That’s a good question Barry. The Resident Evil Wiki says that Capcom decided not to release this port because of poor quality. Then late last year an Assembler forum member named kiff claimed to be in contact with someone who has two cartridges containing unfinished builds of the canned game. That someone will be kind enough to upload the contents of said carts online for public consumption, but not kind enough to do it for free. The person is asking for $2,000 (USD), hence the fundraiser. Here’s some gameplay footage of the port, uploaded back in 2007 by YouTuber Dot50Cal.

Jill looks like a monster herself. If that wasn’t horrifying enough, remember that these are unfinished copies we’re talking about. They have significant glitches and missing content, such as non-functioning enemies and weapons. Kiff also said of one of the builds, “I am not 100% if any of the endings work.” And yet as of this writing kiff has raised nearly $1,500 with almost a month to go, so there’s a good chance that these builds will be released.

Then again the donors to the fundraiser are probably less excited about playing the game than the thought of virtually digging up a relic from a bygone generation. Head to Assembler if you’d like to donate as well. I wonder what the original developers think about this.

[via Siliconera & RetroCollect]

Each Duct Tape Magnetic Jacket incorporates a durable, lightweight plywood core, wrapped in ample layers of duct tape. The inside of each case is lined in felt to protect your precious tablet, and the case even self-aligns like the Smart Cover, thanks to its built-in magnets, and even auto-wakes and sleeps. It also can be propped up for easy typing or movie watching.

Unlike the original grey design, the updated iPad 2 duct tape case comes in a variety of cool designs, including such favorites as the Nintendo Game Boy, Doctor Who’s TARDIS, and my personal favorite, delicious smoky bacon (bacon scent not included.)

A pledge of $40(USD) or more will get you one of these Duct Tape Magnetic Jackets in one of serveral basic colors, while $45 buys you patterns like leopard, zebra, or digital camo. But if you really want to travel in style, drop 60 bucks and go for the Game Boy, TARDIS or bacon versions. If you’re feeling like really splurging, Coregeek says he’ll make you a custom design (within reason) for $80.

These are fingerless gloves, or what I would call gauntlets. They are crocheted out of yarn and look like a couple of Nintendo Game Boys. I bet that these would keep your geeky mitts nice and toasty with the winter coming up. I think they are pretty cool, not that I would wear them. I don’t embrace my inner geek quite that much.

If you want to knit a pair for yourself, you will have to use your imagination though, MaDonna doesn’t offer up a pattern for the gloves. If you can pull these off with no pattern let us know. All we know is that to make them, she used Paton’s Classic Wool in Natural Marl, Lion’s Brand Jiffy in Citron, and Red Heart Super Saver in Black, Red, and soft white.

[via Geeksaresexy]

The guys at MinecraftA2Z built this Tetris level using the Minecraft engine, but they did cheat a little bit. That’s because the video below was put together using stop-motion animation, and it’s not actually a playable level.

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Still, it’s pretty impressive and worth checking out if you have a minute. Plus, I can never get enough of that original Tetris theme… Especially this version…

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I have to say that the Artoo swimsuit was one of my favorites. The Game Boy swimsuit is also cool, especially if you loved playing your original Game Boy for hours and hours. Thanks to the design of the original Game Boy, the swimsuit has strategically placed Start and Select buttons which should make juvenile guys laugh the way Beavis and Butthead would.

Sadly though, due to copyright issues, none of these swimsuits is available anymore at the Black Milk Clothing shop. They have other fanciful designs, but you’ll have to find these ones somewhere else.

[via Buzzaurus]

Despite its chunky form and monochrome display, up until today the Game Boy remains the third best selling video game system of all time, topped only by the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation 2. Part of it’s success was because the competition sucked, but more than anything the Game Boy was successful because it had a legendary line up of games, from Tetris to Pokémon. Judging from the shots of the book’s contents, Sergio seems to be well aware of that.

Pixel Galaxy singles out and takes a closer look at some of the Gameboy’s most popular games like Link’s Awakening, Castlevania and Street Fighter II. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he focused on the different kinds of art styles used in the games rather than their gameplay. Not that that would be disappointing. For gamers like me who grew up in the mid-80′s until the early 90′s, 8-bit graphics will always have a special place in our hearts.

