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Console Observatory 0.2.0: Windows build, a guided lesson, and visual inspectors

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Superseded by 0.4.0. This version only runs the bundled teaching game and other 32 KiB ROM-only cartridges; 0.3.0 and later open any Game Boy ROM.

Console Observatory is a native desktop Game Boy teaching lab: run a tiny original game, press Right, and follow the change from the joypad through a CPU instruction to memory, sprite memory, the next frame, and the tile bits that make the picture.

What's new

  • Windows build: a portable ZIP that runs on Windows 10/11 without installing anything.
  • Guided lesson "Follow one press of Right": five steps, each ended by a real emulator event, with the system overview highlighting the path.
  • Run until written (F9) for any memory byte.
  • Sprites and tiles inspector: the sprite table and VRAM tiles decoded bit by bit.
  • Memory map of all 64 KiB, coloured by writes and code execution.
  • System overview with live values; dockable panels.

Download

Platform File How to run
Windows 10/11 (64-bit) console-observatory-0.2.0-windows-x64.zip Unzip and run console-observatory.exe. Not code-signed: SmartScreen may ask, choose More info → Run anyway.
Ubuntu 24.04 (x86-64) console-observatory_0.2.0_amd64.deb sudo apt install ./console-observatory_0.2.0_amd64.deb

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Built and verified by the Release workflow from this release's commit (same checks as CI). Details: docs/VERIFICATION.md.

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