/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8368821

>>8368830
I honestly don't know how people can play games on their phones. Having no tactile feedback is a pain, not to mention pressing more than one button barely works, if at all.

based and comfypilled

>>8368845
It's great at work and when you take a shit

>>8368821

I paid too much for this

>>8368868
I'm always amazed by how many people play games or read or watch videos while shitting, are americans permanently constipated or something?

>>8368964
I spend about an hour a day shitting out protein powder and chicken breast

Are DS FATs welcomed?

>>8369035
Nice. Might want to add some natural fibre to your diet

Ordered an everdrive from krikkz on thanksgiving, how long does it take to ship?

(Also haven't gotten any emails or anything when I ordered)

>>8369083
>>8369083
When I bought an ED from krikzz -sama's Amazon store it arrived in 3 days

>>8369089
I ordered from their website because it was on sale for $79 vs the $124 from amazon

I have a pink from US launch, a black one I got in some lot from Japan, and a black SP that i imported probably 15 years ago or something.

>>8369096
Nice score man hope you get it soon

>>8368830
SPWP

>>8368821
Did you build it yourself?

>>8369212
I didn't

>>8368821

>>8369212
Nice transparent buttons. I really should swap out my buttons to another color, since transparent orange shell with light gray buttons does not look all that great.

I know a lot of these are troll posts about playing a GBA on a not-GBA but it actually warms my heart a little that there are so many ways to play GBA and people are enjoying GBA on all these different setups.

>>8368964
always remember to shit on the clock lmaoo

>>8369231
I also got a transparent speaker in there, kind of want to get maybe some transparent blue or orange ones but I don't think I want to spend any more money on it atm

>>8369232

I'll post one of my units, my primary to be precise. I don't feel like grabbing my SPs and original grape GBA and taking another picture.
>>8369238
I know that feeling. I' have a decent collection of GBA units, and have practically played one or more of them every day since 2001. I love my modded GBA and use it daily, but because I bought a used GBA early last year for $50 and the IPS kit, it feels like I should wait before possibly spending more on it in the future. I could have modded my teenage GBA but it has too much sentimental value to me.

Let me try this again. I'll post one of my units, my primary to be precise. Don't mind the low battery indicator, it's a bit screwey for some reason, might be that I need to tighten the shell a bit more.

I don't feel like grabbing my SPs and original grape GBA and taking another picture.
>>8369238
I know that feeling. I' have a decent collection of GBA units, and have practically played one or more of them every day since 2001. I love my modded GBA and use it daily, but because I bought a used GBA early last year for $50 and the IPS kit, it feels like I should wait before possibly spending more on it in the future. I could have modded my teenage GBA but it has too much sentimental value to me.

>>8369268
I actually just modded my original grape one because I want to be able to use it
I was more sentimental to my SP anyway, in which I 100% completed FFTA
it's also one of if not the rarest model I recently found out

>>8369278
FFTA is an absolutely incredible game. Simply amazes me to this very day how much content is packed into the cart, let alone the quality of everything from audio to story.

>>8369292
Ultra chad

>>8369292
I think your Gameboy has autism, bro.

>>8369292
everyone touts phones as the superior
>calls
>texts
>social media
>retarded notifications from various apps
aaaand its ruined

separate tablet or non-sim phone atleast
but even vanilla android will have shit popping off in the status bar the second you try to game

>>8369410
Do not disturb mode exists you braindead boomer. The world of phones is more advanced than your gay ass jitterbug flip phone

Is this count?

>>8369410
>What is do not disturb mode
You can even custom tailor it, like show only notifications from some apps or for some people, or only calls or repeated calls

Also I'm playing GC full speed and soon will be playing PS2 full speed with the upcoming Android port of PCSX2, something that chink handhelds MIGHT do by 2025

Does rechargeable batteries fuck with modded gbas? I remember seeing a few posts here and there talking about how someone's gameboy keeps thinking it has low power but it has something to do with the difference in voltage

>>8369442
just use white eneloops

during the pandemic i bought a shit ton of game boys of all types up to the gba, i have like 60

i have several pikachu edition game boys which i guess are rare or whatever now, a game boy lite or whatever which i later learned is from japan, and a large number of gba's of all three types plus a gb micro which i actually bought new on a whim so i could play pokemon with my relatives

I never use them; I either emulate or play on DS/DSLite

Does everdrive support RTS?

>>8368830
what game

>>8369656
looks like a SMT game

>>8368923
>spongebob video cartridge on micro
absolutely based

>>8368923
>rarest
How is he watching spongebob on this?

>>8369690
?

>>8369690
>too young to remember gba
I guess the GBA is retro after all?

>>8369698
Interesting, I didn't know this existed

>>8369718
Guess so, I'm 28, but yeah I don't know much about gba

where i can buy a gba?

Got nice black buttons with this case, can't get the fucking cunt to close properly, have removed a bunch of plastic and there is still something in the centre that's not molded correctly so the bottom can rock back and forth,

Also is this ribbon cable supposed to look so janky? It went in fairly easily, but feels like it's not folded properly, with the crease looking bit in the left of the cable

>>8368964
yes

>>8368845
I agree that touch emulation of standard controls is AIDS, but for a lot of stuff that's turn-based like pokemon it doesn't really matter.

>>8368964
Why are you bringing burgers into this? Anyway people do this because they use bathroom breaks as an excuse to stop working. So shitting might only take a minute but they'll sit their fat asses there for an extra 10 so they're getting paid to shit.

For me it's the DS lite. The screen is so crisp and I find it more comfortable to hold. I find the original GBA to still be kinda awkward to hold, and the SP of course has dogshit ergonomics. Only time I ever use my GBA is doing gamecube link cable bullshit

completely og

just printed a cart stand, not sure what else to print

>>8369954
I like the original DS more than the lite, the screen is also great and I prefer the ergonomics to the Lite.

>>8369954
Original gba is much more ergonomic than ds...only problem with it was the lack of back light

>>8369961
I used to use an original DS before I later got a lite and gave my original to my brother. It's not bad, but I prefer to the lite. The main issues are
>dimmer screen
>shorter battery life
>I don't like the fat DS's stiffer buttons
>weighs more so it can be more fatiguing during longer sessions

anyone made a gameboy macro with the aluminium face plate?

