<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> 2013-01-27T15:50:55Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/9981/gameboy-dev-starting-point/ <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> ^as was nanovoice (or was it nanosynth?)

there is c source floating around for one of those.  commented too if you want to play with it!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/kitsch 2013-01-27T15:50:55Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152986/#p152986 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> Ahhh right. Interesting stuff here. Thank you for your answers!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/DogTag 2013-01-27T12:54:56Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152974/#p152974 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> Oh, don't worry about that. They're really equivalent as far as hardware control goes. You know, LSDJ was written mostly in C I think.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/boomlinde 2013-01-27T12:43:24Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152972/#p152972 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> I asked because I figure out that when programming in Game Boy, you'd probably need a lot of control on the hardware for certain things, and I don't think C allows you to do that. Just from my ignorant point of view xD

]]> https://chipmusic.org/DogTag 2013-01-27T11:39:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152961/#p152961 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> Well, C is just another level of abstraction from machine code. You won't have minute control of what the compiler does when you write C code. This might not be a problem depending on how much performance you have to milk out of the code. I'd say use a C compiler and inline assembler code for things that require more performance than the compiler will give you.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/boomlinde 2013-01-27T11:35:40Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152959/#p152959 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> Just for the sake of curiosity:
If you program Game Boy stuff on C, are you limiting your control compared to doing so on assembly?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/DogTag 2013-01-27T11:16:15Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152958/#p152958 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> nitro2k01 wrote:

Also, http://gameboy.mongenel.com/asmschool.html

Oh yeah that too, such a good link.

The Silph Scope wrote:

I can compile just fine in Linux.
There's other OS's y'know ;P

Yes, I just have not verified Linux myself, so don't know how more or less stable it is. Good to hear.

jefftheworld wrote:

Yeah, it's extremely painless under Linux.  Why are people having trouble with OSX?

Cant compile gbdk source- SDCC has not supported GBZ since the 90s or something.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Trash80 2013-01-27T11:08:44Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152956/#p152956 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> I just know that mountain lion has created alot of issues. pretty much every update breaks something

]]> https://chipmusic.org/lVoVl 2013-01-27T09:20:32Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152946/#p152946 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> The Silph Scope wrote:
trash80 wrote:

You'll most likely need a windows machine for compiling, none of us have of yet been able to compile using OSX.

I can compile just fine in Linux.
There's other OS's y'know ;P

Yeah, it's extremely painless under Linux.  Why are people having trouble with OSX?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/jefftheworld 2013-01-27T05:28:55Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152925/#p152925 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> trash80 wrote:

You'll most likely need a windows machine for compiling, none of us have of yet been able to compile using OSX.

I can compile just fine in Linux.
There's other OS's y'know ;P

]]> https://chipmusic.org/The+Silph+Scope 2013-01-26T22:34:29Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152859/#p152859 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> That's for assembly language, though, not C. But that's what I recommend you learn anyway.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nitro2k01 2013-01-26T20:29:55Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152846/#p152846 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> ^that is honestly exactly what i was looking for when it comes to online stuff thank you!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/lVoVl 2013-01-26T20:23:25Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152845/#p152845 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> Also, http://gameboy.mongenel.com/asmschool.html

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nitro2k01 2013-01-26T19:45:28Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152842/#p152842 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> I was thinking model wise the original first then color(not sure the difference) but this is exactly what i was looking for thank you. I have a few windows machines so that should be fine. I have always wanted to learn programming and just never had the courage to dive in i guess. Any other online resources for learning C would be great too. Thank you for the response though!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/lVoVl 2013-01-26T18:54:48Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152835/#p152835 <![CDATA[Re: Gameboy Dev Starting Point.]]> Which model of Gameboy?

For the classics- the GBDK is a good place to start, many examples etc. Check out http://gbdk.sourceforge.net/ ... You'll most likely need a windows machine for compiling, none of us have of yet been able to compile using OSX.

If you don't know anything about programming there is a bit to learn- For learning C I would get this book: http://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Lan … 0131103628 ... but there are quite a few free resources around the web too.
Personally I would dive into C first, and Assembly later.

Then down the road go and look at the pandoc http://nocash.emubase.de/pandocs.htm and possibly http://www.retards.org/library/technolo … sound3.pdf to get a visual understanding of the gameboy sound registers and how they are used.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Trash80 2013-01-26T18:47:11Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/152832/#p152832