/vr/ - Retro Games

GAME BOY has a space. Aftermarket IPS in whatever form factor you find most comfortable is the way to go, unless you already have a 101, then just use that. Alternately you could use a DS or DS Lite

>>6858013
AGB-001 (og model) + ags-101 screen.
Best form factor, faithful screen.

Gameboy Player using a GBA as a controller

Micro

>pixel perfect backlight screen
>rechargeable battery
>best buttons
>compact

>>6858026
the biggest problem is the battery consumption. i have rechargeable batteries so it isn't too bad, but fuck me when i'm on a long trip it sucks. but otherwise, based and redpilled.

>>6858026
I thought the only difference was the screen?

>>6858031
Every single Game Boy has a pixel perfect screen, anon. And the buttons on the Micro are awful.

>>6858013
is this a screen for ants?

>>6858013
>AGS 101's are 150+ dollars on Ebay now
What the absolute fuck happened?

>>6858035
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op45jlPyFl8
According to this guy, the backlit screen lasts longer than the original non lit screen.

>>6858050
Some people don't know AliExpress exists.

>>6858041
hes talking the wide one with the brighter sp screen

>>6858056
oh shit my bad i didnt read it properly, yeah that sounds pretty nice

>>6858013
>Which is the definitive way to enjoy my favorite Retro GAMEBOY Advance games?
Original style GBA modded with an AGS-101 screen. Best form factor, best screen, no shitty irreplaceable proprietary battery.

>>6858051
Bloody hell. It's been a very long time since I had an original GBA, and I guess I never noticed. Thanks for the video, anon, I'll watch it later on in the day.

>>6858013
og has the best ergonomics of any handheld nintendo ever/never made so i would say og with ips mod. Clam shell cases are horrible ergonomically though the clamshell gba is tolerable enough, maybe it's lightweight enough to not matter. The ds and 3ds have such bad ergonomics i get stabbing pain in the base of my thumb if I don't use a grip, i think it's because the flip screen makes for a top heavy center of gravity.

>>6858057
>>6858063
only acceptable if it is in an original housing, like this.

>>6858082
Honestly bae, I have OG shape with 101 screen and my 101 SP is much better.

>>6858013
None of them.

>>6858043
>And the buttons on the Micro are awful.
?

>>6858096
yes.

>>6858082
>only acceptable if it is in an original housing
What else did you think I meant by "original style GBA"?

>>6858096
Never used one but just looking at that OP and I can tell the ergonomics on that thing is fucked.
>No grooves around the buttons
>A,B and D-pad Buttons look like cheap plastic
>Buttons are half the size of other consoles
>Start, stop and shoulder buttons look like something you'd see on an early 2000s gadget that breaks in a few months
>Tiny form factor for baby dicklet hands
It looks like a cheap chinese knockoff. I noticed there's no Nintendo logo on it.

>>6858136
>Never used one but just looking at that OP
I have one and genuinely its quite nice. The buttons are great. The material made isn't cheap at all. This was a premium product to rival the then popular iPad nano. Ive had it since launch and its by far the most robust GBA I own, I own them all btw..
Its not my fav GBA, I just prefer the SP, but the quality (screen, buttons, build the works) is by far the best of the 3.
Try one or own one. They're great fun.
The screen is fucking crisp.

I have a huge nostalgic boner for the SP and GBPocket

>>6858160
>replying to obvious bait
The micros are cool, theyre just too small for most people but some of them are some of the best looking hardware nintendo has ever produced

>>6858013
>AGS-101
>Micro
>IPS
Incorrect color gamut, oversaturated, motion blur. Weeeeell think I’ll stick with the soulful original screens and enjoy my games as the developers intended.

>>6858131
this abortion

>>6858168
Wasn't bait. I just could see where that other anon was coming from.

>>6858095
This but with the phat DS.

always liked OG the most because of ergonomics. it was in the shape of a controller. it's no surprise that's the shape they stayed with going forward for ds/3ds

The original has the most soul.

>>6858013
The GBA SP with the backlight is the best portable gaming console ever released. It's actually pocket sized and compact while still being comfortable to hold and having great feeling buttons and d-pad.
OG GBA was terrible. Backlight aside, the A and B buttons felt really bad, and usually for anything of the time I have rose-tinted childhood memories that give me positive impressions and a longing to go back, but even as a 8 year old I could tell the GBA was ass. I gave it away as soon as I got an SP and never looked back.
The Micro is outright a downgrade and deserved to flop, what were they thinking?

