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InkBoy: This Tiny E-Paper Game Boy Runs Super Mario Land at 30 FPS

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InkBoy: This Tiny E-Paper Game Boy Runs Super Mario Land at 30 FPS

Here is what the page “InkBoy: This Tiny E-Paper Game Boy Runs Super Mario Land at 30 FPS” contains. A new DIY project called InkBoy is turning heads by running Game Boy games on an e-paper display at a surprisingly smooth 30 frames per second. Created by the maker known as Bo Made It, the InkBoy is a custom handheld built around a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and a 2.13-inch e-paper screen, the kind normally used for low-power e-readers and price tags.

In a demo video, it plays Super Mario Land, the 1989 Game Boy classic, with gameplay that looks remarkably fluid despite the display technology’s usual slow refresh rates. The project taps into a wave of retro gaming nostalgia while showcasing how far e-paper has come—and how makers are pushing it beyond static text and images. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.

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