{"id":1518,"date":"2025-10-24T01:52:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/nintendos-chips-let-this-lego-game-boy-upgrade-kit-play-real-cartridges\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T01:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:52:38","slug":"nintendos-chips-let-this-lego-game-boy-upgrade-kit-play-real-cartridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/nintendos-chips-let-this-lego-game-boy-upgrade-kit-play-real-cartridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo\u2019s chips let this Lego Game Boy upgrade kit play real cartridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/bafkreian7lid7oqvf4wrsjj73ustwnhucknnehdpgseuzrosro2pqrxdxy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The race to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/787849\/lego-nintendo-game-boy-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Lego Game Boy<\/a> play actual Game Boy games ended before it even began. The same day Lego officially launched the set, <a href=\"https:\/\/nataliethenerd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natalie the Nerd<\/a> revealed she&rsquo;d already transformed it to play real Game Boy cartridges on real Game Boy chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Turns out she&rsquo;s not stopping there! Natalie is now working on complete drop-in upgrade kits for the Lego Game Boy &#8211; no soldering required &#8211; and partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdsupply.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maker marketplace Crowd Supply<\/a> to handle the logistics. She warns that this <em>won&rsquo;t<\/em> be something you&rsquo;ll want to play every day, but she&rsquo;s still making it real.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/G2MXjcLaEAAFRDQ.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Natalie the Nerd\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">She&rsquo;s calling her kit <a href=\"https:\/\/buildaboy.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Build A Boy<\/a>, and she says the completely pre-soldered  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/805673\/nintendos-chips-make-this-lego-game-boy-upgrade-kit-the-most-authentic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race to make the Lego Game Boy play actual Game Boy games ended before it even began. 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