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red hot princess carnage
red hot princess carnageC

A Game Boy game created in one week for the BitBitJam3 game jam.

#game-jam#game-boy#game-development
Stars6
Forks1
Last commit10 years ago
gade-sdl
gade-sdlAda

A minimal SDL front end in Ada for the Gade Game Boy emulator, providing a portable reference implementation.

#sdl#game-boy-emulator#emulator-frontend
Stars6
Forks0
Last commit4 months ago
Bronze Box
Bronze BoxYacc

A GameMaker Studio 2.3+ example project demonstrating how to create simple 3D world models from a 2D grid in the style of classic dungeon crawlers.

#dungeon-crawler#rpg-game#example-project
Stars5
Forks2
Last commit4 years ago
EbbeFlut
EbbeFlutJava

A board game clone with AI opponent, originally developed for early mobile devices like the Sharp Zaurus.

#gpl-licensed#legacy-mobile#game-clone
Stars5
Forks3
Last commit9 years ago
GitHub repository
GitHub repositoryVisual Basic

A virtual reality arcade game written entirely in BASIC, playable on DOS and modern systems via QB64.

#qb64#basic#quickbasic
Stars5
Forks0
Last commit7 years ago
kupman
kupmanAssembly

A collection of Game Boy software developed in Assembly, including games and demos.

#embedded-systems#assembly#game-boy
Stars5
Forks1
Last commit8 years ago
sfxr-hx
sfxr-hxHaxe

Pure Haxe implementation of Sfxr for generating retro sound effects.

#sound-effects#haxe#sfxr
Stars5
Forks0
Last commit3 years ago
Towers of Hanoi
Towers of HanoiPascal

A classic Towers of Hanoi puzzle game implemented for MS-DOS with text-based graphics.

#ascii-art#text-based-graphics#dos-games
Stars5
Forks0
Last commit11 years ago
GBC Atari Boxing
GBC Atari BoxingC

A Game Boy Color clone of the classic Atari 2600 Boxing game developed by Activision in 1980.

#game-boy#game-boy-color#emulator
Stars4
Forks1
Last commit9 years ago
The Jungle Book
The Jungle BookAssembly

A disassembly of the 1994 Game Boy game 'The Jungle Book' with tools for analysis and modification.

#disassembly#assembly#game-boy
Stars4
Forks0
Last commit3 months ago
Galaxia
GalaxiaAssembly

A 1024-byte Game Boy Color space shooter minigame written in pure 8080-like assembly.

#assembly#game-boy-color#game-development
Stars4
Forks1
Last commit8 years ago
StefaN
StefaNAssembly

A 1K 4-way breakout clone for Game Boy Color written in pure 8080-like assembly language.

#1k-demo#assembly-language#breakout-clone
Stars4
Forks1
Last commit9 years ago
OpenTX-Pong
OpenTX-PongLua

A classic Pong game playable on OpenTX-powered RC transmitter radios.

#pong#lua-scripting#opentx
Stars4
Forks0
Last commit4 years ago
gb-template
gb-templateAssembly

A template project for Gameboy DMG/Color development with pre-made basic functions.

#embedded-systems#gameboy-development#tile-based-graphics
Stars4
Forks0
Last commit8 years ago
ManicMinerLL
ManicMinerLLAssembly

A Nintendo DS port of Manic Miner featuring 50 levels compiled from official ports and original creations.

#manic-miner#assembly#platformer
Stars3
Forks0
Last commit7 months ago
Snake Game
Snake GameImba

A Nokia-style snake game built with the Imba programming language.

#imba#web-game#nostalgia-games
Stars3
Forks1
Last commit7 months ago
opcode_count
opcode_countPython

Analyzes Game Boy code execution to generate statistics on the most frequently used CPU instructions.

#debugging-tools#game-boy#assembly-optimization
Stars2
Forks0
Last commit3 years ago
PABI Logical
PABI LogicalAutoHotkey

A faithful remake of the classic Amiga puzzle game Logical, offering modern compatibility and gameplay.

#open-source-game#puzzle-game#classic-game
Stars2
Forks1
Last commit8 years ago
Ozymandias
Ozymandias

A fork of Julius/Augustus that makes the city-building engine work with Pharaoh instead of Caesar 3.

#open-source#game-mod#game-preservation
Stars2
Forks0
Last commit2 years ago
zelda
zelda

A Zelda-inspired ZSH terminal theme that displays Git status using retro NES HUD elements like hearts and level indicators.

#developer-tools#custom-prompt#git-status
Stars2
Forks2
Last commit6 years ago
WarhawkDS
WarhawkDSAssembly

A Nintendo DS homebrew remake of the 1986 Commodore 64 game Warhawk, coded entirely in ARM assembler.

#flash-cartridge#emulator-compatible#shooter-game
Stars2
Forks0
Last commit7 months ago
lba1-classic
lba1-classicAssembly

Open-source engine source code for the 1994 action-adventure game Little Big Adventure 1, released for preservation and education.

#assembly#game-preservation#openwatcom
Stars1
Forks0
Last commit9 months ago
SpaceRox.MX2
SpaceRox.MX2C++

A 2D Asteroids-style arcade game built with the MX2 framework using SDL2 and Vulkan.

#vulkan#cplusplus-20#sdl2
Stars1
Forks0
Last commit3 months ago
AcidDrop
AcidDropC++

A Vulkan-powered color-matching puzzle game remake of the classic Atari 2600 game Acid Drop.

#vulkan#color-matching#sdl2
Stars1
Forks0
Last commit3 months ago
PlantBoy
PlantBoyAssembly

A Gameboy DMG game written in z80 assembly where you harvest crops by watering them with rabbit blood.

#game-jam#ludum-dare#z80-assembly
Stars1
Forks0
Last commit8 years ago
exeman
exemanAssembly

A Gameboy game created for Ludum Dare 38 game jam, featuring puzzle-platformer gameplay.

#game-jam#pixel-art#puzzle-platformer
Stars0
Forks2
Last commit8 years ago
GB-convert
GB-convertC

Converts PNG images into Gameboy assembly tile and map data for homebrew development.

#assembly#graphics-conversion#tool
Stars0
Forks0
Last commit8 years ago
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