A tech-savvy fan has created a playable Frankenstein Nintendo Game Boy with ten working screens. In 2019, Nintendo's Game Boy celebrated its 30th birthday, having first released in 1989. The handheld was one of the most successful video game consoles for Nintendo, selling over 115 million units and ranking as the third best-selling console of all time. Nintendo expanded on the Game Boy's success by releasing several revisions, including the Game Boy Pocket and the Game Boy Color, as well as the later line of Game Boy Advance consoles.
Thanks to the nostalgia that the Game Boy often evokes, fans have expressed their love for Nintendo's console in many different ways. While many purchase and mod the original console, others add their own custom shells and designs, and one fan even cosplayed as a Game Boy Color, wearing their creation to a convention. In a video detailing how the costume was made, the fan is seen walking around the convention and even letting other attendees play games on their attire.
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As reported by Destructoid, YouTuber kgsws has posted a video showing how they were able to create a working Game Boy Pocket with ten Game Boy screens. The creator's goal was to make a screen display with parts of ten different Game Boys and be able to play games on the contraption. They were able to do this by connecting the Game Boy LCD to chip microcontrollers and a Raspberry Pi computer. Once they melded nine screens in a three-by-three grid, kgsws was able to play a game on the tenth Game Boy, having the display projected onto the screen grid. A unique way to play the Game Boy's many iconic games, the impressive creation makes for a slightly surreal Game
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