/vr/ - Retro Games

Worm Lights are actually surprisingly usable, you can get new Chinese ones on amazon now for like $5. Rechargeable batteries will be fine, and definitely won't hurt your GB; everyone seems to shill for eneloops but it shouldn't matter as long as they're 1.5V.

I'm waiting for one of the 'clear' japan-exclusive GBCs in the mail right now, looking really forward to it. It's a little yellowed, but I got it for ~$18 shipped so I'm happy. Planning to use it as a 'daily driver'.

>>4787972
Can't go wrong with low self discharge NiMH

Maybe consider a single lithium-ion and a shunt.

Those lights work well enough but are annoying to get positioned just right so they illuminate the screen without blocking it while also angling the Game Boy so the image reaches your eyes but not the glare. LEDs have gotten more efficient since then, so it may be better to have an independent unit that doesn't drain the battery if you can figure out a way to keep it in place. Avoid anything that takes expensive button cells. AA AAA or some kind of Li-ion is the way to go.

>>4787989
Ikea and some other brands supposedly come from the same factory as Eneloops and are nearly as good.

Just imagine the tumblr rants if Nintendo released a console with the word "boy" in the name in 2018.

>>4787992
Good to know, I generally use disposables in my GBC because they last so damn long anyway.

>>4787989
Have a pick of that bad boy you are getting? Thabks for the response btw

>>4787992
>Maybe consider a single lithium-ion and a shunt.
What do you mean by a "shunt"? Sorry English is not my mother language and never heard that word before
>it may be better to have an independent unit that doesn't drain the battery if you can figure out a way to keep it in place. Avoid anything that takes expensive button cells. AA AAA or some kind of Li-ion is the way to go.
So what kind of light source you recommend exactly? Of course I'm not getting those huge magnify glasses with light who look like a bootleg transformer, maybe you can recommend me an specific accessory you use?

>>4788000
kek

>>4788017
Yeah, this is the one I bought. This color is popular so they go for ~$30 and up when in better shape. I mostly wanted one to actually carry around in my bag, and I don't mind the discoloration. New screen lens and some rubbing alcohol / toothbrush cleaning should do the trick.

I picked up some Fujitsu rechargeable NiMH AA batteries and I use them for everything new and retro. They're way cheaper than device-specific garbage, charge faster, and last for fucking ever.

Do someone have a recommended gameboy/Gameboy color games chart?

>>4788050
You get a GBC if you already have a list of games you want to play. Hobbyists ruin things by turning means into ends themselves.

>>4788050
Hi I do but you'll have to ask me!

This bad boy is a pretty good shmup for original GB. I was surprised it worked so well, shmup would not be a genre I would think would work well on GB.

>>4787972
Get the Interact worm light. Not only does it have a link cable passthrough but the light is a bit more dispersed than Nyko's (even the improved revision). Can't vouch for the blob one or the Chinese knockoff that's spammed all over ebay

>>4788025
Why would you get anything but Atomic Purple?

This was a grape GBC. I used an aftermarket shell. Turned out nice. The X3 works fine. I've been playing puzzle games, mostly: Mr. Driller, Kwirk, Tetris DX, and MGS VR.

>>4788186
Why alkalines? Do you have the dumb?

>>4788194
Not him but what's wrong with alkaline batteries in particular? The materials they are made out of, or some way they affect devices?

>>4788204
If it's because they aren't rechargeable, then I'm just realizing that I might have the dumb.

>>4788204
They're fine for something that mostly just sits, but for a Game Boy, the savings, even just on the time spent buying them, adds up fast. I haven't bought any batteries since 2012.

>>4788210
My family buys batteries in bulk, so I've never run into a situation where I didn't have any. Are there any lithium AAs you'd recommend?

>>4788218
Haven't tried Li-ion AAs yet. Maybe I will when my NiMHs are flat. But I've read that chemistry self-destructs much faster even when not used at all.

The disposable lithium (not ion) batteries are about a third lighter and last a bit longer with slightly higher nominal voltage. They make my lightsabers noticeably brighter.

Do original GB advance power switchs have a history of going bad? Trying to troubleshoot.

>>4789062
Probably just needs contact cleaner

>>4789074
Good idea.

>>4789062
Mine seems to be funny on my original SP. I don't think the actual hardware switch goes bad, but rather the 'click' of the switch itself (which is just a plastic tab on the power switch that uses friction against the inside of the case to stay in place). All of the game boys use that same system for the power switches, but I wouldn't be surprised if the SP was built with cheaper switches, since my childhood system (treated as roughly as my other childhood game boys) is the only one that has problems with this. I have nothing but personal theories to back this up though.

>>4788184
For me, it's that the battery covers are more fragile on the translucent systems. I love my childhood atomic purple, but I have upgraded to the infinitely more childish yellow/blue Pokemon GBC.


I most recently got back into Game & Watch Gallery 2. I am way better at it now that I'm a more thoughtful player of games. Getting 1000+ on games is coming much more easily, and I'm optimistic about hitting the max 120 stars soon.

