Music
Supports 1,900+ games. Plug in your favorite and let the soundtrack teleport you back in time.
- Every track, plus sound effects
- Controls for next, previous and volume
- Stereo line out for your hi-fi
- Accurate, register-level sound emulation
- Plays homebrew game soundtracks made with GB Studio
Archiving
Because art belongs in a museum, Retro Song Bird helps you preserve the carts that matter to you.
- Back up and restore save files
- Back up ROMs
- Flash writable carts
- Export any soundtrack as WAV
Chiptunes
Dig through the clearance bin: every cart is a gem when you can remix its original instrument stems.
- Each of the four sound channels (two square, wave, noise) as its own USB audio stream, ready for your DAW
- Plug in an LSDj cart to play back your saved songs
- Sync two Retro Song Birds over MIDI, set the tempo to beat-match, and DJ a set
- Releasing an album? GBAlbum turns it into a ROM that plays on real hardware and Retro Song Bird
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USB Webcam
Plug in a Game Boy Camera® and Retro Song Bird becomes a USB webcam. Join your next meeting in beautiful 0.014 megapixels.
- 128×112 pixels
- Four shades, classic dither
- ~5 frames per second? Look, it's a bonus feature.
...and More
- Alarm Mode wakes you with any cartridge. Press the button to snooze, or pull the cart to stop
- Play (and cheat) in your browser, with Game Genie and GameShark codes
- Build Mixtapes from across your collection and flash them to writable carts to woo your crush, '80s style
- A history of every cart you've ever plugged in
- An open API for developers: read, flash and back up carts, grab Game Boy Camera® frames, and more, all via web requests
- Over-the-air updates add features and supported carts, so it keeps getting better