What did you use to run the game?
Did pressing the Start button or the key configured to be the Start button not work?
So, you can confirm it's the latest Sameboy release and that you have all the buttons configured properly?
I have also tried the exact ROM file on Itch.io in both Sameboy 0.15.8 and BGB 1.5.10 and pressing Start did get past the title screen.
I have even compiled the game from the master source code in GitHub and pressing Start there worked too.