You can find more pictures of Pixel Galaxy in Sergio’s Behance page. Sergio is also currently looking for a publisher for Pixel Galaxy, so if you’d like to help him out spread the word about his book or even better, find him a publisher. Hopefully he’ll thank us by coming up with an English – and Japanese! – translation of the book.

Each one is sewn from a jersey knit fabric, in colors everyone will identify with the Nintendo Game Boy. They come with some felt A/B buttons, as well as some ones for Start and Select, all placed in potentially inappropriate locations for pushing, unless you’re very intimate with its wearer.

While this particular Nintendo dress just sold yesterday, you can be sure that Etsy shop HereandThereVintage will continue to offer some pretty cool clothing for all geekettes. She’s got other versions of the same dress, which look just as cool.

The Game Boy dress sells for $65-70 (USD). And if they’re sold out, be sure to check out SewOeno’s Game Boy tube dress we featured last year.

[via GeekAlerts]

The cabinet is a mere 7″ tall, 3.5″ wide and 4.5″ deep. Inside it are the guts of a GBA SP. Vcoleiro1 used resources from Arcade Art Library and Vectorlib to create the cute cabinet art. Surprisingly enough – at least for me – the joystick and the buttons actually pre-made; vcoleiro1 bought them from Digikey and eBay respectively.

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Does that classify as a portable handheld? Feel free to email Vcoleiro1 at vcoleiro1[at]gmail.com if you want the full instructions or if you want him to make you one. Hopefully his asking price will be as small as the cabinet.

[via Hot Blooded Gaming via Kotaku]

The iPWN! iPad 2 case definitely belongs in the former classification.

Take one look at the case and you’ll be able to see right away what makes this one so special. The first ever video game console that my mom got for me and my sister (yes, we had to share) was the Game Boy with the transparent case. So the iPWN! case doesn’t really look like the console that I had over a decade ago, but seeing the original version of it still brings back fond memories (and some not-so-fond ones, like when my sister and I would fight over who had possession of it for the night.)

iPWN! has made similar Game Boy-themed cases for the iPhone 3G/3GS ($14.99) and the iPhone 4 ($16.99). The iPad 2 case will be open for pre-order soon, so as expected, the pricing and exact release date haven’t been announced yet.

[via Geeky Gadgets]

The pack contains a total of 30 highly detailed icons. deleket made them a couple of years ago though, so there are no icons of more recent tech like the DS or the Move.

You can preview all of the icons here. If you like what you see, go ahead and download the icons on deleket’s deviantART page. Want more console love on your PC? Check out the Console Font.

To make the cases more convincing, they still have all their buttons and have fake title screens and cut-off cartridges. What’s funny though is that one of the cases was made out of one of those transparent Game Boys, rendering the ruse useless.

I guess the illusion will hold if you’re looking at the case from a distance. You can check out Goteking’s blog for more pictures and details.

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[via Tiny Cartridge]

I wanted to say that this is like the circle of video games clicking close, one end meeting the other, but then I realized the Game Boy isn’t exactly the latest video game system. Still, to go from a bouncing dot to this is sufficient enough to serve as both a functional metaphor of how far our beloved pastime has come and as a tribute to its humble beginnings. Although I’m sure one of the billion modders out there has already figured out a way to control an oscilloscope using Kinect.

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I’m not even a Zelda fan – happy 25th anniversary btw! – but that soundtrack is such a familiar sound of my childhood that I get goosebumps whenever I hear that. I hope you can hear me clapping from my side of the globe, Flashing LEDs. Check out his website for details on how he pulled off this wizardry.

[via Hack a Day]

The guys at iLounge spotted this awesome Game Boy case over at the Incipio booth during CES last week. I’ve seen Game Boy vinyl decals and slip cases for the iPhone before, but I really like how this case has been embossed actual raised buttons and speaker details from the original handheld gaming system. As you can see from the pictures below, it certainly does nothing to protect the front of your iPhone from finger smudges. Yeesh, you might with to wipe your phone down before your photograph it, guys.

