"She's calling her kit the Build A Boy, and she says the completely pre-soldered version should truly be "drop in and play." It's her custom-designed board with everything you should need beyond the bricks, including: an actual harvested Game Boy Pocket CPU a 2.7-inch 320 x 320 display working switches you can place behind your Lego buttons and D-pad for actual controls a speaker and a volume wheel a rechargeable battery a USB-C port to charge it"
"Natalie confirms to The Verge that she's planning to offer an optional glass lens if you hate the plastic window that Lego uses to cover the screen - and she might even offer some sort of video output so you can play on a TV or other external screen, though it's not guaranteed. She's not sure how she'll make video out happen yet, though. "It could even be potentially be over Wi-Fi if that doesn't affect performance," she tells me."
Build A Boy is a pre-soldered upgrade kit that converts the Lego Game Boy into a cartridge-playing Game Boy using a Game Boy Pocket CPU. The kit includes a 2.7-inch 320×320 display, working switches for buttons and D-pad, speaker with volume wheel, rechargeable battery, and USB-C charging. An optional glass lens will be offered to replace the Lego plastic window. Video output for external screens may be explored, potentially over Wi‑Fi if performance permits. The 320×320 screen will upscale original 160×144 images by 2× while preserving relative shape and size. Crowd Supply will handle production logistics.
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