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After seeing a Game Boy emulator for the first time, [Thijs] was amazed. A small box with just a handful of electronics that turns a Game Boy cartridge into a file able to be run on an emulator is simply magical. [Thijs] has learned a lot about GB and GBC cartridges in the mean time, but still thinks the only way to really learn something is to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Thus … [Read more...]
[Akira] can play any Game Boy, GBC, GBA, NES, SNES, or SMS game while on the go thanks to all the work he put into this portable gaming hack. The outside seems familiar; it's an original Game Boy case. But you should immediately notice that it has a few extra buttons. That's the first clue that what's inside isn't stock... which is a huge understatement. The idea for the project started off … [Read more...]
For a few years now, [Michael] has wanted to put the guts of a Game Boy Advance - the small clamshell version with a backlit LCD - into the classic and comfortable DMG-01 'brick' Game Boy. He's finally finished with his project, and we've got to say it's looking pretty good. The build began by excising the backlit LCD from an old clamshell Game Boy Advance and hot gluing it to the screen bezel … [Read more...]
[Matt] still has his original Game Boy from when he was a kid. He wanted to pull it out and play some of the classics but alas, the screen was broken and he couldn't find a source for a drop-in replacement. In the end he ordered a used unit and pulled the screen from that one. This left him with a pile of leftover Game Boy parts which turned into a Raspberry Pi case project. Since the RPi … [Read more...]
What looks to be a stock brick Game Boy with two additional buttons is actually one of the coolest portable mods we've ever seen. Instead of the classic 1989 hardware, the interior of this Game Boy is stuffed with a Dingoo A330 portable emulation machine capable of playing Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and other 8 and 16-bit console classics. After a great deal of modification to the original … [Read more...]
[Jani 'Japala' Pönkkö] found a way to make his old Game Boy Advance exciting again. He poured a ton of time and craftsmanship into building a miniature arcade cabinet. He did such a good job it's easy to think this is a commercial product. But when you open the back of the case to switch games one look at what's crammed inside let's you know this is custom work. What's most surprising to us … [Read more...]
For their final project in a microcontrollers course, [Trudy] and [Josh] designed a pair of morse code transceivers. To send the message, they used an array of IR LEDs. The message is received using a Gameboy Color Camera, which takes care of basic image processing. This allows a 8-bit ATMega1284p microcontroller to handle transmitting and receiving messages. The transmission LEDs form a square … [Read more...]
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