TinyZoo GB

TinyZoo/GB
General
Author	Adrian Siekierka
Type	Computer
Version	2023
License	GPL-3.0
System	CGB
Last Updated	2023/06/25
Links
Download
Website
Source

TinyZoo/GB is a source port of the ZZT engine to the Game Boy and Game Boy Color platforms.

Downloads and usage documentation is available on the Wiki of Weavers.

Installation

You will need:

• The latest version of [zima]{https://github.com/OpenZoo/zima), 0.9.0 or above.
• Java 17 for new zima builds.
• The latest engine file.

Run the following command in the command line: java -jar zima.jar binconv -o output_rom_path -e engine_file_path -p platform_id input_world_path, replacing the underscored identifiers with the necessary values:

• output_rom_path is the output file path for the ROM image.
• engine_file_path is the path for the platform-specific engine file - you can download it above, in the platform list.
• platform_id is the platform ID - you can find it in the platform list.
• input_world_path is the path to the input world. You can specify multiple worlds, but this may not be supported by all platforms.

Screenshots

Compatibility

Recommended emulators:

• binjgb - For publishing to HTML5.
• SameBoy - The most accurate of the lot,
• Emulicious - Best debugging tools (but the necessary symbols files are currently not packaged).

Physical cartridges:

• List of reflashable cartridge vendors..
• Cartridge that is larger than 4MG ROM is not supported by TinyZoo/GB at this time.
• Note that you need a cartridge with 128K RAM and MBC5.
• Smaller games or those using "board groups" might manage with 32K RAM – use the command "–sram-size 32" when building your ROM with binconv.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/OpenZoo/tinyzoo-gb
• GitHub - https://github.com/OpenZoo/zima