Nintendo GAME BOY & GAME BOY COLOR emulator for the PC3

PC3-PicoPeanutGB_012.zip
Video output: DVI or HDMI
Sound output: I2S or HDMI
Controls: USB keyboard or USB Gamepads, Wii classic controller,
two NES/SNES controllers

See the project's GitHub page for more information
fhoedemakers/pico-peanutGB

Looks Great,  
I notice that here, just like with the NES emulator, an RP2040 seems to be enough.
I'm sure I still have 2 or 3 RP2040 clones lying around here.
One could put them to good use with that.
Isn't it a bit wasteful to use the PC3 for this?
Cheers
Martin
Edited 2026-08-23 21:49 by Martin H.

  Martin H. said  

I notice that here, just like with the NES emulator, an RP2040 seems to be enough.
Isn't it a bit wasteful to use the PC3 for this?

Hi Martin,
Of course, all these emulators worked on the RP2040, even with HDMI audio.
However, with RP2350 + PSRAM, NES game images are loaded not into flash memory, but instantly into RAM.
As for the PC3 platform, I built it on a breadboard, and now I have something to play with. So, it's just for fun.

Cheers
Vadim

I think that little Olimex board might be a decent enough platform for this, using the sound over HDMI instead of its badly designed system. Mind you, it wouldn't stretch the resources of stripboard much.

That’s not to take anything away from this project or Vladim’s work. I’ve just got a couple of Picos lying about here, and this would be a funny use for them.

I meant the "RP2040-PC" or something like that, the one that you plug a Pico into.