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Turn Your GBA Into A Game Console

Posted by simoniker on from the almost-the-size-of-a-nomad-now dept.

Kon writes "Here's a site that has photos and describes some very nice mods for the GameBoy Advance (original model), which make it function more like a video game console, yet still remaining portable. These mods include a Neo Geo joystick attachment, power management mod, and an RGB LCD monitor attachment. If you're not too squeamish you can try them as well, using the instructions which are provided."

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  1. Sing along with me now! by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 1, Funny

    Styx rocks! Come on everyone, You know the words:

    Too much time on my hands...
    Too much time on my hands...

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    evil adrian
  2. Re:Or you could just use a Game Boy Player... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    On-topic first posts are forbidden on Slashdot. You are hereby banned for life. Sorry.

  3. Re:Or you could just use a Game Boy Player... by Worminater · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forget that this is /.

    Real geaks dont buy there toy enhancesments

    They mod their own, break it, but buy anohter one to mod on the principle of it.

    how many times have i alone gone through this terrible vicious cycle...

  4. What a fantastic idea! by jt007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coming next: how to buy a Sony Walkman and nail it to your wall!!

    Is it just me ir is this completely missing the point!

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    I never apologise, I'm sorry but that's just the way I am - Homer
    1. Re:What a fantastic idea! by dr_dank · · Score: 3, Funny

      how to buy a Sony Walkman and nail it to your wall!!

      Would that be before or after the casemod and mandatory installation of NetBSD?

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      Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
  5. I sure hope... by LordoftheFrings · · Score: 3, Funny

    he's didn't make a webserver mod for his GBA, cause with the roughly 3 megs of images, the slashdot effect will be like dropping a 600 tonne boulder on an ant.

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    Canadian Cynic, canadian politics is less boring than you
    1. Re:I sure hope... by ThosLives · · Score: 2, Funny
      like dropping a 600 tonne boulder on an ant.

      Oddly enough, chances are pretty good the ant will not get squashed because the surface roughness of the boulder will provide pockets of safety (ever step on an ant to have it survive because of the slots in your tread?). Whether the ant will starve/suffocate, however, is another issue entirely.

      It all depends on your perspective...and mine is wierd.

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      "There are a dozen opinions on a matter until you know the truth. Then there is only one." - CS Lewis (paraprhase)
  6. Penny Arcade said it well by zodar · · Score: 3, Funny

    PA said it well in their Addendum To The Manual

    (Warning : contains a bad word or two)

  7. Bummer! by DrFlex · · Score: 1, Funny

    This kinda voids my LCD joystick project.

  8. Re:Or you could just use a Game Boy Player... by tekiegreg · · Score: 1, Funny

    doooh, he got me by one minute, I was posting on a game boy you see, those old crappy screens are bad on eyes for telling time :-p *sigh* my karma is gonna hit bottom for my stupidity today...

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    ...in bed
  9. Cool by FrostedWheat · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd be even more impressed if they could make a portable Gamecube. That would even be useful aswell as cool!

  10. He is my GOD!!!!!11111111 by Frac · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm serious, that guy is a genius.

    I've actually been working on a similar project - turning a notebook into a computer. I don't have any pictures at the moment, but in a nutshell, it pretty much involves tying a ball and chain onto my PowerBook G4. How do you like MY apples?

  11. Reminds me of by Gogl · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's a Penny Arcade for every situation. God (or lack thereof) knows I'm not going to try a mod where chances are decent I'm just going to break my GBA. The mod gets point for geekness, but is definitely on the impractical side.