100 open source gems – part 1

“35. Gambatte
For many gamers, the Game Boy and Game Boy Colour handheld consoles
are long dead. But our Mike Saunders was never one to care about
that sort of thing – he already owns a Game Gear and a Virtual Boy,
so going back to the olive and black of Game Boy isn’t such a large
leap. In fact, he’s so close to class 8-bit mentality that he spent
some time creating his own Game Boy game in Z80 assembly. This gave
us the perfect excuse to mention Gambatte – it’s a super-cool
little Game Boy emulator that focuses on accurate emulation.

“32. Frescobaldi
For those of you with any interest in music, it’s a cert that at
some time or another you’ve decided to have a bash at your own
composition projects. Mac and Windows users have long been spoiled
by the excellent Sibelius application, and now we have the
excellent Frescobaldi.

“This app combines the best of music notation with the best of
geekiness, enabling you to code your own music and produce highly
detailed scores, including multi-part and multi-instrumental
orchestral works. All of it is down to the LilyPond notational
system, which offers a markup language that’s easy to pick up,
extremely powerful and quick in use. Added into the mix is a handy
utility to get your score set up, along with the requisite key and
time signatures, and Frescobaldi quickly becomes a useful addition
to any composer’s arsenal.”

Complete
Story