Although the unique Game Boy is taken into account an iconic piece of {hardware} within the annals of gaming historical past, one proficient modder not too long ago confirmed us what it could feel and appear like with the Game Boy Advance’s landscape design. But as an alternative of churning out a elaborate 3D render, they as an alternative went and built a fully functional prototype.

Some would argue the unique Game Boy’s portrait design (with the controls beneath the display screen) was excellent, though when it comes to ergonomics, the unique Game Boy Advance’s panorama design (with the controls situated on both facet of the show) supplies higher ergonomics and improved stability within the palms, making it extra snug to carry for longer gaming periods. It was only a disgrace that the unique GBA nonetheless dropped the ball with an impossible-to-see colour display screen that had no lighting.

A handheld with a panorama design usually additionally affords extra room for a bigger display screen, however on this case, modder Obirux wished to hold over as many genuine options of the unique Game Boy as attainable to their customized creation, with the one apparent improve being the usage of higher display screen tech with a correct backlight and the power to simply change a sport’s colour palette.

According to Obirux, two unique Game Boy shells have been sacrificed to create the customized physique for this prototype, which is why it appears a lot just like the traditional handheld console—simply flipped on its facet. The energy change, quantity wheel, hyperlink port, headphone jack, and unique buttons and directional pad controls have been all carried over to the redesign, which appears so extremely polished that many would suspect it’s an extended misplaced prototype cooked up by Nintendo itself.

Unfortunately, followers of Obirux’s newest creation can solely drool over the prototype, as they seemingly don’t have any plans to promote a equipment with the mandatory components for others to make the identical modifications. That’s unlucky, however we hope they plan to share a extra detailed breakdown video of how they personalized the OG Game Boy shells, so aspiring modders have a greater concept of the way it all got here to be.