>>8369971
I think the dimmer screen works better for the color palettes of GBA games. On the Lite they're very oversaturated. There's also some variation in DS phat screens, the later ones have substantially better screens.
DS battery is brilliant for GBA games regardless, so I don't find that to be an issue.
And regarding controls, the dpad on the fat is far superior to the mushy lite.

>>8369971
fat ds probably has the best dpad/buttons of any console ever

>>8369976
>I think the dimmer screen works better for the color palettes of GBA games.
That was only really true of a select few early-gen GBA games. It wasn't a standard for the whole system. Also DS lite let you select between 5 stages of brightness, so you could set the brightness to the lowest setting to be on par with the original fat DS, if you so chose.

>>8369994
>That was only really true of a select few early-gen GBA games. It wasn't a standard for the whole system.
Even later GBA games were expecting a completely different sort of screen to the DS Lite. The frontlit SP screen still tends to wash out color so they send to have excessive contrast to compensate.
> Also DS lite let you select between 5 stages of brightness, so you could set the brightness to the lowest setting to be on par with the original fat DS, if you so chose.
The late fat screens are brighter than the earlier ones, and with a firmware mod, you can adjust the brightness levels of those too.

>>8370008
Interesting, I wasn't aware of there being different sub-variants of the fat. I only have experience with the launch day model

>>8369994
GBA games only started to use a more standard pallet on 2004 onwards, most of the games before that were designed with saturated colors that were balanced with the dimmer screen.

>>8370048
Comfy

>>8369961
Visually the screen isn't great but at least it's not shit quality like the lite. I have plenty of phats that have their original screens working perfectly. I don't think I have a single lite I can say that about. DSL screens look better, but only for the reletively short amount of time they work.

>>8370318
I don't have any experience with DS Lite screens failing, however a few of mine do have abysmal ghosting. Not sure how prevalent of an issue that is.

>>8368821
Ags101-chads where you at?
Been playing Mario 3 E-reader levels and they are pretty good.

>>8370387
i'd rather not pay $100 for a beat up gameboy with a slightly less terrible screen

>>8369961
Holding the phat for extended play kills me a bit, the sharp corners don't seem like a problem for 1 or 2 hour play sessions but when it's 3-5 I start to feel it.

>>8370387
I have both versions of the SP. The 101 is pretty good. Shame the system is so small, even with my admittedly and sadly smaller hands it's uncomfortable to use for long periods of time.

>>8370012
I used to think that too, but they look terrible
Embrace colours

>>8370323
I don't even know how many I've replaced. Hundreds. Back when it was current I'd have at least 2-3 people come in with busted screens every day.

>>8370420
>the sharp corners
The radius of the corners on the phat is larger than the lite

>>8370432
Honestly I don’t think any gba device is very ergonomic
They’re all for very small hands

>>8370387
Still have mine but the shell is in really bad condition because I played it religiously as a kid. Also the screen only shows when bent completely back. I remember owning a regular GBA and having fun with it and then my mom got me the SP and I was blown away at how nice it looked.

>>8370912
It's not the radius. Under the corners is an edge.

>>8370406
That "less terrible Screen" is much better and developers used it while programming games for it.

>>8370406
I bought it from a store that didn't know that it was a newer model. It's the Ique model, I payed a normal price for it, it aged along with my use. Other store the sold the tribal ags 001 for the same price. I bought one for me and other for my cousin, we played the lord of the rings rpg with it.

>>8370432
I love how the thing fits in any pocket, it's like a small crustless sandwich. Smaller than a lot of modern phones.

>>8368964
I've always hated this meme
Why touch your stuff with your nasty shit and pee pee hands

here, all of them.
>midnight blue
funnyplaying ITA screen kit
>glacier
"one chip" IPS kit
>purple sp
ags-101
>white sp
"one chip" IPS
>onyx sp
ags-001
>camo micro
repaired select/start ribbon
>silver micro
stock

as for the non-gba stuff
>dmg
biverted
>gb light
Q5 OSD IPS. original screen went bad
>gb color
Q5 OSD IPS

>>8368964
No retard, we "shit" on the clock aka take a 30 minute break at work because fuck being a wagie.

>>8368845
It works for jarpigs but yeah it's bad for any games you need dexterity.

>>8371162
I think the DSi screen replacement is much better if you want a native res look
>>8369212

>>8371190
>purple sp
Is that an original colour?

>>8371190
one has cfw
one has a motherboard swapped

>>8369410
>>calls
>>texts
Don't install a SIM card
>>social media
>>retarded notifications from various apps
Don't install those apps.

Every one of your complaints is a detriment you actively caused yourself.

>>8371450
Just buy the phone, sheep! You don't need buttons, you can just buy one of our wonderful controller grips!

I bet you enjoy the satisfying crunch of Fatality recommended Gamerfuel! to go with your 100% organic onions milk. Gotta have snacks to keep up your energy while consooming whatever trash tech your favorite influencer tells you to buy. That is, if you have any money left over from buying NFTs for your girlfriends bulls birthday.

>>8371476
Lots of projecting going on there. Sad!

>>8370387
I had one like that as a kid but traded it in to get a DS lite. I missed it a lot, I've always hated playing GBA games on a DS.
Thankfully ~5 years ago I found another one in good condition at a flea market for $30.

>>8371476
jesus christ
i mentioned some legitimate concerns
also provided a solution (simless, separate device, or tablet)

i prefer the original hardware despite it being objectively worse (game gear, neoXgold, etc)

>>8371476
the angriest post I've seen in some time lmao

For me, it's a DSi. I have a flash cartridge for the real GBA but it's not backlit, so this is better for most games.

Besides I just have kind of an obsession with softmodding Nintendo handhelds, they're so good.

>>8371553
XL's buttons are so much better and the bigger screen that is IPS is definitely an improvement if you can get your hands on one, but I do prefer how the DSi console looks

>>8371179
I think the idea is that nobody is pissing or shitting on their hands, nor are they even wiping their asses until after the phone is back in a pocket. I'm morbidly curious what your bathroom procedure is now.

