"The LEGO 72046 Game Boy released a couple of months ago, is one of the smallest video game sets released by the group to rejoice this fall. That said, the display set lacked just one little thing: the ability to play real Nintendo games. Natalie the Nerd, who's a renowned Game Boy modder in the community, has got the dead set to play actual Game Paks, or any other modern homebrew titles."
"Even before the set became officially available for purchase a few days ago, Natalie took measurements from the announced press documentation of the set to create the custom kit. According to the tech-savvy modder who knows the Game Boy inside and out, rerouting the CPU, PCBs, power regulation, and capacitors is not much of a challenge for her. The main challenge was fitting everything inside the housing to make playing games possible."
Natalie the Nerd created a custom kit that allows the LEGO 72046 Game Boy to play real Game Paks and modern homebrew titles, with a planned $50 price. She measured official press documentation, 3D printed custom components, and built a special circuit board to avoid emulation. The design reroutes CPU connections, PCBs, power regulation, and capacitors while using the LEGO model's cartridge slot to accept real cartridges. The LEGO buttons function sufficiently; A and B are temporarily secured with an elastic band. A permanent solution will use a 3D-printed LEGO piece to hold a custom PCB. The power circuit is based on a tweaked Safety Charger board.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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