Show HN: Game Boy pixel pipeline explorer

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Post by blueblazin » Wed, May 27, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC

I made a pixel pipeline explorer for the original Game Boy's Pixel Processing Unit (PPU). If you are implementing a Game Boy emulator or just interested in it then this might provide some help :)

Show HN: Game Boy pixel pipeline explorer
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#2

Post by myrloc » Thu, May 28, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC

really cool and works great on mobile. how does this not have more upvotes?

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Post by roxana_haidiner » Thu, May 28, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC

It's really nice!

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Post by blueblazin » Thu, May 28, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

myrloc wrote: post #2

really cool and works great on mobile. how does this not have more upvotes?

Thanks for the kind words! Even though this is definitely meant for desktop screens, I really didn't want it to fall apart on mobile. As for upvotes, it's super niche so I wasn't really expecting even a single one tbh

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Post by phatnhse » Thu, May 28, 2026, 12:40 PM UTC

pretty cool

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Post by phatnhse » Thu, May 28, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC

its good

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Post by cbruns » Thu, May 28, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

Slightly related, are there any game boy like options for kids these days? My kids are reaching game boy age and I am against anything that can run roblox or YouTube. Switch is a bit large.

Kid culture really peaked in the 90s-early 00s.