Gameboy XP PC
9th May, 2007 by stuart
Some inventive oddbod has successfully fitted a fully functioning Windows XP PC inside an old Nintendo Gameboy. The device can be connected to a monitor via a normal VGA port, while you can browse the Internet using the built-in network connection. What’s more, they’ve added two USB ports and replaced the A and B buttons with LEDs showing power and activity. Windows XP is installed on a Compact Flash card that’s conveniently inserted into the Gameboy’s cart slot.
Next step is hopefully a nice new built-in LCD colour screen.
More photos after the jump.
Source: Ascii.jp
May 9th, 2007 at 2:47 am
How well does XP work on a flash drive? Also, What are the system specs?
May 9th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
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May 9th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Me thinks they used a via pico itx board. It messures 10 by 7 cm (so fits well into the gameboy) speeds are upto 1.5 ghz, but those need a fan for cooling, so maybe they used a 800mhz to 1ghz processor which can be cool fanless. It can be equipt with maximum one 1gb sodimm. Performance is decent, but don’t expect too much. Windows XP performs well on a flash drive as it benefits the low latencies of the drive, but some programs that need a high data bandwith and do not benefit from low latencies, will perform poor. But everyday programs and simple games will perform good on a system like this.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
It puts my NES PC to shame, somewhat
http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/nespc
May 9th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
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May 9th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Hehe! Not at all, the CD drive is excellent!
Toby - good stats.
May 9th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Toby - you can clearly see a fan in the picture.
May 9th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Windows embeded answer: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/default.mspx
May 9th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
[…] to the continuing shrinkage of PC components, it’s now possible to get the whole thing into a GameBoy shell. This little guy uses a 4GB compact flash card and an EPIA PX10000G motherboard. That’s […]
May 9th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
this looks awesome, i would also like to know how they built it and what parts they used so i might be able to make one myself
May 9th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
I really can’t understand why he didn’t made the mod any better. Openings for the VGA/LAN ports seem to be carved with a knife and why in the hell one would want to leave all that hot glue visible… Idea is nice but the execution of the mod itself is sad
May 9th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Omg, look at his nails :S !!!! (the ones on the pic ofc)
May 9th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Pretty good job but some parts look a bit shoddy. Not that I could do any better
May 10th, 2007 at 12:40 am
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May 10th, 2007 at 2:19 am
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May 10th, 2007 at 3:08 am
Thanks trainwrecka!
May 10th, 2007 at 10:53 am
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May 11th, 2007 at 3:07 am
that deateroyed a game boy those ass holes how dare thay damn them 2 hell
May 11th, 2007 at 3:11 am
ur moms waz in there lol (:P
May 12th, 2007 at 10:39 am
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May 13th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
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May 14th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
sanane adlı kardeşim sorunun ne ki bölesi güzel şeyleri yapmayı başarmış kişilere hakaret etme gereği duyuyorsun.
hey stuart please erase ’sanane’ abuse reply.i’m turkish people but i ashamed for these ones
May 17th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Vay a.q gavur neler yapıyor
September 4th, 2007 at 7:24 am
A working LCD screen and a gb emulator on that flash drive will be all you need to reconstruct this gameboy!
October 18th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
hey, that’s cool as hell! i would like to take that motherboard and build it into a laptop. i have a 10 year old compaq laptop, and that motherboard would make for a very nice mod. anyone know where to get it and it’s price? email me @ track_slayer_records@yahoo.com
February 10th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
For those who say that that doesn’t have a fan, it does. First picture.
I’m currently searching for a piece of junk in which to install an OS (or make an OS with assembly). Anyone got tips in what to use (no, I wont use an iPod)?