The plain old white mini fridge, a staple of many dorm rooms could use a little decoration. The resemblance to a classic gameboy is not that hard to imagine with some novelty stickers, but [ModPurist] went the extra mile with his Cold Boy.
Making a mini fridge into a playable gameboy involves taking apart the door, once in a Raspberry Pi 2 is fitted in along with a second hand “square screen” LCD. The front of the door is cut for some custom wooden buttons, which are connected to tactile switches. Once everything is fit and finished the door is reassembled, so the fridge can resume its normal life keeping soda and hot dogs good and cold. [ModPurist] covered the progression of the hack in his work log.
While it’s a little low to the ground, it should be a hit at college parties where being on the floor is not unusual. Join us after the break for a demonstration video and get your game on. It is, of course, missing one thing. There needs to be some type of latch inside to secure the beverages until the Konami code is entered.
That is cute, but does it keep your beer cold!
Article: “Once everything is fit and finished the door is reassembled, so the fridge can resume its normal life keeping soda and hot dogs good and cold.”
Yep if it doesn’t have beer in it it’s a fail.
no beer = fail? so… raging alcoholism is en vogue, eh?
TIL I’m a “raging alcoholic” for having (and periodically enjoying) a mini-fridge of beer.
In fairness a mini-fridge of beer is quite a lot, most people measure it in pints or bottles
If beer is out of fashion, let us hope that it is still hip to be square.
Negative ghost rider. Beer is indeed out of fashion. We’re all snorting the crack rock now.
Awesome.. until you want a beer (or food) and the roomate is busy on some boss level.
I think I’d be better if it actually *wasn’t* functional. Maybe if it was showing speed runs or let’s plays of classic games instead.
Or, at the very least, sit it on a table.
Made me remember this comic: http://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2013/5/23/3/2/f/32f538d2-c3f7-11e2-9274-2201ee2ab672.jpg
So cute. But I think it doesn’t work at all