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Meet the hacker colorizing the Game Boy games you forgot about

There's no denying that the original Game Boy was a technological marvel in its day, but if you've ever actually held one in your hand, you know we've come a long way since 1989.

While its chunky size and surprisingly-tactile buttons are charming to our modern eyes, its grayscale screen is anything but. In fact, you could argue that it puts the "retro" in "retrograde." However, thanks to hackers like Ivan "toruzz" Delgado, many of the classic Game Boy games can be played in full color these days — you just have to know where to look.

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