/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3481443
My eyes are shit and don't want to hold it right up to my face.

>>3481443
I can't because my flashcart is dead and haven't bothered to find a new one for my GB Micro.

>>3481443

This is why Japanese dudes are squinting all the time...

>>3481443
Because original GBA with backlight is superior.

>>3481495
>101 screen

>>3481443
>>3481495

Solution: have both!

>>3481443
I can't handle it.

>>3481474
kek

>>3481495
>>3481653

Neither the original GBA or the SP101 screen look as sharp as the Micro screen. It's the patrician way to play non retro games on it.
Using a SNES emulator, and a Super Gameboy on it would be a bit TOO micro though.

>>3481443
my brother has one but one of the shoulder buttons don't work.

>>3481653
That's not mine. Just a random photo I took off of a search engine.

>>3481443
Because it can't actually play GB/GBC cartridges, the screen is too small and the controls are cramped as fuck.

>>3481653
Fuck off faggot

>>3481443
because i want to actually see what im doing
i got a SP

>>3481443
because the new ed-gba is sold out as fuck everywhere and I don't want to bother with a piece of shit chinese ez-flash

>>3481443
>literally as large as a postage stamp
That's why.

I have every form of GBA plus an EDGBA, and I enjoy it on all of them. I love my micro when I'm really "on the go", but overall SP is just better. SP is still very compact and has nice buttons. Overall I usually end up picking the SP when I go out instead.

I love the EDGBA itself, though. I've waited so long for a decent GBA flashcart after all the god-awful ones that have come out of China. I also have an EZ-Flash IV and I fucking hate it. I've always hated it. I'm glad I can finally put it to rest.

jdimsa

>>3482267
Wasn't that exact listing only $100 a few months ago?

>>3481443
Because I have a flashcarted Gameboy and Gameboy Color.

I do play Gameboy Advance games on it though.

>>3481879
It's larger and, might not be as sharp but the viewing experience is much better in the way a 27" trinitron is better than a 8" pvm.

>>3481443
Not retro, faggot.

>>3482302
>Not using Gamecube GBA Player

>>3482464
>stock GB Player disc

absolutely disgusting. please use GBI: http://retrorgb.com/gameboyinterface.html

though for non-GBC games you're still a pleb if you aren't using an SGB2.

>>3482464
>>3482469
Why stop there?

>not GBI
>image stretched to 16:9
>third-party memory card
>silver GCN so it probably doesn't have component
>using composite or s-video on an HDTV

100% Grade A disgusting

>>3482358
More like a 13" trinitron since the GBA is only 0.9 inches bigger than the Micro (2.9 vs 2.0).

>>3481443

What's that background in the screenshot?

Do you get that in the DX version when playing on a GBA? do other games do that?

Why aren't you playing your Gameboy and Gameboy color games on a cute GBA SP Pikachu Edition ?

>>3482702
I was thinking about the standart one, but this shit is so much more fancy!!!

>>3482707

>>3482702
because I refuse to spend $100+ on a console that gives me cramps

>>3481495
my nigga

I'm trying to decide what shell to upgrade to, my pink one is beat up from years of use

>>3481443
Weren't we told that the cart wouldn't allow GB games on micro?

>>3481443
But I am OP

>>3481443
Because I'm too lazy to mod my Dingoo with a shit tier screen

Why? Because if it isn't smaller than a squared centimeter, it is a dinosaur in the micro world. Mine was made as a proof of concept of the Zoolander joke. It has obvious technical limitations, but it CAN play LA in 256 colors.

INB4 not retro.

>>3482898
Its emulators

How do you get GBC games to work on the ED GBA ? I'm interested.

>>3482967
it's a piece of garbage emulator which totally defeats the purpose of using an everdrive. avoid

>>3483005
You mean Goomba? It works just fine. Even has Super Gameboy capabilities.

>>3481879
>sharp
Yeah because it's the same resolution squeezed into a smaller physical size.

>>3483431

No, because it has more pixel density. It's not that the Micro screen squeezes the image, rather the regular GBA and the SP stretch it.

Pic related is a GBA game at its native resolution, quite small eh?

>>3483434
>No, because it has more pixel density. It's not that the Micro screen squeezes the image, rather the regular GBA and the SP stretch it.
Surely that's all relative and arbitrary? And, seeing as the regular GBA came first, it makes more sense to consider the micro screen with respect to that.

>>3483439

Not relative, the Micro screen has 144.22 PPI and the regular GBA is 99.46.

>>3483446
It literally is relative. Before the Micro, was the SP stretching the image?

Is a movie theater projector stretching the image because it looks smaller on your monitor?

This is a relativity and which method is better is subjective. I think you need to give it up and just accept that people think differently than you do.

>>3483450
>I think you need to give it up and just accept that people think differently than you do.

