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    Image of MessYoSelf! MessYoSelf!
    09/08/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    I put an sandisk image mate in a nes controller and dremmeled the ports. Looks cool and people always ask where I bought it.

    Of course it was not working, and I agree that some mods are pointless when they kill off the functionality of a working device.

    Now if someone could make a drive that was only unlocked by the konami code would be priceless..
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    Image of bizzo98 bizzo98
    09/07/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    The best part is that it's plugged into an eeepc 900. Which has just about the same amount of computing power as a Game Boy.
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    Image of Jesustron Jesustron
    09/07/09

    @bizzo98:

    The game boy has a 8-bit Sharp LR35902 processor with core processing power at 4.19 MHz

    The Atom is 1.6 GHz, hardly even close.

    Serious commentor is serious.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    09/07/09

    @Jesustron: Could be a 900 Intel.
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    09/06/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    Atleast the screen still works and power, and the placement of the USB port.

    From what it looks like you can control part of it with the A/B buttons. An addition (via firmware/software update) would be the ability to navigate the HD with the D pad, and use Start and Select. Possibly a bigger battery to do that while not plugged in.
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    Image of whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII
    09/06/09

    @KTK1990: Read the article, or the link. The screen doesn't work. It's a sticker. Also, the power light, IIRC, is now the HDD activity light.
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    Image of eriegz eriegz
    09/06/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    I can't see why you'd go to the trouble of modding a classic gaming device to hold an 80GB hard drive. That's like hacking an iPhone to use dial-up.
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    09/06/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    And Jack, should you really be promoting every comment?
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    09/06/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    Hmm, I have an old dead Gameboy Colour, any Ideas what to use it for? I've been thinking of Making a Wallet.

    What do you guys suggest?
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    Image of d1zzle d1zzle
    09/06/09

    @VenomIreland: How about a one slot toaster?
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    Image of echo off echo off
    09/06/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    it would impress me even more if someone transformed a hard drive into a game boy.
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    Image of rjp: This is my rebuttal rjp: This is my rebuttal
    09/06/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    I can't wait for someone to put a 2.5" hard drive inside of a 3.5" hard drive. That would be a sweet mod. Better yet, the 2.5"-in-3.5" could go into an old CD-ROM drive, and then that could be put into a 5.25" external enclosure. Perhaps the ultimate mod.
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    09/06/09

    @rjp: This is my rebuttal: Sounds like one of those Russian Matryoshka dolls.
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    09/06/09

    In reply to Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive
    As mentioned on Kotaku, 80GB should be more than enough to hold ROMs of every game from every cartridge-based console or handheld that ever existed up to and including the DS.
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