I feel kind of bad that I have so many GB, but I love the different models. My GB Light is my favorite, but the Color is best for color games for sure. The AGS-101 is great for literally anything, but then sometimes I also like the DMG. So I guess game boy is the one thing I can't help but collect many of.

Related, I think the non-backlit Game Boys are a great thing to play outside on a summer day. Get your games and your vitamin D in the warm air.

>>4787989
actually I can vouch for the 1.5V they almost exploded on me while testing a copy of pokemon red

didn't notice till I felt the back panel warm to the touch pulled out both batteries & they were sizzling hot almost bunt the wood floor

>>4787972
This was probably the best color for the GBC and I wish I had it. I hated the fact you needed that damn light. Playing with the adapter was great because it saved you having to waste batteries.

Nintendo handhelds for me were for the most part Pokemon machines but I also loved Wario Land 2 and 3. SML games and Links Awakening are also be great. For the most part I don't think a GB is worth owning in 2018 and you are much better off emulating this stuff. A lot of the games feel more limited than NES games. Most probably do in fact. Any great 3rd party game likely might have a better port elsewhere and the GB/GBC had a ton of shovelware or very forgettable games since it was a kids handheld. I suggest you stick to the 1st party Nintendo stuff and maybe certain other games is fine like Tetris.

>>4788084
Can you post the GB chart anon? please?

OP here.

I did some research I they don't sell the Nykos worm light anywhere, even online, in my country, they sell the via Amazon and eBay but the shipping price to my country is not worth the buy, so I can only rely on AliExpress and Wish, the Chinese stores.

I've found these:
http://s.aliexpress.com/eey2EBny

https://www.wish.com/c/58087c7065a71b0ac7732de1

I think I will go for the AliExpress one on my next paycheck if you have no other suggestion. Thanks for the recs guys!

>>4789345
>I don't think a GB is worth owning in 2018

Just found this. Display comparison of AGS-101 and the original frontlight SP on GBC/A games: https://imgur.com/a/lshT2#0

Holee fuck. I'm not a big fan of the 101 but even I didn't think it was this bad. Look at how Abe's Odyssey's aesthetic was completely butchered by the "too good" 101 display. TBF this technically falls on the devs for trying to compensate by oversaturating the colorspace, but the point stands - the 101 is overkill. God knows why people still pimp this ghosty, 5 hour battery life, can't-see-shit-outdoors Game Boy over the proper reflective models. It has to be benign ignorance.

>>4789405
Pretty sure both links are of the same product. It's all the same shit on ebay, too. Might buy one myself to test against my Nyko and Interact.

>>4788050
Donkey Kong '94
Metroid 2
Game Boy Camera
Kirby's Dream Land 1 & 2
Kirby's Pinball Land
Mega Man 3, 4, 5
Tetris
Pokémon Red or Blue
Pokémon Crystal
Pokémon TCG 1 & 2
Pokémon Pinball
Game & Watch Gallery 2 & 3
Harry Potter 1 & 2
Keitai Denjuu Telefang
Shantae
Zelda: Link's Awakening
Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Seasons
Wario Land 1, 2, 3

That should get you started

>>4790203

these plus
Donkey kog country gbc
donkey kong land 1 2 3
Bionic commando
mario golf
mario tennis
mickeys racing adventure
spiderman 2
all of the turok games
mario land 2

>>4787972
why the hell are gbc flashcarts so expensive? i've had to settle for emulating it on my gba flashcart with goomba.

>>4789328
What? 1.5v is the standard listing for a AA battery.

>>4789457
Dat light though, can see everything any time. Looks as good as a super game boy but it's portable and plays more games.

I do keep non-backlit model's around though, for playing certain stuff or for outside use. I just think you are exaggerating a bit.

GBA > GB > GBC

Prove me wrong.

>>4791401
But you have it backward.

>>4791315
Probably because manufacturing GBA carts is dirt cheap due to the insane counterfeiting market it has whereas GBC never had a large fakes market due to their transparent case design so no one invested in all the counterfeiting material to make it as cheap as possible to manufacture like GBAs who have hundreds of factories in China pumping out the boards and chipsets

>>4791404
>GBC is his favourite
Thing had like, only 5 worthwhile exclusives if that.

Meanwhile, GBA has the best third-party line-up of Nintendo's handhelds, and a decent offering from Nintendo themselves too.

>>4791420

>>4791425
This is Gameboy General. The Gameboy family includes GBA whether you like it or not.

I didn't think GBA was very good

>no original Mario
>only original Zelda was lackluster
>metroid had little exploration
>too many ports all around
>a lot of RPGs that weren't very good


There were some bright spots, but overall it's hard to support it that strongly.

>>4791413
They should start making the gb-bridge again. It let you use gba flashcarts as gbc. I think the main issue in compatibility between them is the different voltages used.

http://www.gameboy-advance.net/flash_card/gb_bridge.htm

>>4791495
>omitting the Wario games, the Starfy series, the F-Zeros, the Fire Emblems and Advance Wars, all of which were good
Play more GBA.

>>metroid had little exploration
Zero Mission had plenty of that, though.

>>no original Mario
Who needs an SMB when you could have Mario vs. DK instead?