So the bad news is that Incipio doesn’t plan on producing these. They only made this one to show off their production prowess, and are worried about the lawyers from Nintendo shooting them down. Frankly, I think they should cut the Big-N in on the profits, and maybe they’d let ‘em make these. I have a feeling they’d sell at least a few of them. For now, you’ll just have to admire the Game Boy iPhone from afar.

[via iLounge via Doobybrain]

Best I can tell, Goteking’s Game Boy has been hollowed out and the Aria is set up to replace its display. I think. But wait. Why is the display facing the back of the Game Boy in one photo, and the front in another?

Maybe this video clip will help set us straight on what the purpose of this thing is:

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Nope, now I’m even more confused. Wait, it’s not even an actual iPhone? It’s a case from a cheap iPhone knock-off that’s had its innards replaced with some LEDs. Huh, wha?

The whole thing sorta reminds me of the time the Flight of the Conchords made a camera phone by duct-taping an old camera to a cellphone. Anyone want to take a stab as to what the deal is with this mutant?

I don’t know about you guys, but I think Goteking’s Dreamcast/iPod Nano mashup was much more sane.

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Since this is a decal, you won’t be bulking up your iPhone. And if you happen to have jailbroken your iPhone, there’s a Game Boy emulator out there, so you’ll be able to play classic games while making your iPhone looks nice and retro at the same time.

Best of all, this decal isn’t expensive. It will set you back just $6 (USD) at the Short Sleeve Alliance. There are currently 10 in stock, so act fast or they’ll be gone!

[via Geeky Gadgets]

In fact, it still plays – as you can see from the game of Tetris on screen. Hopefully, the troop who owned the miraculous handheld made it out without any harm. This unique bit of Nintendo history is on display over at New York’s Nintendo World if you ever want to see it up close and personal.

[Flickr via Reddit via Gamefreaks]

That’s not all, it can still play all Game Boy games, from Game Boy Color to Game Boy Advance. This Game Boy to rule all Game Boys has got an internal rechargeable battery to bring it up to date with modern handheld standards.

CRTdrone promises to post more build photos as well as a ‘How to’ in the near future. That’s going to be fun, I’m sure. Someday, I’d like to see a Nintendo DS hacked to fit inside one of these, but somehow I doubt that will ever happen.

[Tiny Cartridge via Oh Gizmo]

When I first saw this, I tried to remember if they ever came out with a Game Boy in these colors. I seem to remember that there were a lot of special editions that were exclusively available in Japan. Naturally, you could import them, but you’d pay the big bucks for that privilege.

This work is courtesy of Zim And Zou. You’ll have to check out their Paper Game gallery over at Behance, because there’s even a paper version of my favorite puzzler, Tetris.

[via Design You Trust]

The shelves and cloud are all made of wood, while the mushroom, Mario and Luigi figures were store bought; naturally, the princess is missing. The question mark covers on the shelves swing open, so you can easily conceal stuff like flowers, stars, mushrooms, or spare coins in them. The warp pipe is made from a garbage can and transports Judith and Dennis to the World Wide Web, among other things: the pipe hides their Internet, phone and power cables.

Judith surely put a lot of work to make their room awesome, but Dennis also contributed to the Mario look: he designed a sweet sweet sweet looking Game Boy Super Mario clock that I would definitely steal from them if given the slightest chance.

Note that I said “designed”. That’s what Dennis said, so I take it Super Judith was the one who actually made the clock as well. She’s not done either – Dennis says she’s currently working on a Koopa shelf. Have fun with that Judith! May your apartment be safe from harm. I was just joking about stealing your clock. Actually no I’m not. The rest of you can drool at the Super Mushroomized pics of Judith and Dennis’ Mario furniture over at Neatorama.

This is the perfect combination for someone who loves their iPhone as much as playing their Game Boy.

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I can’t really tell if this mod is clever or stupid. One thing is for sure: the guy who made it sure loves his Game Boy. I guess this is some kind of tribute to the GBA, even though it seems a shame to burden your sleek new iPhone with a clunky Game Boy case.

But wait, there’s more! the ‘B’ button on the GBA activates the iPhone’s home button, thanks to its convenient, yet coincidental placement.

[via Ohgizmo]