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Retro Boy: simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust, can be played on the web

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Re: Retro Boy: simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust, can be played on the web

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Avid millennial gamer here. Wasn't raised with games. Can someone recommend a good classic game to try?

Kirby's Dream Land is pretty fun too (esp after watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBRt2D2YN44 which is where the creator talks about the concepts of the game)

Re: Retro Boy: simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust, can be played on the web

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post #21

Avid millennial gamer here. Wasn't raised with games. Can someone recommend a good classic game to try?

Super Mario Land, 1 and 2. Dr. Mario. Game Boy games tended to be limited due to space constraints.

I has SML 1 and OperationC in the original game boy. Such great games. Also links awakening!!

Re: Retro Boy: simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust, can be played on the web

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I see these retro emulators pop up from time to time, but I just don't have the time to really check them out (or the discipline to realize always an addict looking to avoid relapse). I know that there are "complications" about the ROMs to use in the emulator. However, is there a scene of people making ROMs of new games specifically for playing in these emulators? Are the game devs that are making modern games for re…

Have you seen the pico8 software? https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

I have now!

Re: Retro Boy: simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust, can be played on the web

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post #21

Avid millennial gamer here. Wasn't raised with games. Can someone recommend a good classic game to try?

Super Mario Land, 1 and 2. Dr. Mario. Game Boy games tended to be limited due to space constraints.

There are definitely limitations, but later games have a lot more depth than these.

Link's Awakening feels like it shouldn't be possible in a single megabyte of mask ROM, for example. The fact that it was makes it almost more impressive by today's standards.

Re: Retro Boy: simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust, can be played on the web

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see these retro emulators pop up from time to time, but I just don't have the time to really check them out (or the discipline to realize always an addict looking to avoid relapse). I know that there are "complications" about the ROMs to use in the emulator. However, is there a scene of people making ROMs of new games specifically for playing in these emulators? Are the game devs that are making modern games for re…

People are making new GameBoy games[0]! Even new carts[1]! Though I imagine the rise of systems like the Pico8 and tic80 are siphoning people away because they can be run anywhere. 0 - https://archive.org/details/grimaces-birthday 1 - https://orangegb.com/orangefm/

Then again, a Game Boy emulator is usually the second thing people port to any given platform (immediately after Doom) :)

Re: Retro Boy: simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust, can be played on the web

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It plays really slow in Firefox, and there are also audio issues (they may be related?) But in Chrome, this plays really well! Great work!

ofc it is firefox

Can I inquire as to why you feel so negatively about Firefox?
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