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Imogen Heap uses a Game Boy
Friday 5th February, 2010 - 3:30pm | neuropol
Musician Imogen Heap is famous for using all sorts of electronic sounds to create her music. Apparently, a Game Boy is part of her arsenal.
The Game Boy appears about seven minutes in, just after she plays her nose (not a misprint). Yes, she's a bit of a hippy, but she does make some interesting music. Also, it looks as if that's a Game Boy Pocket. Anyone who's anyone knows the original Game Boy has much better sound, but she's cute so we'll give her a pass for now.
via Pixelh8
Turn your Game Boy Camera into a robot!
Thursday 4th February, 2010 - 7:59am | neuropol
Kinda.
French roboticist [Laurent] has detailed how to connect a Game Boy Camera to a microcontroller by way of a serial connection.
He provides schematics, pin-outs, software, and assorted pics to help you through the process. His other pages detail other aspects of building a robot, though no complete plans are forthcoming. You'll have to design your own robot to hook this up to, poor baby.
Game Boy Camera robot via Hack a day
Everything you didn't want to know about Tetris
Tuesday 2nd February, 2010 - 11:48am | neuropol
Ever wonder about the differences between pack-in and retail Tetris carts? Ever think about the text differences on the retail Tetris boxes? No? Too bad, cause here it is.
Dirty Secrets of Tetris
We've compared all the carts and boxes Tetris has shipped in. Take a moment and revel in the useless knowledge and our wasted time!
DS outsells Game Boy
Monday 1st February, 2010 - 11:33am | neuropol
It is a black day indeed. According to Nintendo the DS has now sold over 125 million units, surpassing the Game Boy's 118.69 million. Of course, it took 20 years for a handheld to even come close to the Game Boy.
I think what this little factoid really shows is the current state of gaming. When the Game Boy was selling, gaming was still a predominately youthful affair. These days gaming has become an acceptable sideline for adults as well as children. DS sales are also helped by people like "Steve" who think 'Gotta catch em all" applies to DS games.
via 1up
image from Nintendo
Calculator Boy found!
Friday 29th January, 2010 - 9:10am | Chandler
Finally it has turned up! The Calculator Boy has been found and documented. I wish I had one of these when I was doing long division in 3rd grade... Heck I want one now! Also, note that it's trademarked!? I see no signs of Nintendo branding, but that doesn't mean it's not official... Who knows what's on the back? All I know is that with this, 2+2=FUN!
Tiny Cartridge via Flickr
Steampunk Game Boy
Thursday 28th January, 2010 - 7:51am | neuropol
Game Boy modder and chip tune musician Thretris has created a new Game Boy case mod.
This is quite a departure from his usual case mods, which are usually just new paint jobs (but really nice paint jobs). Attention has been payed to every detail here. My only complaint, and this is the complaint I have with most steampunk stuff, is that I wish all the gears and such looked like they actually did something. Despite that, this is one hell of a mod.
Keep an eye out on ebay for this sucker.
Steampunk Game Boy via geek.com
