I just built this set yesterday and was thinking to myself 'I wonder how hard it would be to turn this into a functioning gameboy?'
Looks like I have my answer!
Liftyee 1 days ago [-]
I love projects like this where you have to work around constraints like the Lego form factor and the support electronics for the CPU. In terms of modern hardware, the PCB is surprisingly sparse - using modern surface-mount components really helps.
The super detailed silkscreen on the Nintendo PCB does make me wish for the time when all products came with schematics and component specifications...
jjkaczor 2 days ago [-]
This is... very very nice, and why I love the internet, LEGO and maker/hacker type nerds...
danielkay 1 days ago [-]
I think tons of HN tech people are into LEGO. After they gathered 10,000 votes and still declined to do a JWST telescope TWICE, I personally decided to have some fun with it on my own.
I pre-ordered this set to do exactly this. Nice to see others have the same idea.
Weirdly I only received mine today, I wonder why the difference in pre-order shipment times is so large.
B-Con 1 days ago [-]
People in the USA have been picking them up for weeks from Costco. I got mine ~2 weeks ago.
alias_neo 1 days ago [-]
I saw this set on the shelf in a big toy shop (Smyths) here in the UK a few days ago, didn't realise it was hot off the press.
One can definitely go pick one up off the shelf here in the UK as of at least Wednesday (the day I saw them).
10729287 1 days ago [-]
Because some sellers don’t respect sales embargo and/or some clients have some privileges.
jerrysievert 1 days ago [-]
beyond the other explanations that some have given, lego direct order releases ship from more than one warehouse, even in the US - my bricklink western train set shipped from Vegas, and others I had chatted with either got them 3-4 days earlier than me or 3-4 days later, depending on how close they were to the warehouse and the order of the orders going out.
just logistics, or luck as some of us call it?
dom96 6 hours ago [-]
Seems pretty lame to literally pre-order something and get it significantly later than others who haven't pre-ordered
icu 1 days ago [-]
This looks cool but that D-Pad is going to hurt after a few minutes of play.
jama211 1 days ago [-]
The kind of person who does this has many gameboys to play on, this is for art and concept only I imagine
ginko 2 days ago [-]
The Game Boy modding scene is fascinating. You can literally replace every single part of it other than the `DMG-CPU` main SoC.
There's a replacement motherboard which uses an FPGA in lieu of an original GB/GBC/SGB SoC, so you can in fact build a Gameboy of Theseus with zero Nintendo parts.
I was wondering how long it would take someone to do this.
ranza 16 hours ago [-]
Thats my wife!
layer8 1 days ago [-]
The startup video doesn’t feature the Game Boy startup sound (nor any other sound), so no sound?
lowbloodsugar 1 days ago [-]
Was so disappointed when I realized it wasn’t a real gameboy, but then I realized someone even more of a nerd than me would take care of that and I’d just have to be patient. Only took a few days!
janci 1 days ago [-]
Did Nintendo lawyers already get in touch?
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The super detailed silkscreen on the Nintendo PCB does make me wish for the time when all products came with schematics and component specifications...
https://ibb.co/bgFFKhLn
Plan to Kickstart it early next year...
Weirdly I only received mine today, I wonder why the difference in pre-order shipment times is so large.
One can definitely go pick one up off the shelf here in the UK as of at least Wednesday (the day I saw them).
just logistics, or luck as some of us call it?
Well even that can be replaced, sorta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EccVHo-pDGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cesh5OAL4uk