Spoofing Pokemon Trades
[Adan] had an old Game Boy sitting around, and without anything better to do decided to investigate the link cable protocol with a microcontroller. He had a Stellaris Launchpad for the task, but...
View ArticleOriginal Gameboy Gets Stuffed Full Of Cool Parts
One day at Good Will, [microbyter] came across an original Gameboy for $5. Who reading this post wouldn’t jump on a deal like that? [microbyter] was a little disappointed when he got home and found...
View ArticleGameboy Camera Becomes Camcorder
[Furrtek] is a person of odd pursuits, which mainly involve making old pieces of technology do strange things. That makes him a hero to us, and his latest project elevates this status: he built a...
View ArticleUse Your Game Boy As A Wireless Controller
Like many retro favourites, the Game Boy is in no way dead — development continues apace through its many fans.But what about the hardware side? This is a particularly interesting one: [Alex] wondered...
View ArticleMining Bitcoin On The Nintendo Game Boy
Mining cryptocurrency is a power intensive business, with big operations hoarding ASIC rigs and high-end GPUs in an endless quest for world domination money. The Bitcoin-mining Game Boy from...
View ArticleGateBoy is a Game Boy Emulated at Gate Level
Old game systems are typically the most popular targets for emulation. With huge communities of fans wanting to recreate the good times of yesteryear, most old systems have all been brought back to...
View ArticleGBA Remote Play Upgrade Lets You Play PlayStation On The Bus
The Nintendo Game Boy Advance was basically the handheld gaming situation of its era, by virtue of the fact that it had no serious competitors in the market. The system was largely known for 2D games...
View ArticleGame Boy Repurposed Solely As A Camera
As much as we all love the Game Boy Camera, it’s really just an add-on to the popular handheld console. Twitter user [@thegameboycam] decided to build a dedicated camera platform using the hardware,...
View ArticleSquareBoi is the DIY Game Boy Cart You’ve Always Wanted
Running unofficial code on a Nintendo Game Boy has long been a solved problem. However, you still need a way to get that code onto the handheld console. The Squareboi cartridge promises to do just...
View ArticleThe Game Boy Color Accessory You’ve Been Waiting For
Sometimes silly projects catch our eye, and we just can’t resist covering them. Over on Hackaday.io, [solderking] realized that there was a glaring omission in the multi-game management hardware for...
View ArticleBreadboarding a Game Boy From Scratch
The original Nintendo Game Boy is a stout piece of hardware in a solid plastic enclosure. [Raphael Stäbler] recreated the popular handheld on a breadboard instead, in a fully-functional way, to boot....
View ArticleOrange FM Brings Radio to the GameBoy
We’ve all been there. You left your Walkman at home and only have your trusty Game Boy. You want to take a break and just listen to some tunes. What to do? [orangeglo] has the answer now with the...
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