RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designed from scratch

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Post by mariuz » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC

RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designed from scratch
github.com

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Post by iFire » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC

Does RISCBoy run Godot Engine? How can I make RISCBoy run Godot Engine?

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Post by flopsamjetsam » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC

From the GitHub page:

> It is a Gameboy Advance from a parallel universe where RISC-V existed in 2001. A love letter to the handheld consoles from my childhood, and a 3AM drunk text to the technology that powered them.

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Post by joshu » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC

i love the "hardware from an alternate universe" projects.

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Post by Narishma » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC

iFire wrote: post #2

Does RISCBoy run Godot Engine? How can I make RISCBoy run Godot Engine?

No. You can't.

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Post by emilfihlman » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC

Narishma wrote: post #5

iFire wrote: post #2

Does RISCBoy run Godot Engine? How can I make RISCBoy run Godot Engine?

No. You can't.

I'm quite willing to bet it can be done in this era of enabling developers with slob, which still usually works.

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Post by bananaboy » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 12:35 AM UTC

Oh this is Luke Wren’s work. He’s an ASIC design engineer at Raspberry Pi. Amazing project, I love it!

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Post by jihadjihad » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC

flopsamjetsam wrote: post #3

From the GitHub page: > It is a Gameboy Advance from a parallel universe where RISC-V existed in 2001. A love letter to the handheld consoles from my childhood, and a 3AM drunk text to the technology that powered them.

Thank you to the author for writing a GitHub page in 2026 that is entirely devoid of emoji.

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Post by bananaboy » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 12:38 AM UTC

iFire wrote: post #2

Does RISCBoy run Godot Engine? How can I make RISCBoy run Godot Engine?

If you set up the RISCBoy toolchain and port it then yeah.

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Post by tough » Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC

jihadjihad wrote: post #8

flopsamjetsam wrote: post #3

From the GitHub page: > It is a Gameboy Advance from a parallel universe where RISC-V existed in 2001. A love letter to the handheld consoles from my childhood, and a 3AM drunk text to the technology that powered them.

Thank you to the author for writing a GitHub page in 2026 that is entirely devoid of emoji.

on the other hand having emoji on the readme is a great signal of llm-slop on my radar