This Game Boy cartridge has a small antenna that allows you to listen to the radio. Have you never heard of it? This is normal: it is very recent.
Listening to the radio with your Game Boy: it was never possible in the console era and yet the idea could have existed. The creators of the Orange FM project designed a Game Boy cartridge from scratch with an antenna for listening to the radio. There is even a DIY version of the project.
Decades after the release of the first Game Boy, there are still games that ” go out » above, like the game The Shapeshifter.
Listening to the radio with your Game Boy: 45 years later, it’s possible
Orange FM is a modern cartridge for just about every Game Boy. It transforms the portable console into a small radio station, with presets and even support for radio texts (to display the station names for example). The cartridge is available on Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Light, Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy (a cartridge for playing Game Boy games on Super NES).
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If you don’t have ” true » Game Boy, Orange FM can run on Analogue Pocket, a new console that can emulate games from Nintendo’s portable consoles. If you plan to buy it, you will need an antenna and a cartridge shell.
A cartridge that transforms your console into a real radio station
To capture radio waves, the Orange FM cartridge is equipped with an integrated antenna that can be unfolded. She offers “ fairly weak reception, but often usable. Station strength may vary by location, and you will likely only receive the strongest local stations ”, we can read on the project documentation. To improve this, you can connect an external antenna to the console via the 3.5mm headphone jack. It can simply be wired headphones or any antenna. Orange FM recommends one meter in length.
The Orange FM cartridge operates on frequencies ranging from 64 to 108 MHz. Which is a perfect interval for French stations, which broadcast in this field. To manage the frequency, it can be adjusted up to 0.1 MHz. Unfortunately, there is only one FM mode: no AM mode is available.
For audio output, you can use the speakers of the portable consoles, or the 3.5 mm jack. The most suitable original console remains the Game Boy Color, with the most powerful input volume.
It is also possible to “ make » the cartridge yourself, by cutting the shell of a cartridge you own and buying the electronic parts. Orange FM provides all the documentation to assemble and weld almost all parts.
