The Retro Song Bird plays just the music from your favorite Game Boy cartridges

The Retro Song Bird is a small media player that reads Game Boy cartridges and plays their music and sound effects. It has a built‑in speaker and simple controls for skipping tracks and adjusting volume. The device, created by a builder known as BJ, is not meant for playing games but for listening to the audio from old game cartridges.

The Retro Song Bird may look similar to devices like Epilogue's GB Operator with a slot on top for Game Boy cartridges, but it's not designed for playing retro games. The featureless box is instead a media player designed to play through all the music and sound effect files on Game Boy cartridges using a basic set of play controls on board for skipping tracks and adjusting the volume of its built-in speaker. It's like a reimagined Sony Walkman that trades cassette tapes for your childhood game carts you refused to get rid of. Created by a talented builder simply known as BJ, the Retro Song Bird includes additional functionality. While the b … Read the full story at The Verge.

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