

If you want to see more awesome Raspberry Pi projects check out our earlier looks at 10 surprisingly practical Raspberry Pi projects anybody can do and 10 insanely innovative, incredibly cool Raspberry Pi projects. There’s also a parts list on the YouTube video introducing the project, as well as a few detailed pictures of the device’s innards on Imgur. If you want to learn more about it, or maybe even build one yourself, check out Wermy’s post on Reddit. The impact on you at home: The Game Boy Zero is a pretty cool project. Wermy’s inside wiring for the Game Boy Zero. Here’s more from Raspberry Pi Pod: LyneByLyne on Reddit has posted an intriguing video in which he uses a Raspberry Pi Pico as a cartridge for a GameBoy. I don’t believe I’m the first to run a console like this on the Pico, but nonetheless I’m happy to where I’ve gotten (especially in a Rust context). And if that gearhead wants to use a Raspberry Pi Pico as a cartridge for a GameBoy, that’s something the Pico can do. He also added some very small shoulder buttons on the back of the Game Boy.īeyond the controls, the Game Boy Zero also adds a 3.5-inch composite color display, a rechargeable 2,000mAh battery where the four triple-A’s used to go, mini-HDMI out (where the contrast scroller used to be), micro-USB for charging, regular USB for an external peripheral like a keyboard, and Bluetooth. This is my Rust Gameboy emulator, Oxidgb, running on the Raspberry Pi Pico. The original Game Boy only had two buttons, so Wermy drilled holes for another pair, giving him a modern four-button handset. Thanks to the software, the handheld gaming console runs all kinds of older games from original Game Boy titles up to Game Boy Advance, as well as classic games for consoles like Super Nintendo.īut the changes go much deeper than the cartridge.

The SD card packs RetroPie and Emulation Station and appears to run nicely with the Game Boy Zero.

This cartridge includes an microSD card that can interface with the Game Boy Zero.
