Flipper Zero is a multifunctional electronic device designed mainly for security and penetration (pentesting). It has the shape and open source system of the famous electronic pets and that is why they are nicknamed Tamagotchi by hackers.
In previous meetings we have told you how this small, harmless-looking device has with “all the hardware tools you could need to hack on the go,” according to one of its creators, Alexander Kulagin.
Uses a open source and customizable, which can connect with a smartphone or other Bluetooth-enabled device. It also works with a port for a MicroSD card and USB. It allows you from unlocking phones to opening a BMW.
Well, now it threatens the world of video game consoles, since one of these devices was designed to read Game Boy cartridges or copy saved games from the Nintendo game console, according to a review Computer Today.
Flipper Zero with video game consoles
The TikToker Esteban Fuentalba has uploaded a video on the Chinese social network in which you can see how he developed a bridge between his Flipper Zero with the Game Boy, remembered portable Nintendo consoles.
“By combining two of my favorite things, I created MALVEKE,” says the TikToker. Specifically, it made its open source source interface with the original Game Boy, Color, and Advance versions. The aforementioned site states that it incorporated “an Espressif ESP32-S2 microcontroller, providing WiFi connectivity to the device. Something that had not yet been implemented in it.”
This video that we share below opens the possibility that the Flipper Zero integrates among its functions the reading of different more advanced consoles today, and not just the retro ones that the TikToker exemplified.
Flipper Zero raised $5 million through crowdfunding in 2021, exceeding the original 60 thousand dollars.
Today it can be purchased through this link for $169, in a shipment that includes 2 Flippers, 3 silicone cases, 3 Wifi development boards, 5 screen protectors and 5 prototyping boards.