Tonight I found a ticket back to the 1990's, courtesy of Palmer Lucky and his company ModRetro.
This is a fully functional, magnesium alloy-shelled, backlit Game Boy Color with the same exact screen size as the original Nintendo device (the first time any company besides Nintendo has done this for such a game system). It has a sapphire glass lens, and it's powered by three AA batteries. It can play all Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.
This is like one of those dream-come-true situations from when I was a kid and I would pose what-if scenarios with friends. Like, "What if a tech billionaire decided to make the ultimate Game Boy Color just because he loved the system?"
Some dreams oddly enough do come true.
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It works pretty darn well, and it looks amazing. It's like someone took a stock Nintendo screen and just lit it up.
Usually modified GameBoys and third party retro devices have larger screens and use software to get the display to look as close to the original aspect ratio as possible. ModRetro actually manufactured backlit screens with the exact same dimensions as the original system.
If you're a fan of the GameBoy you should really consider giving this a shot. GameStop carries the variant you see here, or ModRetro's website sells the full line.
New accessories and firmware updates will be coming in the new year, after more people get to use the device.
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