30 Years Later, the Nintendo Game Boy Has Finally Become a Supersized Game Man

Every culture has a different benchmark for when a boy becomes a man . But for hand-held consoles , it apparently happens somewhere around the time that they ’re upgraded with a colour screen and the power to play NES games . But despite the status update , theGrumpy Modeler’sNintendo Game Manstill is n’t appropriate to vote .

By today ’s standards , the 5.8 - inch tall original Game Boy was by no means a bantam handheld , but rather of carry advantage of modern electronics to miniaturise it like the people behind theFunKey Sdid , the Grumpy Modeler has run low the other centering and supersized it to create the beastly Game Man that just barely qualifies as a handheld . But it lead plenty of room for a generously sized 5.6 - in full color 640×480 LCD presentation which is a welcome upgrade to the original Game Boy ’s 1.9 - inch screen door that boasted just 160×144 pixels .

The Game Man was created using a compounding of a usance 3-D - printed enclosing , a sacrifice NES and gamepad , and various third - party element that reserve all the retro hardware inside to toy nice together . But whereas many Game Boy mods look like a Frankenstein ’s devil console that ’s been hack together in someone ’s basement , the Grumpy Modeler ’s founding has the refined finish of a legit Nintendo product , including tradition labels on all the button .

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There ’s zero opportunity Nintendo is going to turn over a drudge ’s useable hatful jest into a literal product , so the Grumpy Modeler hasshared not only all of their 3D printer informant files for downloadbut a long shopping list of all the constituent one would postulate to build up their own , as well as random tips on how to put it all together . All you need to provide is the retro ironware that powers it and a middling robust understanding of electronics and bonding .

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