>>4791507
If there was a market for it it would have been done. Most people want a child friendly flash cart not something that only holds a handful of games and requires an interface that was obsolete before they were born.

>>4791516
And omitting Ninja Cop, Astro Boy, Konami Krazy Racers, the WarioWares, Drill Dozer, the Klonoas, Mario & Luigi, Mother 3, etc.

It also had two great Metroids, the best Wario Land, a fantastic exclusive Zelda made by Capcom and so on.

I have a Game Boy Light and it's much worse than I thought. The display, while backlit, is nothing to write home about.

I just found out the these exist

https://www.wish.com/c/5a43415c5cc9a6669b2ee16e

https://www.wish.com/c/5ae18b4dbd784c2ada8b61e5

Did someone ever bought these? How was it? Will I get scammed if I get one of these?

I know about the better options out these I'm just asking about your experience with them if you happen to bought them

>>4792191
What is exactly the problem with the GB Light? I was tracking down one to buy.

Im kinda bored.

What cool modding stuff can I do with a Gameboy?

>>4792184
You forgot Rhythm Heaven. But Minish Cap is shit taste.

>>4792237
I had a supercard back in the day. Shit was like two hundred bucks, lol

They work fine.

No idea what the fuck that thing in your second link is.

>>4791457
Still not retro. You can't make a thread rule that overrules board rules fuck face

>>4789457
>https://imgur.com/a/lshT2#0
It doesn't look THAT bad irl and you can always turn the brightness down.

>>4792332
It's supposed to be a GB/Gbc flashcard, but it has no name or anything. And it's pretty expensive too.

I'm still mad this shit happened to two of my GBCs.

>>4792439
They never got any exposure to heat or sunlight, neither were stored under anything.
If anything, those bumps are jumping out, as if something was pushing from inside the Game Boy. Shit sucks. First the Atomic Purple now the fucking Skeleton has a small one too.

>>4789457
I'd be more convinced if those pictures weren't so shitty.

>>4791495
Dude... what a fucking contrarian.
It had 3 fucking amazing Castlevanias and 4 megaman zero games, the sonic games were as good as the genesis ones.

It was super good but I think sometimes it doesn't have the comfyness of the GBC or maybe the licences around the early 2000 don't cause me a good bunch of nostalgia.
I feel like it was so advanced that it lost a bit of the charm like the limitations on the game boy color.

Are there any other top tier GBC exclusives besides WL3, Goemon Dynamite and Shantae?

>>4793261
>GBC exclusives
Some aren't exclusives per se, but different versions, and others are notable for the virtue of being portable (if you prefer playing on real hardware vs emulating SNES/PS1 for instance) and for 8-bit goodness:
Azure Dreams
Deja Vu I & II
Dragon Warrior 1-3
Little Magic
Metal Gear Solid
Monster Rancher Explorer (actually Solomon's Key)
Mr. Driller
Toki Tori
Wendy: Every Witch Way

>>4792439
>>4792450
now you're starting to understand why collecting all this plastic is meaningless

I'm having a problem with a GBA and could use some help. I got a horrible looking GBA at a thrift store that works despite it's shape. Got a replacement case and gave it a nice cleaning. Put in a copy of Pokemon Ruby and got a "save has been deleted". Think oh well my copys battery must be getting old. Decide to try it out in my GB micro and
It works and saves. Put it back in the advance and it gets deleted. What gives?

>>4792439
>>4792450
lol get fucked should've bought a game gear, kid

>>4793562
>game gear
lol, no games

>>4793441
Your Pokemon game is a counterfeit, the battery is used only for keep track of the time.

>>4793789
Awwww shit. Never even thought of this. Only ever played it in a micro and ds. Thank God I didn't pay for the game.

>>4793789
>>4793840
Thanks btw.

>>4793249
Aria was fun at the time, probably my favorite symphony clone, but I can definitely live without HoD, and Circle of the Moon just felt like a badly realized halfway game between old and new CV. Like the point of the whip in CV goes beyond just having a whip, felt like people just pasted the idea of old games into Symphony level design, and didn't entirely realize that level design was very integral to classic CV. And I'm sure the MMZ games were fine, I just don't like Mega Man that much, so it didn't mean anything to me.

I don't see what's so contrarian about my post anyway. It's not as if I didn't like anything on the GBA, just that the things I'd normally like were lackluster to me. GB and GBC had better offerings in the places that I cared about.

>>4793861
>It's not as if I didn't like anything on the GBA

You shouldn't. The entire GBA library is trash.

>>4793928
>hurr I hate thing because it doesn't belong on my safespace
Contrarians should stay on >>>/v/

>>4793943
Jesus christ, you talk like you've spent your entire life on tumblr or something. Do you actually speak like that in real life?

>>4793861
It's cool man, but I think the GBA felt like it's own thing while the GBC was more of a add-on to the classic game boy lifespan.
Even if GBA didn't have some classic new mario you could play old gbc/gb with it and also had a big library.

>>4793928
>>4793948

Shut the fuck up autismo. Go play with your abusive uncle or something.

Are there any good multiplayer games (with SGB support)?

