Busted Game Boy given life with Super Mario papercraft
Call us crazy (or just packrats, whatever), but we can't just toss a dead gadget in good conscience. Apparently, neither can Josh Burker, who decided to convert a busted Game Boy into a beautiful piece of vintage art. Similar to the playable Paper Mario game we spotted about this time last month, Mr. Burker used his papercraft skills to whip up a familiar scene of Super Mario Bros. and mount it within the space where the display used to reside. Gunpei Yokoi would be so proud.
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He should have used the two hideous and awkward colors that the Gameboy was capable of displaying. Although this does look much nicer. Now I need another copy of Six Golden Coins.
And on a completely unrelated note, anybody here ever play the Goldeneye game for Gameboy? Weird as hell.
Hey! I did. Still have it as well. James Bond RPGs FTW!!!!!1!!!!one
(Actually, it IS weird, but in a funny way.)
HAHA, amazing. I just got it off of eBay a few months ago. I saw a video of it on YouTube and had to give it a shot. Bond Action/RPG. Who knew.
If he were a true fan it would be in neon green and black.
Oh please, if he were a true fan he'd have made it the first level of Mario Land.
Seriously, I understand the Mario love and all...but is this news?
Not really, but this isn't a news site, it's a blog.
last time i checked the remit of a blog was to entertain, interest or inform as the author sees fit. Not to provide news for FrankTheCrank
I haven't seen a Game Boy in so long. Brings back memories of how all the kids at school would steal game boy cartridges from each other.
I still have my Gameboy Original, in working condition. But only have robocop and TMNT for it. =(
And this is something we should care about when looking for tech news, why?? This is just detritus littering your page.
hey buddy, scroll past.
As opposed to your comment, which is a bastion of intelligent reading. C'mon - it's fun and video game related. Also, this is a blog, not CNN.
well good morning mr cranky pants
Best shadow box I've ever seen.
Very cool, but the top Question Mark Block should actually be solid since the 'shroom is already out =)
Yeah, that's the first thing I noticed. How can you be enough of a geek to make something like this, but not enough to do it accurately?
My GameBoy still works. In fact, I might even play some Faceball 2000 when I get home.
best....game....ever.......(on gameboy)
motocross maniacs?
i loved motocross maniacs!
A friend and I made paper games like that when we were in elementary school. We eventually started a business and sold them for a few cents a piece. Ours weren't just for display though, we had controls, multiplayer, and eventually I made one that could scroll. Good time, lol.
You were in school selling scrolling paper games that used controllers?
Damn dude. I'll give you a dollar if you make me one.
A friend and I made paper games like that when we were in elementary school. We eventually started a business and sold them for a few cents a piece. Ours weren't just for display though, we had controls, multiplayer, and eventually I made one that could scroll. Good time, lol.
I loved playing the mario games on the old gameboy -- that and tetris. And I bought a DS because - well, I wanted to play the mario games again and, well - Tetris. Yeah - I play tetris for at least 20 or 30 minutes a day. Wow. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Get a nintendo ds. Tetris DS is just as addictive but now comes with wifi multiplayer support. too many highly skilled asian maniacs but i manage to win a game now and then.
But to the topic. A nice way to let the gameboy be of any use post mortem.
Tetris on Game Boy (original) was and still is the best.
Tetris DS (integrating Nintendo characters, busying up the interface, offering cross-promotion mishmash and general diluted Tetris experience) I am not a great fan of.
That said, it still is fun, just far less fun than the pure Game Boy experience.
I don't care how old the system is, some games are simply better (and/or have no comparisons selling today) on that old system.
I still have mine and it still works! neh!
I love GameBoy classic! I have one and it works like a charm.
i gots me 2 of those ol beautys. 4.194304 mhz dmg processor 128k sram, certainly not a force to be reconed with. im modding one to try and put the buttons on the side, maby some stereo speekerz, its guna be da bomb