ironboy is a Game Boy emulator written in Rust.
ironboy started as an educational project to solidify my knowledge of computer architecture and processors. Through the solidifying of those topics as well as the learning of painful lessons in the importance of smart software architecture and design decisions, ironboy has turned into a bit of a hobby project. This project will be put on a small hiatus while I learn more about software architecture, but I will eventually return to make ironboy a more fully-featured emulator.
Note:
- This project is still a WIP
- ironboy requires a boot rom
- ironboy can currently on play DMG ROMs
- This project has only been tested on linux
Buttons:
| Game Boy | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| A | S |
| B | A |
| Start | Enter |
| Select | R. Shift |
| DPad | Arrows |
how to run:
$ mv path_to_boot /ironboy/roms/DMG_ROM.bin
$ cargo build --release
$ cargo run --release -- path_to_rom
- Add CGB support
- Implement the APU
- make ironboy cycle accurate
- hook up imgui
- implement serialization
- QoL addition like a 5x speed button