendedOpen SourceOpenEmu is the best all-in-one emulator for macOS, unifying multiple cores in one polished Mac-native app. It supports a huge range of consoles with automatic ROM organization, artwork fetching, and iCloud saves.
Red Dragon
RecommendedRed Dragon is a Virtual Boy emulator for Android and Windows. It provides solid compatibility with the Virtual Boy game library and is one of the few dedicated Virtual Boy emulators available.
RetroArch
RecommendedOpen SourceRetroArch is an all-in-one frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players. It brings hundreds of emulator cores under one roof with a unified interface, shader support, and cross-platform availability.
VBjin
Open SourceVBjin is a Windows-based Virtual Boy emulator derived from Mednafen. It adds a TAS (Tool-Assisted Speedrun) recording interface on top of Mednafen's accurate Virtual Boy core.
How to Play Virtual Boy ROMs
- 1Download an emulator from the list above — pick one that matches your operating system.
- 2Download a ROM for the game you want to play from our games library.
- 3Open the ROM in the emulator using File → Open or by dragging the ROM file into the window.
- 4Configure controls in the emulator settings to map your keyboard or gamepad, then enjoy the game!