Anthony, baut aus alten Nintendo DS Lite-Geräten einen Gameboy Macro. Die Idee, statt einem Gameboy Micro einen Macro zu entwerfen ist genial – einen Nintendo DS dafür zu verwenden und ihm den Kopf zu entfernen, eine andere. Dabei ist wohl einiges an Modifikation notwendig, die Anthony auf seiner Webseite genauesten erklärt. Für alle, die es sich einfach machen möchten, können auch einen Gameboy Macro bei Anthony in Auftrag geben. Um die 100 US-Dollar fallen dabei an, wobei Anthony im Moment ausgebucht ist und keine Aufträge mehr entgegennimmt. Wir von GamesArt, haben dem Künstler ein paar eigene Zeilen über sein Werk und seine Videospiel-Affinitäten entlocken können.
Anthony
I build a lot of things when I get bored, most of it is overly complex and usually ends up half finished or just taking an incredibly long time. I wanted to do a relatively simple project that I could finish quickly and I had seen this mod done a lot in the past few years. Every time I saw it I thought it was pretty ugly and felt I could make it look a bit nicer. Typically it’d just be a DS without the top screen and a large resistor sticking out of it, or an LED. I decided to use a surface mount resistor and sand/fill the case in an attempt to make it look like a more professional product. Overall I was pretty happy with it. It took two weeks from start to finish. Most of that was me just waiting for paint to dry and working on other stuff. I mostly worked on it on/off in my spare time. Materials were just a broken DS, 330 ohm resistor, bondo, and some spray paint! I make a lot of things when I get bored, so I have a lot of ideas bouncing around in my head. Hopefully this will be an avenue to show those ideas to people! This idea just came from seeing this mod done previously and me wanting to make a more presentable version. My favorite game is X-Men Vs Street Fighter. I’m a huge fan of fighting games. My favorite soundtrack is probably Luftrausers. Though there’s really only one song, but it is incredible! More traditional favorite soundtrack would probably be Journey. Or Advent Rising. All three of the games I mentioned have amazing music! My next project (after I make a bunch of these Macros) will be a Jamma converter for an xbox 360. That will allow me to plug an xbox into an arcade cabinet and play games on there. I also have some Game Boy pockets with broken screens that I’m thinking of doing some neat things with.
Vielen Dank an Anthony für seine Worte, nachfolgende präsentieren wir Euch noch ein kurzes Video und Bilder seines beeindruckenden Werkes. Auf seiner Webseite, könnt Ihr auch ein wenig den Entstehungsprozess nachvollziehen und Euch inspirieren lassen.