Digital Product Designer. Retro as a hobby. Mostly posting about my side project #PocketCollection: a gaming console collection app for Nintendo Game Boy.
As the year comes to an end it‘s time to slow down and to take a look at what happened in 2025. #PocketCollection has made good progress but there also remain a few gaps to fill. I’m so glad that I was able to add 2 quality of life improvements: interruptable dialogues and – thanks to a fix in the latest #GBStudio beta release – accurate paper feed for the GB Printer.
Here are the most recent entries. Have a wonderful holiday season and see you all next year!
These are the 1970s gaming consoles I included in #PocketCollection so far. Of course there where more than 16 devices released over the decade but not all left a mark. Which ones do you miss? Please let me know in the comments!
#Retro #Gaming #Console #Collection #PixelArt #Pixel #Indie #workinprogress #Alpha #Passionproject #GameBoy #GBStudio #GB_Studio
I recently added “Bildschirmspiel 01” from 1979 to #PocketCollection. It’s the only home gaming console that was ever developed and released in the German Democratic Republic. Despite Western embargo on higher technologies, the #GDR managed to import Pong's AY-3-8500 integrated circuit as basis for the “BSS 01”. Only 1000 units were produced, so it was – and is – quiet rare.
#GameBoy #Retro #Gaming #Console #Collection #PixelArt #Indie #workinprogress #Alpha #passionproject #DDR #Ostalgie
@kronicd Thank you! :) Not yet, there is still some work to do. But I'll post updates every now and then...
Some images of #PocketCollection running on an unmodded #Nintendo #GameBoy. You know, I like modded screens but it’s the look on an original DMG that really gives me the chills. It reminds me more than anything else of the lil’ wonder Chris Maltby worked when he created #GBStudio to let people like me bring their ideas to a piece of 36 years old hardware. 🖤
#Retro #Handheld #Gaming #Console #Collection #PixelArt #Indie #workinprogress #Alpha #passionproject
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@nk_yeahyeah did some fancy screen printing recently – I also gave it a spin with my n3rdlich logo! 😎
What a learning journey 😅 – I drew with drawing liquid @simonwehr
One thing I found: our shower has an amazingly strong massage jet. 👍
Motive from @n3rdlich
Do you know https://consollection.de/? I bought one of their excellent posters over 10 years ago and that poster was partly the inspiration for #PocketCollection. Their console images make ideal references for my #pixelart – thanks for your thumbs-up, Patrick and Phil! 🖤
Speaking of which: is there a gaming console that I shouldn‘t forget to include in the project? Let me know!
#Retro #Handheld #Gaming #Console #Collection #GBStudio #Pixel #PixelArt #Indie #workinprogress #Alpha #passionproject
In #PocketCollection, you can browse all the consoles you've marked as favourites in your own collection. Collect consoles you already own, ones you'd like to own, or ones that have special meaning to you. And if you can‘t live without your most favourite console by your side, get out your #GameBoy #Printer and print it with Pocket Collection. Violà: a chibi gaming console for your purse or the back of your notebook.
#Retro #Gaming #Console #Collection #GBStudio #Pixel #PixelArt #Consollection
@nbeeson Thank you, sir! It's made in GB Studio. I'm not dev enough to write it myself. 😅
@bbbbbr I don‘t really know. There is no logo or anything. Found it years ago on ebay…
@Dios_Campechano It‘s still a lot of work and until now I don‘t know if and how I‘ll release it. But stay tuned, it might happen eventually. 😉
@utopify_org Yes I did and stll do (not finished yet). But it‘s not ALL of them, in the end there will be around 140 popular ones. It‘s not open source, no. Just some passion project ☺️.
Every entry in #PocketCollection contains background information from #Wikipedia that is displayed when you press the A button. Accidentally pressed A? No problem, you can always go back with B. Also, you can mark your favourite consoles by pressing the Select button and don’t worry if you switch off you GB and come back later: everything is saved instantly – hassle-free.
#Nintendo #GameBoy #Retro #Handheld #Gaming #Console #Collection #GBStudio #GB_Studio #Pixel #PixelArt #Consollection_de
This is how #PocketCollection looks like in action. The consoles are sorted in order of their release dates and clustered in decades, from the 1970s to the 2020s. Use the D-pad to navigate through the entries.
#Nintendo #GameBoy #Retro #Handheld #Gaming #Console #Collection #History #GBStudio #GB_Studio #PixelArt #Consollection #Consollection_de #workinprogress #passionproject
It happened: I took the chance to give a first impression of my passion project #PocketCollection during #uxcamphh25 today. Thank you so much for joining my sessions and for all the positive feedback, it really means a lot to me! 💛
#PocketCollection is a #retro #gaming #console compendium for #Nintendo #GameBoy: flick through nearly 140 pixel graphics, read background information about each console and … a few things more which I will share in future postings… 😉
Nearly finished with my preparations for tomorrow. Hyped to see you all at #uxcamphh25! #retro #gameboy #sideproject
Coming up beginning of April: the 5th DataViz Meetup HH with @kristin_baumann telling us about her life as dataviz freelancer. We will meet at Modulr in Rainhaus ✌️– See you there!
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/data-visualization-meetup-hamburg/events/306643102/
