Giving the Sport Boy Coloration the Huge Format It Deserves

The Nintendo Sport Boy Coloration hit the North American market manner again on November 18th, 1998. However at greater than 25 years outdated, it’s nonetheless very fashionable due to its implausible library of video games. There isn’t a lot on this world extra satisfying than taking part in Pokémon Yellow on a yellow Sport Boy Coloration. However in addition to the Sport Boy Coloration has aged, it nonetheless has numerous points that appear fairly obtrusive within the modern-day. So LeggoMyFroggo fully redesigned the Sport Boy Coloration to make it higher in each possible manner.

The obvious distinction between a Sport Boy Coloration and this system, dubbed the “Frog Boy Coloration,” is the shape issue. Like a Sport Boy Advance, is has a large format with the controls to the left and proper of the display screen. That’s way more snug to carry for lengthy intervals of time than the “portrait” format of the Sport Boy and Sport Boy Coloration. You’ll be able to play Sport Boy Coloration video games on a normal Sport Boy Advance, however the cartridges stick out and LeggoMyFroggo had many enhancements to make, too.

LeggoMyFroggo is a console modding genius and carried out far too many enhancements for us to cowl on this brief house, so we’ll simply persist with the highlights. Additionally it is vital to notice that the Frog Boy Coloration will not be an emulator. It runs actual cartridges on actual {hardware} (CPU, RAM, crystal, and extra) pulled from an precise Sport Boy Coloration. That mentioned, LeggoMyFroggo did change a few of the circuits, similar to these for audio and energy.

That was essential as a result of the Frog Boy Coloration’s parts are a lot better. With regards to audio, for instance, the Frog Boy Coloration has twin mono amps to push sound by both the built-in audio system or headphones. Energy is an actual deal with, as a result of the Frog Boy Coloration has lithium batteries and USB-C charging — no want to hold round a sack of AA batteries anymore. It additionally accepts backlit IPS LCD display screen mods, so customers received’t need to depend on ebook lights anymore.

This does, after all, require a customized PCB and enclosure. LeggoMyFroggo expertly designed the PCB in KiCAD and had it manufactured by PCBWay. Additionally they CNC-machined the beautiful aluminum entrance half of the enclosure, and resin-printed the again half. We can not overstate the fantastic thing about that enclosure. It makes the Frog Boy Coloration appear like an actual shopper product and never a modded console.