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Gnuboy - Gameboy emulator

Gnuboy emulates the Color GameBoy handheld console, with interfaces for X11 and Linux fbcon and svgalib, with other ports planned in the future. It is 99 percent compatible Compatibility with the ROMs tested, and it supports all major hardware features except SGB extensions.

With the optional optimized i386 assembly code, gnuboy can run at the full 60 FPS even on Pentium/75s and below. It does not need any special libraries to compile, and is known to build on many *nix variants.

Obtaining

Web page http://gnuboy.unix-fu.org/
Source tarball http://gnuboy.unix-fu.org/src/gnuboy-1.0.3.tar.gz
Source information http://gnuboy.unix-fu.org/
Version 1.0.3 (stable) released on 2001-12-08

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.

This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

Developer's guide included in the HACKING file in the distribution; User's configuration guide included in the CONFIG file in the distribution

Support contacts

Help List	<gnuboy@unix-fu.org>
Developer List	<gnuboy@unix-fu.org>
Bug List	<gnuboy@unix-fu.org>

Project contacts

Maintainers	Laguna <laguna@aerifal.cx>
Developers	Laguna <laguna@aerifal.cx> Gilgamesh
Contributors	See the CREDITS file in the distribution for a complete list

Related information

Interfaces	X Window System
Source languages	C
Use requirements	Either X11 or svgalib or fbcon (Linux-based > systems) or SDL (author suggests SDL due to wider support)

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-12-10
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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