Game Boy Sound

File Format
Name	Game Boy Sound
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music Game Boy Sound
Extension(s)	.gbs

Description

Game Boy Sound (GBS) is an emulated audio file format, similar to SID or NES Sound Format. The files consist of code and data relevant to audio production which has been ripped from a Game Boy or Game Boy Colour ROM image, combined with a header. It is the succesor of the earlier GBR format which had a smaller header.

Information

• GBS File Specification v1.02
• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About GAMEBOY but were afraid to ask - playback of Game Boy Sound files requires emulation of some of the original hardware.
• https://gbdev.io/pandocs/ - Community-updated version of the above document

Software

Playback

• gbsplay (*nix, open source)
• Audacious (cross-platform, open source)
• Audio Overload (cross-platform)
• Chipamp (bundle of Winamp plugins)
• Kobarin Media Player (Microsoft Windows, Japanese)
• MoonShell (Nintendo DS)
• NEZplug++ (Winamp / Kobarin plugin)
• Noise Entertainment System (iPhone / iPod)

Links

• Example .gbs files