I turned the Lego Game Boy into a working Game Boy (blog.nataliethenerd.com)

This is... very very nice, and why I love the internet, LEGO and maker/hacker type nerds...

I just built this set yesterday and was thinking to myself 'I wonder how hard it would be to turn this into a functioning gameboy?' Looks like I have my answer!

The Game Boy modding scene is fascinating. You can literally replace every single part of it other than the `DMG-CPU` main SoC.

Well even that can be replaced, sorta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EccVHo-pDGI

This looks cool but that D-Pad is going to hurt after a few minutes of play.

Did Nintendo lawyers already get in touch?

I pre-ordered this set to do exactly this. Nice to see others have the same idea.

Weirdly I only received mine today, I wonder why the difference in pre-order shipment times is so large.

I was wondering how long it would take someone to do this.

Was so disappointed when I realized it wasn’t a real gameboy, but then I realized someone even more of a nerd than me would take care of that and I’d just have to be patient. Only took a few days!

I love projects like this where you have to work around constraints like the Lego form factor and the support electronics for the CPU. In terms of modern hardware, the PCB is surprisingly sparse - using modern surface-mount components really helps.

The super detailed silkscreen on the Nintendo PCB does make me wish for the time when all products came with schematics and component specifications...

The startup video doesn’t feature the Game Boy startup sound (nor any other sound), so no sound?

Thats my wife!