NoobBoy
A simple GameBoy emulator written in C++ (by Mika412)
ZGB
Game Boy / Color engine with lots of features (by Zal0)
| NoobBoy | ZGB | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | |
| 295 | 740 | |
| 0.7% | 0.5% | |
| 4.3 | 3.0 | |
| 2 months ago | 11 months ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
NoobBoy
Posts with mentions or reviews of NoobBoy.
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- 328 points in 5 hours
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I finally wrote my first ever emulator (GameBoy)
https://github.com/Mika412/NoobBoy
ZGB
Posts with mentions or reviews of ZGB.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-29.
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Game Boy Competition 2023
This is a game jam where you make a Game Boy game in three months. If you don't know a lot of programming you can use GB Studio, you can learn the nitty gritty of how the Game Boy works by using assembly programming with RGBDS, or you can use C with GBDK or ZGB.
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Change collision box position ZGB sprites?
As of right now, I'm using the ZGB because it seemed simple enough, and I like C. And I'm using Gameboy Tile Designer for my sprites. I know that my player sprite's collision box is defined in the .gbr.meta file, and I figured out how to adjust the collision box dimensions like so:
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[UPDATE] a WIP Fan demake on the gameboy
If you'd like to learn to code (and I totally understand if that seems daunting or you just don't) there are some options short of coding it all yourself - for one, there are other, possibly more flexible engines. One I considered for a bit before rolling my own was https://github.com/Zal0/ZGB - he has several games with source available to help people get started.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing NoobBoy and ZGB you can also consider the following projects:
sprite - A Game Boy emulator written in drizzle.
gbdk-2020 - An updated version of GBDK, C compiler, assembler, linker and set of libraries for the Nintendo Gameboy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear.
gbemu - A Gameboy emulator in modern C++
tsemu - TypeScript Game Boy emulator
openbor - OpenBOR is the ultimate 2D side scrolling engine for beat em' ups, shooters, and more!