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24 alternatives to I'm building a game for the Nintendo GameBoy
Tuff is an original platformer game for the Nintendo GameBoy that combines jump-and-run and Metroidvania gameplay elements. Developed using emulators and playable on custom flash ROM cartridges, it targets retro gaming… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I'm building a game for the Nintendo GameBoy launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Palmer Luckey's new startup, a modern Game Boy console
2024 · modretro.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, Over the past ~1.5 years, I built an open-source FPGA retro emulation handheld that can play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance cartridges. To my knowledge, there isn't an existing open-source FPGA emulator that can play physical cartridges like this. One of my main goals was to do all of the pieces myself, and be able to understand every component of it, so I designed my own PCB, wrote the firmware, wrote a Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulator for the FPGA (using the Chisel HDL), and designed a 3D-printed case. I detailed the design and development process in the…
2025 · eli.lipsitz.net · its alternatives →
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Contribute to sacert/Gameboy development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A replayable arcade shooter where you control a snake of heroes. - a327ex/SNKRX
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Still very much a work in progress, but really wanted to share this even in it's early state. Had heaps of fun building it to learn more about WebRTC.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · jpfau.github.com · its alternatives →
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Delta▲245The first Gameboy emulator approved in the App Store
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Arduboy▲156A mini open-source game system you can program yourself 👾
2016 · arduboy.com · its alternatives →
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GameBoy vibes▲150a Candycat themed GameBoy Emulator in the browser
2025 · gb.candycatstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Papercraft videogame cartridges you can print and pirate with a copy machine. - kesiev/rewtro
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GB Studio▲159A free and easy to use game creator for the GameBoy
2019 · gbstudio.dev · its alternatives →
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A gameboy emulator written in pure Lua. Work in progress. - zeta0134/LuaGB
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Learn to code by building retro arcade games.
2022 · akedo.app · its alternatives →
- 14IA
2020 · codeguppy.com · its alternatives →
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Analogue Pocket ▲182A modern hand-held for playing old GameBoy gamees
2019 · analogue.co · its alternatives →
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I recently dug my Nintendo GameCube out of storage to revisit the first Animal Crossing game. Things were mostly as I remembered, but the game's heavy reliance on a clunky on-screen keyboard quickly wore my patience thin. Unwilling to accept this subpar experience, I did what any rational person would do and ordered a rare, Japan-exclusive, keyboard/controller hybrid on eBay, then used a Raspberry Pi Pico to 1. listen for keypresses and 2. send simulated controller events to the GameCube, automating typing in Animal Crossing at a Tool-Assisted Speedrun level. Of course, this oddball…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 17IA
Hey HN! Been working on this emulator on and off for the last couple years, and thought now would be a good time to try and show it off here. As far as unique features... I think this is the only online GameBoy emulator with support for save files? So there's your reason to exist, I guess. The WASM port was something I had in the back of my mind but I just kept putting it off because it seemed like it would've been a pain in the ass to implement, but all in all I think it took less than a week so that was a nice surprise!
2023 · nicolas-siplis.com · its alternatives →
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A gameboy emulator in several different languages. Contribute to shish/rosettaboy development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello everyone! I've created a gameboy emulator to unlock my Wayland session and wanted to share this project to everyone here! I've been a Linux enthusiast since I was a kid. What always captivated me was the freedom to customize my system exactly the way I wanted. With Wayland, we've reached an incredible level of performance. It's like turning your operating system into a video game! I've always been fascinated by the blend of fun and the serious, technical nature of an OS. That’s what inspired me to create this project. I started by studying Wayland, its protocol and how to build a…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Seabeard▲80An Animal Crossing-esque game for iOS and Android
2015 · backflipstudios.com · its alternatives →
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Want to play Dr Mario or Pokémon on your server terminal?
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Swordigo▲55A Solid Action-Platformer For Fans Of Retro RPGs
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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