https://github.com/wtjones/matrix-rain-gb

Matrix digital rain effect for the Game Boy
https://github.com/wtjones/matrix-rain-gb

assembly-language gameboy z80asm

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Matrix digital rain effect for the Game Boy

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/wtjones/matrix-rain-gb
• Owner: wtjones
• Created: 2018-05-11T00:16:28.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-06-10T16:37:23.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-24T15:34:14.717Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: assembly-language, gameboy, z80asm
• Language: Assembly
• Homepage:
• Size: 37.1 KB
• Stars: 28
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md

Lists

• awesome-gbdev - matrix-rain-gb - A Matrix digital rain effect in assembler. (Homebrews / Demos)
• awesome-gb-dev-zh - matrix-rain-gb - 汇编程序中的一个矩阵数字 rain 效果。 (自制啤酒 / 民众)

README

        
# matrix-rain.gb

A [Matrix rain effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_digital_rain) for the Game Boy, written in LR35902 (Z80-like) assembler



## Demonstrates

* Memory write batching to optimize vblank utilization

* DMA transfer

* Look-up tables

## Building

The Game Boy assembler [RGBDS](https://github.com/rednex/rgbds/) is needed.

### Linux/Mac OS

Build and install as specified on the `RGBDS` project site.

Run `make`

### Windows

From the shell for the [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10), install `RGBDS`.

Run either `make` from the WSL shell or `wsl make` from PowerShell.

### Output

Build targets are created in folder `build`. These include:

* rom file `matrix-rain.gb`

* debug symbols

## Tools

* [RGBDS Z80](https://github.com/DonaldHays/rgbds-vscode) VS Code extension

* [BGB](http://bgb.bircd.org/) emulator/debugger for the Game Boy

## Resources

* [Awesome Game Boy Development](https://github.com/avivace/awesome-gbdev)