Tutorials
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Assembly Language Programming
Machine and assembly language programming concepts that illustrate basic principles and techniques. Application through study of the Z80 chip and Gameboy programming assignments. Wichita State University
http://cratel.wichita.edu/cratel/ECE238Spr08
Tutorials written for gbdev.gg8
GBDK
GBDK Sprite Tutorial An exhaustive explanation of basic sprite functions in GBDK, building up from fundamentals
GBDK Color Tutorial An extension of the Sprite Tutorial that implements colors
GBDK Joypad Tutorial Using the joypad and associated functions to check button input
8-Bit Wonderland
Executing custom code on the Nintendo Game Boy A nice tutorial covering the basics of designing hardware and software for the GameBoy.
http://belial.blarzwurst.de/gbpaper/paper.pdf
Written by Belial belial@apocalypsys.net
Tutorial de ensamblador
A (work in progress) tutorial of GameBoy assembly programming written in spanish. It covers the basics and using some of the GameBoy hardware like mappers, timer, etc.
http://wiki.ladecadence.net/doku.php?id=tutorial_de_ensamblador
a english translation can be found here: http://92.19.232.58:82/files/tutorial_de_ensamblador%20%5BLa%20decadence%5D.html
Written by David Pello: zako_AT_ladecadence_DOT_net
Super Game Boy development (step by step)
RGBDS Super Game Boy tutorial Works on the implementation of Super Game Boy functionalities in an existing template program.
Old Rare Tutorials
These tutorials have been resurrected with the help of archive.org, and "The Way-Back Machine". Please note that these tutorials are extremely old, but good at getting a foundation in GBDK programming.
How to Write a Simple Side Scrolling Game in GBDK Written Really F**king Simply (sic)
Just another simple GBDK tutorial
Originally from Gameboy Dev'rs, links since broken. [1]
Japanese Tutorials
Japanese tutorials covering GBDK:
Page 1
Page 2
Page 1 Translated to English
Page 2 Translated to English
Displaying A Full-Screen Image
Serial Communication (Link Cable) Tutorial
A complete tutorial that would help you to achieve a 2 Players mode for your Game Boy game: Serial Communication (Link Cable) Tutorial
Video Tutorial
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOKq3gSkQE4
http://92.19.232.58:82/videos/GBDK_tutorials/html/gb_tut_1.html
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9ZiMTlnNTw
http://92.19.232.58:82/videos/GBDK_tutorials/html/gb_tut_2.html
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVhZwgJ0v-g
http://92.19.232.58:82/videos/GBDK_tutorials/html/gb_tut_3.html
Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2O_6XWHvXY
http://92.19.232.58:82/videos/GBDK_tutorials/html/gb_tut_4.html
Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zyfm-Zzb84
http://92.19.232.58:82/videos/GBDK_tutorials/html/gb_tut_5.html
Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqd3ALIcVu0
http://92.19.232.58:82/videos/GBDK_tutorials/html/gb_tut_6.html
Part 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw1jReUtLAc
http://92.19.232.58:82/videos/GBDK_tutorials/html/gb_tut_7.html
Part 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RozM-9f4jO0
http://92.19.232.58:82/videos/GBDK_tutorials/html/gb_tut_8.html
Part 9 TBA
Part 10 TBA