davedarkoFirst - get homebrew if you haven't.
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install wgetThen follow this for installing gbdk, or do what's in the box.
https://github.com/dunn/homebrew-formulae
brew tap mistydemeo/formulae
brew install --HEAD mistydemeo/formulae/gbdk
Then start a new.c file with your text editor of choice
nano new.c and copy this example I borrowed from the credited site
// http://www.loirak.com/gameboy/gbprog.php
#include <gb/gb.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
printf("Welcome to GAMEBOY\nProgramming");
printf("\nPress Start");
waitpad(J_START); // other keys are J_A, J_UP, J_SELECT, etc.
printf("\nIsn't it easy!");
}
Run the compiler
lcc -o new.gb new.cLastly, get mGBA to emulate your "game" - example
and after you hit [ENTER]
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Oh man, that looks too easy. Can you then load new.gb directly into your cartridge's EEPROM and run this on your actual gameboy?
Gameboy-oscilloscope, here we come!
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It now looks easy ;) took me 5 hours of googling and cursing. I started on the PI zero because I thought it would be easier to run the gbdk on linux, but then I got to the homebrew thing (its THE place to go, obviously, but I didn't know that :D ) and then I just googled "gbdk + brew" and hallelujah! It came to a lot of "ignoring tutorials" because they were all written around the year 2000 for windows pcs...
new.gb would be the rom "image" - and the hardware goal is to do exactly that, yes :) I've always wanted to do that but never dared to, this website cured me from holding back!
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Awesome that you wrote it up for us real lazy folk :)
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ohhh, I didn't catch that. Homebrew is the general-purpose package-manager for MacOS, kinda like Macports... and gbdk must be Game-Boy Dev-Kit... I see that gdbk isn't in my linux package-manager... hmmm...
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