This special Bluetooth cartridge by Inside Gadgets lets you use a Game Boy Advance to control your Nintendo Switch. At $89 USD, it’s also compatible with the Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo DS/DS Lite, GB Micro and even the Analogue Pocket.
Always wanted to pick up a Game Boy Color development tool used by developers? It may cost you a pretty penny, or $14,000 USD to be exact, as that was the last known sale.
A wooden Game Boy is nice to look at, but ReBoi can transform your Game Boy Color into a Raspberry Pi Zero-powered emulation machine. Sure, those with technical skills can already build something similar, but ReBoi helps you accomplish this without any soldering.
There are Thumby Game Boy earrings, and then this functional speedometer made from a Game Boy Color. Put simply, the hardware consists of just a basic $25 GPS module that you can find on Amazon or other online retailers.
At $249.99 USD, the Analogue Classic Limited Edition Pockets come in Game Boy-inspired colors, ore more specifically: Blue, Green, Indigo, Orange Spice, Pink, Red, and Silver. For those unfamiliar with the Analogue Pocket, this handheld game console can play cartridges from the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and others, with an adapter on its 3.5-inch (1600 x 1440) LCD screen.
It’s safe to say that the Game Boy Camera was definitely ahead of its time, but the Panic Playdate was released just in time for modders like Tom Granger to build a similar accessory for the handheld. Simply put, the PD-Camera consists of an OV7670 camera module that transmits data to a Teensy 4.1 over USB, and then 1-bit images are recorded onto the console.
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The flagship Nintendo NY store in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center removed the Game Boy that survived the Gulf War for reasons yet to be confirmed. An employee allegedly told a guest that it was returned to Nintendo America headquarters in Redmond, Washington for safekeeping, but that has yet to be confirmed.
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File this under: weird Game Boy accessories. The original Game Boy Camera was ahead of its time when it was released back in 1998, but the accessory is quite large to say the least. Photographer Christopher Graves came up with an interesting solution and called it the Game Boy Mini Camera.
The Everyday Dad rounds up ten of the weirdest iPhone accessories yet, and starting things off, we have the ‘Phone Game Case’. This accessory is exactly as it sounds…a Game Boy-inspired case that doubles as a portable NES console of sorts. Simply charge it up via micro USB, place an iPhone X / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 inside, and you have 36 games at your disposal, Super Contra included.