A gameboy emulator for LLM's
Mcp gameboy mcp server connects MCP Gameboy to AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. A gameboy emulator for LLM's.
You can... - control the gameboy emulator using the @modelcontextprotocol/inspector - control the gameboy emulator (and upload ROMs) using a web-interface at http://localhost:3001/emulator - install the gameboy emulator in your favorite MCP-Client
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for serverboy, allowing LLMs to interact with a GameBoy emulator. Your LLM can... - Load ROMS - Press Keys - Look at the Gameboy Screen - skip frames
Once connected, the assistant can call these 10 tools directly:
press_up — Press the UP button on the GameBoypress_down — Press the DOWN button on the GameBoypress_left — Press the LEFT button on the GameBoypress_right — Press the RIGHT button on the GameBoypress_a — Press the A button on the GameBoypress_b — Press the B button on the GameBoypress_start — Press the START button on the GameBoypress_select — Press the SELECT button on the GameBoyload_rom — Load a GameBoy ROM fileget_screen — Get the current GameBoy screenThe server is distributed via npm as @smithery/cli, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
AI-service servers chain other models into your assistant, turning a single chat into a small production pipeline. MCP Gameboy sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — press_up, press_down, press_left among others — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other ai services servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| press_up | Press the UP button on the GameBoy |
| press_down | Press the DOWN button on the GameBoy |
| press_left | Press the LEFT button on the GameBoy |
| press_right | Press the RIGHT button on the GameBoy |
| press_a | Press the A button on the GameBoy |
| press_b | Press the B button on the GameBoy |
| press_start | Press the START button on the GameBoy |
| press_select | Press the SELECT button on the GameBoy |
| load_rom | Load a GameBoy ROM file |
| get_screen | Get the current GameBoy screen |
{
"mcpServers": {
"gameboy": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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