Woah, I don't really care that much. I was just stating facts, that the Micro has more pixel density, which means the Micro doesn't "squeeze" the image as you said.

But if you want to be right, be my guest, I don't care that much. Besides, GBA is not retro.

>>3483450
>It literally is relative.

What is relative? 144 PPI is more than 99.

>Is a movie theater projector stretching the image because it looks smaller on your monitor?

That depends, on the film and the projector. Are we talking 35mm? 240p analog? 1080p digital?

>>3483463
>144 PPI is more than 99.
Yes and 99 is less than 144. So either one is stretched or the other is shrunk. Depends on your point of view. Most people choose to use the first incarnation as their frame of reference, for obvious reasons.

>>3481495
hows the AA batteries hold up with this back-lit screen?

>>3483434
>No, because it has more pixel density

this is such a stupid fucking argument. You're allowed to prefer the micro for a multitude of different reasons, but pixel density shouldn't be it. "pixel density" when referring to fixed resolution games is just a code word for "smaller display." For PC games and monitors it makes total sense.

pic related, a gba game 1:1 on a GS6. It's got 577 ppi, and the screen is bright AMOLED, so clearly it's the best way to play GBA games.

>>3483434
you can press L or R to run gb/c in native aspect on a gba.

101 swap gba is the best gameboy. or a loca frontlight if you wanna play outside. light off in the sun is much better than a sp screen but indoors the 101 will be better.

>>3481443
Wait, could Everdrive GBA play GB and GBC?

>>3484097

Take a picture of a GS6 running a GBA game in native resolution next to a GB Micro with the same game, and let's see if it's really the same image.

>>3484157
that's not what he said

>>3484161

>he

>>3484153
via emulation yes, natively no

>>3484178
Explain.

>>3484240
GBA flashcarts cannot function as a Gameboy flashcart.

However, a GBA has just enough power to emulate 8-bit stuff.

>>3484240
the pins are different and have different rotational wavelengths

>>3483456
>Yeah because it's the same resolution squeezed into a smaller physical size.

>Micro has more pixel density, which means the Micro doesn't "squeeze" the image as you said.

Have you considered that ""squeezing the same number of pixels into a smaller area"" is literaly the definition of a higher pixel density?

He's not saying the image is squeezed or distorted, he's saying that the pixel density is higher, therefore tiny.

>>3481443
Because I'm not a faggot who tries to use retro game as a guise to talk about rule breaking garbage.

>>>/v/

>>3484240
There's a GB/C emulator written for the GBA called Goomba.

Normally when a GBA plays GB/C games it runs them on actual GBC hardware inside the GBA.
However a GBA flashcart can't start the GBC hardware due to there being a physical switch in the console.

>>3482702
Because I can only find the US Toys R Us variants and not the Jap ones with a PokeCenter sticker on eBay.

>>3484287
Huh. Does this not sound like something a simple hardware mod could fix? At least in the launch GBA and SP.

It would make the ED-GBA a lot more attractive if it could play everything pre-DS. As it stands you need to spend almost twice as much for two carts.

>>3483434
>It's not that the Micro screen squeezes the image, rather the regular GBA and the SP stretch it.
Wrong. The GBA and GBA SP have the standard PPI for games. The Micro is simply a smaller screen, thus the higher PPI.

>>3484275
>rotational wavelengths
What is this?

>>3484296
You could mod the ED to also be a GBCED but then it'd probably be twice as expensive.

>>3481469
Ive got an extra ez4 I need to sell if you or any other anon is interested

>>3484590
How much would you want for it?

>>3481495
Been looking at these.

Which one has the best backlight? I want to buy one

>>3484729
40 bucks?

>>3484771
you have to mod an original. The sp ags-101 is the only one with a backlit screen, micro has no gbc support. apex would be an original with a 101 screen, gbAMP and a soundtraxx model rail road speaker.

>>3484467
I could, and it wouldn't cost much. Or I could (and do) use solutions that have been around for years and cost a fraction of the cost of any ED.

>>3482702
because I have the superior model

>>3484771
cheapest way is the knock-off light strip that replaces the screen cover with a new one.

best way is to get a reproduction gba sp screen with an adapter cable (and solder a single wire), but that takes a few extra dollars.

>Everdrive GBA
>sticks out

Disappoint.

>>3481443
>order "refurbished" ags 101 from ebay
>huge motherfucking crack down back
>send back and order refurbished one from different saler
>screen is fucked and this one looks even worse
I fucking give up Chinks could make a better bootleg system than American "refurbishers".

>>3487531
REVO K101 or whatever its called. Friend has it and its pretty nice. Buttons at least feel responsive.

>>3481443
I have the Famicom version, looks really neat. Too bad the battery indicator is so wonky.

