Far be it from me to complain about a mod like this mini game boy arcade, which looks like the real thing, only smaller. Many mods like to improve upon the more classic versions of themselves. This miniature arcade gaming table , for example, has all of the retro coolness of an arcade machine, but brings the added feature of an LED backlight provided by an Asus netbook, along with the additional functionality of being able to load even more arcade game goodness through the use of ROMs. That’s probably an unfair comparison, given the fact that this is a much simpler mod and it still looks awesome. I think I’m just embittered about all those years I tried to play my original game boy in the dark. Even with the “light” add-on, it was a crapshoot, and later hand-held consoles with lighted screens were a godsend.
I particularly like the theme going on here, since both the mario game boy games and pokemon were staples for the console, even more so than future iterations of the game boy. The teeny tiny joystick worries me a little, but maybe that’s because I’m afraid I’d break it off with these fat sausages I call fingers, and the controls themselves are otherwise well displayed. As you can see from the picture, the back end of the game boy is still open, so switching out to other games, charging it back up, or even listening to headphones are all readily accessible functionalities.
Via: Albotas