The modders in the gaming community have always pushed boundaries of beloved titles. An infamous example of this is Doom, the progenitor of the shooter genre, that has practically been run of every piece of technology, ranging from a calculator, microwave, and even more bizarre gadgets. But now, we have GTA 5, which was spotted running on the old Game Boy.
Coder and modder Sebastian Staacks shared on YouTube that he had managed to run Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5 and Id Software’s original Doom on Nintendo’s classic hardware. According to the coder, “A few weeks ago I created a Game Boy cartridge with built-in WiFi. Now I taught it to stream video and play games—in full resolution. At 20 fps. On an unmodified original Game Boy.”
Furthermore, he even shared the technical process through which he managed to run the modern day title on the old Game Boy. But due to the technical and hardware limitation of the Game Boy, GTA 5 runs exactly how you’d expect it too. The gameplay is passable, if you think visual fidelity is overrated. On the other hand, it can run Crysis as well.
He added that “With this new demo, many other demos almost become obsolete. It can display anything and I can control anything that can be displayed on and controlled by my PC. Of course, the interface and image are almost unusable this way, so some dedicated implementations might still be interesting. And also, I did not touch audio here, which unfortunately was a big oversight by me when designing this cartridge.”
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