>>6858013
I use all of them depending on my goals

>original to see what a game really looked like/what the designers would have been designing around

>SP almost never, but sometimes to compare what games looked like there

>SP backlit most of the time, just love that screen

>Micro because it's small as fuck and sometimes I love having one game I'm super hooked on put in there, it's like a not shitty version of the game gear micro

>IPS, don't have one yet but looking to replace a busted screen on a GBA I have laying about, so maybe soon

>>6858026
is the mod difficult?

>>6858095
I was trying ao hard to see what you were trying to point out inside the circle, but then I noticed it's just some cables.

>>6858026
This or Micro

>>6858013
original is the best for me i like how its wider

>>6858096
Micro buttons are the best Nintendo has ever made on either handheld or console

>>6858026
based

>>6858309
>it's no surprise that's the shape they stayed with going forward for ds/3ds
Are you living in an alternate universe where the DS and 3DS aren't hand destroying poorly balanced rectangles?

>>6858590
DS and 3DS are pretty balanced (no idea about XL) but they indeed fuck your hands, specially if you are laying down.

>>6858028
With gamecube LCD screen adapter and gasoline powered portable generator.

True portable gaming.

>>6858095
>the hinge on my Lite is fucking broken

am I fucked? can it not be fixed?

>>6858221
>transparent plastic for both shell and buttons
talk about shit taste
one has to at least be solid

>>6859021
It's a design flaw and just a matter of time before it happens, Nintendo even fixed it for free at the time. That shit happened to all the 3 Lites I had, despite the fact I was extremely careful with the last two. It's kinda difficult, but you can replace it.

>>6858593
>>6858590
>hand destroying
wdym, as in carpal tunnel, or just making them tired?

>>6859129
Tired, the edges sit on your palm so after an hour or so it starts feeling kinda bad.

>>6859021
happened to mine when my sister was playing. there's not an easy way to fix. ive seen people just toally remove the top half and just use it as a gameboy advance only since you can change the settings to have the game play bottom screen. i havent done it but its an option.

>>6858013
AGS-101 is the best one
>>6858026
>gutting a 101 instead of just getting an IPS screen
Faggot

>>6859021
Just google "ds loose hinge" or something. You might get away with only needing glue, but even if you don't, replacement barrel hinges are like 5 bucks.

>>6859302
Not him but IPS screens suck. Games have colors that are compensated for the early low quality LCD screens, and with a IPS screen they look kinda bad, just like they do on emulators without a filter/shader.

>>6859302
Most of the ags-101 mod kits use screens that are identical to, but not from, actual ags-101s, because the screens are still in production technically?

>>6858081
You just have pussy hands, anon.

>>6859385
>Games have colors that are compensated for the early low quality LCD screens, and with a IPS screen they look kinda bad

what? I'm playing Zero Mission right now with a modded console, and it looks fucking great. Just seeing all the colors pop is beautiful. Then again, this kind of shit is entirely subjective so meh.

>>6858013
>great debate
There what?

>>6858194
Baste

I have an original GBA and the sidelit SP. I prefer the feel of the original, but the SP is easier to play anywhere. If I have a lamp, then original all the way. I'd only bother to replace the screen if my original died.

>>6858021
>Alternately you could use a DS or DS Lite
DS lite definitely the way to go. much more comfortable in the hands compared to an SP and much more easily obtainable. no GB or GBC though

>>6858095
My game boy broke last night and now I have to use my ds. It’s so fucking embarrassing. The ds is so soulless between having a screen and buttons you don’t use and the fact that the cartridge doesn’t go in all the way. Plus there’s just nothing special at all about the way it looks. Not to mention the fact that the d pad is worse

>>6860749
The buttons are horrible as well, especially the shoulder buttons. The unused screen and half-inserted cart exacerbates my autism no end. AGS-001 is the most soulful way to play GBA and it’s how the developers intended.

>>6858590
3DS XL with the circle pad is a huge abomination, but at least it's fairly comfortable to hold

>>6858013
>want to get a micro or psp go for comfy ultra-portable gayman
>they're scalped to hell and back now
Fuck bros, I knew I should've gotten a micro when they were going for ~$80. Now it's ~$200 for one with a fucked up face plate.

>>6860523
I think with later games they stopped washing them out. For example the first few Super Mario Advance games are very washed out but Super Mario Advance 4 isn't.

>>6859198
wouldn't doing this fuck with the ergo?

I don't care what anyone says, GB/GBC games look like oversaturated ass on backlit screens. For GBA games though like many said already the original GBA with a backlit screen modded in is best

I kind of like this option

>>6858013
the patricians choice is the og with no backlight. it has the most perfect 0 ghosting display, colors are perfect and you can play it really nice on full sunshine. faggots who complain about it are manbabies that need to play at every moment because they live on concrete matchboxes with no yard. i like my og gba to chill out in my backyard drinking some beers after a hardworking morning.

