What would it not appear like if Grand Theft Auto V had been performed with a Nintendo Sport Boy? Not… tremendous nice, it seems, however it stays mighty spectacular in any respect that There Oughta Be’s Sebastian Staacks managed to make it occur in any respect. It is price noting right here that, as wild because the video embedded above is, there are some main caveats to it that don’t diminish the accomplishment.
The brief model — and there’s a very long version shared by Staacks — is that whereas Grand Theft Auto V is being performed with the Sport Boy, in addition to different shocking video video games, it’s not really working on the {hardware}. Staacks made use of his previously revealed Wi-Fi Sport Boy cartridge to, basically, stream the online game to the Sport Boy with a view to use each its display screen and buttons to then “play” it. Because the video notes, the sport is principally going from a PlayStation console to a Linux laptop computer that then does the heavy lifting to ship that info to the Wi-Fi cartridge.
Right here is how I stream video and even play GTA5 on my unmodified #gameboy.
Video: https://t.co/Gai3pasEJm
Weblog: https://t.co/9YrKTwmgSu#nintendo #retrogaming— Sebastian Staacks (@diconx) January 13, 2022
“I can show something and I can management something that may be displayed on and managed by my PC,” writes Staacks within the size weblog publish explaining the whole lot. “In fact, the interface and picture are virtually unusable this manner, so some devoted implementations would possibly nonetheless be fascinating. And likewise, I didn’t contact audio right here, which sadly was an enormous oversight by me when designing this cartridge.”
As for the online game itself, Grand Theft Auto V and GTA On-line are set to launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X, and Xbox Collection S in March 2022. For now, each can be found on an entire host of different platforms. No particular launch date has been introduced as of but. You possibly can try all of our previous coverage of Grand Theft Auto V proper right here.
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[H/T GAMINGbible]