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Hmm, seems like game maker tools for retro consoles are growing in popularity a bit recently. Remember seeing something similar to this for the NES getting some
by CM30 8y ago
Hmm, seems like game maker tools for retro consoles are growing in popularity a bit recently. Remember seeing something similar to this for the NES getting some traction on Kickstarter a while back.
Either way, kudos for the project. Nice to see the Game Boy get a bit more attention with stuff like this.
- lostgame 8y agoThere is an immense amount of joy in the simplicity of how the infrastructure of these old systems is structured, and how well-exposed and accessible all the components are. Limitations also seem to breed a certain type of creativity. I’ve found myself ‘lost in a sea of options’ when developing for newer systems having started my development experience on the SEGA Genesis and moving onwards to the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. There is also an immense amount of joy in the now-accessible ability to test on hardware.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoI have a theory, of sorts, that popular retro game consoles are the most cross-compatible and future-proof software platforms we have. Gameboy emulators are relatively simple to make and basically always in-demand. And the Gameboy "specification" can never change—a feature you relied on will never be deprecated or removed.
- eru 8y agoYou can also write your software in TeX, that will never change either.