I built a Gameboy Color XXL...

I did it fam.... I finally completed the final build of my Gameboy Color XXL. (And a few weeks ahead of schedule too!) I've been working on it since early June. My brother did 100% of the wood work and paint job. I did all the installation of parts, purchasing over $260+ of said parts, the project planning and direction, and troubleshooting power-draw issues. (I decided on metallic purple, but this lighting is terrible.) runs cool, and barely draws over 1 Amp of power from the mega-sized power bank inside. I've loaded it up with NES, SNES, Gameboy Color/Advance, GameGear, Genesis, and PS1 games. Also has Kodi media player and DOOM 2 installed. It's 5am here, and I'm going to bed.

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Jayro
Oh, and I forgot to mention it's 100% solderless, so anyone can build it. No soldering skills required. Everything is plugged in via USB!
 
The Real Jdbye
I remember seeing this before it was finished. I like the new color.
Also, pretty cool that the controller detaches, I didn't realize that before.
I can't help but feel like it could have been made way smaller without sacrificing any functionality or even soldering anything though. There must be a lot of empty space inside that thing. It's not exactly what you'd call portable, much less handheld, so I have a hard time considering it a Gameboy anything since the handheld aspect is kind of a main feature of that.
 
Jayro
I wanted it extra big because I'll be wearing it on my chest for a convention, and people can walk up and play it. I also wanted more room inside on purpose, so wiring wouldn't be crowded like the prototype was.
 

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