GBA Brainfuck

Brainfuck interpreter for GBA.

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc2VkSRkmuM

This application is based in part on the work of the devkitpro project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/devkitpro).

Download GBA file

Operability confirmed environments

• GBA AGB-001 AGB-JPN (with EZ Flash IV)
• GBA AGB-001 AGB-JPN-1 (with EZ Flash IV)
• GBA AGB-001 C/AGB-JPN (with EZ Flash IV)
• GBA AGB-001 C/AGB-JPN-1 (with EZ Flash IV)
• GBA SP AGS-001 C/AGS-JPN (with EZ Flash IV)
• VisualBoyAdvance 1.7.2 (latest version as of 2019-11-28)
• VisualBoyAdvance-M 2.1.4 (latest version as of 2019-11-28)

Key binding and mode

This application has two modes.

After power-on, it will go to Editor Mode.

Editor Mode

Key	Binding
↑ or A	Change program memory operator.
↓	Change program memory operator.
→ or B	Move the cursor to next program memory.
←	Move the cursor to forward program memory.
START	Switch to Runner Mode and execute program memory.
SELECT, SELECT	Reset program memory and cursor position.

Runner Mode

Key	Binding
SELECT	Back to Editor Mode.

In running only

Key	Binding
SELECT	Keyboard Interrupt.

In input prompt only

Key	Binding
↑ or A	Increment.
↓ or B	Decrement.
←	Decrement 0x10.
→	Increment 0x10.

Operators

Operator	Description
	Blank. Do nothing.
+	Increment current data memory.
-	Decrement current data memory.
>	Increment data memory pointer.
<	Decrement data memory pointer.
.	Output current data memory as ASCII character.
,	Input current data memory as hex. It will showing input prompt.
[	If current data memory is zero, jump to matching parenthesis ( ] ).
]	If current data memory is non-zero, jump to matching parenthesis ( [ ).

Exceptions

Data memory access violation

If this happens, you did read or write out of the memory boundary.

Minimum:

<+
+[>+]

Output:

ERROR: PTR < 0
ERROR: PTR >= RAM SIZE

Null character output

If this happens, you tried to print NULL character.

Minimum:

.

Output:

ERROR: '\0' OUTPUT.

Syntax error

It's your typo.

Minimum:

+]
[

Output:

ERROR: FAILED TO FIND '['
ERROR: FAILED TO FIND ']'

How to build GBA file

Depends

• git
• Docker

Build

git clone https://github.com/yanorei32/gba-brainfuck/
cd gba-brainfuck
./make # It will output brainfuck.gba

If you want to pass some arguments to make:

./make clean