VBoy Color: a free Virtual Boy emulator for Quest and PC, now in color!
Hey everyone,
I created a Virtual Boy emulator for Quest and PC with Claude. It plays the games in color instead of red on black, while keeping the real stereoscopic 3D. It's called VBoy Color.
What it does:
- Color packs for 15 games, built in: Wario Land, Mario's Tennis, Mario Clash, Jack Bros., Galactic Pinball, Teleroboxer, Vertical Force, Panic Bomber, Innsmouth no Yakata, Space Invaders Virtual Collection, V-Tetris, Virtual Bowling and Golf, plus the menus and HUD of Red Alarm and 3-D Tetris
- Auto colors for any game, including 3D worlds drawn without tiles (colored by depth)
- Multicolor palettes and gradients if you'd rather pick your own look
- Screen looks: LED (the default, like the real Virtual Boy's display), Sharp and Smooth
- Stereoscopic 3D on Meta Quest, 2D and VR (OpenXR) on PC
I painted a bunch of characters manually, and asked Claude to extrapolate from those to the rest of each game.
It's still an early beta, so expect the odd uncolored sprite or small visual glitch here and there.
VBoy Color is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo or Meta.
You can download it from GitHub: yuk27/VBoyColor
Thanks
- VirtualBoyGo by CidVonHighwind - where the inspiration started
- Beetle VB - the emulator core it runs on, untouched apart from a small hook that reports which tile drew each pixel
- Red Viper - whose colors inspired the gradients feature
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VBoy Color: a free Virtual Boy emulator for Quest and PC, now in color! Hey everyone, I created a Virtual Boy emulator for Quest and PC with Claude. It plays the games in color instead of red on black, while keeping the real stereoscopic 3D. It's called VBoy Color. What it does: - Color packs for 15 games, built in: Wario Land, Mario's Tennis, Mario Clash, Jack Bros., Galactic Pinball, Teleroboxer, Vertical Force, Panic Bomber, Innsmouth no Yakata, Space Invaders Virtual Collection, V-Tetris, Virtual Bowling and Golf, plus the menus and HUD of Red Alarm and 3-D Tetris - Auto colors for any game, including 3D worlds drawn without tiles (colored by depth) - Multicolor palettes and gradients if you'd rather pick your own look - Screen looks: LED (the default, like the real Virtual Boy's display), Sharp and Smooth - Stereoscopic 3D on Meta Quest, 2D and VR (OpenXR) on PC I painted a bunch of characters manually, and asked Claude to extrapolate from those to the rest of each game. It's still an early beta, so expect the odd uncolored sprite or small visual glitch here and there. VBoy Color is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo or Meta. You can download it from GitHub: yuk27/VBoyColor Thanks - VirtualBoyGo by CidVonHighwind - where the inspiration started - Beetle VB - the emulator core it runs on, untouched apart from a small hook that reports which tile drew each pixel - Red Viper - whose colors inspired the gradients feature