>>4789405
I got a GBA and a GBC one of these for about £5 anons.
I haven't got a GBC to test onhand and only have a GBA SP. It doesn't work so good with the GBA SP, but that might be due to the fact its the SP. Awkward port positions and form factor.
When I get a GBC and GBA out of the loft (in a hundred years maybe), I'll test them again then.

>>4794890
i'm not sure how its possible to screw up "LED on movable stick"

What's a good source for a original DMG replacement shell?

Recently saved a classic gray DMG from perma-storage oblivion, but it is about as jaundiced as its former owner was before he got his second liver transplant (true story). Screen lens is also busted and held on by scotch tape. Internals are working fine, though.

There's plenty of replacements on ebay and aliexpress, but you can never be too sure about quality (fit, print accuracy) with these.

>>4795443
I've been getting stuff from hand held legend and haven't had a problem.

You could also retro bright the case and buy a new screen cover.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.instructables.com/id/Retr0bright-how-to-turn-a-yellow-Gameboy-white-aga/%3famp_page=true

>>4791495
The GBA also had a really weak launch and it took over a year for it to build up a worthwhile library, where as the GBC had a great library from the very start.

>>4795019

>>4795693
I've stumbled upon that shop too and the quality looks good. However I'm in europe, so shipping cost will probably make the purchase unviable.

>>4798446
Maybe try https://www.deadpanrobot.co.uk

They seem to come up alot.

>>4790203
>buying game boy camera in the current year

>>4799270
There's never been a better time for GB Camera photography.

Am i the only one who had this weird light?
I'm sure my parents got it for me because it was on clearance.

>>4794690
The SNK fighting games have Super Game Boy multiplayer.

>>4789345
pretty great for power outages playing gameboy by candle light what is the best flash cart for gbc?

Is there some way I can play this on my GBC?
Pokemon Red Full Color Hack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k85Efc1YWY

>>4801517
gbc flastcart,
or emulate it on gba/ds/3ds.

>>4801532
Danke

>>4788097
I can get this game locally for 9$. Worth it?

Hey /gamebois/

Here's my current collection, waiting on my ElCheapoSD 2.0 flash cart to come. Next up is a frontlight on the gbc, but I also want a backlit Pocket...

>>4792237
Get an EZ flash IV/reform/omega

>>4801517
Flash cart may work.. if the rom hack is optimized to work on actual gbc hardware. If not, emulate on whatever.

>>4801715
Not bad, but you lack games. Ive modded quite a few gba og's with sp 101 screens. The sp shell design is just superior. I play gb/gbc/gba on mine, but i also own 9 times as many gb/gbc/gba games as you. Why did you post this??

>>4789328
Thats not a real gameboy idiot. Thats why your batteries went retarded, because youre a retard...retard!

>>4789345
I used to emulate gb on my wii, but playing on a gbc or gba/sp is just so much better. Flash carts are nice for translations and romhacks, but there really is nothing like picking out a cart and sliding it into the back of a gb.

>>4789405
Im sorry you live in a shithole country, maybe your people can try to be as smart as white people or the nippon. You know videogames wouldnt exist without white people... niether would cars, tv, chemistry, physics, science in general, the internet or 4chan. Thank white people for the internet, so you can ask white people for help with all your /vr/ related questions!

Does anyone have any experience with replacement screen covers? The glue on my original recently went to powder and it was scratched anyway to begin with.

>>4801783
Super easy to apply and cheap to get. They come with a sticky adhesive pre-applied for easy install. Shell out the few extra dollars for a glass screen though.

>>4801821
Any experience with Amazon sellers? The glass ones are really tempting, but listings I've seen don't make it clear what sort of glass there made of.

>>4801835
Don't use amazon. You want to be buying from Retro Modding or Hand Held Legend

>>4798710
Thanks, theat's pretty much what I was looking for, but they are out of stock on the original DMG shells.

I'll keep looking.

>>4789074

This is the most likely candidate. A lot of dust gets in these from all the time spent in pockets. I just recently cleaned my childhood gameboy pocket. It had a whole LAYER of dust in the bottom of the shell, and now works almost as well as new.

>>4794543
True, personally I don't like playing GB/GBC on GBA that much, mostly because Pocket has a bigger screen and color doesn't have the cart stick out so far. Though sometimes I still do it for that fine ass backlight.

>>4793928
I feel like that's going too far. I still enjoyed stuff like Advance Wars, Mario&Luigi, Mario Kart Super Circuit, the F-Zero games, WarioWare (Twisted being the best in the series), and even though I didn't care much for the remake games, I still had them and played Mario Bros. and Four Swords a lot. Also, Mario Advance was nice in that it added the egg hunt mode, that was my favorite add-on to SMB Deluxe so it was cool to have it again. Oh yeah, and I wasn't much for RPGs but I liked Mother 3 and MegaMan Battle Network.

>>4801727
It works on the EverDrive, I tested it.
>>4801180
BennVenn's El Cheapo models are the best, but they're not as 'in-stock' as the EverDrive(s) are. The X3 is the only one that's really worth its price, the other models are ludicrously overpriced.
>>4801849
they all sell the same shit from china

>>4794690
only one I can think of is Bomberman.

