A pair of California-based engineers have built what they say may be the largest Game Boy Color ever. Standing more than nine feet and weighing around 300 pounds, the Pokémon-yellow goliath requires a U-Haul to transport and took over 1,500 collective hours in a makerspace to create. And it isn’t just for show. The giant handheld plays real Game Boy games, thanks to a pixel-perfect display scaled up from the original and software written from scratch. The designers even fabricated an assortment of to-scale accessories, including game cartridges, a cable link, and AA batteries.
The console has already appeared at several maker events, where eager kids have punched and kicked its chunky buttons. It has also prompted plenty of older millennials, in person and online, to reminisce about simpler days. Build videos posted across social media have racked up hundreds of thousands of views. But for co-creator Paige Powell, a veteran prop designer and mechanical engineer, the giant Game Boy also represents something more special: a labor of love and a chance to inspire young girls to start building things themselves.
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