A Creator Has Made Lego's Non-playable Game Boy Set Playable

When Lego announced its adjacent 1:1, 421-piece Nintendo Game Boy group I wrote that it was charming, but "sadly not playable." Now that it has started shipping (as of yesterday), creator Natalie nan Nerd proved maine 100 percent wrong. She added nan powerfulness to play genuine Game Boy cartridges, utilizing existent hardware and not an emulator, according to her post connected Bluesky and a communicative connected The Verge.

The task was correct up Natalie's alley arsenic she specializes successful circuit committee design, having moreover created a transparent 1 for another Game Boy project. To make nan Lego Game Boy run, she created a civilization circuit committee pinch Game Boy chips soldered on, including moving buttons. She past added nan "smallest surface kit connected nan market," she told The Verge, removing a fewer bricks to make it fit. You won't moreover person to interest astir batteries arsenic it has a USB-C larboard to tally everything.

It's afloat functional but not rather complete — connected Bluesky, Natalie pointed retired that nan A and B keys are presently held successful by an elastic band. To hole that, she plans to 3D people a lego portion that will clasp a civilization PCB for nan buttons. Once it's each ready, she'll stock her designs arsenic she has pinch past products. "I americium going to merchandise it erstwhile I americium happy pinch it," she wrote connected X.