>>4799275
Check this out for GB photos

http://fingerguns.net/games/2018/05/11/f1-fan-takes-game-boy-camera-to-a-race-gets-wicked-results/

>>4802110
That's awesome, particularly that lens mount. I use the same printer emulator for my shots.

>>4801752
Why did you post this?

>>4793928
>>4793948
>They see me trollin`

Thanks guys, now I'm tracking down a GB Camera

>>4803271
>tracking down
>typing "GB Camera" into ebay

>>4803271
You're in luck, they're like $6 shipped.

>>4801760
anon please this thing is fantastic the only downside is the audio jack having a faint buzzing when using head/phones but not when using the speakers

>>4801715
fuck off back to r/gameboy faggot.

>>4803773
I've only seen this meme image used for a week and I'm already bloody sick of it.

>>4803783
>not just chuckling that the cringeworthy cringelet is failing with his unironically cringy forced meme fail

>>4803845
… wut?

Is there any way to improve the Gameboy Color sound? I mean, do you guys know about a mod to enhance the sound of the Gameboy to make it louder/crystal clear?

I want to start the project but I don't seem to found any useful info to start with.

>>4803853
Shrek meme is cringe and you are a faggot

>>4792237
It takes a while to compile gba games before running them but the built in emulators kick an unreal amount of ass, definitely worth the buy

>>4803853
>when you're so cringy you don't even know it

>>4792237
>15-20 bucks on ebay
>all from China
Worth a shot, right? Beats the shit out of repro carts.

>>4804210
>compile
>built in emulators
wew lad

>>4795019
I think the Single LED light works better for a square screen than a rectangular one. The GBA one probably needs two lights in parallel to each other to make a larger spotlight I feel. (Or a stronger LED)

>>4801715
Modded GBA worth getting? Thinking of acquiring a premodded unit or doing it myself.

>>4787989
Holy Shit VR was right about something. Thanks VR these new lights are comfy as fuck. Fucking better then those all Nyko lights they used to have.

>>4792237
really bad chinkshit don't bother.

>>4805459
Glad to hear it worked out, anon. Mine never arrived in the mail, where did you order yours?

What's wrong with rechargable batteries? I used to use some for my GBA back in the day and I've never had a single problem. Never tried them with a GBC though

>>4805516
There's nothing wrong with them at all. Run-of-the-mill rechargeable AAAs can be underpowered for use in GB Pockets, but that's the only real issue.

>>4805414
their pretty great if a bit too pricey at times

>>4805530
What brand should I get? Or any brand would do the trick? I saw a Sony ones on my convenience store buy they are a bit pricy.

>had to go renew my license
>instead of waiting around for my turn I decided to go fuck off for like half an hour after getting a ticket since there's a pawn shop and a thrift store nearby
>Pawn shop had a cib original gameboy in fucking mint condition for 80 maplebux

I feel like I made out like a bandit, holy shit. The box and styrofoam are scuffed up, but the gameboy and tetris card are legitimate mint condition. And the accessories and such are all there too.

I really need to kickstart a gameboy collection now. It feels wrong having something this good and only tetris and pokemon games to play on it. The dot matrix screen looks really nice, too.

>>4806074
I would probably get Amazon basics if I was buying rechargeables, or some other anon mentioned the Ikea brand as being solid.

should i get a gameboy pocket or gameboy color? last time i played on one of this things was when i was like 15 years ago

>>4805414
I got made one and it's pretty nice. It takes a LOT more work getting all the new guts to fit inside the console than people will tell you, though. You can't just squeeze it in since it'll fuck with the tightness of the buttons and the shell won't close right, you need to remove a lot of the back half of the shell to make it fit with sandpaper or a file so the ribbon cable actually has room.

>>4806785
I'd go with the Gameboy color.

>>4806785
You're basically choosing between a B&W screen or a Colour screen. Neither versions are backlit.

>>4806823
>Neither versions are backlit.
thats what is realy fucking me off, i dont want a gay light like the one in ops post. Do you need much light to see something on the screen? i realy dont remember since its so long ago

>>4806830
Naw gameboys never took much light to see the screen.

If it interests you there's a gameboy light (different to the gameboy pocket) with a built in frontlight, but I think they're a bit expensive since they've only ever been japanese exclusive.

I don't think there are any lit GBC models.

>>4806842
>gameboy light
I could get a used one for 119€ but thats way to much for me. I think i will get a used gameboy color in purple for 36€.

>>4806856
While I have a soft-spot the GB Pocket, the Color is better in almost every way, realistically. That's not even considering the rather large GBC exclusive library you get access to.

>>4806863
are there a way to get sd card thing like for the DS? I have seen one in this thread how much do they cost?

>>4806870
EverDrive Gameboy
https://krikzz.com/store/home/46-everdrive-gb.html

It's pretty damn expensive as an initial purchase (130$) but everdrives are quality products and you'll eventually end up saving money if you just download games instead of buying them.

>>4806879
holy shit that is pretty dam expensive i think i will stay with a few pokemon games first since that the primary reason for me to buy a gameboy. thanks for all your helpful answers.

