the Game Boy Color "modding" scene has progressed to the point where you can build a GBC out of entirely new parts, with an OLED screen, a brass shell, an FPGA motherboard with USB-C, and a lithium battery
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in reply to @atomicthumbs's post:
I actually have one of those FPGA GBCs! It's pretty dope. There's a few quirks obviously, but I've been really happy with it, and even though I have a real OEM GBC, I reach for the FPGBC every time.
Using an FPGA is pretty cool; is there a substantial advantage over using a standard ARM chip and emulating?
Not an expert but my understanding is you can recreate the exact circuitry present in the original console whereas you’re stuck with emulation if you’re using a modern arm chip? A guy at an old job of mine had an fpga based arcade cabinet that is apparently “the same enough” that high scores aren’t differentiated vs the original hardware on forums. Honestly I kinda think it’s a “because we can” sort of thing which is also cool
Yeah, I could see how it would be useful to be able to replicate specific devices or something, or just get closer to the original logic behavior! It does seem like the kind of "because we can" thing nerds would do too though, haha.
