A technical DIY YouTuber named Otto Climan has teamed up with Retro Modding to create a beautiful, classic Apple Boy-style Game Boy Color with an updated screen and the ability to work as an Apple TV remote.
The relationship between love-and-hate consumers and technology enthusiasts has not been overestimated with Apple’s touchpad-based remote for the Apple TV and Apple TV 4K. Many people consider it practically useless, and articles or videos about the Apple TV 4K often get multiple comments stating ‘but that’s it’. ‘In addition, many users say that it is so small that it is far too easy to lose.
(Full disclosure: when I reviewed the Apple TV 4K, I actually did liked the remote control. I think it is much easier to browse through content than alternatives from Roku and others. But I did not, to say the least, speak for all Ars, and the general consensus in comment threads and internet forums everywhere seems to be ‘thumbs down’.)
In his YouTube video, Climan reviews the wild history of Game Boy adaptations and attachments, and begins work on modifying a classic Game Boy Color handheld console. He installs a more modern LCD screen and places the hardware in the casing designed by Retro Modding.
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Retro Modding also provided a cartridge on which Climan loaded an SD card that could contain ROMs for the Game Boy to use. He then used command-line tools to program a ROM that allowed the use of the Game Boy Color’s existing IR port (formerly used for data transfer between Game Boys) to communicate with the Apple TV, instead. of Apple’s own controversial. distant.
Eventually it works, and Climan notes that he was able to make it happen thanks to the Game Boy’s thriving and useful online modding community. We only see for a few seconds how the device is used as a remote control, but it is enough to let us know that it works.
We have included some images from the video above, but we recommend watching the video as Climan deserves the click for his work here. The video is Italian, but if you’re an English speaker, Google’s auto-generated subtitle translation does a sufficient job of processing the general core – even if it’s few nuances.
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