Flash Carts For Gameboy

Brett Profitt writes: "Ever want to program for the Gameboy? What about uploading up to 3 roms to a cart and playing them later? Visit this web site to get info about how you can build your own Gameboy cart with flash memory. btw, if anyone actually gets one working, how about sending me one?" Unlike some DIY gaming-hardware sites, this one organizes the information readably and meticulously -- and shows some finished work that demonstrates more than a little bit of patience.

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Not exactly news.

[Toodles]

The GBDEV scene has been out for a very long time now.WHile I dont want to downplay Mr. Ziegler's work (I visit his site veyr frequently), there is more information available for it than you could ever use.

GB dev is one of the most refined console dev groups out there. The information on the processor (modified z80) is well know and documented, and easy to code for. Complete IDE's are available, using GCC as the compiler, links into a .ROM file, and starts up the emulator to run. Emulators such as the new VGBWIN provide excellent debugging platforms, showing tilesets, memory/variable contents, and easy step-throughs.

The hardware for this flash cart requires some serious soldering on a very fine point scale; I hate doing it. For those interesting in GBdev, check out some of the sites available like:

www.otakunozoku.com //z80 asm cribsheet rules, and the RGBDS is a good platform for asm game dev.

www.vintagegaming.com //for emulators, suggest VGBWIN

www.consoledev.com //many documents and links

www.devrs.com // Jeff's been the best and most widely respected hacker on the gameboy. Has all of the links needed to get you up and running.

Dont worry about the hardware, just download the free (and usually open source) software to compile stuff for game boy, read the documentation available, test your code out on an emulator, and then, after all of this work, if you REALLY want to see it on a real GB, then buy the parts instead of spending the time soldering your own. www.cd64.com has black carts and reader/writers available at a very respectable price.

Toodles
Into GBDev, PSXDev, and DCDev