RosettaBoy – the same Gameboy emulator in Rust, Python, and C++

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RosettaBoy is a Game Boy emulator available in three programming languages: Rust, Python, and C++. Designed for developers, it demonstrates how to implement the same emulator across different language ecosystems. The project showcases language-specific approaches to emulation while maintaining consistent functionality across all three versions, making it useful for comparative programming study and understanding cross-language implementation patterns.

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