The BrickBoy kit turns Lego’s Game Boy into a handheld emulator

The BrickBoy takes astir 5 minutes to instal connected an already physique Lego Game Boy. | Image: Kickstarter

Talented Game Boy modder Natalie the Nerd was the archetypal to crook Lego’s awesome brick-built replica into a functional Game Boy. She’s currently processing a kit truthful anyone tin upgrade Lego’s Game Boy to really play games, but the creators of the BrickBoy person beaten her to the punch by taking a fewer shortcuts.

Natalie’s Lego Game Boy upgrades were each the much awesome due to the fact that she had to make a customized circuit board, smaller than a Game Boy cartridge, to acceptable wrong the replica utilizing archetypal chips truthful it could play existent cartridges. The BrickBoy is alternatively a customized self-contained module that slots into the Lego Game Boy’s cartridge slot and plays games done ROM files and emulation.

The BrickBoy’s creators assertion it takes astir 5 minutes to integrate the kit into Lego’s model, including installing a 2.4-inch LCD surface module, aligning magnetic sensors beneath the enactment buttons and D-pad, and reassembling it all. It looks casual enough, but those acrophobic with aesthetics whitethorn beryllium disappointed to spot that 1 mentation of the cartridge module does look to instrumentality retired of the backmost of the Lego Game Boy due to the fact that it houses a brace of AAA batteries.

The BrickBoy volition beryllium available for preorder done a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that’s acceptable to motorboat connected October 28th, 2025, successful 3 versions. The Essential Kit tin play Game Boy games successful grayscale and includes a mono speaker, portion the Gamer Kit adds enactment for Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance titles, Bluetooth headphone connectivity, and a rechargeable battery. There volition besides beryllium a Collector’s Edition with a imperishable powerfulness proviso for those wanting to show their Lego Game Boy moving demos, but pricing for the assorted kits hasn’t been announced yet.