RGBDS-linux

Copyright (C) 1997 Carsten Sorensen [email protected] Copyright (C) 1999 Justin Lloyd [email protected] (?) Copyright (C) 2009 Vegard Nossum [email protected]

What is RGBDS-linux?

RGBDS-linux is a revival of the "Rednex GameBoy Development System" (RGBDS), a set of tools that allow you to compile your own games and programs for the Nintendo GameBoy.

RGBDS consists of an assembler (rgbdasm), a linker (xlink), a library manager (xlib), and a tool for producing valid GameBoy ROM images (rgbfix).

I think this is the development history of RGBDS/ASMotor:

* Around 1997, Carsten Sorensen (AKA SurfSmurf) writes ASMotor as a
  general-purpose assembler/linker system for DOS/Win32

* Around 1999, Justin Lloyd (AKA Otaku no Zoku) adapts ASMotor to
  read and produce Z80 assembly/machine code, and releases this
  version as RGBDS.

This (RGBDS-linux) is an adaption of RGBDS intended for use on GNU/Linux systems. In short, we provide a project layout and user interface that is more familiar to GNU/Linux users. Note that we make no attempt to retain backwards compatibility with the original RGBDS, or even the possibility to run the programs on DOS/Win32.

Also expect improvements and bugfixes to make their way into the source code.