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What are people using to play the games?

Most homebrew is distributed l as ROM files for use in emulators (because that’s easiest), and you can also play these ROM files on the original hardware if you have a flashcart. Some homebrew developers actually manufacture and sell cartridges for their games (though usually this is in addition to a digital release, and not the primary means of distribution).

The article briefly mentions how this game is distributed:

> Freely available on Itch.io, a limited physical run of Deadeus was also sold through Spacebot Interactive, a one-man publisher founded by Chris Beach.

do you have a recommendation for a good one?

Here's a bunch, a mix of ASM, GBStudio, GBDK and ZGB

Deadeus: Pretty much a new-classic homebrew: https://izma.itch.io/deadeus

Soul Void: Great graphics, gothic: https://kadabura.itch.io/soul-void

Genesis: Decent shmup: https://user0x7f.itch.io/genesis

Among Us fangame: https://lumpytouch.itch.io/super-impostor-bros

Black Castle: A solid Platformer: https://user0x7f.itch.io/black-castle

Cavern: has some metroid feels: https://thegreatgallus.itch.io/cavern-mvm-9

Powa: Platformer: https://aiguanachein.itch.io/powa

The Bouncing Ball: Simple yet fun: https://gamejolt.com/games/the-bouncing-ball-gb/86699

Dangan: Bullet hell on the GB: https://snorpung.itch.io/dangan-gb

Quartet: Puzzle game: https://makrill.itch.io/quartet

Death Planet: Impressive GB graphics, great music: https://makrill.itch.io/death-planet

There was some infamous RPG homebrew for the GB but now I can't remember which one. There was lots of exploration. Do you know some recent ones?

Emulators?

The GB emulators most commonly for homebrew development are the following. They all have debuggers and a high level of accuracy. Emulicious has C source debugging when using VSCode (or Sublime Text, though that's not yet released.)

* BGB - http://bgb.bircd.org

* Emulicious - https://emulicious.net

* SameBoy - https://sameboy.github.io

I use an Everdrive GB

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