>>8369237
>>8371197
Well thanks for the explanation, also yeah like one of the other posters said, I shouldn't have made my post specific to americans, but I feel like whenever someone posts about playing games while shitting it's usually a burger

>>8371584

Nah, I like the old style screens. The pixel density and colours are basically the same as the AGS-101. For me it's the handheld equivalent of playing your SNES on a CRT, as nature intended.

When it's a larger IPS or any other more modern, higher density screen, I feel like at that point I may as well just emulate on my phone. It doesn't have the same sovl.

>>8371637
The XL has the same resolution as the DSi, it's just a bigger screen in size

>>8371639
>>8370856
forgot to link it

Has the shit beaten out of it but it's all I've got other than my Gameboy Player.

Okay here, happy now?

>>8371729
Stop using a camera from 2001

>>8371736
>Stop using a camera from 2001
What? Playing a game console from 2001 is fine, but using a camera from the same year is not?

>>8371736
My 3 megapixel camera is good for taking pictures of retro stuff I think

>>8371736
>>8371752
>>8371780
There are plenty of old cameras that can take good photos
>>8371729
This isnt one of them

>>8371820
kek

i do have some excellent ancient film cameras and i shot some of the best candids in my life with them

>>8368821
Anyone ever bought chinker restored gvas/DS from AliExpress?

>>8371089
I guess if you're squeezing it hard for hours that could be a problem. If you're playing that much you might consider a different shell. I use am ML. It's very comfortable and doesn't have the edges that are bother you.

>>8368923
>>8368867
>>8369683
fuck these are so based i wish i picked them up 5 years ago but i was like
>nah 70$ is too expensive
now im still offing myself for not getting one of these beauties.

>>8372197
They go for 200ish here, fuck it I'm just gonna buy one

>>8372197
I was a pawn shop like 9 years ago and bought two of them for $20. They look like they'd be miserable to play but they're awesome, favorite way to play GBA.

>>8372197
I fucking love the Micro and wish i had more then the one I got back when they came out. Wish I had been a filthy hoarder back when the Mother 3 edition came out. I was considering getting it, but couldnt justify it when I already had the Famicom edition and didnt see a point at the time of owning multiples of the same console, even if they looked different.

>>8372250
I really wanna get a Famicom Edition one day. That and a Famicom Mini collection. Something about those little boxes and Famicom/Disk System color cartridges really gets me.

>>8372250
I love the micro as a collectable but fuck using it to seriously play games

>>8372265
i only play rpg
its quiet where i work so i dont mind the tiny speaker

the pixel density is great
but its definitely different from the other gba line

>>8372217
>>8372250
god I wish I had the mother 3 one :(
That's basically my holy grail

>>8372430
Thats the only thing I still want for my Earthbound collection, but I doubt il justify ever to get it unless I come into some retard-spending money.

>>8372430
>>8372503
why?
the black on black looks so much nicer
i had the silver and even the japan pink
black is the only one i repurchased

>>8371476
The literal state of zoomers

>>8369959
>Insel 2

>>8372882
i love it, not only is it a childhood classic, the name is now relevant

I started collecting GBA last summer and since then the obession has encompassed all nintendo handhelds.

I kind of want a Micro just out of curiosity, but I'm not paying the prices they go for just to satisfy my curiosity.

By far my favorite way to play GBA games is on a GBA SP with a AGS-101 screen. I like it better than using an IPS or using the wide original GBA model. Console modders btfo, the best way to play GBA is still original hardware

>>8370012
The big secret that no one brings up because most of the people who mod the GBA keep them on shelves to display or only play pokemon:

IPS screens oversaturate the hell out of the image, making lots of games look mediocre/bad. The oversaturation of the IPS screens crush the subtle depth of field offered by shading in games like Wario 4 and Minnish Cap.

unpopular opinion: modding consoles is a war crime, defacing items making the amount of pristine consoles in circulation gets smaller and smaller, unable to be restored to its original condition again

>>8373086
this shouldn't be an unpopular opinion

>>8373086
>defacing items making the amount of pristine consoles
My 101 wasn't pristine. The shell was scratched to shit by its previous owner. It looked like it fell out of a car. Much better now.

>>8373165
not an original shell though is it

>>8373173
Uh yes, that's the point of my post. I replaced the shell cause the original was beat to shit.

>>8373175
That's replacing a broken part. It's not the same as junking something which works fine, like all these LCD screen mods.

>>8373175
yes but is the "new" shell an original first party replacement? better than a third party, but still not the original console anymore

>>8373086
I don't know where you get your second-hand hardware, but more often than not consoles are in horrible shape. Especially handhelds.

I did the same as >>8373165 and replaced the shell of my AGS101 because it was totally scratched up. It's a pitty it's not original anymore, but it's much better to play on because I can actually see the screen now.

>>8368821
Had them for ages, I'm happy they still work.

>>8369292
gross

>>8373086
good luck using a "pristine" gameboy with missing lines or a broken screen, idiot.

>>8373195
>>8373351
except light scratches... yes? no real damage on them

>>8373181
I mean I tossed an IPS in a GBA, but I also kept the original screen. I thought that's how most people did it? Would be wasteful to throw away something that works.

>>8373351
Obviously in these cases its fine and actually a good way to give them a new chance at life, its fags who destroy perfectly fine systems that are a problem.

>>8373086
Removing a region lock from a console, ODEs, is a war crime too?
Of course, it's sad to see those modded GB/C/A when 99% of them looks like a car from Need for Speed Underground 1 (terrible)

>>8373541
yes, snipping any part of the original plastic or components

>>8369292
amazon link?

>>8373549
Even caps?

>>8373356
This. You can find IPS kits for various Game Boys that come with an option to include a precut, non-official shell. No reason to throw out your official shell and old screen if they're in fine condition.

