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I was wondering the same, especially since the Game Boy's Z80-esque processor was designed for minimal power consumption even at the time of the handheld's laun
by danbolt 6y ago
I was wondering the same, especially since the Game Boy's Z80-esque processor was designed for minimal power consumption even at the time of the handheld's launch. I think it's outside the intent of the prototype, but I do wonder if avoiding an emulator would give more power savings.
- Andrex 6y agoThere's probably heaps of patents involved, including those from partners (mostly Sharp?), but my dream is that one day Nintendo fully opens the Game Boy for use as an educational platform similar to Raspberry Pi. Imagine widespread tinkering in robotics classes. There's probably less than a 1% chance of it ever happening, but man, I wish someone would at least float the idea to the NCL higher-ups in an interview or something.
- danbolt 6y agoI think it'd be a nice platform to teach assembly to university students as well, given the hardware is so ubiquitous, straightforward, and fun.