The Nintendo Recreation Boy Coloration hit the North American market approach again on November 18th, 1998. However at greater than 25 years outdated, it’s nonetheless very fashionable due to its improbable library of video games. There isn’t a lot on this world extra satisfying than taking part in Pokémon Yellow on a yellow Recreation Boy Coloration. However in addition to the Recreation Boy Coloration has aged, it nonetheless has numerous points that appear fairly obvious within the modern-day. So LeggoMyFroggo utterly redesigned the Recreation Boy Coloration to make it higher in each conceivable approach.

The obvious distinction between a Recreation Boy Coloration and this system, dubbed the “Frog Boy Coloration,” is the shape issue. Like a Recreation Boy Advance, is has a large format with the controls to the left and proper of the display. That’s way more snug to carry for lengthy intervals of time than the “portrait” format of the Recreation Boy and Recreation Boy Coloration. You may play Recreation Boy Coloration video games on a regular Recreation Boy Advance, however the cartridges stick out and LeggoMyFroggo had many enhancements to make, too.

LeggoMyFroggo is a console modding genius and carried out far too many enhancements for us to cowl on this brief area, so we’ll simply persist with the highlights. It is usually vital to notice that the Frog Boy Coloration just isn’t an emulator. It runs actual cartridges on actual {hardware} (CPU, RAM, crystal, and extra) pulled from an precise Recreation Boy Coloration. That stated, LeggoMyFroggo did substitute among the circuits, equivalent to these for audio and energy.

That was crucial as a result of the Frog Boy Coloration’s parts are a lot better. In terms of audio, for instance, the Frog Boy Coloration has twin mono amps to push sound by both the built-in audio system or headphones. Energy is an actual deal with, as a result of the Frog Boy Coloration has lithium batteries and USB-C charging — no want to hold round a sack of AA batteries anymore. It additionally accepts backlit IPS LCD display mods, so customers gained’t need to depend on ebook lights anymore.

This does, in fact, require a customized PCB and enclosure. LeggoMyFroggo expertly designed the PCB in KiCAD and had it manufactured by PCBWay. Additionally they CNC-machined the beautiful aluminum entrance half of the enclosure, and resin-printed the again half. We can not overstate the great thing about that enclosure. It makes the Frog Boy Coloration appear to be an actual shopper product and never a modded console.