>>8373585
this is where i draw the line
do you want a broken system thats "all original" or a players system thats been refurbished

obviously one is worth more on the resale market as well

i dont know why custom gameboys trigger /vr/ so much

the mods are almost always reversible and dont require cutting the shell anymore, normies even are doing drop-in solutions

i save all my components

>>8373585
technically yeah, but i guess if it's like the xbox destroying itself then maybe

>>8373608
that's for pussies.
almost every custom gameboy I have has been assembled from scratch.
my white sp was a motherboard I had lying around.
my glacier gba was beat pretty bad, otherwise it was completely functional. still have the original shell (white) and screen somewhere.
my gb light is actually my second gb light, both have missing lines and both are unfixable, I opted to replace the shell so I didn't had to cut the original one.
for all my other gba's, I bought lone motherboards.
my dmg and color I bought them modded. biverting is hard to do correctly without getting dusk in the screen and the color found it at a good price, so just went ahead instead of doing it myself like I was planning to.

Will be replacing it soon with an Analogue Pocket.

>>8368824
fpbp

>>8373086
>defacing items making the amount of pristine consoles in circulation gets smaller and smaller, unable to be restored to its original condition again
Most of the mods people do to gameboys are plug and play, which means they can be undone with minimal effort. Also it will take a lot of people modding obsolete game systems (obsolete both by being old, and by being superceded by superior methods of play) in order to even make a dent in the number of "pristine" consoles.

Gameboy
>Units sold Worldwide: 118.69 million[6]
>(including Game Boy (Play it Loud!), Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Light and Game Boy Color units)
Gameboy Advance
>Units sold Worldwide: 81.51 million (as of December 31, 2013)

for comparison:
PS2 (top selling video game console)
>Units shipped Worldwide:155.0 million (as of March 31, 2012)
Nintendo DS (top selling handheld)
>Units shipped Worldwide: 154.02 million
(as of September 30, 2018)
Wii
>Units shipped Worldwide: 101.63 million (as of September 30, 2019)

As a side note apparently there are more ps4's sold than wii's. 116 million and growing.

>>8368821
Kino, but I gurantee you have inferior button feel.

>>8371476
I don't have the same innate rage, but I sympathize. The whole smartphone thing sucks and I only use one when it is required and paid for by work.

If you didn't carry a pocket calculator, a beeper or a macro wireless telephone, you don't have any real need for a smartphone.

Read a fucking paper or talk to people for fucks sake. If people spent more time observing and interacting with those around them stuff would be way less fucked and mono-culturey

>>8368821

>>8374863
people were always bad
the smartphone phenomenon only saps peoples empathy & makes them less likely to communicate properly.

much of human communication is through non-verbal cues and subconscious micro expressions within the muscles of the face

the mask mandates compound this issue
the kids in elementary school now are going to be literally insane

>>8374828
I'm using a funnyplaying kit and trust me the plastic feels great

for me its the aluminum hingeless sp

>>8374702
units sold don't really matter when the prices don't match up to what it's actually worth

Mine was overdue for a charge

>>8373554
I'm not a shartburger so I don't use Amazon, but it's called GameSir X2 USB-C. Don't get the Bluetooth one.

Overdue for a charge

>>8368824
Based

Is $68 USD too expensive for a SP AGS 101?

>>8376569
in good condition? sounds like a steal

>>8376573
Alright thanks I'm gonna hop on it

>>8372197
>i wish i picked them up 5 years ago but i was like nah 70$ is too expensive
Same. I even wish I had bought one earlier this year when a good condition one could be found for 100 bucks. Now, even the ones with busted screens and shells that look like they were tumbled in a dryer seem to go for 120 minimum, before shipping.

>>8369083
I ordered on the 23rd and didn't get any emails either. I sent an email to support yesterday and got a prompt "sorry, we have a lot of orders, your order should ship in a few days, probably" that didn't address the lack of emails that I expressed concern about. Support said that I should get an email when the item actually ships, but "it's fine to email us again later to request tracking". Just seems like they're shit at handling their ecommerce.

100€ starting bid, this is gonna explode

Unpopular opinion: modding your game boy with chink repros of special edition parts like Pokemon and Famitsu lenses is trashy and pedestrian.

>>8376636
Yeah, I did the same thing and actually got an email earlier today as well saying it should ship within 3-6 days. Although I wonder why they don't have some sort of bot doing that, I've ordered stuff from similar/smaller websites that had better support than this

>>8376683
same as me then
>>8373086

>>8376689
Nah. I don't mind seeing mods with original parts. I just find that replicas of special editions are tasteless.

>>8376749
most people mod with 3rd party shells/screens/buttons though

has anyone tried the DSi screen mod that they sell currently on handheldlegend? tempted to try it if i do it i want to build a completely new one with their clear black shell but they removed the logo from it alltogether

>>8369467
Bro what game is that?

>>8376785
Looks like Final Fight

>>8368821
I got my childhood gba mailed to me from my brother. Missing the battery door with duct tape holding in the batteries. Just like I left it. Cleaned it off today, going to buy a new door. Works fine. He also sent me a gba micro which is pretty nice, but for some reason glitches occasionally. Similar to a cart tilt. I think it might be due to the position of the cartridge, but the last time it happened I was sure I wasn't bumping it. Is this a known issue?

>>8369229
Neat.

>>8373720
I have heavily been considering getting a Vita 2k this holiday season for playing 8 and 16-bit games, PS1, and PSP (I guess some Vita games too) on the go. I've always kind of wanted one because the hardware is just so sexy and my PSP Go is awfully cramped.
Why do you want a different handheld instead? And would you recommend Vita for my needs?

>>8376782
I have no idea how that could ever look good given that a GBA game would be displayed at a slightly smaller size on a DSi screen than on an OG screen.

>>8376782
Literally right here dude >>8369212

>>8369212
how is fitment and stuff? they dont include any brackets for alignment. i assume it doesnt have the strobing issue the IPS panels have?

>>8376826
No it’s not

>>8376849
By strobing do you mean the image retention? Then no it doesn’t
Also the kit includes all gaskets and alignment shit, you just need to clip off 2 plastic knobs in that case and 3 off the screen, if you’ve got some side pliers you’re golden, the lense has to be bought separately though I think

>>8376795
Oh duh, how could I forget being a Streets of Rage fan. One day I'll get 'round to playing final fight

>>8376850
Yes it is. It has a higher DPI so an image with the same resolution will appear smaller on it.

