{"id":88461,"date":"2016-04-14T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T10:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=88461"},"modified":"2016-04-14T12:33:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T10:33:06","slug":"custom-built-raspberry-pi-game-boy-plays-hundreds-of-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/88461-custom-built-raspberry-pi-game-boy-plays-hundreds-of-games","title":{"rendered":"Custom-built Raspberry Pi Game Boy plays hundreds of games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Raspberry Pi enthusiast has created a Game Boy that runs hundreds of classic games using a Raspberry Pi Zero.<\/p>\n<p>YouTuber &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aMhTMgDHGaM\" target=\"_blank\">wermy<\/a>&#8216; has combined the processing power of a Raspberry Pi with the utility and design of a classic Game Boy. The resulting device is able to play a variety of classic games off an SD card using an emulator.<\/p>\n<p>The case which houses the Raspberry Pi Zero is an old Game Boy case which has been made slightly larger and had extra buttons added so that the device has the required number of inputs for newer games.<\/p>\n<p>The modded Game Boy is powered by a lithium-ion battery and retains similar functionality to the classic Game Boy, although all the hardware is improved &#8211; including the device&#8217;s display.<\/p>\n<p>The most impressive aspect of the build is the modified Game Boy cartridge, which has been hooked up to an internal SD card.<\/p>\n<p>You can take a look at some pictures of the device <a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/jyjmG\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, or check out the breakdown of the Raspberry Pi Game Boy below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aMhTMgDHGaM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The best games from the greatest decade in gaming\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/88119-the-best-games-from-the-greatest-decade-in-gaming.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The best games from the greatest decade in gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Ubisoft to permanently ban cheaters in The Division\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/88443-ubisoft-to-permanently-ban-cheaters-in-the-division.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ubisoft to permanently ban cheaters in The Division<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Epic broadband for gamers: 400Mbps fibre for R599\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/87892-epic-broadband-for-gamers-400mbps-fibre-for-r599.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Epic broadband for gamers: 400Mbps fibre for R599<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Raspberry Pi can give a Game Boy some serious upgrades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":88465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585],"tags":[8905,197,1512,17891,10000],"class_list":["post-88461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-game-boy","tag-hack","tag-mod","tag-project","tag-raspberry-pi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}