gameboy

This module parses Game Boy ROM headers.

Usage

To parse a ROM header:

>>> import gameboy
>>> gameboy.read_header("Super Mario Land (World).gb")
{
  'begin': b'\x00\xc3P\x01',
  'nintendo_logo': ..., # removed for space
  'title': 'SUPER MARIOLAND',
  'licensee': b'\x00\x00',
  'sgb_flag': 0,
  'cartridge_type': 1,
  'rom_size': <RomSize.ROM_64kbyte: 1>,
  'ram_size': <RamSize.RAM_None: 0>,
  'destination_code': <DestinationCode.JAPAN: 0>
  'old_licensee': 1,
  'mask_rom_version': 0,
  'header_checksum': 158,
  'global_checksum': 27457,
}

This dictionary can be modified and re-encoded using generate_header

import gameboy
header = gameboy.read_header("path/to/rom.gb")

header["title"] = "AWESOME HACK"

data = gameboy.generate_header(header)

The modified header can be re-inserted into a ROM file.

Requirements

• pip install -r requirements.txt
• If you're using python < 3.4, also do pip install enum34

More information

The Game Boy ROM header format is described in some detail on the wiki.

License

This module is available under the GPL v3 or later. See the file COPYING for details.