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Awesome Gbdev

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trash80/mGB

mGB - Nintendo Gameboy MIDI control for Arduinoboy

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2024-07-16
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1 list mention
First commit
2015-07-26
License
GPL-2.0
Issues
14 open
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33
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19 commits
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dannye/pokered-gbc

Pokémon Red/Blue overhauled with full GBC support. Made by FroggestSpirit, Drenn, and dannye. Also check out the crysaudio branch.

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Updated
2026-01-25
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1 list mention
First commit
2010-01-05
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Unknown
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2 open
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76
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3,053 commits
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ahrnbom/gingerbread

A library with some standard functions for Game Boy games written in ASM

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2021-01-19
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1 list mention
First commit
2018-12-26
License
Unlicense
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2 open
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13
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84 commits
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lancekindle/DMGreport

DMG and CGB (Color Game Boy) tutorials for coding assembly games with RGBDS

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2024-09-01
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1 list mention
First commit
2017-10-31
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Unknown
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1 open
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11
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30 commits
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LIJI32/SameSuite

A suite of Game Boy tests, used for hardware research and emulator testing

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2025-10-11
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1 list mention
First commit
2018-09-08
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NOASSERTION
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2 open
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24
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45 commits
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ekimekim/gbos

A basic operating system for the Game Boy. Because I can.

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2019-09-25
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1 list mention
First commit
2017-03-05
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Unknown
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0 open
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5
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162 commits
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bazz1tv/XPMCK

fork/continuation of http://jiggawatt.org/muzak/xpmck/ Release 32 with bugfixes and new features

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2016-04-15
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1 list mention
First commit
2015-08-13
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Unknown
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23 open
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6
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54 commits
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gbdev/GBSoundSystem

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

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2023-05-09
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1 list mention
First commit
2020-07-12
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NOASSERTION
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0 open
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1
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43 commits
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mholtkamp/carazu

Gameboy platformer written in assembly

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2019-09-11
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1 list mention
First commit
2016-07-12
License
GPL-3.0
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1 open
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3
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126 commits
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