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---+!! Rockboy Plugin

This [[PluginIndex][plugin]] is a port of GNUboy to Rockbox which allows you to play Gameboy games on your player. It is included in the Rockbox builds and functions as a [[ViewerPlugin][viewer]] (you simply select the .gb or .gbc files to launch them). It does not show up in the "Browse Plugins" list. If you have any .sgb ROM files, you must rename them to .gb in order for them to work.

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---++ Keybindings

The keybindings used by Rockboy can be found in the Plugins chapter of your player's manual.
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---++ Status

| *Todo* | *Status* | *Description* |
| More LCD modes | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | drop top 16 / drop bottom 16 / drop top 8 bottom 8 / drop a line every 9 lines |
| Menu | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | needs more options |
| Sound support | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | Done. still choppy because rockboy is not at full speed. but the driver should work fine. (thanks to !XShocK). |
| Grayscale support for iriver | %GREEN%Done%ENDCOLOR% | Done. Color can probably be added for h3xx models later. |
| Grayscale support for iPod | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Support for the different iPod grayscale models |
| Savestates | %RED%90%%ENDCOLOR% | slightly buggy |
| Dynamic recompilation cpu core | %RED%10%%ENDCOLOR% | Framework exists, needs more opcodes implemented |
| New interpreter cpu core written in assembly | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Not started, eventually to be merged with dynarec |
| Fixing the sprite palette | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | see open bugs |
| More / better button handling | %RED%0%%ENDCOLOR% | Button hold, buttons for simultaneous button presses |

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---++ Open Bugs

| *Bug* | *Description* |
| sprite palette | Sprites are not using the correct palette; caused by gnuboy not supporting a gb mode but only gbc mode, look at BGP / OBP0 / OBP1 and *_scan() functions, this causes some sprites to be displayed wrongly, like the guy in the house at the start of zelda: link's awakening |

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---++ ROMs

Do not ask for Gameboy/Gameboy Color ROMs on the forums or IRC because it is illegal. Though you can find some legal homebrew and public domain ROMs here: http://www.pdroms.de/ and here: http://www.zophar.net/roms.phtml?op=show&type=gb

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CategoryPlugin: Gameboy emulator [Recorder%Y%, H100%Y%, H300%Y%, H10%Y%, iPod Color%Y%, iPod Nano%Y%, iPod Video%Y%, iAudio M5%Y%, iAudio X5%Y%, Gigabeat%Y%, Sansa e200%Y%, Sansa c200%Y%, Sansa Fuze%Y%]
r35 - 17 May 2010 - 23:23:57 - DwayneAsbury