Original Game Boy gets the Advance treatment courtesy of retro-loving modder

The original Game Boy will forever hold a special place in our hearts, but spend a few minutes squinting at an original model and you’ll quickly realize that even nostalgia can’t make up for that horrible green screen. That’s been banished in this custom version, courtesy of modder CRTdrone, which features GBA SP internals housed in an original GB chassis. This gives it compatibility with Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and of course GBA games, along with a rechargeable battery and even working shoulder buttons inserted into the sides. All we have to go on at the moment is this picture plus a few comments from the man himself, but CRTdrone is promising full details of the mod are to come, which entails “just removing parts and re-wiring basically.” They always make it sound so simple.

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