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at main 13 files
PROGRESS.md
README.md
book_data.h
book_data_small.h
build.fish
fetch_small.py
fetch_ulysses.py
minimal.c
pagetest.c
test-simple.c
ulysses.c
ulysses2.c
ulysses_auto.c
README.md

Ulysses eBook for Game Boy Color#

A minimal Game Boy Color ROM containing the complete text of James Joyce's Ulysses from Project Gutenberg.

Building#

# Make build script executable
chmod +x build.fish

# Build the ROM (will auto-fetch text from Project Gutenberg)
./build.fish

How It Works#

  1. fetch_ulysses.py - Downloads Ulysses from Project Gutenberg, cleans the text, and paginates it for the Game Boy screen (18 chars × 16 lines per page)
  2. ulysses.c - The Game Boy Color ROM source with a sepia color palette for comfortable reading
  3. build.fish - Automated build script

Controls#

Button Action
A / → Next page
B / ← Previous page
↑ Skip 10 pages forward
↓ Skip 10 pages back
SELECT Return to start
START Begin reading (from title screen)

Features#

  • 📚 Complete text of Ulysses (~2000+ pages on Game Boy)
  • 🎨 Sepia color palette for easy reading
  • ⚡ CGB double-speed mode for fast page turns
  • 📖 Clean text rendering with proper word wrapping

Requirements#

  • GBDK (in parent directory as ../gbdk)
  • Python 3 with requests module (for fetching book)

Credits#