GB Label Maker

Design authentic Game Boy cartridge labels!

GB Label Maker is a free desktop app for GB homebrew devs, collectors, and anyone who wants a clean cartridge label without wrestling with a full image editor. Pick a US, EU/PAL or Custom preset, drop in your artwork, tune everything in a live preview, and export a print-ready PNG — or lay out a whole batch on PDF sheets.

Fast, free, and built for real GB labels. Wow!

Features

• Authentic GB label template — Based on the community Nintendo Gameboy Cartridge Label Template.psd by Dinierto
• US / EU-PAL / Custom presets — Style presets lock the right fields; Custom unlocks everything
• Drag & drop artwork — Drop an image or click to browse; position with the mouse
• Live preview — See every change instantly
• Left & right spine text — Serial/title on the left; optional “THIS SIDE OUT” on the right (up to 2 rows each)
• Spine orientation — Toggle whether each spine faces outward, like official labels
• Serial position — Middle (US) or upper (EUR), depending on preset
• Full-width artwork mode — Hide side borders for edge-to-edge cover art
• Rounded corners — Optional rounded artwork corners
• Side border & background colors — Custom border tone and solid fill behind transparent artwork
• Color pipette — Sample any visible color from the preview
• Text layers — Multiple layers with system fonts, size, color, bold/italic/underline, position, and rotation
• PNG overlay layers — Logos, badges, stickers — scale, rotate, reorder
• Seals — Six high-res options: Nintendo US1, US2, EUR, Homebrew, GB Studio — plus a small easter egg if you look closely. Size and position controls; drag on the preview; always on top, clipped to the artwork area
• Made in text — Separate fields for left-spine and bottom artwork legend (leave empty to hide)
• Undo / Redo — Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y while you design
• Duplicate & copy/paste — Duplicate layers or use Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V
• Snap to center — Alignment guides when positioning layers
• Project files — Save and load full layouts as .gblabel
• PDF sheets — Queue multiple labels (with quantities), preview the sheet, export a full-color PDF at 300 DPI, save/load sheet lists as .gbprint. Print from your PDF viewer at 100% / Actual size
• Windows & macOS — Standalone builds; no install, template and assets bundled in the app