Nintendo's Game Boy can be hacked to create synthesizer-like original music.
In music clubs and dorm rooms around the world, intrepid geeks are transforming Nintendo's handheld Game Boy system into a do-it-yourself musical instrument. The device can be made to sequence its embedded sounds -- digital blips and bleeps of the Donkey Kong sort -- as if it were a synthesizer.
First you find a programmable Game Boy flash memory cartridge and hook it up to your PC. Then you download a "chiptunes" music program, some of which are freely available, and transfer it to the cartridge. Once your Game Boy is loaded, you hit its controller buttons to arrange its signature sounds.
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