Case study

Tetris: an annotated Game Boy disassembly

Tetris reconstructs the Game Boy World Rev A release as an assembly listing generated with gbdasm and annotated by hand. The README gives RGBDS assembly and linking commands plus file and MD5 comparisons for checking the rebuilt ROM.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2020-02-14
Language: Assembly
Status: Archived

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Use the RGBDS toolchain and the documented Game Boy Tetris World Rev A ROM for comparison.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{game-boy-tetris-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Tetris: an annotated Game Boy disassembly}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/taylus/gb-tetris-dasm}},
  url = {https://github.com/taylus/gb-tetris-dasm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/game-boy-tetris-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tetris: an annotated Game Boy disassembly. https://github.com/taylus/gb-tetris-dasm (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/game-boy-tetris-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · taylus/gb-tetris-dasm · Revision 0b7975a