Gameboy Sculpting: "Bricking" Your DMG

Ever wanted to do something to your DMG besides paint it? Me too, so I busted out my sculpting tools today and some Aves Apoxie Sculpt and went to town. My original idea was to just do some red Mario style bricks, but in tradition of the DMG's nickname "Grey Brick" I decided to do just that.

Step 1 Prepping

I got this old DMG-01 from the goodwill for 4 bucks, so I wasn't going to be bummed if I screwed up somehow. Take your GB apart (assuming you know how and already own a tri-wing screwdriver) all the way down to just the face plate. Then carefully pop off the screen (good time to replaced your screen cover if need be). After you have it all stripped give it a light sanding (I had to go nuts since my $4 DMG was crapily spray painted black)

Comments

[Abby_Santi]

This is really kool i might do this to one of my game boys, i own three grey and two red game boys. Thanx for sharing this with us!

[Oi23]

Could you also brick the back of the DMG?

[brox66656]

do you know if the nes button mod would work with a gbc ?

[WillTheRescue]

Just curious, is there any particular reason you didn't do the back of the Gameboy?

[ReCreate]

What is a DMG? Also, I thought by the title you meant to brick the device, like rendering it so useless, that it becomes as useful as a brick XD ;)

[Kyle Robinson]

The original Gameboy is Model number DMG-01. It stands for Dot Matrix Gameboy. In the game community we simply refer to them as DMG's as apposed to "Original Gameboy" or "Classic Gameboy" And yes, the title was a play on words (hence the quotes) it was suppose to trick you ;0

[ReCreate]

Wow, Dot matrix gameboy, Then the Gameboy color, That makes sense...^lol

[quad64bit]

You forgot gameboy pocket -- then the color :)

[Or2]

You forgot the gameboy light

[ReCreate]

Gameboy pocket...rings a bell, I think O_o

[Kyle Robinson]

If you guys want to be super accurate... it would be DMGs, then Gameboy Pocket, THEN gameboy Light, then the gameboy color ;)

[ReCreate]

gamyboy light?

[Kyle Robinson]

slightly bigger than a gameboy pocket, but its backlit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_line

[ReCreate]

i think the gameboy light is newer...

[Kyle Robinson]

no, the gameboy light is from 1997, the year after the pocket, yet before the Color

[ReCreate]

Gameboy pocket?

[Kyle Robinson]

read that WIKI I posted... it breaks therm down in chronological order

[ReCreate]

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[macmccune]

well that argument took too long... hahaha

[triggerhappymoron]

could you add a prosound mod tutorial as i cant find one that actully works plz

[otoupalik]

Gotta love the ol "Brick". Very cool!

[crickle321]

Very impressive! With your detailing it almost looks photoshopped. I’m already looking around for items to try this on. The speaker area seems like a good place to replace with thick gauge wire for a jail window effect.

[Kyle Robinson]

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[ReCreate]

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[Kyle Robinson]

it was a reply to the first comment, I mis-replied.. my bad

[ReCreate]

Oh...

[Rotten194]

Hey, cool Instructables! Where can I get one of these DMG's? Ebay wants $5, plus shipping.

[Rotten194]

Whoops, I mean $9. D:

[Kyle Robinson]

thats not a bad price, snag one on ebay or check your local craigslist or thrift stores

[baneat]

Yard/car boot sales, or thrift shops can get you one for about $1 if you're really lucky. Cool result, but I'd never play an old-skool gameboy, when a GBC can play the same games and more.

[Kyle Robinson]

I wish i could find more of them for a buck..lol.. and yeah, the DMG is not really for gaming, we use them for music since you can get the best sound out of them (and the retro feel dont hurt much either..lol) I use a GBA SP and DSi for ACTUAL gaming

[matstermind]

how do you get the music on the GB?

[liammk]

how do you get music on them?

[matstermind]

yes

[Kyle Robinson]

Not for listening to music, I meant creating music. Using the tracker LSDJ you can read about it here. ad listen to TONS of gameboy musicians here

[smeata]

nice job. what does that stuff feel like when it is set? how heavy/strong is it?

[Kyle Robinson]

THANKS... Apoxie sculpt cures rock hard, and is VERY VERY strong. Its fairly heavy. I would say sculpting this probably doubled the weight of the gameboy face plate

[MLB Baseball Guy]

Wow.. were can you get one of those?? Cool info

[sashadistan]

Fantastic dude. Good to find someone else who believes in the awesomeness of Apoxy clays.

[craig3]

thats god damn cool, i wish i could do stuff like that. What are the jacks on the bottom of it?