diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fb5b443..7fb5c8d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1 +1,42 @@ -Third time's a charm. +# RustBoyAdvance-NG + +[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/michelhe/rustboyadvance-ng.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/michelhe/rustboyadvance-ng) + +RustBoyAdvance-NG aims to be a Nintendo GameBoy Advance emulator and debugger, written in the rust programming language. + +RustBoyAdvance-NG currently has implemented + - Dumbed-down ARM mode disassembling + - A neat debugger REPL + +But the way for full emulation is way far ahead, because most of the ARM/THUMB instructions are not yet implemented. + +# Using the REPL + +You need to have rust installed, and somehow legally obtain a gba bios binary. +Currently to test the debugger, any binary file containing arm mode instructions will do. + +```bash +$ cargo run -- debug +``` + +No help command yet, so you can view available commands from src/debugger/mod.rs :( + +# Why is this project needed ? + +It's actually **not**. There are quite a lot of GBA emulators, and even some written in rust. + +I'm only doing this as a side project intended for learning rust. + +This is my *third* take on this project. My first go at this was about 3 years ago, but I didn't like rust much at the time so it got abandoned. +I tried to resurrect it a year ago but didn't have the time to get invested in a side-project, let alone learning rust. + +I've grown to like rust a lot since then, so here we go again. +You know what they say, *third time's a charm*. + +# Links + +- [ARM7TDMI Technical Reference Manual](http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0210c/DDI0210B.pdf) + Technical Reference Manuals are **fun**. +- [GBATEK](http://problemkaputt.de/gbatek.htm) + A single webpage written by *no$gba* developer Martin Korth. + This page has pretty much everything. Seriously, it's the best. \ No newline at end of file