Need to flip that LEGO Nintendo Recreation Boy reproduction into an actual, utterly useful and playable console? Now you’ll be able to, with Natalie the Nerd’s Construct A Boy equipment.
We first instructed you about Natalie’s efforts again in October, when LEGO launched their Recreation Boy equipment. 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 mentioned 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 reproduction and the Construct A Boy equipment, and also you’ll be able to assemble the final word console.
This shall be appropriate with all authentic Recreation Boy video games and backwards-compatible Recreation Boy Colour video games. That’s as a result of it makes use of actual Recreation Boy {hardware} (processors and reminiscence) salved from authentic Recreation Boy models. Natalie put these parts on a customized PCB designed particularly to slot in the LEGO enclosure.
And as an enormous bonus, this equipment options most of the improve mods which can be in style within the Recreation Boy neighborhood. 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 make sure to subscribe to updates on Crowd Provide so that you get a notification as quickly as it’s obtainable for backing.