A modder has installed a fully playable Game Boy Micro into a Nintendo 64 controller, converting the N64 pad into a handheld GBA system with charging and audio. The creator, known as MaSaKee, posted pictures to the Game Boy Reddit page, and Retro News also highlighted the build. To make room for the handheld, the modder cut a large rectangular aperture in the controller and mounted the Micro’s 2-inch backlit display in the central area.
Instead of simply placing the Micro inside the shell, the project went further. The N64 controller’s expansion port was adapted to accept Game Boy Advance cartridges, allowing the mod to run physical cartridges. The Micro’s original power switch has been relocated to the top of the controller, and a USB port was added for charging. A headphone jack sits underneath the Z button on the controller’s back.
The N64 controller’s inputs were remapped so they work with the Micro. The D-Pad (or analogue stick), B, A, and Start behave like the original Micro controls, while the Z trigger has been set to act as Select. The four yellow C buttons, which the Game Boy Micro never had, have been repurposed for volume and brightness adjustment. The Game Boy Micro, released in 2005, weighs about 80 grams and is unusually compact and collectible. That small size and the Micro’s replaceable face plates mean it doesn’t often appear in large-scale mods, and good units can be costly to source.
Small but complete: this mod recreates the Micro experience inside a nostalgia-ready N64 shell, at the cost of pocketability.
Who would have thought the tiny Micro could be made to live inside an N64 controller?
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