The Pixelation forum came up with a neat contest for it’s users. They poked at the question, “what would modern games look like on an original Gameboy?” They ask their users to re-create screenshots of their favorite modern games in pixelated Gameboy-form.

You’ll find games like Guitar Hero, BioShock, ICO, Okami, Sam & Max, Flashback (not so modern but very cool) and so many more. Needless to say, we’re very impressed with some of the images their community has come up with. Kudos, guys. The forum is now holding a contest for user’s to make their own Mega Man level, with the only restriction being the graphical limitations of the original NES games. Show ‘em what you got.

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Have you ever wanted to add a floppy drive to your Nintendo Game Boy in order to read ROM files for all of your games? Neither have I, considering you can just download an emulator. Regardless, a French author has posted everything (even circuit diagrams) you’ll need to turn your portable gaming system into a cumbersome mess of wires. Sure, no one uses diskettes anymore but the dedication this author has put into this hack instead of just going out and buying a flash device is note worthy.

Kudos to France.
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I used to spend hours tapping away at the original Game Boy, hoping to improve my Tetris score. While my score sort of topped out and some point, the Tetris soundtrack will always be stuck in my head.

The funny thing is, that there was a setting in the original game which allowed you to choose from an assortment of songs. The default Tetris song was always my favorite. A fine mix of MIDI and Arabian sounds.This video shows a trio of Tetris fans performing the default theme song using bottles. I always knew blowing a certain way on bottles creates a tone but I never imagined composing a full blown cover song with the damn things.

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Alright, check it out fellow gearheads. The Gameboy Color might be ancient by modern standards, but there was a time wher every 9 year-old on the block had one of these. And if they didn’t? They were laughed at for being girly men. Trust me, I’d know. Mash-Mods has created a Gameboy Color unit with a touch-screen module built right in. Simply said, it turns your Gameboy Color into a touchscreen enabled device.

Touch control allows for areas on the screen to correspond to direction and action controls, allowing for RPG’s to add a closer connection between you and your avatar. Since the touch screen is only a prototype design, hiking one for yourself will cost $145. Really not to bad, all things considered. — Andrew Dobrow

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