It is now possible to surf the internet with Game Boy, the iconic mobile game console of an era. Of course if you have a Wi-Fi cartridge. A hacker named Sebastian Staacks managed to connect his Game Boy to the internet wirelessly with the Wi-Fi cartridge he developed.
According to the project steps shared by Staacks in a blog post, it was not easy to do this. Completing the project it started with the ESP8266 microcontroller, Staacks finally managed to display the websites on the Game Boy screen.
“It took a while, but I finally managed to create my own Game Boy cartridge: with Wi-Fi!” Says Staacks, while saying that for now, simple websites can be viewed and Wikipedia articles can be accessed, he also underlines that he can do more in the future. You can find more detailed information about the project developed by Staacks in the video above.
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