Online Multiplayer Comes to OG Game Boy ‘Tetris’ Thanks to a Custom Mod

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Nintendos wonderful Game Boy portable video gaming console is just as iconic as the classic video game Tetris. And now, thanks to a creative tinkerer, you can play that video game on that console … online with numerous good friends, a la Tetris 99.
A hacker by the name of stacksmashing recently published a video on YouTube showing how they set this all up. Working off the idea of Nintendos original Game Link Cable device, the hacker integrates a USB adapter, a Raspberry Pi Pico, and some level shifters to develop the hardware essential to take the video game online.

On the software application side of things, stacksmashing worked up a regional client and a web-based online video game server. The former will need to be run on the hosts computer their Game Boy is connected to by means of the USB adapter, while the latter function as a digital replacement for the lead Game Boy..
Through the server, matches can be produced together with distinct match IDs the game host can show their pals. From there, the host can choose which music to play and the server will designate the list of tetrominoes and track the games progress to signal other gamers when theres a winner (or when other gamers lose). The concept resembles Tetris 99, which was launched in 2019, but restricts it only to players you choose to play with..
via Engadget.