# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/trun/fpgaboy>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/trun/fpgaboy/blob/1f50adf1b698741af8af3716b2adc089a9672210/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fpgaboy-game-boy-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fpgaboy-game-boy-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fpgaboy-game-boy-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/trun/fpgaboy/blob/1f50adf1b698741af8af3716b2adc089a9672210/README.md>

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