A high performance Game Boy® emulator for the Playdate™
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Please connect your Playdate

Ensure your Playdate is unlocked, then click the Menu Button to start the connection.

Your Playdate will reboot to Data Disk Mode.

Press Menu Button and select Playdate.

Select the Playdate device within the file browser. It may take a few seconds to appear.

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Legal Notice

CrankBoy is an independent, community-led project and is not affiliated with, authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Game Boy® is a registered trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Playdate™ is a trademark of Panic Inc.

This software is an emulator designed for the playback of legally acquired ROM files and homebrew software. The developers of CrankBoy do not provide, host, or distribute unlicensed ROM files. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

CrankBoy relies on certain open source 3rd-party libraries. The credits and legal information regarding these can be viewed in-app or here.