GB Pallet X

GB Pallet X v1.1

EXPLANATION OF WHAT THIS DOES:


This is a batch file I compiled to an EXE that can set the original monochrome Gameboy ROM's default color pallet to be greyscale upon being run in a Gameboy Color or Gameboy Advance. (You won't have to manually press DPAD-LEFT + B anymore.) It works by changing the header information of the ROM and internally identifying the game as "X", which tricks the Gameboy Color BIOS into thinking you're playing the Japan-exclusive game. "X" is the only game ROM known to use the greyscale pallet by default.

This uses an embedded and unmodified version of RGBFIX to achieve this. I simply made it idiot-proof for the sake of simplicity.



HOW TO USE IT:


Simply place all the monochrome game ROMs you want to convert into the same directory as the executable, and run it.
NOTE: This does NOT work for dual-mode games that come on black cartridges, or on Color games. (This only works for original gameboy games!)



CREDITS:


Jayro - For making the batch file and icon from scratch.
https://ko-fi.com/jayrojones
Jayro0783 on Discord

The gbdev team that maintains RGBFIX, one of the many amazing tools that are a part of the RGBDS toolkit:
https://rgbds.gbdev.io
https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds


GB Pallet X Demonstration.png
Change log
v1.1 - Fixed a small bug.

v1.0 - Initial release.
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  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, and i dont think the rectangular movement behavior works for platform games
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Yea it does. And you can add platform character behavior to your own charcter, and it will have move and jump already setup for you, space bar is jump, arrows move
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, i already added the platform character behaviour to the player since i started doing this
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  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, and already set up animations for when he shoots both standing and walking
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    @Xdqwerty what is the game based on
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    what was the inspiration
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @salazarcosplay, based on my ideas i'd say mega man games (probably mega man zero mainly)
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    I had some ideas for megaman based game
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    @Xdqwerty make people have their own character
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    and be able to fight other players
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    and co op
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    @salazarcosplay, kind of like mugen or rivals of aether?
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    and also ahve the option to play as a human
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    or set it up that when you get injured past a certain point they have to replace your human parts with cybernetics
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    i have a placeholder enemy sprite i made
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    or have it that you don't know you are a cyborg, robot, and you find out and have a existential crisis
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    or have it start in the virtual world and you are an ai that gained sentience
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    and you convince your owner to help you break out of the virtual world to real world
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    Eyes - "yawn"
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