awesome-gbdev - A curated list of Game Boy development resources such as tools, docs, emulators, related projects and open-source ROMs

A curated list of awesome Game Boy (Color) Development resources, tools, docs, related projects and open-source ROMs. Inspired by the awesome list thing. You can find a (way cooler) web version of this list here.

Worldwide - GameBoy Color emulator written in golang.

•    Go

GameBoyColor emulator written in golang. This emulator can play almost all ROMs work without problems and has many features.

wasmBoy - Gameboy / Gameboy Color Emulator written for Web Assembly using AssemblyScript

•    Javascript

Project is still < 1.0.0. Most games are playable, but the emulator is still not very accurate. Expect bugs. Project is still < 1.0.0. Most games are playable, but the emulator is still not very accurate. Expect bugs.

gnuboy - latest version of original laguna source, with a handful fixes for modern compilers

•    C

latest version of original laguna source, with a handful fixes for modern compilers

gbdk_playground - Simplified GBDK examples

•    C

It has 16 kB of RAM, man.

Aevilia-GB - A RPG for the Game Boy Color

•    Assembly

A RPG for the Game Boy Color, written in pure Sharp LR35902 (aka GBz80) assembly. Please be aware that this codebase is not updated anymore. A rewrite, not public for the moment, is being worked on.

speljongen - gameboy emulator written in c++

•    C++

This project started as a port of Coffee GB from java to C++ for poops and giggles, and while the CPU/PPU emulation remains mostly unchanged the memory map emulation has been implemented slightly differently. The interface, rendering and OS input handling has been all replaced with SFML and ImGui and implemented from scratch. Speljongen should compile on Windows, macOS and linux with the included CMake file. There is also a Visual Studio 2017 project included (with dependencies) for Windows users.

giibiiadvance - A GB, GBC and GBA emulator with GB Camera support.

•    C

Another GB, GBC and GBA emulator writen in C. By Antonio Niño Díaz (AntonioND). It's licensed under the GPL v2 license. This is an emulator I started a few years ago. I haven't released any version in years since 0.1.0, but I've done some changes that have improved compatibility anyway.

anise-cheezball-rising - an exciting new adventure for the Game Boy Color

•    Python

Hello! This is a brand new adventure game for the Game Boy Color. It's about my cat Anise, having adventures. The canonical source for builds is Patreon, where you can get access a whole week early for only $4 a month! I may also upload builds here, um, when I remember.

SameBoy - Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C

•    C

SameBoy is an open source Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator, written in portable C. It has a native Cocoa frontend for macOS, an SDL frontend for other operating systems, and a libretro core. It also includes a text-based debugger with an expression evaluator. Visit the website. Read more.

bmp2cgb - Graphics converter for Game Boy Color development providing real time palette adjustments.

•    C

Complete solution for converting graphics and real time palette adjustments for Game Boy Color. Heavily inspired by original utility created by Ars of Fatality in 1999. It's tiny, fast, command line driven and doesn't require any dependencies, so you can compile it without any problems on Windows or *nix systems. You can read the manual if you need more detailed explanation or don't know how to use it.

vaporBoy - A Gameboy / Gameboy Color Emulator PWA. ⚛️ Powered by wasmBoy. 🎮

•    Javascript

An A E S T H E T I C GB / GBC Emulator PWA. Powered by wasmBoy.

GBSoundSystem - A system-wide refactor (modernization) of the GameBoy Tracker (aka the Paragon 5) replayer created by Stephane Hockenhull

•    Assembly

The GameBoy Tracker audio system (aka The Paragon5 player) was created in 1999 by Stephane Hockenhull and used in several commercial GameBoy titles, including Project S-11, Shantae, ESPN National Hockey Night, and Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. Stephane graciously released the export-capable tracker and replay routines to the public in July 2014. The assembler files that it exports were compliant with a circa 2014 version of RGBDS.

PokeTraveler - Let's walk through Pokemon World!

•    Go

A game that just roams the world of Pokemon GSC. You can edit the world as you like by editing the asset folder.

Petris - A puzzle game for the Game Boy Color (CGB)

•    C

Petris is a new home-brew 2D puzzle game for the Game Boy Color (CGB). It will run on original hardware (CGB and GBA) and in most emulators. You can download the game here or visit the itch.io page.

musicboy - A high-quality audio playback cartridge for Nintendo® Game Boy® and Game Boy Color®.

•    C

A high-quality audio playback cartridge for Nintendo® Game Boy® and Game Boy Color®. Music Boy is a custom hardware cartridge and accompanying software to play back high quality audio on the Nintendo® Game Boy® and Game Boy Color® handheld game consoles1. Music Boy fits in a standard Game Pak® cartridge casing and requires no additional modifications - it plays like a standard game.

emukit - WebXR immersive console emulator w/ Retroach, Javascript, and WASM

•    Javascript

Based on libretro's WebAssembly build. Everything else is Javascript. Runs best in Exokit.