Ben Heck’s Giant Game Boy Episode -- Episode 225

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In this episode of the Ben Heck Show Ben gives the fans what they've always wanted. Using original Game Boy hardware Ben creates a giant gameboy using an FPGA and a VGA screen!

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makerkaren over 7 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

Heh. Yeah, we saw that. Ours is ever so slightly smaller. Guess we should have called Guinness right after we made it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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beacon_dave over 7 years ago

World's largest Game Boy enters Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition:
Video: World's largest Game Boy enters Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition | Guinness World Records
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makerkaren over 7 years ago in reply to keitaro

Ben didn't really change anything. He hooked up the buttons we used to where the original buttons were connected. He didn't do anything extra.
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keitaro over 7 years ago

I know this is an old episode, but is it possible to get some insight in to how you made the buttons work? This was touched upon briefly but wasn't shown outside of the mechanical buttons themselves. I'm hoping to drive the gameboy using an external controller myself (an NES controller, ideally using the original control port and not having to hack up a controller) and haven't been able to find much insight. Thanks! awesome build!!
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iamtaiwanese over 8 years ago

Remember to write Detailed Wiring Diagram. Thank you
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iamtaiwanese over 8 years ago

Hello, I am a Taiwanese, but I will not see English who give me the circuit diagram ... but grandson wants to play the game .. Thank you Detailed Wiring Diagram Send me e60359@gmail.com.
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kouruu over 9 years ago

Oh I almost forgot to give you the address to ship the Gameman to

My only other question is how are you able to get other work done while you have that in the shop. You know cause.... if.... I was working there...... you know..... I'd so be on that game all day.
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doornobber over 9 years ago in reply to makerkaren

Thanks Karen that'd be fantastic! I'm super excited to finally get it finished and working it's been months in the making!
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Former Member over 9 years ago

HOW DO GET A FREE DEV KIT THIS ANDREW COVERT FROM DETROIT MI
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makerkaren over 9 years ago in reply to doornobber

I'll work with Ben and Felix to get all the build files posted to our github. Hopefully that'll give you a push in the right direction.
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