Benchmark PyBoy against other emulators
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Description
We want to compare the performance of PyBoy against other emulators. Especially raw performance of CPU and rendering without showing a GUI (this is often a bottleneck).
Possible list:
* VisualBoy
* SameBoy
* GearBoy
* Javascript emu?
* ...
Maybe some from this list: https://daid.github.io/GBEmulatorShootout/
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or benchmark entry point. Start by locating PyBoy's CPU and rendering paths and any existing headless or performance tooling, then define reproducible comparisons with VisualBoy, SameBoy, GearBoy, and other emulators. Done means documented results for raw CPU and rendering performance without a GUI.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- game-dev, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100