[HN Gopher] How to colorize Game Boy games - Backgrounds
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       How to colorize Game Boy games - Backgrounds
        
       Author : ibobev
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2024-03-11 20:36 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | o11c wrote:
       | Website needs to learn how to correctly colorize html backgrounds
       | without JS. Black-on-black is not readable, and whatever the CSS
       | is doing is too complicated for me to debug. Luckily reader mode
       | works.
        
         | codetrotter wrote:
         | Reader mode does not show the code listings for me
         | 
         | Here's a version you should be able to read without JS and
         | still have the code listings: https://archive.is/nvZZq
        
           | o11c wrote:
           | Code listings show up just fine in Firefox 115.8.0esr on
           | Linux
        
       | ClassyJacket wrote:
       | This is so strange. Just last week I wondered if it was possible
       | to add colour to Game Boy games from just the ROM, I found it was
       | and wondered if there was a tutorial somewhere.
       | 
       | Sadly, this page is not loading.
        
       | jsheard wrote:
       | For the uninitiated, there's quite a few finished GB to GBC
       | conversions already:
       | 
       | https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=33121.0
       | 
       | e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFm0aeg9nec
       | 
       | Even the King James Bible has been colorized for... some reason.
        
         | codetrotter wrote:
         | > Even the King James Bible has been colorized for... some
         | reason.
         | 
         | *Checks link.*
         | 
         | > Read the Bible...in color. Search the Bible...in color. Match
         | words from the Bible...in color. Guess words from the
         | Bible...in color. This hack brings Wisdom Tree's Game Boy Bible
         | to the GBC.
         | 
         | > NOTE: This game has dodgy compatibility with
         | emulators/hardware, due to it using the unlicensed Wisdom Tree
         | mapper. BGB will work the best. View the readme for more info.
         | 
         | https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6708/
         | 
         | Sounds like a valid reason to me. In color.
         | 
         | More seriously, isn't Christianity like one of the three
         | biggest religions in the world? Makes sense that one of its
         | followers would find it useful to make an enhancement to the
         | game. In color.
        
           | jsheard wrote:
           | The real answer is that it was an April fools joke. In color.
           | 
           | https://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/romhacking-
           | hacks/hacks/g...
        
         | Y_Y wrote:
         | > Even the King James Bible has been colorized for... some
         | reason.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript
         | 
         | For hundreds of years people have been putting a large about of
         | effort into coloring in bibles. As far as I know the book
         | itself doesn't endorse the practice.
        
       | minimaxir wrote:
       | The Game Boy Color's ability to select a color palette for GB
       | games (from 12 built-in palettes) that didn't have their own was
       | a good way to teach 8-year olds about how color really works in
       | games:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Color#Color_palettes
        
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