/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8829414
I believe that if you own the item it's really just up to you how the console is optimized. Personally i keep my things as OEM as possible unless something dire needs to done or i want to put a backlight on it for excessive use.

>>8829414
If there's millions of them, you're not obligated to do anything. It was never good to begin with, just cheap and playable.

>>8829510
I mostly agree, backlights mods are fine but I think adding backlit LCDs is redit shit-tier since it ruins the colour palette and contrast the games were originally designed with. It falls into the same uncanny valley as emulation. People can do whatever they want with their own hardware but it does burn me up to see coomlectors hoarding everything just to gut it and replace all the parts with cheap Chinese aftermarket parts.

>>8829414
>acceptable
Some are outright necessary to keep the hardware from self-destructing over time e.g. xbox clock capacitor.

>>8829414
refurb is not modding
although it will likely increase the resale value


do you care if a classic car is all original or would you rather have it in working condition? same logic

>>8829719
cdi timekeeper
turbo duo recap
pc engine briefcase gear replacement/lube
virtualboy eyeball solderfix

the wonderful world of arcade pcb and dealing with the finnicky bs

>>8829414
I never do any mod to my consoles that is destructive (prying off parts, hardmods, etc) UNLESS the unit is already damaged.
I turned a GBC I had into a GBC Light since the original screen was cracked

>>8829414
Unibios for MVS to have jap region and battery mod for it

>>8829872
>GBC Lite
What does this mean? Front-lighting for the screen?

>>8829890
do they have a nocut/solderless install for this yet?

im not big on the idea of damaging my original board

>>8829995
You need another model for that

>>8829973
it used to mean this
he probably dropped a q5 in and glass lens that literally says "color light"

both methods technically look like ass but are better than stock

>>8830005
im playing in japanese forever fuck it kek

RGB modding a SNES junior is fine with me, it everything is there it's just not connected

>>8829414
>What hardware mods do you consider acceptable?
None.

>>8829742
>>8829719
that's fixing, not modding.

I always cut oem shells for mods, aftermarket shells just feel cheap.

>>8829414
anything thats same functioning as OEM or directly better w/o change, with a bunch of asterisk specific cases for when i feel like doing something else for reasons that i made up. but i would never personally put an IPS in a gameboy that wasnt the same resolution as the original screen

>>8829414
EL has a short lifespan. You better do a frontlight LED mod.

>>8830237
Isn’t it like at least a decade?

>>8829414
none unless it's a repair and you just can't get the original piece, like when you have a burned gameboy screen and the new one has weird colors

>>8830010
What is the black board?
And there is no need for other regions

>>8830289
its a supergun "minigun" so i can have sega2 rgb output for upscalers & neogeo controller ports

the shit tacked onto the controller ports are neo2snes/sega adapters so i can fuck arcade games up with my turbo snes/genesis arcade sticks

>>8830289
i wanted the option for english with blood (i think the unibios lets you do this)
+a couple of the puzzle games have a lot of text (pochi and nyan)

What's the best way to replace a polarizer on a gameboy light to keep it looking stock.

>>8830325
kitch bent might have some
whats wrong with the original one?

did you try rotating it/flipping it over?

>>8830326
It's burnt, I bought it to refurbish. I hear that if the polarizer isn't close to the OEM one the color will be off. I also heard some guys on reddit saying you can use a gameboy pocket screen, but something doesn't seem right because the light has to pass through. the back of the screen.

>>8829414
I don't have any issues with hardware mods, unless you're doing retarded shit like turning your GameCube into a pot for your plant or something. I've done SD card mods for my PSX and Dreamcast because the games are getting expensive. I've also installed a backlight on my original model GBA, it's nice.

>>8830314
>its a supergun "minigun" so i can have sega2 rgb output for upscalers & neogeo controller ports
>the shit tacked onto the controller ports are neo2snes/sega adapters
Where did you buy it?

>>8829414
i bought some backlit gbc off a loser on ebay and am just glad i can play on a lit screen, i don't care

It’s your device, and there are millions of other identical ones out there. Mod it however you’re going to enjoy it most. Make it special to you.

>>8830008
You are correct yes

>>8830218
Removing a component from a mainboard IS a hardware modification, so yeah it's both a fix and a mod.

>>8830780
Show pics of it.

>>8831103
not when you replace removed part with a comparable same-spec part.