>>8376921
>It has a higher DPI
No, I already posted a pic right here >>8369212, it is the same size

>>8376949
You can clearly see in that picture that there is a small black border, it’s about 1-2mm smaller

>>8376960
So does the original screen, which is clearly visible when you put a front light in
And it is less than 1mm I guarantee you that

>>8376809
The Vita is perfect for your needs. Battery life is also great. They are not that cheap these days so you’ll be paying close to $200 for everything you will need for homebrew. As to why I want another device, I just want one. The Analogue Pocket is not in the same category as something like a Vita with mGBA or Retroarch.

>>8376970
>Battery life is also great
I wouldn’t say that

>>8376983
I get like 8+ hours a charge.

>>8376782
Don't buy from the fags at HHL. Order the FunnyPlaying ITA kit to get the DSi screen and one of FP's shells to go with it. FP should have smoke black and mirror-clear black.

>>8377025
Yes, that’s not good battery
My GBA gets around 17 hours on rechargeable AA’s

>>8376782
it's the best alternative to the 101 mod.
nowdays you can easily get 101 screens, so it's your choice if you want to go with funnyplaying ITA or 101 mod.

>>8377038
The benefit it has over the 101 is the extremely lessened blurring

>>8377030
How fucking long do you play games in a session?

>>8377048
but anon, remember that blur = sovl.
and that many games use the blur to their advantage.
I personally have never found it to be a problem.

>>8377093
>and that many games use the blur to their advantage.
I haven’t seen one

>>8377114
then you haven't played shit.
f-zero, nes classics, mario kart super circuit, link's awakening and probably more.

>>8377160
Oh, and how do they benefit from blur?

I just happen to have them out because me and the lads are playing Crystal Chronicles so here

>>8368964
I got dat IBS

>>8377351
can they even see the old screens?
I tried to play four swords with it and it was painful

>>8377370
Funny enough the light in the room is out and we're still doing fine with light coming from a display case in the room. For one thing nothing in CC is especially demanding on the GBA screen compared to Four Swords, but also I think it's not actually all that hard to see them, it just takes some adjusting when you're used to backlit screens

>>8373086
I kinda agree but it also looks cool. I am torn.

>>8376569
>>8376573
Ah never mind the cunt was charging 20$ shipping. Buying it anyway

>>8377502
that's still less than 100 bucks
are you sure that's a 101?
is the screen black?

>>8376970
Ah, I actually didn't know what analogue pocket was until now, I assumed it was another chinese emulation handheld. I see they don't serve the same purpose.
Glad to hear all that, I've actually got a friend whose Vita is collecting dust so I think I will try to buy it off of him. Thanks anon.

>>8377025
8 on a charge is great for my needs, plus portable chargers exist.

>>8369482
That looks so clean. Is it cheap to buy modded gbas? I've never really looked into them before

Is it really worth it to buy an SP for Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission /vr/? I always wanted to play those as a kid but never did. I guess it would be cool to go back and replay minish cap and fire emblem but Metroid is pretty much the only thing that's giving me FOMO

>>8378102
>s it really worth it to buy an SP
no, but you should absolutely play both those games however you can

>>8377358
Based

>>8368821

Where do you guys find these GBA mods and hacks? Is there a place that has all of them?

>>8378167
aliexpress

>>8378169
Sorry, I meant game rom mods and hacks

>>8378175
romhacking, then download floating IPS

>>8378178
wats the best device to buy to play gba carts

>>8378296
Either an ever drive or an ezflash de
Both are good

>>8376970
I bought a vita off ebay for £60, sent it back because it felt like a mcdonald's toy

>>8378437
paid $120 for my japanese white vita
kept it because it does psp and vita titles are free via pkg.vpk

>>8368830
>filtering
>portrait leaving so much unused space
>not just using a phone gamepad well for RPGs the virtual pad is fine but still
At least you're playing based SMT1

I really wanna get a modded GBA again, preferably with the newer IPS kits since my last one had a pretty shoddy aftermarket AGS 101, ended up selling it when money was tight. What's the best screenkit solution these days? Also, have the rechargeable USB-C batteries improved? Remember the first batch of them being a bit iffy.
In the meantime I'm using my Surface Duo as an emulation machine, same gamepad setup as >>8369292 but with the Bluetooth version. I gotta say, really good DS emulator machine in particular, partway through TWEWY and I'm also looking to finally play Gen5 and HGSS, pic for reference

>>8368824
fippy bippy. also i had no idea vbam was infact not a mobile emulator only at all for literal years. fuck the vba devs for naming it that.

>>8378485
why would you think that

>>8378486
why would it be named visual boy advance mobile if you could use it on a laptop? couldn't they have just called it the visual boy advance lite ft. phones now or something rational?

>>8372204
did you end up buying one?

>>8378491
>why would it be named visual boy advance mobile
it isn't

>>8368824
Based

>>8378494
It's only been a couple days, I'll buy one sooner or later...gonna wait till they pop up on gumtree/fb marketplace and check local pawn shop...when I buy one I'll make a thread

>>8378491
>mobile
Wut

>>8378593
Cheap gameboys do not last very long on the local classifieds here. there seems to be a large community of gameboy people where i live i guess. but picrel seems to be state at which people are aware of these things being coomlectable.

>>8378625
That's odd, here I australia some pawn shops are selling them for just over 200, might buy it this week...there's a nice one on gumtree too for about the same price.....as for the game boy advance standards, they go for 100

>>8378642
interesting. although the picrel is overpriced lol theres another ad selling one for $290, which is more reasonable

>>8378647
That's more reasonable especially after bargaining it down....this is my standard gameboy advance, the only one I own from childhood, forgot I even had it for a few years

>>8378650
the gba from my childhood has one of these frontlit mods on it made by Innovation. It looks as bad in real life as it does in the picture. I've considered just reverting it back to its original state since it looks so awful lmfao.

>>8378658
Souless, lol

>>8378102
the first time I saw a real gba (had emulated everything until this point) was a backlit sp on a demo kiosk playing metroid fusion.
coming home I went and downloaded the rom, but it wasn't the same.
later on I saved money and bought a second hand 101 sp (without even knowing the ags-001 existed, only the og gba) that came with a shitty yugioh game, dungeon dice monsters, and some more time later bought metroid fusion. it was fucking great.
so go for it, anon. you'll get to play, more games in the future.

