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So if your band needs some extra geeky sounds, here’s your new member. The kit improves the outdated Gameboy audio, adding controls for cutoff, resonance, bypass, and envelope follower. It’s hard to describe, so watch that video and turn up the volume for some chiptune fun.

A pledge of $90 will get your a bare-bones kit to do the mod yourself, while $174(USD) will get you a modded Gameboy and 6 volt power supply.

[via TechCrunch]

Here’s the emulator in action:

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But Technicolour and Divran are not stopping there:

Yep. That’s Tetris running (or at least starting up) on a Gameboy emulator, inside Garry’s Mod. While Technicolour and Divran still have a lot of work ahead of them before they can do one better than these guys and actually play Pokémon in Garry’s Mod, they’re dreaming big: “Short term the intention is to merely get the emulator’s compatibility up, long term we hope to use a system of sending keypresses between players to allow people to watch each other play in Multiplayer…” and eventually “perhaps even (emulate a) link cable so you can trade your pokemons. Once we have these features in place we’ll be exploring Gameboy colour.”

When the hardware catches up I wouldn’t be surprised if someone managed to make Garry’s Mod run within Garry’s Mod. And then that will be the end of our universe. Or maybe we’re already running in an emulator. Those invaders were none the wiser.

[via Facepunch via Reddit]

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.

Student vs Homework is an awesome parody was made by Connor Murphy, who I’m sure must have been hit by Math many times in his life.

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That’s… not really a victory is it? That just sets you up for a battle with a Teacher, and then a 2-on-1 beat down against Parents.

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Will Nintendo be able to devour Apple like this, or will Apple smother the competition? Only time will tell. For now, you can get the Gameboy iPad Sleeve from yummypocket at Etsy for $34 (USD).

[via Gamefreaks]

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.

I think it’s also safe to say that this particular design wins due to the inclusion of a game of classic monochrome Tetris. The very sight of it inspires a bit of green-tinted nostalgia, doesn’t it? This project is the first Craftster member instantblue has posted. It’s good to start near the top, eh?

The case itself is made of felt, but the designs required a little more flash: the buttons are made of sculpey clay, and the rest was done with stencils and the help of a good ol’ inkjet printer.

[via Geek Crafts]

The end result isn’t the cleanest-looking project ever, but who cares? It works, and better still? It only took about thirteen hours. By now, creator Alentris has probably spent more time playing games than he spent making his hybrid.

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There’s a big unanswered question here, though. What does Alentris do when a calculator is actually needed? Having two on your desk might be a little conspicuous….

The awesome cassette tape player skin is called Retro Stuff is Better, designed by Tony Aguero. Michael Sison calls his Gameboy skin Monochrome. Both have iPod Classic and iPod Touch versions. The iPod Classic version of the Monochrome covers the scroll wheel with a large d-pad. Sweet.

And that’s the appropriately named VHS Heroes skin by Hollis Brown Thornton. I think it looks way better as a laptop skin, but it’s also available as an iPod Touch, Nano and Classic skin. All iPod and iPhone skins sell for $15 (USD), while laptop skins sell for $30. Head on over to Infectious for more designs. The shop also has instructions on applying the skins, but you can also check out Testfreaks’ review of Infectious iPhone skins for a tutorial, complete with photos.

[via holycool]

Each one is handmade out of felt by crafter Janis13. While they’re designed specifically for the DS Lite and DSi, you might even be able to cram an original Game Boy in there if you wanted (no guarantees that it’ll fit). In addition to to original grey, these whimsical cases are also available in hot pink, lemon yellow, teal blue, lime green, orange orange and candy apple red too.

Each case has a soft inside to protect your precious gaming cargo, and Janis will take special orders for original DS and PSP cases too. They’re  available over on Janis13′s Etsy shop for $14 (USD) each.

Written by Brendan Fletcher (aka “calc84maniac”), TI-Boy SE is a Game Boy emulator that runs on TI’s Z-80 based graphing calculators thanks to similarities between the CPUs of the two systems. The emulator includes three zoom modes, two sprite tracking modes, grayscale or black-and-white palettes, two-channel sound and even can save and load games. Right now it only supports a handful of games, including Tetris, Zelda – Link’s Awakening and Kirby along with homebrew games. Emulation speed is a bit choppy, but what do you expect for an Alpha 0.0.2 version number. I’m sure that TI-Boy will only get better and faster with time.

Here’s a video of an early build of TI-Boy SE running Link’s Awakening in all its greyscale glory…

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If you’ve got a TI-8x calculator, head on over to GameboyDev and grab the installer. There’s plenty of good discussion going on over on the Omnimaga forums too.

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In addition to playing a wide variety of audio and video formats on its 320×240 LCD screen, the GAME-800 PMP has a software emulator on board that lets it play NES, Famicom, GameBoy, GameBoy Color and Sega Mega Drive games. And when you’re not playing games, there’s a text-to-speech eBook reader that can read any TXT file out loud in either Chinese or English. There’s also a handy digital camera built in, although the specs don’t say anything about the resolution – so I wouldn’t expect much in terms of photo quality.

