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A Lost Game Boy Add-On Called the WorkBoy Has Been Found After 28 Years

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A lost, unreleased Game Boy add-on known as the WorkBoy has been discovered after 28 years and reveals an accessory that could have brought PDA-like functions like an address book, calculator, appointment book, and so much more to Nintendo’s beloved handheld device.Video game historian Liam Robertson shared his quest to find out what happened to this add-on in a new Game History Secrets video on DidYouKnowGaming? and, not only did he track down the original creators behind the WorkBoy to learn the story behind why it was never released, he was able to get one of the only prototypes in the world working.

As you can see in the image below, the WorkBoy was a keyboard that connected to the Game Boy via Link Cable and would allow you to take advantage of 12 apps, including an address/phone book and appointment book.

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Dallas House Transformed Into Nintendo, Super Mario Bros. 3 Game for the Holidays

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There is a jaw-dropping holiday display on Belmont Avenue in Dallas that is serving as a bit of a time machine for many.

“The response has been exactly what we wanted. People honking their horns, hanging out the window waving at us,” Katie Milam said. “We wanted to spread cheer and silliness and playfulness.”

Katie and her husband Mike transformed their house into a giant Nintendo gaming system – complete with a Super Mario Brothers game playing on a makeshift television screen.

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SNES Rainbow Road – Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Switch)

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I’m back at it again and this time I decided to make Rainbow Road on the SNES in real life for my next Mario Kart Home Circuit track. I hope you enjoy the time, money, and effort I put into this course. I even made the track have a chasing rainbow led pattern and two mechanized Thwomps on the course’s split. I will be posting a making of video for this course and I will pin the link in the comments.

Nintendo Flex Is The New Gameboy You’ve Been Waiting For

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The Gameboy is without doubt the most recognised console of all time, so it’s about time a new gameboy concept was produced, just so we can tease our nostalgia nerves and internally cry on the inside knowing this thing will never truly exist. But it’s always nice to see what artists and graphic designers come up with.

Update: The new Gameboy you may be looking for is the Analogue Pocket release that was revealed not too long ago, and has a release date for May 2021.

The designer known as YJ Noon wanted to redesign the old classic into a metal Gameboy with a slight curve, using fresh metals, and modern day technology to transform it into something totally unique. There isn’t much detail or specifications on the new Gameboy itself, but we’ll take you through what could be its features.

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Hey LEGO, I Fixed Your NES! – I Built A LEGO NES That Really Works!

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I Built a LEGO NES That Actually Works! I bought the Lego Nintendo Entertainment System set to build on camera. It took quite a while to build but looked pretty cool when I was done… but it’s just a Lego set so I doesn’t actually play games. So I decided to fix that by building my own version which will fit original NES games and actually play those games.

A Massive Upgrade Makes the Classic Super Nintendo Super Scope Work on Modern TVs

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Despite a renaissance in outdated gaming tech, there’s a small blip in the history of retro gaming hardware that has all been all but abandoned in the emulation scene: light guns. The way the technology worked simply isn’t compatible with modern TVs and screens, so if you want to get something like the Super Nintendo’s Super Scope working again, you either need to find an old tube TV, or perform a monumental hack on the hardware like Andy West did.

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