>>4806870
Indeed, see >>4806879. That said, absolutely do not buy the X5 or X7; the price-gouging is gross. The X3 is just barely worth its cost (almost reasonable even), I have one and I very much enjoy it.

That said, if you can manage to get your hands on one of BennVenn's El Cheapo flashcarts, you'll get the features of the EverDrive X5/X7 for less than the X3 costs.

>>4806889
There are cheaper options like ElCheapoSD 2.0

>>4806894
>>4806892
whats the diffrence between this? they do all the same i guess? what are those weird names like x5 or x7

>>4806904
It's basically to trick redditors into paying exponentially more for almost nothing, Krikzz runs a pretty shady business, but he has the market cornered so people let him get away with it. I would order from a dealer like stone age gamer or whatever as well, not from his website, he can take 3-4 months to ship.

Here's the rundown:

X3 - No SRAM battery, need to press a button in the cart (not as weird as it sounds) to force the SRAM to get dumped to the SD Card before powering down, else, you're data is nuked on power off.

X5 - Adds an SRAM battery so it can hold SRAM without having to push a button (literally that's the only difference)

X7 - It's an X5 with an RTC, also some kind of save state functionality. Keep in mind that all the games with RTC functionality have hacks to bypass it.

The firmware is exactly the same on all three, and the compatibility is the same too.

>>4806914
oh thank your for that well detailed answer i will screenshot this so i can remember later when i consider buy one

>>4806923
No problem, hombre. Don't hesitate to compare with BennVenn's stuff too, it's harder to get (smaller production runs) but does all the same stuff at lower prices; he's also much more pleasant to work with.

>>4806104
Holy fucking shit anon, score. I wish the pawn shops around here had this fantastic stuff like you found. They only sell shitty incomplete Wii and PS3 devices. FUCK.

>>4788000
New from Nintendo: Nintendo Gamexer.

>>4789328
What kind of a pirate version Gameboy is that?

>>4789457
I liked my frontlit GBA more than my backlit GBA but eventually the LEDs started going blue and the colours look really weird on it.

Anyone else experience this?

So is there any difference between a repro game cartridge and a bootleg? Will it affect replay ability in the years to come?

>>4808139
GB Boy Colour, they're backlit, but the screen is squashed.
>>4808297
'Repro' is normalfag-speak for bootleg. GB Bootlegs are ~$4 shipped from china, some will work forever others will break after a week.

>>4808302
You got it backwards sport. Normalfags call them bootlegs. Only aspie bandwagoners call them repros. Sorry. Guess you're not special after all.

>>4808302
Pretty normal given that they use 3.3V ROM in cart and plug it in a 5V system.
Still, you can have some fun with it and even reprogram some.

>>4808603
Technically, both are good.
Bootleg is an unofficial copy sometime modified to fit the copy medium or to bypass anti-copy system / add functions.
Repro is a re-production of the original. In this particular case, the quality (technically and physically speaking) is awful (compare the case plastic against a real cartridge, or just have a look at the vomit inducing PCB used).

>>4808603
>>/r/gameboy

>>4808139
>he doesn't browse around for quirky alternative's to old consoles

I should really buy a color along with an wormlight off ebay to see how it compares to the original

>>4809067
Please do.
Screen is much more usable because of backlight, but more blurry too and slightly distorted.

>>4808621
Technically, calling something a repro is only good if you're an aspie bandwagoner. That's just a fact. Sorry if it triggers anyone.

>>4809217
Don't tell >>4808603, he'll call you sport.

>>4809217
then what would these be called?

>>4809274
bootlegs

>>4792439
>clear instead of purple

those are a thing!?it looks like weird

>>4809245
Thanks for the heads up, sport.

>>4809274
By who? I'd call them bootlegs like I always have.

>>4791401
GBA>GBP(it has Good Boy Points in the name>Cabbage brick>GBC

>>4801715
>No TRU green pocket
>none of the blue TRU ones
Sudoku yourself.

Is there a way to change the battery of a game without fucking it up? I saw some tutos on YouTube and they literally tear apart the battery with a knife, a scissors and a wrench.

Is there a gently way to do it? I don't want to destroy my cartridge.

>>4809846
Use a soldering iron

>>4809846
NOOOOOOOO!
GOD NO, don't use scissors or wrench, you redditor!
here is how to proceed:
1) Plug your GB / be sure it has full battery
2) open the game case (like in the photo) and insert the half case with the PCB (circuit board)
3) turn on your GB, the game shall be playing
4) if your game is playing correctly, fire up your soldering iron and gently desolder the battery. You can use fine pillars to cut the top leg or a screwdriver to gently lift the battery leg from the battery.
5) Now you should have a game still running, but without battery (either with or without legs, depending on the new battery you bought). Prepare the new battery by tining it's legs (or its face if you use a legless battery).
6) Carefully place the battery at the right spot and weld it.
7) When done, check that the game is still running. If So, use a multimeter and check the battery voltage probing the PCB and not the battery itself. You should be able to ge the correct voltage.
8) If everything is okay, save your game, turn it off, and screw back your cartridge.
9)???
10) Profit

A) Battery HATES high temperature. Please, buy a legged battery if you can.
B) You are using a hot soldering iron in a live plastic 20 years old game boy. Need I to say to take care neither to short cut tracks nor to burn the case?
C) Have fun! If you can, practice on a dead cartridge, or a one you don't cherish that much before doing it on your beloved ones.

