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My Custom GameBoy

One day, a few weeks ago, I was flipping through the latest copy of Edge, and I came across a link. This link was for the NES PC webpage. I booted up and checked it out, "Whoa! This is incredible!" I thought, "Wouldn't it be great If I could do that?" After a bit of thought, I decided that I couldn't afford a new PC, didn't want to ruin my NES and probably couldn't make one if I tried so I put the idea out of my mind.

After a little surfing, I came across the Custom Consoles website, "This is more like it!" I thought. I decided that this was something I could do, it was cheap, relatively easy and I had a console I could ruin... my GameBoy.

I searched around in my head for ideas for a paint job, and recalled the amazing paint job on the Dodge Viper.

This car is, in my opinion, one of the best looking cars on the planet. My paint job would be simple, blue with white stripes down the middle.

I dug out my old GameBoy and had a look, "This'll be easy, just unscrew the back, take out the electronics, spray the shell, put it back together and I'm done... wait a minute... those aren't Philips-Head screws!!" I was stuck, how do you open screws with a Mercedes sign on the top? I went back on the net and found out three things, 1) These screws are called 'Tri-Wing' screws. 2) Tri-Wing screwdrivers are rarer than diamonds. 3) They can be opened with a modified Philips-Head. See diagrams below.

To cerate a modified Philips-Head, you simply have to file off two of the 'wings'. After I did this I went straight out to the garage and cracked open my GameBoy...

Inside the GameBoy I found that the boards were held in with small Philips head screws. I quickly had these out...

Next, I gave the shell a good clean to make sure the paint would stick properly, and lightly sanded the surface of the plastic to give the paint extra grip. Then I broke out the acrylic spray paint and sprayed the shell white, in order to create the white stripes I wanted on it. I then masked off the areas I wished to keep white.

I then sprayed the shell and buttons blue.

Next, I reassembled all the bits...

And Voila! One unique GameBoy created in just over a week and for under £10 (excluding GameBoy and game). I then sprayed a cartridge shell in a similar way to have it matching. (It's Super Mario Land.)