It’s actually just a reinterpretation created by an electronics artist in London, but it could well be that Nintendo didn’t want to release the prototype.
We do not know it if that were in Nintendo’s imagination one dayBut the truth is that the community of users and developers is always pushing the limits of our favorite devices, now with the game boy of Japan as the involuntary protagonist of it a really great design exercise.
It’s done a London craftsman who calls himself Obirux and defined as “an artist who builds unique works of art”Get the look of a Game Boy Advance without the Advance, well It really is a classic Game Boy recreated in a wide format it looks more comfortable and harmonious than the design originally chosen by Nintendo.
As our colleagues have told us gizmodo Y the corrThere we saw the invention of Obirux, The reconstruction is complete, although the original 1989 aesthetic has been retainedRealigned all components so the handle is horizontal like in the SEGA Game Gear, the already mentioned Game Boy Advance or the Sony PSPamong other portable consoles and even as in the current Nintendo Switch.
In homage to the original creation of Minato’s company, which coded the model as Nintendo Game Boy DMG-01, The Game Boy creator named it DMG-0B after that acronym dot matrix game which the Japanese defined their first portable consoles, referring to their screen with a pixel matrix.
Obirux himself uploaded a vídeo to YouTube showing his design practice with the most classic Game Boy and even On your website we perro get a list of everything included in this modwhich is unfortunately necessary sacrifice two original Game Boy cases with some more plastic, touch-ups and paint.
For her, The original screen and circuit board have been replaced modified by some for the event, leaving room for Better IPS panel to modernize the hardware a bit by offering much clearer picture and even backlightthe logical use of the technological development that has taken place over the years.
Also, this new screen perro genera different shades of color that it allows for a semi-toned look within that signature green palette in memory of the screen dot matrix since 1989.
Another major improvement is the replacement of the huge estándar AA battery paquete that is installed instead Lithium-ion battery that saves space and improves autonomyquite incidentally, we avoid having to constantly change the batteries and the associated costs.
On the left the original Game Boy and on the right the brand new Obirux redesign.
The buttons have also been repositioned. in convenient positions to the left and right of the panel, move all connectors and auxiliary buttons, including, to the frames another power connection vintage of a kind Jack or on tapUnfortunately, this means that we cannot charge this console with a estándar USB Type-C.
Like other Obirux creations, this Game Boy is from an alternate universe It is for sale on their website, although it is “sold out”.so you won’t be able to have it, at least for a while. We don’t know the price either.although these Obirux creations are always expensive.
Molar is very cool, but who dares spend more than $500 on a redesigned Game Boy classic…