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Re:RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designe... by flopsamjetsam on Saturday July 11, 2026 @07:06PM (#48876702)
From the GitHub page:

> It is a Gameboy Advance from a parallel universe where RISC-V existed in 2001. A love letter to the handheld consoles from my childhood, and a 3AM drunk text to the technology that powered them.

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Re:RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designe... by jihadjihad on Saturday July 11, 2026 @08:37PM (#48877211)
Thank you to the author for writing a GitHub page in 2026 that is entirely devoid of emoji.
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Re:RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designe... by LukeShu on Saturday July 11, 2026 @09:29PM (#48877471)
I mean no disrespect to Luke Wren, but he did not write it in 2026; he wrote it in 2018-2021. :)
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Re:RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designe... by wren6991 on Monday July 13, 2026 @11:26AM (#48894178)
It's still on the backburner. I'm gonna finish it... one day...
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Re:RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designe... by tough on Saturday July 11, 2026 @08:43PM (#48877246)
on the other hand having emoji on the readme is a great signal of llm-slop on my radar
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Re:RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designe... by jstanley on Sunday July 12, 2026 @03:43AM (#48879195)
Isn't that the same hand?
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Re:RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designe... by christophilus on Sunday July 12, 2026 @01:01PM (#48882614)
On the other hand, it does appear to be the same hand.
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Re:RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designe... by lnxg33k1 on Sunday July 12, 2026 @04:12AM (#48879329)
very interesting point of view, thanks for letting us know and wasting everyone time
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