>>4809870
I would never do that stuff, on those vids they also use a black tape to finish the job.

Very well explained, thanks anon, A video would be useful too but I think this will help me. I will buy the stuff I need (soldering iron and a voltimeter) to do it. I found a Pokemon Silver for $2 but the battery is dead. I'm reviving this fella.

Do you recommend the chinese legged batteries that they are selling on aliexpress? Getting those ones here would be difficult and I would need to travel to get them, so If the chinese ones are good, I'm getting them.

>>4806914
I can vouch for the X3. I paid £60 for it but the build quality on it, I feel, is real damn solid. It just works as expected.
I've had nothing but issues with my EZFlash Omega in comparison.

>>4806914
>Keep in mind that all the games with RTC functionality have hacks to bypass it.

Even the obscure japanese ones which never saw a release int he west?
How do these hacks work? Having the time fixed and unchanging would obviously be a bit of a disappointment. Do you enter the time anew every time you start playing and it then keeps track like it normaly would? That sounds most convenient to me.

>>4809870
Having the cart in a powered on gameboy isn't necessary if you either don't care about losing your save or have something that can backup saves. That's only something you do if you have no other way of saving your 25 year old pokemon saves.

Also, speaking of, what's a good way of getting saves off cartridges? Is there any sort of homebrew for n64 flashcarts that lets you get the saves using transfer paks or something? (there's homebrew for ds flashcarts that let you rip shit from GBA carts, anything like that would be cool)

>>4810524
A 'Joey' from bennvenn's shop lets you rip GB/C/A ROMs, saves, etc, straight to your PC. There's also some other USB cart readers available. Alternately, if you don't need the saves on a computer, you can use a Mega Memory Card, or Monster Brain. Although, if you have an N64 flashcart already, yes the homebrew you described does exist already.

>>4809870
>open gameboy case

Wouldn't that destroy the console itself?

>>4809870
wew lad

>>4810942
It wouldn't but isn't necessary so even those silly instructions don't say to do it

>>4809912
Thx m8. If you don't want to keep the savestate, you can just simply change the battery without putting the game in the game boy.

Well, you will have what you pay for.
Either it's a very low price shitty battery that will last one year max, or it's almost the same price as RS / Farnell / Mouser for a little bit less quality.
Depending on your need anon.

>>4810524
when I read >>4809846 : "Is there a way to change the battery of a game without fucking it up?" I understand "Without erasing the savestate. But, it could mean "Without destroying your cartridge" too. At least, now anon knows how to keep the savestate too.

>>4810942
Where in hell did I write this?
You only need to open the cartridge, not the game boy itself.
As a side note, opening it will not hurt your console (if done properly). If you want to do so, use the right screwdriver, and if it's a DMG01, take care at the flex connectors.

>>4810959
Silly instructions? Please do explain me your way so I can learn.

>>4811120
Child Mode
>acquire <$1 spare slot
>connect power lines to spare slot
>inset cart into spare slot
>replace battery with $10 tabbed shit from ebay

Grownup Mode:
>acquire <$1 spare slot
>acquire <$1 battery clip
>connect power lines to spare slot
>inset cart into spare slot
>remove battery
>solder clip
>replace battery with <$1 high quality off the shelf part

Oldfag Mode:
>Replace battery in clip you installed 10 years ago
>Mutter to self about how batteries lasted 20 years in your day
>Shout at kids playing outside to get off your lawn
>Don't worry about save safely preserved in FRAM
>Back it up anyway to PIII W98 machine using parallel cable

>>4809846
anon just buy this & never worry about save states again

https://bennvenn.myshopify.com/products/elcheaposd-v2-1

>>4811682
>save states
>No RTC in this hardware version
Sounds like the perfect solution for someone who has a silver save on an original cart. lol.

>>4789457
Are you saying the original SP screen is preferable to the 101, in your opinion? I have an original, and I've always found it perfectly playable, but I've also wondered about getting a 101 screen. Never seen a 101 in person, so never did the 'upgrade' I usually play on my DS lite with my ezf slot-2 card anyway

>>4811423
>Child
The spare slot is not useful for a one of, but wille definitely help

>Grownup
Most of the time you can't close the case anymore with a battery clip, but if you find a good model, why not?

>Oldfag
Kek 10/10

>>4788050
Duke Nukem

>>4791495
The Castlvania games justified the entire system to me. Pokémon, as well as ports of Shining Force and Doom, kept me well entertained.

Metroid Fusion wasn't perfect, but it had good atmosphere and action, a passable substitute for Super Metroid, back then.
Also since I loved A Link To The Past, having that portable was outright magical to me.

>>4793562
>capacitor dies

>>4795765
It wasn't until the integrated light on the SP that I could really appreciate some of the games, I'll admit.

