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gbdev/rgbds

Rednex Game Boy Development System - An assembly toolchain for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color

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C++ CMake

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#asm #assembly #assembly-language #assembly-sm83 #cplusplus #game-boy

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-06-11
License: MIT
Issues: 88 open

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aappleby/metroboy

A repository of gate-level simulators and tools for the original Game Boy.

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C++

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #hdl #simulator #verilog

Updated: 2025-02-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-04-21
License: Unknown
Issues: 4 open

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Commits: 4,168 commits
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Zal0/ZGB

Game Boy / Color engine with lots of features

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C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#engine #game-boy #game-engine #gameboy #gbdk

Updated: 2024-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-26
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

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Forks: 64
Commits: 734 commits
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shonumi/gbe-plus

DMG/GBC/GBA emulator and experimental NDS emulator.

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C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-21
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 83 open

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Forks: 85
Commits: 5,080 commits
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Rangi42/tilemap-studio

A tilemap editor for Game Boy, Color, Advance, DS, and SNES projects. Written in C++ with FLTK.

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C++ .NET SDK

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#c-plus-plus #fltk #game-boy #game-development #gameboy #gameboy-advance

Updated: 2026-05-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-02
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 26 open

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Forks: 46
Commits: 406 commits
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wiz-lang/wiz

A high-level assembly language for writing homebrew software and games on retro console platforms.

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C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2025-04-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-12
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 76 open

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Forks: 47
Commits: 296 commits
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mofosyne/arduino-gameboy-printer-emulator

Code to emulate a gameboy printer via the gameboy link cable

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C++

Updated: 2026-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-06
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

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Forks: 45
Commits: 355 commits
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drhelius/arduinogameboy

Arduino based Game Boy cartridge reader and writer. It can dump ROM and RAM to SD card.

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C++

GitHub topics

#arduino #cartridge #game-boy #gameboy #sd-card

Updated: 2023-12-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-31
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

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Commits: 18 commits
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Raphael-Boichot/GameboyPrinterPaperSimulation

Overlay for Game Boy Printer emulator with e-paper feature and complete support, hints and savestates for the 110 compatible games !

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C++

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-30
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

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Commits: 713 commits
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HerrZatacke/wifi-gbp-emulator

A GameBoy printer emulator which provides the received data over a wifi-connection.

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C++ Vite npm

GitHub topics

#gameboy-camera #gameboy-printer #gameboy-printer-emulator

Updated: 2026-04-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-09
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

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Commits: 182 commits
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applefreak/esp8266-gameboy-printer

A device that emulates the Gameboy Printer and lets you retrieve images using WIFI

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C++

Updated: 2020-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-21
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

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Commits: 4 commits
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brovador/GBsnake

Snake game for Nintendo Gameboy written in C

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C++

GitHub topics

#gameboy #gbdk #nintendo-gameboy #snake-game

Updated: 2017-04-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-26
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 3
Commits: 17 commits
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Bevinsky/clang-gbz80

Clang port to the GBZ80 CPU

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C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

Updated: 2018-09-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-07-11
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

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Commits: 73,989 commits
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euclio/llvm-gbz80

LLVM with a Game Boy Z80 Assembly Backend (WIP/ABANDONED)

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C++ CMake

Updated: 2015-03-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-06-06
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 6
Commits: 112,839 commits
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mofosyne/GameboyPrinterSniffer

Sniff packet Communications Between Real Gameboy And Real Gameboy Printer

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C++

Updated: 2022-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-29
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

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Forks: 1
Commits: 12 commits
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