Vision-8 for Gameboy GB

Vision-8 for Gameboy
Vision-8 for Gameboy
General
Author	Haroldo de Oliveira Pinheiro
Type	Computer
Version	2001
License	Apache-2.0
System	CGB
Last Updated	2001/04/10
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Vision-8 GB is a port of Marcel de Kogel's Vision-8 CHIP8 emulator for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color.

Features

Chip-8 emulation based on Vision-8 emulation core.
The games are stored on the cartridge's battery-backed RAM, instead of the ROM. That way, you DON'T need to alter the ROM-image in order to add or remove chip-8 games.
Up to seven chip-8 games can be stored on the battery-backed RAM.
GB link cable support: Game Boy users can exchange chip-8 games through GB's game link cable.
A pretty graphical interface.
Chip-8 keypad mappings can be set individually for each game.
Color Game Boy support.
Runs perfectly on most Game Boy emulators.

How to use it:

Use the MAKESAV utility to build a battery-backed RAM image with the games you want, or just use the one that is included with the release.
Copy the .SAV file created that way to the directory where your Game Boy emulator stores the battery-backed RAM (no$gmb stores it on the .\BATTERY subdirectory. VGB generally stores it on the same directory where your ROM image is.).
Run the .GB file on your favorite emulator,
You could also burn it to a ROM and use it on a real Game Boy, but you should remember that it uses the battery-backed RAM to store the chip-8 games.

It does not have:

Super Chip-8 support.
More stable serial communication code: sometimes the emulator locks-up while transmitting data through the game link cable.
It was never tested on a real Game Boy.