The GAME-800 comes with 4GB of onboard storage, and can be expanded up to 8GB total using an optional SD memory card. Now I’m not sure that I’m in love with the design of this thing – it sorta looks like what might have happened if your iPhone was made out of plastic, then got squashed in a table vise, and coated in day glo paint. It’s also lacking a real gamepad, so control is limited to using four ergonomically-unfriendly buttons to control directional movements.

Still, if you’re looking for a cheap media player with a full color screen, and want to play your retro games (and know what rocks to dig under to find game ROMs), it’s not a bad deal for just $80 smackeroonies over at ChinaGrabber.

[via TFTS]

GEEKitty makes these soft and lumpy cat toy versions of controllers that are guaranteed not to electrocute your feline pals.

Each toy is handmade from felt, thread, squishy stuffing and some tasty catnip.

Whether your cat prefers the Xbox 360, the Wii, a classic Nintendo or rocking out a session of Guitar Hero, there’s a toy for your cat. Sorry, PS3 cats seem to have been left out in the cold for the moment.

You can find the GEEKitty’s entire collection of plush gadgets and game controllers over on their Etsy shop.

The cardboard Game Boy shell is a little janky, but the wearer deserves mad props for the fully-functional Game Boy emulator, running Tetris on a laptop screen. You can see it in action in the video clip below:

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I do find it a little creepy that you have to press the buttons on the guys’ waistline in order to move the blocks around. It looks like he’s having just a little too much fun with people manipulating his joypad and pressing his buttons.

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Matt over at Liquidware decided to build an “open source Gameboy” (known as the Gamepack) using off-the-shelf parts, including the modder-friendly Arduino microprocessor. While the Arduino may provide the brains of the operation, the 128×128 TouchShield Stealth color OLED touchscreen is most definitely the soul. Rounding out the build is an Inputshield board, which provides a tiny joystick (complete with rumble) and control buttons as well as a flat Lithium battery pack.

The Gamepack system is now available in kit form so you can build one for yourself. At this point, the Gamepack only runs some rudimentary homebrew demo code, but the hope is that others who grab the kit will contribute more advanced games, or maybe even a Nintendo emulator.

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At $249 for the Gamepack kit, you could buy more than 10 used Gameboys. But none of them would be nearly as cool as the one you built yourself.

[Liquidware Antipasto via Boing Boing Gadgets]

In addition to playing your MP3s and MP4s, the Media Street eMotion EM-SOL2GIG media player offers compatibility with NES/Famicom, GameBoy, GameBoy Color and SEGA Mega Drive (aka the Genesis stateside). Of course, that assumes you’ve got an idea of where to find some ROM files (hmm, ever heard of Google?) And when you’re done playing games, you can get some culture thanks to a text-to-speech E-book reader capability that can read any TXT file in either Chinese or English. It offers 2GB of on-board storage, plus an SD slot for memory expansion.

The portable console offers a 320×240 color display, and measures in at 5.5″ wide x 3″ high x 1″ thick – with most of the heft coming from the fold-out solar panels. The large solar panel not only charges the player’s internal battery, it can provide emergency juice to other portable gadgets such as mobile phones and digital cameras.

You can find the EM-SOL2GIG over on Amazon for $169.99 USD.

(BTW, this player looks awfully similar to this other solar game system, but that one makes no claims of SEGA emulation).

From the wonderfully whimsical folding Nintendo DS Lite (complete with stuffed stylus and a game of New Super Mario Bros. on the dual screens), to her squishy iPhone clone, I can’t decide which one I like the best. (I’m not sure what that plush Sushi roll is doing there, but it looks tasty alongside the iPhone).

Feeling retro? Kmila has also created this beautiful Nintendo Gameboy, playing a game of Tetris on its faux “LCD” screen. (There’s even a little Tetris “cartridge” sticking out of the back when you flip it over).

Want to get your grubby little hands on these wondrous plush playthings? You’d better head on over to Kmila’s Etsy shop before they’re all gone.

Like almost every other cutting-edge, kooky techno-fashion mashup, these have been spotted on teenage girls in Japan. They don’t look easy to walk in, but that’s a small price to pay while looking hot and having not one but TWO Gameboys available on your person for use at any moment.

I like this yellow pair that not only showcases your Gameboys, but also your Pikachu figurines. Seriously, guys, it wasn’t enough to have the Gameboys? You needed Pokemon characters AND Gameboys? What’s next, you throw in a joystick and a couple of Furbys?

I’m not sure how one can find a pair of these to purchase, as I haven’t been able to figure it out. I’m afraid the only way to get your hands on a pair is to hie thee to Harajuku. In the meantime, you can see more pictures at syberpunk.

Artist janis13 creates these great classic Gameboy and NES Controller pouches which are just the right size for the DS Lite. Each case is made from felt with hand-sewn felt appliqués to give them a nice 3-dimensional texture.

The cases cost $13 a piece, or $21 for the pair. You can check them out over on Janis’ Etsy shop.

Read more about this clever example of recycling/upcycling right here.