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		circuit10 on May 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I wrote a GameBoy emulator for my hobby OS (2022) That’s for the 6502, the Game Boy uses a Z80 variant

flatiron on May 20, 2023 [–]

Imagine a 6502 game boy? 3 hours of battery but those spirits would fly. Also imagine a PPU similar to NES. Would have been tons of ports. I’m actually not sure why they didn’t go this route. They didn’t use stock 6502 so repackaging would have been fine.

circuit10 on May 20, 2023 | [–]

Isn’t the 6502 slower?

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