Skip to content

PicoBoy Essentials V3.9

Compare
Choose a tag to compare
@HalloSpaceBoy5 HalloSpaceBoy5 released this 19 Jul 20:50
· 15 commits to main since this release
65122da

I will be taking a month long break to work on the buisness side of things with the PicoBoy.

There may be some minor updates, but there won't be anything signifigant.

Console Backups now possible with PicoBoy Communication Software

Starship has been remastered with the PicoBoySDK

PicoBoy Communication Software Updates:

  • New data transfer protocol
  • Signifigantly improved data transfer speeds
  • Signifigantly improved data integrity from data transfer
  • All filetypes now supported for data transfer
  • Fixed bug where volume and brightness were reported as 0 when they were not 0
  • Now supports backing up and restoring PBOS to a PicoBoy
  • The back up and restore feature saves:
  • Games
  • Scores
  • Settings
  • Operating System version

Documentation Updates:

  • Updated User and Build guides with Backing Up and Restoring the PicoBoy

PicoBoySDK Updates:

  • Fixed issue in Line, Hline, and Vline where an error would occur when entering the color
  • Reflected fixed issue in docs

PBOS Updates:

  • PicoBoySDK Updates
  • Fixed critical issue where OS would crash when a background was applied

Game Updates:

  • Completely remastered Starship with the PicoBoySDK
  • New Starship Features:
  • New scoring system
  • Newly optimisations allowing for smoother gameplay
  • Smaller sprites resulting in a larger play area
  • Decreased storage usage
  • All new title, win, and game over screen
  • New effect where the screen shakes when damage is taken
  • All new enemy and level difficulty generation

Manual Updates:

  • Updated Starship manual to reflect updates

Check out the OS update here: https://github.com/HalloSpaceBoy5/PicoBoy-OS/releases/tag/PBOS-V3.1