Case study

FPGABoy: Game Boy hardware implementation on FPGA

FPGABoy reconstructs Nintendo Game Boy hardware in an FPGA design. The repository contains Verilog modules for the console's processor interface, PPU, memory, controls and video output, plus a design paper. The author states that the current version is nonfunctional.

Targets: Firmware
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 99
Last commit: 2016-09-10
Language: Verilog
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The current design targets a Digilent Atlys board with a Spartan-6 FPGA; development uses Xilinx ISE WebPACK 13.4.
Limits: The current version is nonfunctional, with some input and video interfaces still in development or untested.
License: Licensed under MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{fpgaboy-game-boy-case,
  title = {{FPGABoy: Game Boy hardware implementation on FPGA}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/trun/fpgaboy}},
  url = {https://github.com/trun/fpgaboy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/fpgaboy-game-boy-case/}}
}

Plain text

FPGABoy: Game Boy hardware implementation on FPGA. https://github.com/trun/fpgaboy (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/fpgaboy-game-boy-case/

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README.md GitHub · trun/fpgaboy · Revision 1f50adf