>>4806830
Depends on your light conditions.
Adjustable contrast helps, but only some.

A GBA SP folds in half and has a backlight, playing all GB cartridges.

>>4806879
Will this work with a 3DS? Nintendo wont detect it anf Shigeru Miyamoto won't send a death squad to my house or something?

>>4812426
No, a Game Boy flash cart will not work on a 3DS.

>>4811423
>>Mutter to self about how batteries lasted 20 years in your day
Hasn't battery capacity steadily improved over the years?

One AA battery made today lasts longer than an AA battery from 25 years ago.

>>4812449
I meant a DS flashcart like the guy he was talking to was asking about.

>>4812470
Yes, modern DS flashcarts work in 3DSs. I use an R4 SDHC 2014 or something and it's great. Near perfect GB/C emulation and DS games without having to have the 3DS.

>still playing on fucking gameboys in 2018

Why not get at least an SP? Or a capable emulation device

>>4812574
Too /vr/ for you, tourist?

>>4812574
SP form-factor sucks, GBA does too. Also why would we emulate when GB flashcarts exist and are the price of one current gen game?

>>4812630
>SP form-factor sucks
>When it's exactly the same as a classic GB, just foldable

>>4812813
Yeah, exactly. It's way too thin.

>>4812574
I've thought about buying a normal AGS-001 but they go for around 60$ on Ebay I could always buy a "refurbished" brand new GBC for that price

>>4812465
No. A batterys capacity always decreases over time. kek
New batteries potentially have the potential to use new technology and have higher capacity but that doesn't mean that happens. One AA battery made today can last longer than one from 25 years ago. Another can last a fraction of that. This is particularly a problem when replacing high quality batteries used in original hardware with whatever random replacement parts you can find today.

>>4803691
Fuck I absolute love this cover. Too bad the actual game is very chibi-esque instead of a gloomy and nocturnal game about living in a farm.

>>4801706
It's not bad, but it's very bland. Assuming you can grab it, go for Nemesis instead.

>>4813517
I think maybe the cover artist might not even have seen the game, only being told it was a farming game, and it's called Harvest Moon.
>"Harvest Moon? Like, harvesting crops at night, in the moonlight, or something? Sure, I can do something like that."
>"Yeah, sure. There's dog there, too, put him on the cover as well."

It's a very pretty cover, at any rate.

>>4787972
Bump

I want to mod my gameboy color so it can have an illuminated screen. I never did a mod before but I can learn and I'm not stupid so I'm ok.

But my question is, should I do front light or a back light mod? Which one is better? What are the differences between then? Pros and con on them?

>>4816276
GBC Backlight mods are absolutely awful, the SP-101 screen mods are extremely difficult, and front light mods are OK if done very well, and nightmarishly bad if fucked up at all. I got a GB Boy Colour for the backlight, and use a regular GBC when the lighting is good. I've considered ordering a very well done frontlight mod.

>>4811423
People suggest battery clips for games but are there any that even fit inside a gameboy cart?

>>4817421
Yes, there are many. Personally I usually make my own though.

>>4817508
any generic ebay shit would work? Do you have to find low profile ones or something? the carts don't seem like they have room.

I've heard people say they've done it to gba carts too but that seems like a fucking lie.

>>4806785
Color, because the GBC-only part of the library has some pretty good stuff.

>>4812465
>>4813138
Batteries have peaked for a while now. short of a completely revolutionary breakthrough, there's really no way of having higher capacity batteries without just making them bigger.

Like it's just physically impossible to (safely) store more power in the same space. The only difference between batteries made now and batteries made 20 years ago are safety, reliability (when was the last time you actually had a battery leak?) and potentially being better at preventing self discharge.

>>4817558
Lots of clips won't fit but there are plenty that will. You might find them on ebay.
All you've seen is fools trying to stuff the wrong battery into a GBA cart. And you certainly won't find that clip on ebay or probably wherever else you buy stuff.
Bear in mind I never said the parts were easy to find on ebay. I just said there are lots of parts that will fit. All those companies don't make all those batteries without having a way to connect them to things.

Thoughts on the Hyperkin SmartBoy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6IvFO2gJVQ

>>4818145
stupid

>>4816276
The BennVenn GBC backlight mod literally entails removing the original screen and replacing it with an AGS-101 screen. The amount of effort it takes to modify the shell to accommodate both the new screen and the expensive ribbon cable needed to use it is kinda ridiculous. Especially with the difference in screen size, you may as well just be playing on an SP
The best frontlight option would have you cannibalizing an AGS-001 for its front light, and VERY CAREFULLY modifying that to fit onto the GBC LCD. For best results you'd also want to use a specific clear adhesive to help with light distribution, but you have to be really patient with that otherwise you'll fuck it up.
Here's a good tutorial for that https://imgur.com/a/WEM7f
If you've never done a mod before, the GBC is probably a terrible place to start.

>>4818145
it's insanely clear that that abomination is just a joke that went too far
why would anyone buy this?

>>4818145

>>4787992
>Nimh

> Gameboy light

Wouldn't that get in the way of the backlighting?

How hard is it to mod a first model GBA with another backlit AGS-001 screen?