>>8379302
OH SHIT there's a DDM gba game? Gonna go cop it right now

>>8379307
yup.
it can be bullshit, you roll your opponent or the opponent rolls you, for what I can remember.
I still have the cart somewhere but can't find it.

I just spent 200$ on a GBA and I just realised it's AGS-001...

>>8378507
>>8378620
ok so maybe i was wrong just assumed the m meant mobile. oops. couldn't they have used any other letter though? like x, x is a cool letter.

>>8379520
200 is too much for a 101 as well. Get cucked anon.

>>8379523
The M is for merge, which is what it is. It's a combination of several of the forks after the original VBA went defunct.

>>8373086
shut the fuck up, faggot

>>8379520
big oof. see if you can get a refund thru paypal

>>8379760
I can't it's already in the mail. Just realised the description also said it doesn't come with a charger either...

>>8379956
You fucked up big time. Depending on where you bought it, you could still have an option to return it.

>>8379520
What's so bad about that model?

>>8380791
It's front lit instead of back lit. It looks more like someone's shining a flashlight on it instead of it being a bright screen.

>>8380791
Frontlit screen. It's not "so bad" but it's sure as hell not worth 200 bucks. An AGS-101 isn't worth 200 bucks either, but the 101 backlit screen is a huge improvement over the 001 frontlit.
Anon would be better off buying the cheapest AGS or AGB 001 he can find and modding a backlit screen into it himself if he can't find a 101 for a decent price.

>>8380815
>>8380817
This is mine:
>>8378650
Is this the good one bros?

>>8380821
We're talking about the SP models. The original wide models don't have lit screens at all.
People claim they're the best if you put a modded screen in them but I love my SP too much, fuck the haters.

>>8380845
Oh, I see

>>8368923
S
O
U
L

>>8369229
It's a shame how the thing's functionless without the boot disk.

>>8369683
Has Goomba Color improved at all? It baffles me that last I checked, it still had glitches for some games and crippling issues for a few others

>>8381260
Most recent update was in 2019, IDK whether it fixed anything though.

>>8381258
>needing the boot disc in 2021

>>8381258
>he doesn't use GB-Interface

Here’s my NES edition AGS-101

>>8379956
just sell it dude or get an ips display. playing with the AGS-001 is a miserable experience.

>>8381258
Ackchyually it functions better without the boot disc. Your head would explode if you saw how unbelivably better the 3rd party alternaitves are.

>>8381395
God I can't wait for my flash cart to come in. Planning on playing that and fusion, even though I already played them on my phone, original hardware really is so much better.

>>8381848
Don’t get too excited mate, it definitely won’t live up to your expectations

>>8381260
for original dmg and color titles
i have a separate flash cartridge and ips gbc

the everdrive was an ebay auction for less than retail
im not complaining

>>8381260
>>8381284
someone was working on fixing goomba color and adding the few functions that lacked (HDMA and some others that a handful of games used).
>https://github.com/EvilJagaGenius/jagoombacolor

for monochromatic gameboy you are better off with goomba palleted, a mod of regular goomba with more palettes and borders
>https://gbatemp.net/download/goomba-paletted.23792/

has anyone added some kind of turbo/rapid fire to a gba/sp? sick of pressing A in pokemon, other than modding the hardware was thinking or making something to snap onto the side of the sp and have a motor spin something to hit the button

>>8383296
It actually will. I have fire emblem and superstar saga and it's 100x better on an original gba than on a phone or pc

>>8383757
use L = A and start mashing L instead.

>>8383786
already using that, I think it should be easier to make something to press L repeatedly rather than the front A button
JUST NEED TO PRINT SOMETHING TO CLIP ONTO THE LEFT HAND SIDE, AND SOME KIND OF HEXAGON SHAPE THAT CAN BE ROTATED AND WOULD PRESS DOWN ON THE TRIGGER
also how do you un caps text? how is there not a shortcut for that????

>>8383760

The flash cart, he probably meant. All of them have some weird quirks and drawbacks, it's honestly super fucking annoying.

I was having a great time with my EZFlash for the GBA until the memory card corrupted for like the 4th time. Shit just happens at random, but it's almost inevitable. The GB/GBC emulation is also garbage and half the games you'd actually want to play don't work properly.

I gave up on using actual GBA hardware and just use a cfw modded DSi instead.

I have an onyx AGS-101 and a clear fuchsia AGB-001.

>>8384041
Nice

>>8384041

I'd suck someone's dick for a black AGS-101.

Is there a way I can mod my AGS-001 to have the same screen as an AGS-101? Are there aftermarket replacements?

I'm aware there are IPS kits, but I don't want an IPS, it looks like shit. I want the 101 style.

>>8384467
Can you not use the DSi screens in the SP?

>>8384467
you want that chip and a 101 screen (easy to find on ali or ebay, just beware of ips's that look the same, easy to spot), of course.

or you can use a sp to gba 32 pin adapter and then use any gba screen kit.
the spaghetti of ribbon cables should fit at the back of the screen.
makho has a sp modded that way with a gba ips v1 kit.

>>8384575

How do I tell the difference? I saw a bunch of listings on eBay but a lot of them don't specify if it's an AGS-101 or just some shitty IPS, you know that thing where they just throw every non-specific keyword in the listing for maximum clicks.

Should they look a certain way or what?

>>8383702
That's brilliant, I hope it gets integrated with the EZ Omega kernel.

>>8384009
>All of them have some weird quirks and drawbacks, it's honestly super fucking annoying.
>EZFlash
Well...
>GBARunner2
...

>>8384009
>EZFlash
You didn't get the Definite Edition did you?

>>8384631
they are really easy to identify.
001 screen are always laminated.
real 101 screens have the backlight terminals exposed at the back.
drop in ips's don't have the backlight terminal exposed and the connector of the ribbon is different.

>>8384739
it doesn't but you can integrate it yourself with the simple firmware.
just copy the jagoomba color and goomba palleted roms into system/plug and rename them gbc.gba and gb.gba respectively.

