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The PSPBoy: It's fake, but it has dual analog sticks!

Posted Jan 03, 2007 at 03:05PM by Karl B. Listed in: Off Topic Tags: Christmas, Photoshop, GBA, MaDSouL

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So you really want dual analog sticks, huh? Get a load of the new PSP then! All kidding aside, it's clearly just one hell of a beautifully-crafted physical mock-up. We couldn't find any details about who made this apart from the "Design: Mod Soul" sig on the image, though.

The dual analog sticks are a great idea, but the positioning of those sticks would be hell on the thumbs. And where are the triggers? If they're where I think they are, it's going to take a pretty high level of dexterity (or freakishly long fingers) to properly this bad boy. Still, if this thing was actually available in stores, I'd probably go out and buy one. Too bad it inherited the Game Boy's tiny little screen though.

This also reminds me of that incident when a mom had her 12-year-old kid arrested for opening his Christmas presents early. The incident report about that one had the present pegged as some weird hybrid called a "PlayStation Game Boy" (it was actually a GBA). This proves that the people who filed the report weren't noobs after all. Oh, wait, no it doesn't.

Update: We know, we know. We didn't spot this one right away in our forums, so we're really sorry we goofed up. But now at least we're clear about one thing: that isn't "Design: Mod Soul" on the image. It's MaDSoul! MaDSoul, I say! And he did craft this image by using - guess what - Photoshop!

MaDSoul from our PSP forums tells us that he took a photo of his PSP and of his old Game Boy Portable, used Photoshop, and voila! We now have the PSPBoy! Too bad this isn't real, eh? It would be so cool...

Again, our apologies. And nice work, MaDSoul.

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by bobo (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» cool

this is cool even though fake

Re: Glynnder (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» haha

haha they dont even knoww our own MaDSouL

Re: eruditejok3r - 2007-01-03

» !

Looks so real that I want to buy it.

by commyostrich (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» dang

if somebody believed it wasn't a fake...well goodness. just saying i don't think it's too obscure that it's not a fake.

but hm...for dual analog sticks i might just spring for one. :D

by matthew (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» wow

ouch

by taekwondokid (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» LOOKS VERY FAKE...

well its a really stupid. what the hell i mean... so he is trying to solve
gba = psp ?
... and there are no R and L buttons.(which they even have in gba) ...

Re: t (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» t

its not supposed to be real or practical, it's a piece of art geez

Re: Nergar (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» what a *****ing moron

your not supposed to show how stupid you can be. its just a photoshoped image that you can look at.

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by Grannd (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» Looks cool

Would be a real pain to play though.

by killerweed (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» k

i want one of those...kk the display doesnt look high res but I think theyre really cool^^ Id like to buy one if they can play gb/c/a backups from storage card^^

by blahblah (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» QJ you posted this before you idiots

You posted this nearly a year ago you idiots!!!! Recycling old news how low can you get.

by Jamie (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» It's fake..

It's fake you idiots, MaDSouL did that!

Re: OiD - 2007-01-03

» ORLY?

No ***** Einstein

by hooger - 2007-01-03

» It is a fake

Geez... not mod soul...

MaDSoul... from the qj forums made this awhile ago..

by FLai - 2007-01-03

» .

He's on OUR FORUMS! He released this here! Its MaDSouL! God....at least check the forums once in a while bloggers....there's even a thread about this being on Kotaku in Off-Topic...

by madsoul (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» lol...

...you bloggers never ever visit the forums ehh....? -___-

i made that crappy fake like 8 month ago...

by lol internet (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» .

I say its fake.

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by wololo (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» qj does it again...

Good work QJ, for proving again your articles really lack quality...

by SpankyXXX (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» Funny

Well this what you all want right? Cause you all don't even play any PSP games. So why not just go and buy a game boy cause you all miss it so F###### much! I hate nintendo and you *****'s that can't move on from it. I bet he made that to prove a point. Psp is just a new version of a Gameboy to you DevHook people.

by 111 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» cum

im gonna go cum

Re: lol internet (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» yum yum

save sum for me!!!111!!!

Re: yummy (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» poopeater

LOL

by HaxxBlaster (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» Great

Really well done!

by captain amerikuh (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» quit apologising

it's not the blogger's fault that madsoul's design skills don't extend to readable typography.

by kkk (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» um

white power

Re: whocares (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» no point in doing that

idiot o yea go ahead and say somethin back u noe lol i dont deal with ignorance

Re: james (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» >>um

black power

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by makarman - 2007-01-03

» asdf

It's also Game Boy Pocket, not Portable. :-P

Re: lolololol (Unregistered) - 2007-01-03

» lololololoLOL!!!!

You must be blind..lol..Gameboy Pocket?..Looks more like a Gameboy Color and Yes, there is a different..lol..

Re: cX (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» uuh...

@lolololol: It's a gameboy pocket, you can tell by the rounded bottom right corner. I never did hear of a Gameboy Portable, i thought they were all portable.

Re: lololol (Unregistered) - 2007-01-05

» lololololLOL

no, its a gameboy color mdha

by soopergooman - 2007-01-03

» Calling Ben Heck, Ben Heck where are you?

If I was Ben Heckendorn, http://benheck.com/ ( the crafty console creator) I would make this. Too bad I'm not.

by wowzer (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» ..

wow thats ugly, but beautiful for making it ugly -lol

by Turbocat777 - 2007-01-04

» LOL good job madsoul

um........... that's a gameboy pocket

my proof

http://i18.ebayimg.com/05/i/07/28/df/4c_2.JPG
-pocket

http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/GBC2.JPG
-color

there are differences

but as i don't really care, and find this very amusing

kudos to madsoul getting front page, and making me laugh

by Dodo (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» Sucks

A 2nd thumbstick would be great, but I wouldn't give up PSP's beautiful wide screen for the shape of a stupid GB.

by .. (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» ....

Karl B. .....

by b4it - 2007-01-04

» Old

That is so old... Give me some new fake!

by yoti93 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» heh

well, even if that wouldn't be a fake - it still sucks!

by Marq - 2007-01-04

» ...

...I guess sony would be smart to join up with Nintendo and admit defeat.
I would buy that if it were real. Could you imagine? PSP graphics with dual analog and Nintendo's long battery time. Who the hell cares if it has a small screen!

by poopsqaut (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04

» im downgrading al cominens

what a fight over a stupid fake wanna be psp

by Mr. D (Unregistered) - 2007-01-06

» OMG...

O_O
Madsoul = Photoshop God.

by tuddy (Unregistered) - 2007-01-07

» Cool

Ya know this'll be used in a Nintendo fanboy's "Sony's always copying lord Ninty" Project, as an "Image sony released of their next portable games console" with words such as "Looks like a Gameboy Color" and "Blatant theives" used as captions.

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