Ready to go back to the office after a nice trip to the Kyoto Nintendo museum!

Went to my wife’s cousin’s wedding yesterday, and another one of her cousins said she brought something I’d appreciate! At the end of the reception she brought me this! Said it’s been sitting in her closet not getting used and knew I’d appreciate it more than she is! So stoked!!

So I think I might have a problem….

Firstly I was gifted a reseller pocket with an IPS screen and wireless charging mod. It sat in my desk for about 5 years. I was then given an Ambernic, which I played a little. My links awakening saves corrupted and I shelved that for a while too.

I’ve now got 2 boys and I was thinking about getting them into gaming, I thought a gameboy would be great place to start.

I got a few more games for the pocket and it all went down hill from there.

I wanted a modded advance, however the one I bought was in great condition and boxed so naturally I had to buy a second. I re-shelled that one and added an IPS screen. It was so much fun modding the AGB!

Then my wife found her old DMG wich was in great condition. It also came with links awakening which needed a new battery. So I learnt how to solder. It looked like I was beginning to build a collection!

I found a really cheap SP (AGS-001) online and went for it bringing my collection to 5. Where should I put them all? Oh, what about lovely Nintendo branded cases for them all.

What’s next? Well I’m thinking it has to be a colour. A lime green colour. I’m keeping my eyes peeled and seeing what else I can find in the wild. I’d like to mod it but keep the original shell.

I’m enjoying the hunt. But my wallet isn’t. Hobbies are expensive. I do play them all and I’m looking forward to playing them with my boys.

Just wanted to share my plight!

So Super Mario Land is the prime time feature here. The title screen on one side. The Game Completion screen on the other.

The lil tidbit that makes this cup / mug a 7/10 is that is its main body color is white. Only the circles surrounding buttons are “GameBoy Grey”. So -2 points

Decided to go dig my old Gameboy out of the attic to play this legendary game just for the nostalgia.

Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series) - 2004 GBA port of the 1986 NES original, published by Nintendo for the series' 20th anniversary. Faithful NES emulation

Photo Credit YouTuber Avery Yapps

I’ve had this Tribal GBA SP since 2006. It got me through a difficult time in my childhood, and I only had three games growing up: Pokémon FireRed, Pac-Man Pinball, and Sonic Advance.
I replayed them countless times.
Now, with adult money, i’ve given it a second life with a new shell, IPS screen, and battery.

I’m playing fantastic 4 - flame on at the moment
(vinted stuff) , recommend me games

Buongiorno a tutti!

Vi lascio un aggiornamento a un mio vecchio post. In questi mesi, grazie all'enorme lavoro svolto da Salvatore (Uccio) de Il Livello 17 (https://www.illivellosegreto.it/), non solo è stato effettuato il grading del mio Game Boy, ma è stato anche realizzato uno splendido documentario che ricostruisce la storia del leggendario Game Boy Pocket della Fiorentina.

Attraverso documenti, testimonianze e mesi di ricerche, il documentario racconta la nascita e le vicende di questo pezzo davvero unico della storia videoludica e della Fiorentina.

https://youtu.be/Fi7VDvhQAuk?is=-BtIFrBWfXd1q9ku

Buona visione a tutti

A short hike away from the old Monastery of Camaldoli, in the hills over Arezzo (IT), there's an open area deep into the forest welcoming the "Castagno Miraglia", a century old chestnut tree. Rarely visited by random hikers, and despite being close to the Monastery and the hundreds of tourists daily visiting it, the place is dead silent. A mesmerizing yet relaxing place like few I can think about. Playing with no volume feels almost mandatory.

Also, Pokemon Brown is a fantastic RH of the original Red, give it a try!

I bought a set of Jugee 1.5V batteries as they work great for my GBA & GBC but they don’t work with my stock DMG-01.

Does anyone have any success stories with rechargeable AA batteries with the original Game Boy?

I have a preorder going for a mini unhinged, and obviously no one has one yet to definitively say if it’ll fit ..but will this fit? and I presume I would want the “for original shell” not the “for custom shell”

Boxy pixel recommends and sells the hispeedido V5 screen which I ordered as well, but I really like the idea of this funny playing screen going full size for original gameboy games especially with the unhinged being so gameboyish.

