Wish to flip that LEGO Nintendo Recreation Boy duplicate into an actual, utterly practical and playable console? Now you possibly can, with Natalie the Nerd’s Construct A Boy package.
We first informed you about Natalie’s efforts again in October, when LEGO launched their Recreation Boy package. On the time, her efforts to cram actual Recreation Boy {hardware} into the LEGO enclosure had been principally full, however not fairly on the level the place she was able to share the design with others. She stated she can be sharing extra quickly and now that she’s again, the replace is even higher than we had hoped.
The information is sweet: Natalie the Nerd is launching a Crowd Provide marketing campaign to promote kits that may allow you to Construct a Boy! That is an evolution of that design we featured again in October, however streamlined for the plenty. Purchase the official LEGO Nintendo Recreation Boy duplicate and the Construct A Boy package, and also you’ll be able to assemble the last word console.
This shall be appropriate with all unique Recreation Boy video games and backwards-compatible Recreation Boy Coloration video games. That’s as a result of it makes use of actual Recreation Boy {hardware} (processors and reminiscence) salved from unique Recreation Boy items. Natalie put these elements on a customized PCB designed particularly to slot in the LEGO enclosure.
And as an enormous bonus, this package options lots of the improve mods which can be standard within the Recreation Boy group. It has a pleasant 2.73” backlit show, an 800mAh lithium battery with USB-C charging, Panasonic tactile buttons, and choices for a hyperlink port and display-out.
That can be all open supply, which we like to see.
Natalie the Nerd is gearing up for the crowdfunding launch, so remember to subscribe to updates on Crowd Provide so that you get a notification as quickly as it’s obtainable for backing.