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Aevilia
AeviliaAssembly

A role-playing game for the Game Boy Color written in pure Sharp LR35902 assembly language.

#role-playing-game#game-boy-color#rom-development
Stars56
Forks6
Last commit4 years ago
Open Kick-Off
Open Kick-OffJava

A Java and libGDX rewrite of the classic 1990 football game Kick Off 2, created for fun and learning.

#atari-st#kick-off-2#retrogaming
Stars55
Forks10
Last commit1 year ago
Taradino
TaradinoC

SDL2 port of the 1994 3D action game Rise of the Triad for modern operating systems.

#gpl-licensed#sdl2#first-person-shooter
Stars55
Forks17
Last commit2 months ago
Tomb Raider Nostalgia
Tomb Raider NostalgiaJavaScript

A web-based viewer for exploring levels and playing cutscenes from classic Tomb Raider games (TR1-4) in 3D.

#3d-viewer#game-preservation#threejs
Stars54
Forks10
Last commit3 years ago
GBSOUND.txt
GBSOUND.txtC

A MIDI synthesizer kit that turns a Game Boy Color into a multitimbral instrument controlled via MIDI.

#hardware-hacking#game-boy-color#midi-synthesizer
Stars54
Forks20
Last commit4 years ago
gbcamextract
gbcamextractC

Extracts photos from Game Boy Camera and Pocket Camera save files, preserving frames and supporting Hello Kitty camera.

#extracts-photos#gameboy-camera#game-boy
Stars52
Forks3
Last commit4 years ago
ESP8266 GB Printer
ESP8266 GB PrinterC++

An ESP8266-based device that emulates the Gameboy Printer to wirelessly retrieve images from a Gameboy Camera.

#embedded-systems#gameboy-camera#hardware-hacking
Stars50
Forks20
Last commit5 years ago
SameSuite
SameSuiteAssembly

A suite of Game Boy and Game Boy Color test ROMs for hardware research and emulator verification.

#test-roms#emulator-testing#game-boy
Stars48
Forks24
Last commit8 months ago
TS-PICO-8
TS-PICO-8JavaScript

A toolchain for developing PICO-8 games using TypeScript, providing type safety and modern development workflows.

#compiler#developer-tools#game-development
Stars48
Forks2
Last commit6 months ago
mines
minesElixir

A terminal-based minesweeper clone written in Elixir, built as a learning exercise in test-driven development.

#elixir#minesweeper-cli#beam-executable
Stars48
Forks1
Last commit9 years ago
Evoland.gb
Evoland.gbC

A fan-made demake of the Evoland action RPG for the Nintendo GameBoy console.

#fan-game#action-rpg#rom-hacking
Stars45
Forks5
Last commit7 years ago
J2ME Preservation
J2ME PreservationHTML

A repository of tools, information, and resources for preserving and emulating J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) applications.

#software-preservation#historical-software#documentation-archive
Stars45
Forks6
Last commit
Space Invaders
Space InvadersJavaScript

A browser-based re-imagining of the classic Space Invaders game with 2D, 3D WebGL, and retro CRT modes.

#vitejs#3d-graphics#space-invaders-clone
Stars44
Forks19
Last commit1 year ago
mmlgb
mmlgbC

A parser and sound driver that converts Music Macro Language (MML) into playable music on the Nintendo Game Boy.

#music-macro-language#game-boy#gbdk
Stars43
Forks7
Last commit2 years ago
Ostrich
OstrichSwift

A macOS media player for Game Boy Sound System files, built as a Game Boy emulator in Swift.

#gbs#appkit#game-boy
Stars43
Forks5
Last commit9 years ago
Boom
BoomGDScript

A simple old-school first-person shooter game built with the Godot engine, featuring navigation meshes and lightmaps.

#fps#first-person-shooter#navigation-mesh
Stars43
Forks9
Last commit3 years ago
game-boy-camera-frame-replacer
game-boy-camera-frame-replacerPython

A Python script to replace the built-in frames in Game Boy Camera ROMs with custom images or copy frames between ROMs.

#game-boy#flashcart#rom-hacking
Stars42
Forks2
Last commit
Alge's Escapade
Alge's EscapadeJavaScript

A puzzle-platformer where you control Alge to escape Area 51 by cloning yourself and manipulating switches to disable lasers.

#cloning-mechanic#puzzle-platformer#gamejs
Stars41
Forks51
Last commit4 years ago
CUTE DEMO
CUTE DEMOC

A colorful GameBoy Color demo showcasing DMA transfers, roto-zoom effects, and scanline palette changes using GBDK 2020.

#assembly#roto-zoom#demo-scene
Stars40
Forks4
Last commit6 years ago
Libbet and the Magic Floor
Libbet and the Magic FloorPython

A Game Boy port of Martin Korth's Magic Floor puzzle game featuring Libbet the boulder girl.

#achievements#game-boy#tile-based
Stars40
Forks3
Last commit9 months ago
MBC3 RTC test ROM
MBC3 RTC test ROMAssembly

A test ROM for verifying MBC3 Real-Time Clock functionality on Game Boy flash carts and emulators.

#emulator-testing#game-boy#mbc3
Stars39
Forks19
Last commit3 years ago
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