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Game Boy Advance Sp Gets an Original Gameboy Retrofit

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It’s true that the original Game Boy is a timeless piece of portable video gaming. Heck, I know that I spent countless hours trying to beat my best at Tetris…. In this great little hack, the familiar green screen is gone. Why? Well, Flickr user CRTdrone modded his original

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April 21st, 2010 by: Range

Zim and Zou’S Paper Game Boy Won’T Let You Play, but Still Looks Cool

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This colorful Game Boy isn’t really an customized old school Nintendo Game Boy. Nah. It’s actually completely made out of paper! Well, it sure fooled me.

When I first saw this, I tried to remember if they ever came out with a Game Boy in these colors. I seem to…

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March 18th, 2010 by: Range

Super Mario Bros. Furniture Would Make Any Fan Jump for Joy

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Neatoramanaut Dennis shared pics of Super Mario-themed shelves that he and his girlfriend Judith put together for their apartment. Actually Judith did almost everything. And Mama Mia, what a piece of woodwork:

The shelves and cloud are all made of wood, while the mushroom, Mario and Luigi figures were store…

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March 9th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Modder Crams iPhone Into Game Boy Advance

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No, you aren’t hallucinating. A Japanese modder managed to cram an iPhone into a Game Boy Advance – and I kind of like it, albeit in a sort of retro kind of way.

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

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January 20th, 2010 by: Range

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Game Boy Tube Dress Perfect for Retro Gamer Girls

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You know me, slap some retro Nintendo stuff on anything, and I’ll probably write about it. Actually, no. It actually has to be cool. Here’s a little something for you gamer grlz out there who have a fond place in your hearts for your old Nintendo Game Boy.

Textile crafter…

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January 19th, 2010 by: Technabob

Hey! You Got Your Hard Drive in My Game Boy!

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Man, the classic, brick-sized Nintendo Game Boy sure gets a lot of love in the modding/hacking community. Like that retro-tacular iPhone case we showed you a few days ago. Or this Game Boy that someone managed to shove a 80GB SATA hard drive into.

A user from the MaxConsole forums,…

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September 9th, 2009 by: chris h.

Retro-Ize That iPhone With a Game Boy Case

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Sure, the iPhone is cool and all, but it’s awfully slick and modern. Oh, if only it were a little more brick-shaped and didn’t have all those pesky colors in the screen. Monochrome, that’s what I want… monochrome, and a good game of Tetris…. Clearly, I am not alone:

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September 7th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Openemu Mac Emulator Lets You Play and Play With Retro Video Games

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There aren’t as many video game apps for the Mac as there are for Windows computers, and even then I have a feeling that there’s no program, Windows or otherwise, that lets you play and play with retro video games the way OpenEmu does. The basic function of the app,…

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July 2nd, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Ti-Boy: Ti-84 Calculator Game Boy Emulator: Math Geek, Meet Retro Gamer

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Got one of those Texas Instruments graphing calculators? This nifty little program for  TI-83+SE, TI-84+, and TI-84+SE calculators lets you play Nintendo Game Boy games instead of doing your math problems.

Written by Brendan Fletcher (aka “calc84maniac”), TI-Boy SE is a Game Boy emulator that runs on TI’s Z-80 based…

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June 30th, 2009 by: Technabob

Game Boy Plushies Grow Legs

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There’s just something about the iconic Game Boy that makes people want to give it a face, thus turning the system into a lovable character. The latest examples may not be quite as expressive as the last personable Game Boy plushies seen around these parts, but they do have something…

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April 9th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

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