GitHub Universe badge runs a Game Boy emulator
What happened
On 28 October 2026, Simon Willison reported that at the GitHub Universe conference, Steve Francia used Gemini to bring an NES emulator to the conference badge and went on to deploy Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulators; with a ROM, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening can run on the badge. The report says the badge has a full colour screen and, when flipped over, allows use of the built-in gamepad touch buttons. Progress currently stops at the stage where the emulators are deployed and can run the corresponding ROMs.
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- Simon WillisonGame Boy Color on My Conference Badge
Game Boy Color on My Conference Badge I'm at GitHub Universe this week and, similar to last year , the conference badge is a full-blown color screen computer.
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