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FIELD GUIDE · 01

HOW TO PLAY

POWER ON · SLOT A CART · CHASE A HIGH SCORE
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Know your handheld

FABLE BOY · DMG BODY
FABLE BOY DOT MATRIX · STEREO A B SELECT START D-PAD A · B

The Fable Boy is a fantasy console in a faithful Game Boy body, rendered in full 3D in your browser. Drag to orbit it, scroll to zoom. Everything below also works from your keyboard.

WASD / ↑↓←→ D-pad X / A Z / B Enter Start Space Select
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Hit the CONTROLS button on the unit to remap any key — your bindings persist on that device, so the console remembers how you like to play.

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The play loop, in five

START TO HIGH SCORE
  1. 1

    Power on

    Flip the switch on top of the unit (or just open index.html). The screen warms up to the dot-matrix boot and the cart shelf rails into view.

  2. 2

    Pick a cart

    The carts ride a camera-locked carousel — scroll or tap the arrows to flip through twenty-six built-ins. Hover to pop one forward, click to slot it in. It boots on the spot.

  3. 3

    Play it

    Use the D-pad and A/B. Stuck on the controls? Press START for the pause menu and pick HOW TO PLAY — every title prints its own card right on the DMG screen.

  4. 4

    Post your score

    Any game that calls fb.score(n) feeds a leaderboard. Press SELECT to jump straight to that title's board, then enter three arcade initials on the D-pad. Boards are global through Supabase — or local, with zero backend.

  5. 5

    Climb the Hall of Fables

    Beat your best, then beat a stranger's. The Hall of Fables tracks every title at once — built-in, homebrew, or dreamed. Care points from your Fable Pet count too.

The system shell lives behind START: CONTINUE, HOW TO PLAY, TOP SCORES, POST SCORE and RESTART CART — all rendered on the screen itself, no menus floating in 3D space.

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