With a little bit of soldering and some adjustments to the Game Boy Color's plastic shell, This Does Not Compute was able to add BennVenn's backlighting conversion cable to the Game Boy Color, solving ...

Through the looking glass: The transparent variants of Nintendo's Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, and Game Boy Color were among the most distinctive gaming devices of their time. Decades later, a ...

If you're looking for a last-minute gift for a Nintendo fan who grew up during the Game Boy era, the newly released ModRetro Chromatic is one of the coolest retro gaming gadgets of 2024. The Chromatic ...

We extend our congratulations to [airz] over at the ben heck forums. He put together a mod that fits an emulator into an original NES cartridge and utilizes a butchered original NES controller; and he ...

Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

The Modretro Chromatic gives you an incredibly authentic Game Boy Color experience and is available in stores, unlike its competition. Made from high-quality materials and a custom 1:1 aspect ratio ...

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Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

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Even if you’re not a huge retro gamer, there’s a good chance that you’ll swoon as you hold the ModRetro Chromatic in your ...

The ModRetro Chromatic is the ultimate Game Boy, with an enhanced but authentic screen and exquisite build quality. If you can stomach the price tag, it's the best way to play original GB and GBC ...