This beautiful genius got a Game Boy Color to run 'Wolfenstein 3D'
There are only three enemy types and the sounds effects are a jumble of bleeps and bloops, but here's first-person shooter classic Wolfenstein 3D running on a Game Boy Color.
It's loaded onto a custom cartridge that features all 10 levels from the original game's first episode. The Game Boy Color in the above video is original Nintendo hardware, dating back to 1998.
This Game Boy port is the work of Swedish homebrewer Anders Granlund, who got started on the project back in October. He's been documenting the process of building the custom cartridge and convincing it to play a game that was never meant for Nintendo's handheld right here.
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The port isn't yet completed -- the latest video is marked as the fifth work-in-progress example -- though it may soon be halted by hardware limitations.
The video's YouTube description notes that the cartridge is "currently using 123Kb out of the 128Kb ROM space." Granlund admits that he's "starting to reach the limit on what will fit."
Though with all 10 levels from the game's first episode out of the way, there's not a whole lot left. Granlund is still working on some of the extra bits -- including menus, elevators at the end of each level and game over/victory screens. He's also still tweaking AI behaviors.
The bulk of the work appears to be finished, however, as you can see in the video above. There's even custom-made box and cartridge art, though Granlund makes no mention of any plan to sell his work, and he would probably have trouble doing so since the Wolfenstein IP belongs to Bethesda Softworks.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
