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Can your Gameboy run XP?

By Chris on Wednesday, May 9th 2007 2 Comments

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Why in the world would someone want to cram a fully-functional PC inside of something like a classic Gameboy? Because it’s fun, that’s why!

Gameboy XP

more pics after the jump

The cool thing is that the little system will actually run Windows XP off of a Compact Flash card. I would assume Linux would work just fine as well. You’ll need to hook it up to a monitor to see what you’re doing though, it looks like they ran out of room to install one into the Gameboy. As cool as that might have been, it wouldn’t have exactly been practical anyway.

Gameboy XP

He has even replaced the A and B buttons with LEDs to show power and activity. It’s attention to minor details like that that make a mod really stand out.

Gameboy XP

Gameboy XP

Gameboy XP PC [via plasticbamboo]

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2 Responses to “Can your Gameboy run XP?”

  1. lkdghsdfgs November 3, 2007

    Where is the cd drive????

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  2. H2dm November 25, 2007

    usb ports – nice!
    ethernet – nicer!
    the led’s – cool!

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