Drivers comparison

	fortISSimO	hUGEDriver	GBSoundSystem	lsdpack	DGB	GBMod	DevSoundLite	DevSound X	GBT Player	Carillon	MMLGB (GBDK)	MMLGB (RGBDS)
Fast?	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆
Small?	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	???	★★★★☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆
Small songs?	★★★★★	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★☆☆☆	★☆☆☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★★	★★★★★	???	★★★★☆	★★★★☆	★★★★☆
Composition	hUGETracker	hUGETracker	Game Boy Tracker	LSDj	DefleMask	Any XM tracker	Text-based (Custom bytecode)	Text-based (Custom bytecode)	Any MOD tracker	Text-based (MML)	Text-based (MML)
SFX support	External[1]	External[1]	✅	❌	❌	External[1]	External[1]	External[1]	External[1]	✅ (FX Hammer)	✅	✅
Sample playback	External[1]	External[1]	✅[2]	✅	❌	External[1]	External[1]	✅[2]	❌	✅	❌	❌
License	Public domain	Public domain	MIT license	GPL 2.0 or later	MIT license	MIT license	MIT license	MIT license	MIT license	⚠ None	MIT license	MIT license
Feature set	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★☆☆☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆
RGBDS support?	✅	✅	✅[3]	✅	✅[4]	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ (blob)	❌	✅
GBDK support?	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅[5]	✅ (blob)	✅	❌
Maintained?	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌

Notes

External SFX

The drivers support dynamically "releasing" channels, which can then be used with any SFX and/or sample playback engine.

GBSS and DevSound X samples

GBSoundSystem and DevSound X internally support playing back 1920 Hz samples. If a higher sample rate is needed, they additionally support external sample engines.

GBSS + RGBDS

Game Boy Tracker generates output designed for an older version of RGBDS; it must be modified a bit, including by changing the DATA section type to ROMX.

DGB + RGBDS

Please refer to this page.

GBT + GBDK

The GBDK port of GBT Player stopped being maintained long before the RGBDS version, and therefore lags behind.

Contributions

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