When the Game Boy Advance came out in 2001, widescreen 16:9 TVs were still very new. Many of us still clung to our chunky television squares until the late 2000s, because change is scary and new electronics are expensive. So it wasn't really a surprise that the GBA's screen had a lovely, nearly-square 3:2 aspect ratio, following up the Game Boy and Game Boy Color's 10:9. Squares make us feel safe.
But this is 2021, and we like things W I D E now. So what better DIY project than bringing the GBA up to today's standards by making it BIG?
The Retro Future took on this project a year after making the Long Boy, a Game Boy that's... very long, as well as the dual-screen SP, the left-handed Game Boy, and the Game Boy Advance SP. Now, he's setting his sights on a new dimension: width.
This fan-made wideboy involves cutting up a couple of boring, regular Games Boys Advances, gluing them together into a Frankenboy, filling in the gaps with Polyfilla, and spray-painting with primer. The innards were slightly more complex, involving lots of soldering, wire management, and testing, testing, testing.
Finally, the Game Boy Advaaaaaaaaaaaaance gets that iconic blurple coating, and all of its insides hooked up to its outsides, and then... it's done! This hellish abomination is out there, somewhere, looking like a Nintendo Switch prototype gone horribly, horribly wrong. We love it.
And yes — it works. Well, except for the LED on the front which says whether or not it's turned on, but that's fine. We have to say, now that we've had the Switch for four years, we're down for w i d e consoles in future.
What should we (as a society) widen next? Let us know in the comments!
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Can they make a wide Game Boy Micro?
Next we should widen Putin
There's a One Piece island these would exist on.
The wide boy of Jersey
That tall game boy looks so pretentious, you should ONLY play it while wearing an obnoxiously tall top hat, while sitting next to one of those old fashioned bikes that are around 10 feet tall with the huge front wheel and tiny back wheel. Extra points for playing while riding.
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These are cool but look ridiculous 😂 the gameboy advance reminds me of that keyboard and controller that was around when the GameCube was out
Call this The Long Dong Boy, or in the UK - The London Boy.
"Long game boy" does not sound like something we should be discussing on a family website.
This genre of articles and puns makes me want to cancel my account of this site.
Lol, just watched this video this morning before work. He's a fun oddball.
@Gs69 you mean this one?

Ha yeah that’s the one not seen one for years 😂
There is no way he does all that work and does not add a backlig....oh, ok.
This is a cool YouTuber he has a ton of stupid stuff like this
Is there an inside joke here, some innuendo?
That long Game Boy reminds me of Quan Chi's Deadly Alliance fatality.
That picture of the high Game Boy made me laugh out loud.
It also reminds me of Commander Video.
The miracle of 3D molding.
I stare at these in wide eyed amazement.
@NinChocolate Maybe he's compensating for something? 🤔
Ok… impressive.
Not exactly sure why, but it’s cool
Kate’s writing makes my brain melt into delicious soup and I slurp at the soup and it is indeed delicious
It's important to focus on the long game, Boy!
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