Colors
Press and hold one of the following button combinations while turning on the gb.
| Color Filter | Button Press |
|---|---|
| Brown | UP |
| Blue | LEFT |
| Pastel | DOWN |
| Green | RIGHT |
| Red | UP + A |
| Dark Blue | LEFT + A |
| Orange | DOWN + A |
| Dark Green | RIGHT + A |
| Dark Brown | UP + B |
| Grayscale | LEFT + B |
| Yellow | DOWN + B |
| Negative | RIGHT + B |
| DMG 1 (Gameboy) | RIGHT + A + B |
| DMG 2 (Gameboy) | LEFT + A + B |
EverDrive
These instructions are specifically for the EverDrive-GB X7, though they'll likely work close enough for other EverDrives.)
To setup an EverDrive cartridge:
- Format a microSD card with FAT32
- Download and write to the formatted card the contents of the latest OS file(s)
- Add roms to card
- Sort roms using FATsort
- Install
- Find the drive to sort using
lsblk - Unmount the drive using
umount - Sort using
fatsort(example:fatsort /dev/sbc1)
- Insert card into cartridge and cartridge into Game Boy
Tips for using an EverDrive:
- Tips will go here
Links
A collection of (almost) organized links.
Modding Resources
- Modded Gameboy [sic] Club
- Game Boy Wiki (Game Boy Wiki mirror)
- ConsoleMods Wiki (specifically the Game Boy section)
Dev Resources
- The Game Boy, a hardware autopsy (Video)
- The Ultimate Game Boy Talk (Video)
- Pan Docs, Game Boy technical documentation
- Awesome Game Boy Development list of resources
- Especially relevant is the "Software Development" section
- How to choose between C and ASM for GB?
- RGBDS (ASM language)
- GB ASM Tutorial
- GBDK (C language)
- API docs: Getting Started
- Examples / Open Source GBDK games
- Docs, links and tools
- ZGB: a game engine using GBDK / CrossZGB (an updated fork of ZGB)
- Dedicated Discord
- "How-to make a Gameboy Game" tutorial series
- GBStudio (no coding required)
- Resources to get started
- Dedicated Discord
- Let's Build a Platformer Game!
- GBSDK (C + RGBDS ASM, without a standard library)
- Documentation
- Source for a game and another game built with GBSDK
- lsdpack and lsdlack-kit for making LSDJ playback ROMs (other audio drivers in ROM form are ok too)
- awesome-gbdev and here
- gbdev
- gbadev
Camera
- https://github.com/untoxa/gb-photo
- https://funtography.online/wiki/Game_Boy_Camera_Wiki
- https://gameboycameraclub.com
- https://gameboymaniac.com
- https://gameboycamera.com
Communities
- https://hh.gbdev.io
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/
- https://gbatemp.net
- https://www.videogamesage.com
Tools
- Game Tools Collection (not just for Game Boy)
Pokemon
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