Nintendo's GameBoy has been the inspiration of numerous mods, customizations, using elements ranging from the console's appearance to its game pixelated graphics and sounds. The latter was Nadim Kobeissi's inspiration in creating an application that changed the soundset of Adium, the popular IM client for Mac.

As you would imagine, Gameboy Sounds adds a bunch of GameBoy-specific sounds replacing Adium's standard soundset for events such as: Buddy Sign In, Buddy Sign Out, Send Message, Receive Message, Connect, Disconnect, New Chat, File Transfer Requested, and File Transfer Complete.

“Gameboy Sounds is a free Adium soundset based on the sounds that you can find on Gameboy gaming consoles,” Nadim Kobeissi assures us. “All sounds are 100% genuine, synthesized on a Nintendo Gameboy,” the developer explains.

Nadim is your regular 18 year old “who plays with minds, pixels, words, logic, and Gameboys.” He is currently doing his first year of Psychology at the Lebanese American University, where he deals with tech stuff. He enjoys web development, playing with Linux, photography, and more.


Screenshot #1: Gameboy Sounds in Adium's prefs
Screenshot #2: The app integrates with Adium's functionality, allowing you to tweak the volume of the sounds and select which events you want to be accompanied by a GameBoy sound

As for the GameBoy (not anyone needs an update), it is a handheld video game console originally developed and manufactured by Nintendo  back in the '80s. It was released in Japan on April 21, 1989, and in North America in August 1989. The Game Boy was Nintendo's second handheld system following the Game and Watch series introduced in 1980. The system combines features from both the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Game and Watch portable gaming device. The GameBoy was sold bundled with the puzzle game Tetris at the time of its debut.

Use the links below to grab Gameboy Sounds and Adium.

Download GameBoy Sounds for Adium (Free)

Download Adium IM Client for Mac (Free)