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Game Boy Online? Det viser sig, at du kan spille Game Boy på nettet

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Nintendos Game Boy-konsol fortsætter med at imponere, eftersom hardware-ingeniører med succes har hacket den håndholdte konsol til at spille et spil Tetris mod en anden spiller - via en internetforbindelse. 

Hardware-hackerne forklarede på YouTube, hvordan de tog kontrol over konsollens oprindelige lokale multiplayer-understøttelse ved hjælp af det proprietære linkkabelstik og narrede den aldrende håndholdte konsol til at spille et spil Tetris over internettet ved at få det til at tro, at det delte en direkte forbindelse med en anden Game Boy.

Det krævede dog nogle programmeringsfærdigheder fra ingeniørernes side: de brugte et Raspberry Pi-stik, der via linkkablet førte data til en brugerdefineret pc-klient, som derefter sendte de samme data til en dedikeret webserver, som derefter fodrede data til en anden håndholdt Game Boy. 

Linkkabel-interface protokollen er ikke generisk, så hvert spil skal have protokollen tilpasset for at få det til at arbejde med webserveren på samme måde som deres Tetris-eksempel. Men stacksmashing demonstrerer, at sådan en ting er mulig, så i teorien kan ethvert Game Boy-spil, der bruger linkkablet til lokalt multiplayer, spilles online. 

Der er endda en Discord-kanal for interesserede retro-spillere, og brugerdefinerede kort planlægges for bedre at interfacere linkkablet til Raspberry Pi (i stedet for at skulle skære kablet op og tilslutte ledningerne til tavlen selv). Stacksmashing har også åbnet den kode, de brugte, så enhver, der ville prøve at spille den originale Dr. Mario online, kan give det en chance.

Gammel tech dør aldrig helt

Stacksmashing kom med nyheden tidligere i år, da de hackede Game Boy til at udvinde bitcoin (omend i sneglehastighed), og en smart hardwarehacker formåede at få en modificeret SNES-konsol til at producere strålesporet grafik i realtid. 

Mens de fleste ofte ser på gammel teknologi som noget ubrugeligt rod, der optager plads i skuffer, skabe og kældre over hele verden, er der i virkeligheden ofte meget lidt faktisk galt med den underliggende hardware. Der er endda en hel generation af homebrew-programmører, der skriver nye, spændende og skræmmende originale spil, der kan køre på Game Boy-konsollen i mere end tre årtier. 

Processorer, hukommelse og elektroniske kredsløb er utroligt alsidige størrelser, og der er intet, der forhindrer dem i at blive genprogrammeret at gøre alle mulige ting de originale skabere af teknologien aldrig havde forestillet sig.

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22 May 2021

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