Okay, c’mon, you knew this was going to happen. LEGO is on a nostalgia kick at the moment, laser-targeting millennials like me with retro gaming sets, including a 1:1 model of the original Game Boy . This is just a model, albeit a fantastic one with some lenticular swap-out cards for different “games.” But since Game Boy modding has been a thing for years, it’s no surprise that someone already made it play real games.

Natalie The Nerd was already a notable Game Boy modder with an online parts and service shop, so modifying the official LEGO set with replica Game Boy guts (spotted by PCMag ) was likely child’s play for her. The original Game Boy hardware isn’t fantastically complicated, even by late-80s standards, and its big brick-like housing offers plenty of workroom. Even so, Nata

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