# gabrielrcouto/php-terminal-gameboy-emulator

A PHP Terminal GameBoy Emulator

Repository: https://github.com/gabrielrcouto/php-terminal-gameboy-emulator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/php-terminal-gameboy-emulator
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-11-02T20:29:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3846, "days_push": 2130, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1610, forks 111 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:10.921741+00:00)

## What it is
A Game Boy emulator written in PHP that renders games directly in the terminal. It runs Game Boy and Game Boy Color ROMs using PHP 7's performance improvements, primarily as a fun demonstration of what PHP can do.

## Use cases
- play gameboy roms in the terminal
- run pokemon on a server via ssh
- emulate dr mario from the command line
- see what php is capable of
- play retro games without a gui

## When to choose
- you want to play Game Boy ROMs on a headless Linux or macOS server terminal
- you want a fun novelty demo of PHP's capabilities
- you need a GUI-free emulator over SSH

## When to avoid
- you need a performant, accurate emulator for serious play
- you are on Windows
- you need sound support or a graphical display

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game, simulation, cli
- domain: gaming-tools, developer-tools
- platform: cli, php
- tags: gameboy-emulator, terminal-based, novelty-project, rom-emulation, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gabrielrcouto/php-terminal-gameboy-emulator (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.921741+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:51:14.308685+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gabrielrcouto/php-terminal-gameboy-emulator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.921741+00:00, sha 748fbf4c6cd4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.