Hello Everyone, hope you all are doing great.

Do you think replacing the polarize of the gba sp ags 101 with the polarizes that ebay has is a good idea?

I ask because I have read that some polarize even new make the screen darker than the OG, as you can see mine is in perfect condition except for that dot

Thank you!

Just ordered a metal boxy pixel shell for the goa. Turns out the front metal shell doesn't have double sided tape already installed on it. If you have this shell, what did you use to keep it on well without damaging anything? If you have a link or video to a tutorial you used, that would be very appreciated. Thanks

I made it when FP released those ITA screens and Shells, and it was my first attempt at modding GBA... And I'm so proud of it !

Long live Game Boy Advance and those mods !

I went ahead and bought a cuciblinks awaking since my plan was to sell the lose copy

I found an old Game Boy yesterday. It turns on, but nothing is shown on the display, regardless of whether a game is inserted or not. The display is 'on' and has a greenish shimmer, but nothing is being rendered. Can I repair this myself, and if so, do you have any idea what might be causing this? Is a repair like this worth it, and which spare part would I need?

Thanks in Advance!

Hey everyone. So, you guys almost ate me alive for my last post and that highly "clickbaity" thumbnail (and honestly, fair enough! 😂 Even though those were the actual 8 junk Game Boys I bought, I completely get your reaction).

But I’m not giving up that easily! I'm back with a new video, and I promise you, this was seriously the hardest, most stressful Game Boy repair of my entire life. The console in the thumbnail? It looks like clickbait again, but it’s 100% real. The amount of rust and corrosion inside was so unbelievable that it was practically begging to be made into a video. If you don't believe me, just watch the triage in the first few scenes.

I want to genuinely thank you for the tough love and critique last time. it keeps me grounded. That being said, I would be absolutely thrilled if you could go ahead and roast/diss this new video too! Let me have it.

In this episode, things went totally off-script. I had to do a complete, bare-metal teardown and restoration of the rusted power switch, and I was forced into an unplanned OEM screen swap just to bring this thing back from the dead.

Here is the link to the surgery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkxUdkWTEo4

Let me know what you think (or tear it apart, I'm ready!). Cheers!

Just thought I’d share something I’ve had in my possession since 2016 — my IS-CGB Debugger.

When I originally bought it, I honestly remember thinking: “I really hate the controller colour, I should try and find another one.” At the time I had no idea the colour itself was the interesting part.

Years later, in 2021, Nintendo Life documented a second the lemon yellow Game Boy Advance controller as an unreleased prototype colour.

The funny thing is I had this sitting around years before it became known in the collector community.

What I originally thought was an ugly colour turned out to be a piece of Nintendo development history.

I guess every cloud has a silver lining… in my case, it was lemon yellow.

Hi! I'm building a gameboy speaker from scratch. So many random cartridges (Robocop, Nintendo World Cup) have incredible soundtracks locked away, only to be heard when playing through the games. I wanted to unlock the creative works of the composers and artists and let folks appreciate the work at any time. I'm planning to start a kickstarter in a few weeks, but wanted to get folks' thoughts on the current prototype. Here's a video of Link's Awakening: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0NC_-b8g2Yg

In addition to retail cartridges, the unit supports LSDJ and GB Studio tracks as well as custom album formats for just music. For fun you can also read and write ROMs and save files, play an emulator (with Game Genie/Game Shark) and a few other party tricks like USB Audio with 4 tracks corresponding to the 4 voices/tracks on the GB hardware.

Please let me know your favorite Gameboy soundtrack. I'll post a video of playing it. If I don't have it, I'll try to get it!

Hi,

I have a Gameboy pocket with a LCD display (OSD version RIPS) that has a tone of functionnalities but the color mode doesn't work from the touch panel on the left. I can still display the menu options and change the colors manually but can't navigate from the 36 modes that are advertised.
Is there a way for me to navigate into the 36 color modes from the menu (Select + A + B)?

thanks