>>8384845

No idea, it was about 3 years ago now.

Do they actually make significant improvements with their firmwares?

>>8385031
the DE version fixed the RAM type used

>>8371190
I must consooooooom

>>8383786
20-odd years and I never even began to suspect that Pokemon would have an Earthbound-style one-hand mode

>>8384951
I'm still using the official kernel, guess I'll swap.

>lets replace the charging port on the sp with usb c, how hard can it be
>30 mins of trying to get the solder off the anchor pins, the cunt wont budge
>rip a bunch of pads when finally get it off
>gba now smells like burning
>wonky
but it works

Got my first Micro, secondhand. The buttons need to be pressed hard to register, but otherwise everything seems fine. Anything I should know before I open it up for cleaning? I've heard that micros have some internal components that are notoriously breakable.

Bros, when I squeeze my SP the sound cuts out, what is going on. With "squeeze" being any kind of pressure like holding the B button to run in mario will usually do it unless I shift to do it lightly.

>>8386632
you are pressing the board down and breaking connection with the speaker, either tighten the 3 screws holding the motherboard or take the speaker out, bend the two pins up so they stick out more and reassemble

>>8386535
Should’ve reflowed the solder first

>>8386549
take extra care when removing the mobo. select and start are on its own tiny pbc that is attached with a very fragile ribbon cable that cannot be replaced.
if you fuck up and rip it, you can repair it by soldering tiny cables so some points, but is a pita.
t. retard that ripped the select and start ribbon of one of his micro's while disassembling it to clean the buttons

>>8385031
Yeah, saved issues fixed.

Am I the only one that cringes at people modding their consoles with weird buttons, LEDs, IPS panels and weird shells?

>>8386757
Yeah, normal people just don't really give a shit what other people do with their stuff.

>>8386697
I appreciate the tip, thanks. I'll report back on how it goes when I get to it.

>>8386779
Guess I'm abnormal.

>>8386757
It's only "cringeworthy" to me when modders use shit-tier parts and/or have plain bad aesthetic taste. Pic related.

>>8368867
>>8368923
>>8371190
>>8372217
>>8373165
>>8382824
I love you guys. No homo

>>8386861
>nothing on four swords
sad

>>8386861
fuck these things are so based. but i dont have $250 to drop on one :,(

>>8387008
They're ok. Too small for some games. And some games look better on the larger screens. I use mine for Advance Wars only for the most part. I think Fire Emblem looks better on my SP.

>>8369656
Shin Megami Tensei

>>8387008
they are kind of just a collectors item

>>8387024
nah i wanna actually use it tho.

>>8387024

Nah I use the hell out of mine. Sold my original GBA and GBA SP because I didn't care for their size.

I should sell my copies of Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission and buy a few AGS-101s with the proceeds.
Flashcarts make GBA games pointless to own. But the systems themselves are pretty cool.
I prefer mGBA on modded Wii using 240p over component into a trinitron, though.

I own a stock glacier OG GBA and a cobalt AGS-001.

>>8378035
depends on what you want out of it but generally id say no. not that i looked at any of the prices though but if you assume the price of all the parts+the gba itself youre definitely looking at at least $100 to $200 again depending on how many parts and if the seller slaps a build fee on it as well like i did when i sold mine

>>8378483
the screens havent really gotten better beyond gimmick features like touch brightness control or video-out. but there is a kit for using the bottom screen of a DSi which should be a bit closer to what an AGS 101 without the ghosting would look like. if you care about that.
the batteries havent improved beyond that issue with the battery drain being fixed. if you have a bad one still lying around you can fix it yourself, theres a video showing you how, you need to desolder one or two things of the pcb and its fixed.

>>8386535
buying proper solder tools is going to save you a lot of headache and potentially money from parts you inevitably fuck up. coming from using the solder that was included with the iron, buying a proper spool of quality solder made such a fucking difference. also a small bottle of liquid flux. shit just works now where before the solder would take forever to melt even with 400°C and would get all chunky because the flux dries out after the second reheat

>>8386535
>>8387183
Here you go, for future tips and reference-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sb21qbpEQ

roast me

>>8387267
What screens? AGS-101?

>>8387268
those just look frontlit

>>8387267
Post another pic of the green one in better lighting. I haven't seen that color much.

>>8387268
>>8387272
They're aftermarket ags-101. The angle is probably throwing it off. The orange one also has an amp and brightness control.

>>8387324
Very nice.

>>8387323
>better lighting
like this?

>>8387331
I should have assumed it was glow-in-the-dark. Just like the Imagineer Pocket that I would like so much better if it wasn't glow-in-the-dark.

>>8387324
damn then, they have some really bad viewing angle glow

>>8387323
>>8387340
This one is the GF's. The glow in the dark is really subtle and only works if you charge it anyway. Camera exposure made it seem brighter than it is.

>>8387354
forgot pic

>>8386816
I unironically would mod a gameboy with pic related.

>>8387370
Gross, but you do you.

>>8387375
I don't like this kind of designs either.
but there is something about that miku shell that makes me want it.

this more silvery gray looks genuinely cool.

>>8387536
Would look better with black buttons.

>>8387586
naaaw
give it matte gold buttons

>>8368821

>>8387603
one thing is modding with low quality parts and other very different is straight up butchering the console.

As much as I wish to get an SP, there are literally non-existent in my country. Also the lack of sleep/suspense functionality as well as the high price makes it a lot less desirable than a psp or psp go.

>>8387603
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cCc0FBE2fs
Am I doin it rite?

>>8368821
Contributing to the thread with mine.

>>8387656
>>8387603
you do know you can still play gba games without destroying the top screen right................

>>8387586
>>8387595
i wanted all white everything
to match the other gbc i have

>>8387718
wow, gba games look like that!?

>>8387718
<pukes>

>>8387737
Those buttons look pink to me.

>>8387816
I think that's why he has those strawberries and cream lollies there

>>8387737
Looks smooth

>>8387656
This is just sad to see.

