This cute watch is actually a Game Boy Color in disguise. And yes, it can run games

A modder has turned a Game Boy Color into something you can wear on your wrist, and it’s not just borrowing the look. This is an actual, playable retro console slapped onto your wrist. YouTuber LeggoMyFroggo managed to squeeze a fully functional Game Boy Color into a wristwatch-sized form factor, creating one of the more bizarre yet impressive retro builds in recent memory. LeggoMyFroggo How’d he cram a Game Boy Color into a tiny watch? In the YouTube video, modder Chris Hackmann called the project “Time Frog Color”. Rather than going for a simpler route of relying on emulation, the build uses original Game Boy Color hardware, including the Sharp SM83 processor, paired with its video memory and support for physical cartridges. If that last part sounds insane, it absolutely is. The watch can actually run games using tiny cartridges, which Hackmann even demonstrated by playing Pokémon Gold without any issues. He used an RP2040 chip that handled translating the display signal. This allowed the wearable console to function as a watch when powered off. How was the gameplay experience? LeggoMyFroggo Shrinking a late ’90s handheld console into a 38mm wristwatch does sound like a cool side project, but it comes with its fair share of compromises. The display is just 1.12 inches, and controls are handled by tiny tactile buttons tucked under 3D-printed caps, which doesn’t exactly sound like game-friendly controls. Making the experience even less immersive is the lack of audio and limited battery life. Recommended Videos (function(){let containerEl=document.getElementById('dt-cnx-container-69f0a10928e81');const deletePlayer=()=>{if(containerEl){containerEl.remove();containerEl=null}};if(!window.DT_RELATED_PLAYER_PROVIDER){deletePlayer();return} const iasAnId=decodeURIComponent('927851');if(!window.dtCNXReady){const loadIAS=()=>{return new Promise((resolve)=>{const e=document.createElement('script');e.src='https://static.adsafeprotected.com/vans-adapter-google-ima.js';e.onload=()=>{resolve()};document.head.appendChild(e)})};const loadCNX=()=>{return new Promise((resolve)=>{!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.src='javascript:false';t.style.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.onload=function(){window.dtCNXIframe=t;resolve()};c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js?cid=2a2352ef-fe98-483c-8897-aef587823f13',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)};if(document.readyState!=='loading'){n.body.appendChild(t)}else{n.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){n.body.appendChild(t)})}}}(document)})};window.dtCNXReady=()=>{if(!window.dtCNXReadyPromise){window.dtCNXReadyPromise=new Promise((resolve)=>{Promise.all([iasAnId?loadIAS():Promise.resolve(),]).then(()=>loadCNX()).then(()=>{resolve()})})} return window.dtCNXReadyPromise}} const disableFloating=()=>{let playerAPI=window.DTConnatixPlayers&&window.DTConnatixPlayers['dt-cnx-player-69f0a10928e80'];if(playerAPI){playerAPI.disableFloatingMode()}else{DTEvent.on('dt-connatix-player-ready',()=>{playerAPI=window.DTConnatixPlayers['dt-cnx-player-69f0a10928e80'];if(playerAPI){playerAPI.disableFloatingMode()}})}};window.dtDampenPlayerCallbacks=window.dtDampenPlayerCallbacks||{};window.dtDampenPlayerCallbacks['dt-cnx-player-69f0a10928e80']=deletePlayer;const lazyLoad=()=>{return new…

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