Homebrew ‘InkBoy’ Project Looking to Bring Game Boy Games to E-Paper Displays

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Modder “Bo Made It” is in the process of developing open-source software that they hope will allow Game Boy games to run on E-paper/E-Ink displays. A curious contraption first spotted by The Register.

The cutely titled “InkBoy” takes advantage of the waveform-based display of E-reader hardware to recreate the LCD screens of Nintendo’s mega-selling handheld. The InkBoy software charges and discharges the display’s White and Black pixels at a rapid rate to replicate the animated nature of the original Game Boy.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

30 PPS (Pages per Second).

Modder “Bo Made It” is in the process of developing open-source software that they hope will allow Game Boy games to run on E-paper/E-Ink displays. A curious contraption first spotted by The Register.

The cutely titled “InkBoy” takes advantage of the waveform-based display of E-reader hardware to recreate the LCD screens of Nintendo’s mega-selling handheld. The InkBoy software charges and discharges the display’s White and Black pixels at a rapid rate to replicate the animated nature of the original Game Boy.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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