Build: Game Man

I would like to make sure that everyone knows about this amazing DIY project that I've just so happened to stumble upon while searching the Internet. It's a giant sized original game boy. The impressive little device is called the Game Man and it was created by one Jeff Hermann of which you can see his site here. I recommend checking out some of his pictures that he took during the build because there was a lot of work that went into it.

The entire build is based upon an old Pentium 200 computer and a game boy emulator. The time spent on the detailing and the craftsmanship is very impressive. The entire body is made out of wood. I have no idea why anyone would want a giant game boy but i think that it is an amazing idea, even the power cord is in the same place as it should be, and I've considered following in his footsteps but making so minor changes to his build.

One thing that I don't really like about his build is the way that the game cartridges work. He has these giant amazing looking cartridges that when the are connected into the Game Man the connected a switch that loads the specific ROM. The problem with this is that the are only so many switch that he can place on the inside of the Game Man (I believe that he has used 5). I think it would be interesting to make each cartridge a cheap usb drive that some metal plates that make connect, plates both for the Game Man and plates for the games them selves. The game plates can then be soldered to usb drive and the plates for the Game Man soldered to the female end of the usb for the computer. This maybe be more hard work more then anything but its just an initial idea. I would also be interested in each game being bunch of Roms from a specific system rather then just one game. I no it sorta takes away from the entire Game Boy idea but I think I would be interesting that way. I still have no idea how hes managed to get the buttons on the Game Man to work and his hasn't fully describe that off of his website. Anyways I just thought to mention it because I really think it is an amazing build, It has really sparked my interest into making ridiculously large old video game systems. Maybe a large Sega Game Gear should be in the works? Anyways that all I have to say, keep on building.