Case study

TamaLIB: emulating first-generation Tamagotchi firmware

TamaLIB emulates first-generation Tamagotchi devices built around Epson E0C6S46 and E0C6S48 microcontrollers, allowing their program ROMs to run on other hardware. A host implements its hardware abstraction layer for buttons, timing, audio and the 32×16 display.

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

Stars: 284
Last commit: 2025-04-03
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An appropriate Tamagotchi program ROM is needed as input.
Prerequisites: The host project must supply hal_types.h and implement the hal_t interface.
License: GPL-2.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{tamalib-tamagotchi-case,
  title = {{TamaLIB: emulating first-generation Tamagotchi firmware}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jcrona/tamalib}},
  url = {https://github.com/jcrona/tamalib},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tamalib-tamagotchi-case/}}
}

Plain text

TamaLIB: emulating first-generation Tamagotchi firmware. https://github.com/jcrona/tamalib (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tamalib-tamagotchi-case/

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README.md GitHub · jcrona/tamalib · Revision ce304d5