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This Game Boy has a secret way to play hundreds of classic games

The device and cartridge it uses looks normal but inside, it’s very different.

6CJte3Q The modified Game Boy and the original side by side. Imgur Imgur

WHEN IT WAS released back in 1989, the original Game Boy was a must-have handheld thanks to the collection of games that came with it.

Now one DIY enthusiast has created a customised version called the Game Boy Zero which can play games from some classic consoles.

Thanks to its bulky size, Wermy (the YouTuber who designed it) gutted the device out and managed to fit in a Raspberry Pi Zero, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, a Bluetooth receiver and a new screen and speaker.

There’s also a mini-HDMI output in case you want to play any games on your TV.

DKC game boy wermy / YouTube wermy / YouTube / YouTube

He also included some extra buttons to play more advanced games, two at the front and another two at the back to act as L and R buttons, which is similar to how the SNES controller was laid out.

The device is powerful enough to run all titles from the NES, SNES, Mega Drive, and the entire Game Boy range, including the Game Boy Advance.

Probably the best feature is how games are loaded onto the handheld, using a re-purposed standard Game Boy cartridge to act as a micro-SD card adapter.

It also slots into the Game Boy Zero like a normal cartridge, but unlike 1989 where Nintendo could only fit in one monochrome game, this can fit in hundreds.

game boy mod wermy / YouTube wermy / YouTube / YouTube

The device took a couple of weeks to complete and its creator goes into greater detail as to how he created it in the below video. A word of warning: if you’re thinking of doing the same, be prepared for a lot of work.

wermy / YouTube

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    Mute Rowe
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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:05 AM

    Tony Beets would’ve had it out of the ground already.

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    Apr 8th 2016, 1:12 PM

    From 1p to 3p??..

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    Mute Owen Slattery
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    Apr 8th 2016, 3:15 PM

    Tony Beets would still be trying to fix a dredge…

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    Mute Derek McCarthy
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    Apr 8th 2016, 3:47 PM

    Fixing one while the other one tares it up. Gene is the man for the Donegal boys.

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    Mute sean nohn
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    Apr 8th 2016, 6:28 PM

    Ye tony Intel shares are only worth bout 30$ for one. So obviously the mining company is valued a lot smaller therefore cheap share’s. The more people buy into it and the more the company grows the dearer the shares are basicly

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    Mute john
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    Apr 8th 2016, 9:33 PM

    Just make it happening!!!

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    Mute SilentFugitive
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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:14 AM

    This is going to do nothing for the peninsula except line the pockets of the few and satisfy shareholders. I fear for the future of this amazing landscape.

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    Mute Darren Byrne
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    Apr 8th 2016, 1:05 PM

    I really wouldn’t worry about it. This has all the hall marks of that Irish company who keep finding oil in Irish waters only to see their share price jump and then fall back down. Also their shares were literally penny stocks. These type of stocks are well known for being involved in scams.

    Think about it the only way these shares would have gone up is if someone sold them between the announcement and now. They probably already well know how viable the find is. There’s gold to be had alright but its that of the fools who are buying the shares.

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    Mute Not_Rod_Ten©
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    Apr 8th 2016, 10:54 AM

    I smell a discovery programme, gold rush smellybegs

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    Mute Tony Canning
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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:24 AM

    They’d be on the wrong end of the county then…

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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:33 AM

    God could you imagine? They’d need to subtitle the fcuk out of it.

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    Mute Tom Collins
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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:36 AM

    Ara sure do it the Irish way. Give the contract to an American company then charge them pittance for every ounce of gold. Sure what would we know about mining gold? Tora lora lora lay

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    Mute Tom Kelly
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    Apr 8th 2016, 2:00 PM

    Tony, good one. I’m from Dublin and i work around Donegal and i can’t believe how many people aren’t aware of the size of Donegal.

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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:52 AM

    Yer man has gold teeth already!!!!

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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:56 AM

    Won’t be long now before America liberate us

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    Mute Lord mountainbaton
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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:15 AM

    “Hear em say in Dublin, there’s gold in them there hills”. The Norwegians will be here by Mayday!

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    Mute Martin Bonner
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    Apr 8th 2016, 8:36 PM

    “…Inishowen could then be know for its Multi-Millionaires….”

    Donald Trump can deck off though.

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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:17 AM

    There is huge local opposition to the Curraghinalt site in Tyrone owned by Canadian firm, Dalradian. They want to build a waste processing plant in the locality of the mine, which has the potential to cause huge damage to the local environment

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    Apr 8th 2016, 3:26 PM

    From what I remember, there is more support in the local towns than there is dissent.

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    Apr 8th 2016, 4:09 PM

    Could open up hundreds of jobs though.

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    Mute Sinéad Teague
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    Apr 8th 2016, 6:54 PM

    At what cost to people’s health and the environment? Dalradian won’t be around forever, the effects of the mining/processing will

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    Mute Sinéad Teague
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    Apr 8th 2016, 6:54 PM

    Are you from there?

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    Mute Rosa Parks
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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:48 AM

    On my way now with my pan

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    Apr 8th 2016, 11:29 AM

    Not be too long before they sell off the rights to Norway then so..

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    Apr 8th 2016, 1:06 PM

    Not sure if it’s the same company but years ago there was gold found on Croagh Patrick in Co.Mayo, thank god people kicked up about it or it would have been ruined by mining…

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Apr 8th 2016, 1:28 PM

    There is gold in many places in Ireland, might have to do with the amount of Uranium ore in Donegal as well?

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