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GameBoy Web Server

Posted by michael on from the why-ask-why dept.

Huma79 writes "Adrian O'Grady has successfully gotten TCP/IP and PPP working on his handheld Gameboy Advance for a web server. Pictures of the server running and a telnet session to it can be found at fivemouse.com."

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  1. GBA programming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's amazingly easy to write programs for the Gameboy Advance. Since it has an ARM processor, gcc is readily available, and there is a strong developer community. Even a programming novice could probably write a few decent demos or games. For anyone who is interested in game programming, check out gbadev.org.

    Don't be intimidated; the webserver looks like it took a lot more work than it would take to create a game. The hardest part for his project was probably establishing a PPP link.

  2. Other GBA hacking projects.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I haven't heard of Nintendo exactly "closing in" on other projects for the GBA, such as an NES emulator or the Afterburner front-light mod....

    By the way, the NES emulator alone is worth getting a GBA for - not some dumb old webserver that nobody (especially not the Big N) is going to care about :)

    AC

  3. For everyone who is asking why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is taken from an interview with the author http://www.consolevision.com/features/interviews/g ba/adrianon.shtml

    "I wanted to write something that was technically perfect but practically useless so that the university couldn't make any money out of my project. "