I’ve been wondering if this release of Chunkout for the Gameboy Colour will be the first homebrew gameboy game release with cartridge and box. I know back in the hey-day of Bung’s coding competitions most homebrew releases were targeted at owners of flash carts, but I haven’t found any details of anyone actually building up carts and boxes and shipping them out. I know of Qwak for the Gameboy Advance had success with publication, does anyone know of any releases for the older Gameboy systems?

A few days ago my prototype circuit boards arrived and they look great! After a few tests with a multimeter it looks like they are wired up correctly, so I should be able to burn a test rom in the next week or so and see if it works as expected!

I’ve also tracked down some plastic cartridge shells from Hong Kong, so everything’s coming together for the production.

Work has begun on the production of the Gameboy Colour version of Chunkout. After 11 years laying dormant, I’ve finally got the game recompiling again which required digging up a few archives of libraries from several computers ago (DOSBox really does work well for those older dos utilities on a modern PC too). It looks like there will be a few new additions such as level progression, adjusted scoring, graphic tweaks and an enhanced theme. I’ve also got a fantastic artist on board and someone who can build great game boxes, so this has the potential of being a rather nice release!

The prototype circuit boards have shipped today, so hopefully they work as expected! Further details when they arrive and I get the surface mount soldering sorted!

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