>>6862678
I respect that, but even in full sunlight it looks pretty dark/bad. GBC's screen was so much better at catching light

>>6858031
>no multiplayer
>no backwards compatibility
lol

original advance with the AGS-101 screen and a rechargeable mod

>>6863309
Why not just use a pair of normal rechargable AAs?

>>6858013
Game Boy Player

>>6863350
>wanting to buy AA batteries when you dont have to

>>6863382
I already have a bunch.

>>6863391
i dont and its easier to just plug it in than having to manage a ton of batteries and their charge level

>>6863273
are you retarded?
I admit nintendo themselves were retarded changing the cable again for the micro, but it definitely has a link cable and even the wireless adapter that only 3 games use.
backwards compatibility, you can get away with goomba paletted and goomba color unless you are an extreme autist that doesn't have a flashcard.

>>6858013
I bought a premodded AGB-001 with an AGS-101 screen a couple of years before the IPS mods became available. Pic related.
While the new screen options are appealing with their crispness, I can't help but be won over with the generally more authetic look the AGS-101 screens give.

If I got a GBA flash cart, would DMG/GBC games run natively?

>>6858013
Every GBA was flawed because the original was the only comfortable one but had the shit screen.

>>6863618
this is what
>>6863459
this is for

>>6863382
I genuinely prefer rechargeable AA batteries over lithium ion. Easier to source, easier to replace, and in the case of the GBA requires a lot less modding. AA batteries are my second favorite feature of the original GBA, with the first of course being the comfy form factor.

>>6858194
Dangerously based

>>6860523
>>6861670
They stopped washing out the colors after the GBA SP launched because those had backlights. Washing out the colors wasn't to compensate for a lack of color depth, but to compensate for how dark the non-backlit screen was.

>>6858013
>AGS-101
>aftermarket IPS mods

>>6858194
you are correct on the colors, but the og gba also has motion blur.
it's necessary for some games like f-zero for the map to show semitransparent instead of a flickery mess.

I'm playing Minish Cap on my 2DS XL and I'm surprised how good it looks. Much better than emulating DS games on Twilightmenu

Anyone here play this? Fucking underrated.

>>6858013
I was thinking of modding my og advance with the IPS screen but then I heard that some of them are bad and even if you get a perfect fit it can mess up the way the buttons handle.

>>6858013
PSP

I've actually been thinking of buying a backlit GBA lately. I can't decide if I want to do that or get a GBP.

I have an SP, but fuck, my hands can't handle that shit anymore. I love the aesthetic of the older Game Boys (and Pockets) too, but same issue.

Pic semi related: my GBC from childhood. When I was like 6 or 7 I went through a phase of trying to color everything. (I had a friend at the time with basically every N64 game and was jealous that Turok 2 was black, Rayman 2 was green I think, etc.) so I tried doing it with a sharpie on this and some N64 carts. (Doom 64 I, of course, tried to use red sharpie on). I actually managed to get the majority of it off with Magic Scrubbers, I'll post a pic if I can remember to.

>>6861541
hima.89 on ebay is like a treasure trove for good condition stuff

my gba

Does anyone have a technical detailing description between the different og GBAs

I have an AGB-CPU10 and an AGB-CPU02 and stuff differs inside, also I may be misremembering which one had one less screw

how do I mod my gameboy to play twitch streams of other people playing gameboy games?

>>6858026
Based.
spbp

>>6860024
This.

>>6865413
maybe with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhZrvBU-q9s&ab_channel=TheRetroFuture

Does anyone recommend nodding their gba and if so is there a guide

>>6858013
DS Phat. You can choose between backlight or no light; there's no ghosting like the AGS-101 has; it slightly mutes the colors which stops some games that washed out their colors to correct for GBA screens from looking like ass unlike the DS Lite; Uses the same charger as your GBA SP unlike the middle child DS Lite's unique charger; Better hand-feel than the SP's small square body, while still keeping the clamshell design that protects the screen from scratches.

OH, and built in stereo sound plus a headphone jack. Not being able to play GBC games is really the only thing that holds the DS Phat back.

>>6868402
Wrong. lol

>>6868492
CHING CHONG CHUNG.

>>6868492
Cool, it still crunches the screen and messes with the colors. It's nice to be able to play your favorite DS and GBA games in bright color from time to time though.

>>6858013
nds lite