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PHP Gameboy Emulator: Emulate Gameboy console in a terminal in pure PHP

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Author

Gabriel Couto

php-terminal-gameboy-emulator - github.com

Description

This package can emulate Gameboy console in a terminal in pure PHP.

It can run a Gameboy virtual machine by emulating its hardware and executing games Z80 CPU assembly code with PHP code.

The Gameboy screen is outputted to the terminal console using braille characters. Keyboard inputs are mapped to Gameboy key controls.

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Prize: One big elePHPant Plush Mascott		 Gameboy is a popular 8 bit console created in the 1980 decade.

This package can emulate a Gameboy in pure PHP code. It outputs the Gameboy screen to your console terminal using Braille characters.

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Example

<?php


foreach (['../../autoload.php', '../vendor/autoload.php', 'vendor/autoload.php'] as $autoload) {
    $autoload = __DIR__.'/'.$autoload;
    if (file_exists($autoload)) {
        require $autoload;
        break;
    }
}
unset($autoload);

use GameBoy\Canvas\TerminalCanvas;
use GameBoy\Core;
use GameBoy\Keyboard;

if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70000) {
    set_exception_handler(function (\Throwable $exception) {
        fwrite(STDERR, $exception->getMessage() . PHP_EOL);
        exit(254);
    });
} else {
    set_exception_handler(function (Exception $exception) {
        fwrite(STDERR, $exception->getMessage() . PHP_EOL);
        exit(254);
    });
}

if (count($argv) < 2) {
    throw new \RuntimeException('You need to pass the ROM file name (Ex: drmario.rom)');
}

$filename = $argv[1];

if (!file_exists($filename)) {
    throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('"%s" does not exist', $filename));
}

if (extension_loaded('xdebug')) {
    fwrite(STDERR, 'Running php-gameboy with Xdebug enabled reduces its speed considerably.'.PHP_EOL);
    fwrite(STDERR, 'You should consider to disable it before execute php-gameboy.'.PHP_EOL);
    sleep(1);
}

$rom = file_get_contents($filename);

$canvas = new TerminalCanvas();
$core = new Core($rom, $canvas);
$keyboard = new Keyboard($core);

$core->start();

if (($core->stopEmulator & 2) == 0) {
    throw new \RuntimeException('The GameBoy core is already running.');
}

if ($core->stopEmulator & 2 != 2) {
    throw new \RuntimeException('GameBoy core cannot run while it has not been initialized.');
}

$core->stopEmulator &= 1;
$core->lastIteration = (int) (microtime(true) * 1000);

while (true) {
    $core->run();
    $keyboard->check();
}

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  Files folder image Files  /  src  
File Role Description
Files folder imageCanvas (2 files)
  Plain text file Cbopcode.php Class Class source
  Plain text file Core.php Class Class source
  Plain text file Data.php Class Class source
  Plain text file Keyboard.php Class Class source
  Plain text file LcdController.php Class Class source
  Plain text file Opcode.php Class Class source
  Plain text file Settings.php Class Class source
  Plain text file TICKTables.php Class Class source

  Files folder image Files  /  src  /  Canvas  
File Role Description
  Plain text file DrawContextInterface.php Class Class source
  Plain text file TerminalCanvas.php Class Class source

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Rank:715
 
Haha, I liked to play with this
7 years ago (Joubert RedRat)		70%StarStarStarStar
Excellent php class package, great idea, this Mister Gabriel ...
7 years ago (marcosptf)		70%StarStarStarStar
Congratulations, this is a superb class ;-)
7 years ago (José Filipe Lopes Santos)		70%StarStarStarStar
Congratulations, this is a superb class ;-)
7 years ago (José Filipe Lopes Santos)		70%StarStarStarStar
Congratulations, this is a superb class ;-)
7 years ago (José Filipe Lopes Santos)		70%StarStarStarStar
 

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