Minimum 700 yuan, do-it-yourself to make Nintendo Gameboy game

The 1989-born Nintendo handheld Game Boy is older than many gamers today, and its design concept dates back to the "Game&watch" produced by Nintendo in the late 70. Game Boy after the listing, although its hardware configuration Bish Game Gear and other similar products are low, but excellent game still let it surpass opponents, become a generation of memory ...

In the past 25 years, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to experience a brand new Game Boy today. Fortunately, today's technology is not the same, using 3D printing and open source hardware, players can completely build their own Game Boy.

I'm not joking, the famous Open-source hardware company Adafruit recently completed the Game Boy. They posted the full set of tutorials on the website. The content is detailed and meticulous. By reference, you can definitely make a Game Boy yourself.

Before that, you need to prepare a B-type raspberry Game, which will become the core of the Boy. In addition, you will need a remote control, lithium battery, Controller circuit board and a PITFT Mini component set containing a screen and memory card.

The shell of the game machine will be finished by 3D printing. But you don't have to buy a 3D printer, Adafruit has already designed the shell model of Game Boy, and put it on the site as well. You just go to the Adafruit website to download the model files, and then pay a small fee to be produced by a dedicated 3D printing company.

The most important process of rebuilding Game Boy is machine assembling, which includes decomposing remote control handle, welding controller circuit board, assembling, testing and so on.

The installation of the system is also a problem, fortunately adafruit also simplifies it completely. The player downloads the corresponding game rom directly from the mame.org enthusiast's website, and then brushes the ROM into the Raspberry host via the Brush machine software.

Screen access is simpler than the two steps above. Split the line, and then connect the screen and the Raspberry Pi jack, adjust the location of the screen is done.

After the installation is complete, you can insert the keyboard and then power on to check:

Check motherboard Boot:

Check the key sensitivity to see if the key is securely welded to the controller:

Boot up the demo to check the system and how well you respond to the keystrokes:

After the confirmation is correct, start screwing up the screws to complete the final assembly:

Players who are worried about lack of materials and tools can completely dispel their concerns, Adafruit offers a full range of tools and components. If you do not count the cost of the 3D print shell, only consider the raspberry sent micro-computer, screen, line, battery, as well as the handle, controller and other components, their price is 111.65 U.S. dollars, the equivalent of less than 700 yuan RMB.

Of course, some people must think that 700 yuan is still very expensive, 烦冗 complex assembly process will also let a lot of person deterred. In this case, it should be a good business model for a professional manufacturer to make a production and then pay for it by the user, just because of the trademark rights, Nintendo will certainly not allow such a thing to happen. In addition to advocating the "creative" spirit of the Adafruit, they released the original meaning of the tutorial, I am afraid that more people to enjoy the creation of happiness.