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Discussion about software development for the old-school Gameboys, ranging from the "Gray brick" to Gameboy Color
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#1 2016-12-27 18:23:32
Games aside #1: Super Game Boy development (step by step)
Hi everyone,
I recently posted a guide about developing for Super Game Boy. I hope you find it interesting:
http://imanoleasgames.blogspot.com/2016 … e-boy.html
Feel free to make any criticism about the post.
Regards,
Imanol
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#3 2017-02-20 07:35:09
Re: Games aside #1: Super Game Boy development (step by step)
rychan: I'm glad to hear that. I'll be around here if there's anything I can help you with.
With these posts I try to bring something I have not seen previously posted anywhere, such as a Super Game Boy support guide or performance comparisons. The use of GBDK is often more frequently discussed than RGBDS, although I do not rule out teaching about GBDK if there was something I could contribute with.
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#4 2017-02-20 08:06:47
Re: Games aside #1: Super Game Boy development (step by step)
I'm probably going to play with some NES stuff initially, just as a change from Gameboy Development. I'm still developing a few gameboy games this year though! I love that you've got the Super Gameboy Functions hooked up though, that's really great stuff!
I think the holy grail of Gameboy programming would be to do what the Space Invaders cart did, and include the binary for the SNES version inside the Super Gameboy Code. I can't imagine how that would be accomplished, short of compiling the snes rom then sending the byte codes over the SGB to the SNES. I believe that was the only gameboy cartridge to perform such a feat.
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#5 2017-02-21 06:01:04
Re: Games aside #1: Super Game Boy development (step by step)
As far as I can see what Space Invaders for Game Boy does is what you say: to send a DATA_TRN package and transmit to the console the binary code of the SNES game that it carries in the cartridge. In this case, I would say that it has more to do with SNES development than with Game Boy development.
Anyway, I think Donkey Kong 94' was a very good technical demo of the Super Game Boy's capabilities, although most of the developers of the time did not come to take full advantage of this cartridge. I think it would be great to see more support for this device in Game Boy developments. Personally, I will try to continue learning about it with my developments.
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