ZGB
A Game Boy / Game Boy Color engine for creating games in C or assembly with built-in sprite management, collision detection, and asset handling.
What is ZGB?
ZGB is a game engine for creating homebrew games on the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color consoles. It extends the GBDK 2020 toolchain to provide essential game development features like sprite management, collision detection, asset handling, and music playback, allowing developers to write games in C or assembly without dealing with low-level hardware intricacies.
Retro gaming enthusiasts, hobbyist developers, and educators interested in creating authentic Game Boy games or learning low-level game development for constrained hardware.
Developers choose ZGB because it offers a balanced abstraction layer that simplifies Game Boy development while retaining fine-grained control, includes a robust feature set out-of-the-box, and integrates seamlessly with the established GBDK ecosystem.
Overview
Game Boy / Color engine with lots of features
Use Cases
Best For
- Creating homebrew Game Boy games from scratch
- Learning low-level game development on constrained hardware
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