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Re:Choosing tools for Game Boy development by fartcannon on Saturday January 29, 2022 @10:12PM (#30133524)
Delightful! Is it 6502?

Edit: It appears to be Z80. Have you done any NES ASM?

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Re:Choosing tools for Game Boy development by kaoD on Sunday January 30, 2022 @04:26AM (#30135328)
It's actually Z80-ish with some features missing and some new ones included. It's a Sharp LR35902 SoC with an SM83 core (not sure if it has been used in non-GB SoCs).

I can recommend The Ultimate Gameboy Talk for details on it (and much more).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HyzD8pNlpwI

EDIT: I had the SoC and the core names the wrong way around. Thanks svendahlstrand.

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Re:Choosing tools for Game Boy development by svendahlstrand on Sunday January 30, 2022 @04:43AM (#30135410)
I believe the LR35902 SoC is exclusive for the Game Boy, but the actual CPU core, SM83, is probably used elsewhere. Sharp's datasheets [2] mention home appliances as intended application.

[2]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sharp+sm83+datasheet

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Re:Choosing tools for Game Boy development by svendahlstrand on Sunday January 30, 2022 @04:48AM (#30135424)
Yes, I've dabbled around with the NES as well. But the Game Boy is close to my heart as I had one as a kid. So most of my projects [3] revolve around that old gray brick.

[3]: https://hackaday.io/project/167042-joy-boy

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