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A Creator Has Made Lego's Non-Playable Game Boy Set Playable
Natalie the Nerd created custom components to make the LEGO Game Boy playable, planning tutorials and mod kits to enhance the 421-piece decorative model.
- Yesterday, the LEGO Game Boy kit went on sale as a 421-piece near one-to-one replica of Nintendo's original handheld, officially a decorative model that cannot play games.
- LEGO and Nintendo announced the kit in July and opened pre-orders this summer; the $59.99 set includes brick cartridges of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Super Mario Land and features a lenticular screen.
- Natalie the Nerd, Australia-based hardware hacker, built a custom mainboard, display and PCB with a physical cartridge slot that boots real Game Paks and uses USB-C power.
- On Discord and X, Natalie the Nerd confirmed plans to release a mod kit and tutorials and may sell kits once she is satisfied with refinements.
- This could encourage a niche market for aftermarket modding, as the mod makes playable what LEGO and Nintendo offered only as a decorative replica, addressing a gap fans and collectors noticed.
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Behold: The Lego Game Boy has already been modded to play games for real
Today, the Lego Game Boy officially goes on sale. It’s surprisingly good. But in Australia, one woman has already created a more amazing version. Natalie the Nerd, the self-taught circuit board designer and Game Boy modder whose gorgeous transparent Game Boy we featured in August, is doing what Nintendo and Lego didn’t: make it playable. Let me be clear: this is not an emulator. Natalie did not stuff a Raspberry Pi in here. It’s far more impress…
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