>>8387536
>retrosix

cringe

>>8388002
og shell is more easy on adult hands than the sp

i had a silver sp in 2005
i dont miss it and wont be repurchasing

drop in ips display probably isnt great, but im used to playing on frontlit gbc and gameboy lights

dmg also
its a step up &
you know it looks good

>>8387816
>>8387947
thnx off white in person but not noticeably different irl

>>8388106
I don't think either are really that easy on adult hands

>>8388106
Yeah, I use my OG shell as well, I was just pointing out that retro six shells and buttons suck. They don't feel good. Showing off a Retrosix device is like holding up a sign that says "I don't actually play this, I leave it on the shelf". If you must use non-OEM buttons / shells, use Funnyplaying. But you should really be using OEM. Plus, the dude behind retrosix is a sleazeball. Here's my GBA, all OEM parts except for the screen, which is a DSi screen kit from Funnyplaying which retains 1:1 pixels and is brighter than the AGS 101 screen. Feels perfect to play.

i fell for the retrosix meme when i first started modding and have been sour about it ever since

>>8388184
ill give it a close inspection
worst case scenario i can grab an oem unit and shell swap

i plan on getting 4x gba for crystal chronicles and zelda
and that pacman game that supports 4P

Do funnyplaying buttons really have that much noticable difference from the original ones?

>>8384009
You can use this kernel for the EZ Flash
https://gbatemp.net/threads/new-theme-for-ez-flash-omega.520665/
It makes backups of saves automatically

>>8388382
No, they are honestly great, maybe the shoulder buttons might need a bit of wearing in though

>>8388382
>>8388424
>>8375006
>>8388184
are we really at the point now where repro shit cant have *any* logos? i would really like to go with funnyplaying if it wasnt for them removing any and all logos from their products. not even putting their own on the shell instead of just "Nintendo". not even leaving the circle part of the logo, no just leave it completely blank. thanks, it looks like shit

>>8388627
please tell me they are just removing the logos for the product pages and arent really shipping these to customers...

>>8388627
they don't remove the logos
they just can't advertise it in full

>>8388631
that's just so nintendo ninjas don't go after them.
the logos are intact.

>>8387639
>FF 2 PSP version
Best version of the game love the sprites

>>8388970
What's a sprite?

>>8389032
a soda

The shoulder buttons of my GBA stopped being clicky. They work just fine, sometimes they feel a bit unresponsive but I think it might be the lack of feedback from not having the clicks. Is there a way to fix it?

>>8389167
Replace them

>>8389183
I'm not too comfortable with soldering though it seems that there's no other option

>>8388970
Same man. The game is truly lovely. I got the first one too and can't wait to replay it once I am done with the second

>>8389195
then use it as a chance to learn it. if youre not going to replace them youll have to either stick with it or buy a completely new gba. so trying to replace it yourself will only have two outcomes. you learn to solder and save yourself from buying a new one or you fuck up and replace it like youd have done anyways but have also gained at least *some* experience with soldering.

Barely use it for Pokemon ruby, but here is mine

mine

>>8388627
Lol, the logos are there on the actual products. Here are my two funnyplaying kits (retrocnc buttons on the gbc, which feel amazing)

>>8389364
>those colors
Show tits or gtfo

>>8389371
I'm all man, baby. I just like pastel colors and think they look nice.

>>8389364
I really dislike that the logo on the laminated q5 is illuminated instead of just the regular colorful logo.
it looks tacky.

>playing gameboy while shitting
you guys just convinced me to buy a gameboy but ill buy a gameboy colour and play pokemon crystal like i did when i was a kid

I came here from /vg/ (/utg/ specifically) and someone from there has fucked a Gameboy Advance

>>8389468

>>8389468
WHAT

>>8389468
Degenerates.

>>8389468
Please don't bring your faggot LARPers here.

>>8375067
Sauce me anon, is this just a shell with the internals transplanted?

>>8389952
https://www.boxypixel.com/products/game-boy-advance-sp-single-piece
it's just a shitty excuse to make redditors mod their perfectly working sp's with a "cool" and trendy metalic shell.

How should I go about breaking into this micro? All the rest of the external body screws came out, but the previous owner completely stripped the two screw on the right side.

>>8390198

>>8390204
you can make a new drive with a flat screwdriver to get them off.
but you'll need new screws to replace them.

>>8390218
These screws have such shallow heads, I'm not sure how to go about cutting into them. At this point, I think I'm going to have to destroy this side of the frame to get the screws out and open the unit up.

>>8390423
The super glue method also failed. The screws won't budge.

>>8384041
Now looking back, the GBA is probably the reason I gravitated towards playing games with sharp nearest neighbor pixels instead of relying on filtering. I can't handle the filtering, always make me double check if I have my glasses on.

>>8390428

Just destroy the shell and get a new one

>>8390423
>>8390428
surely these things are tiny and short and easily removed after one turn

>>8389468
please be a larp

>>8389468
I hate women so much

>>8390536

That's a lot of unnecessary energy to be expending. Why hate when you can just not give a shit?

>>8390606
‘Twas a gag, my good bitch.

>>8368821
I have the NES edition of the GBA SP, can't be assed to take a photo now though.

>>8390423
drill them out with the smallest drillbit you have, then the heads will fall off and you can remove the leftovers, had to do that on a completely fucked sp, only slightly damaged the shell and it was getting replaced anyway

>>8391000
not sure that is too good of an idea
that is a gameboy micro, think about how small those screws are

>>8371321
>love plus 3ds

Dangerously based

>>8369268
it has nothing to do with the shell, you need to either clean the inside of the power switch or if it's really bad replace it

>>8391015
sounds like you need a smaller drill bit

>>8389357
love the faceplate on the micro

>>8390431
Fucking noice. Also love Dragon Ball

>>8369212
The only thing i did myself with the gba is changing the broken screen, i leave the backlight to the sp one

>>8389969
Oof what a piece of shit cash grab, would be nice if it was a complete shell like a GBC, I got a broken ags101 just looking for ideas

001 is better than 101

>>8392287
justify that statement

>>8392315
no

>>8392391
based
also OG brick Game Boy > everything else.
I learned to love that green DMG dot matrix screen.

where is the best place to buy a gba in the uk? the cheapest on ebay is like £45+