I have two GB Micros please tell me exactly how you are doing this I've always wanted to play GB games on the micro is it a flashcard a hard mod or what? Please tell me and I will be grateful to you forever.

>>3487892
https://krikzz.com/store/home/42-everdrive-gba-x5.html
Or if you want the cheaper option, get ezflash4.

Flashcard is basically cart you stick sd/microsd card into(where you put your roms into), and then you can boot-up said roms via it.

>>3481879
>snes emulator
>gameboy advanced
Not even the 3ds can emulate snes, only the n3ds

>>3487928
There is snes emu for gba, but its pretty useless/unplayable.

And there is snes emulator for 3ds, which does play snes games full-speed(not everything, but most), unless you were talking about VC.

>>3487903
You forgot the important thing, the Goomba emulator, unless those come with Goomba preinstalled.

>>3487931
Vc is n3ds only.
Ill have to look into the snes emulation on o3ds, last i checked everything was running poorly

>>3487937
on latest frimware they do(at least everedrive and supaercard, I dont know about ezflash), those two also has nes and sms/gg emulators too.

>>3487939
blargSNES is the one that works fine.

>>3487941
>blargSNES is the one that works fine.
Someone is working on optimizing SNES9x.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/snes9x-for-old-3ds.435568/

>>3482469
>http://retrorgb.com/gameboyinterface.html
oh shit i had no idea about this.
I did have the idea to mod my gamecube to run the oem disk since the jews on ebay won't let one got for less than $50. Mod chips are really cheap for the NGC right now.

>>3487538
>4 face buttons instead of 2
>custom design
no.

>>3487946

In fact it already works better than BlargSNES

>>3486895
links?

>>3486895
>reproduction gba sp screen
There are none, the ones you can buy are old stock that were left over back when the original units were made. It's too bad that you gotta scrape off a bunch of plastic to make it fit, even with the aftermarket cases.

>>3487939
I remember the o3ds runing some gba games being a ijected VC game.

>>3489493
The entire ds line, including the 3ds, features the ability to run gba games natively on their own hardware.

>>3489643
And that's really neat.

The Nintendo DSi removed backwards compatibility with the GBA, was that solely because they couldn't fit the extra cartridge slot? The DS ran the GBA-games on the same processor as the DS games, right?

>>3489741
That is correct.

Theoretically, you could add a GBA cart slot onto a DSi or 3DS, but that would be a major hardware mod, and you would need to make software for the DSi/3DS OS to actually use the GBA port

>>3489791
Maybe a 3DS cartridge with a wire that goes to a GBA cartridge slot.

>>3489805
It doesn't really work like that, but with hardware level access you could just load ROMs of the SD card anyways.

>>3489906
Well, the 3DS cart would obviously contain software to access the GBA-rom in the cart connected to it.

>>3483434
That's exactly what he said; greater pixel density due to it having the same resolution spread over a smaller physical area.

>>3482919
>>3481443

How the fuck are you nerds doing that

>>3490179
We've said it 3 times already in this very thread: Goomba

>>3481443
>tiny fuckn screen
This is why i just use super gameboy

>>3490207
Is it temperamental? There was that game, the unreleased one called infinity and it works on an emu but not on my Goomba file on EZFLASHIV

>>3481495
Or better yet,an original SP.Had one way back when with a battery pack,was good for 9 hours.Was great during power outages,so many memories.

>>3490237
The shape isn't comfortable at all though. Just use some rechargeable AAs.

>>3490314
I remember it being just fine in my 12 year old self's hands.But even then said hands were like spooky skellington hands.Funny thing,when I got an early DS,it shared the SP's charger.

>>3490421
Yeah, Nintendo has kept some chargers over console generations. I had the original DS too. Also, the 3DS-charger was used for the DSi.

>>3491773
I kinda wonder why they kept changing the charger.
They all run in the ballpark of 5v, give or take .2v, so it can't be voltage changes.

I actually charge all of my handhelds off of pic related.

Where can I get micro faceplates these days?

>>3491780
Might be to improve the plug. I always felt like the plug used on the SP and original DS (dunno what the Lite used) was a bit brittle.

>>3491773
Actually all 3ds/2ds models uses the DSi(and XL) charger, which is good since having billion different chargers for each individual device is pain.

>>3491818
I never said that it wasn't still used.

>>3491784
The clear RepairBox branded faceplate is alright. Stay away from the silver and black variants though. Your best bet would be to hunt down originals, in my opinion.


That said, I have taken a gamble on a couple faceplates from GameBoyFanBoy on Etsy since I've been having trouble getting OEM faceplates in acceptable quality. Hopefully they aren't shit.

>>3490207
Can you save with goomba? I´ve always had problems with that shitty emulator on my older EZ Flash IV. Is there a new version of that emulator or something? Any links?