>>8830386
the minigun specifically is open source
you can have someone build you one on forums but i poached mine from a guy in france on ebay

i suggest a nicer gun though if you can find it
prices are up on everything now anyways

the chink one with a normal pc power supply and sega saturn controller ports (in addition to db15) seems godtier

>>8830329
fuck

sorry anon i dont have too much experience with taking apart the gb-light
i only had the rare pikachu pokemon center one and had to sell it for 450 during hard times

>>8830240
It depends on how much you use it. About 5000 hours max.

>>8829574
>it does burn me up to see coomlectors hoarding everything just to gut it and replace all the parts with cheap Chinese aftermarket parts.
This is really depressing. A quick scroll through any retro subreddit just makes me sad. I hate how "popular" this hobby has become and how normies shit up everything as usual.

>>8831986
I just want one with saturn ports or MD one, with component out

>>8829414
You better believe I do
ODE’s and a backlight mod for my gba, but I’ll only do my other handhelds if they are native resolution screens

I changed my nomad with a new screen. Can’t change the brightness now but it gets better battery life by a mile so worthwhile mod. Same goes for the game gear and gameboy color but I sent those out to be modified before I was comfortable with doing that stuff myself. I’ve managed to revive a bunch of game gears myself since and now attacking some future upgrade projects like Dreamcast shell replacement and gdemu, plus replace caps on a couple Xbox’s.

I have a gba sp the original model and I was gonna swap its screen out too but It’s a pure gba sp I’m the only owner ever and the shell will need to be scraped a bit for it to fit apparently so I’ve been putting it off, should I get a new shell to replace it too or seek a broken screen SP?

>>8829414
>What hardware mods do you consider acceptable
hardware degradation due to time

I add usb c ports to anything that doesn't have one. I like to keep the original port though, so I end up having to make an ugly hole in the shell for a new port.

>>8832356
Based.

>>8832356
And I always change the shells

>>8832356
i just got rid of a gameboy advance because i literally hated this shite

it was always fucking dead and the battery would drain just standing by while off
fucking dumb. my dslite gets charged like 2 times a year and is always ready

most "modders" have no understanding of electronics whatsoever

>>8832052
this is the one in my watchlist

https://www.ebay.com/itm/313477178455?hash=item48fcb22457:g:W7QAAOSwCKlecx1g

>>8829414
>>gameboy light
i sent my gb light away to a modder on reddit to have the front screen protector replaced (it was very slightly scuffed, but the rest of the unit was M I N T). after a month of waiting, they sent back a backlit modded gameboy pocket with what im certain was an aftermarket shell. i questioned wtf is going on, and they just said im lying and if i told anyone they would sue...

i miss my light :(

>>8832336
beyond based

>>8833440
cuck

>>8833440
Post his reddit username

>>8832434
Find a good one. I am a modder, you've to quit having manchildren that did babbies first screen swap.

>>8833440
>trusting a r*dditor
you brought this on yourself

>>8833902
it wasn't the screen that was the problem
it was tilted badly, but i disassembled everything and fixed it

the fag put everything in one of those "for nintendo" aftermarket shells without specifying
and the usb-c board was exactly as i described

i just use a micro instead
but i only use my advance to play rpg anyway so its fine

>>8833440
this has to be a larp
you couldn't pop your lens off and stick a new one on?

you don't even have to take anything apart to do this anon WTF

>>8829414
Do what you want with it, but if you resell it inform the purchaser of any major modifications.

>>8829574
I think that worse than that is when people just collect the consoles and never play them. This one guy on YouTube collected every color N64 and GameCube and now it just sits in his basement until a house fire takes it.

>>8833898
>>they would sue
no.

>>8834995
there was no one else that could do the replacement at the time for a fair price

>>8835010
you need special tools to even open it, and it didnt seem worth risking my $1000 gameboy light at the time. hindsight is 20\20 though

>>8835287
>you need special tools to even open it,
you mean the $2 triwing-screwdriver?
>my $1000 gameboy light
ok, I rate the larp 2/10 made me reply.

>>8835287
He's not actually going to sue ypu retard. But gg on getting SWINDLED

>>8835287
it was the pokemon one wasnt it

>>8835338
I picked it up around 4 years ago from a local shop called gamestraders here in Aus. it was something like $960 AUD but it was almost brand new condition apart from a very light scratch on the screen. I asked on leddit about how hard it would be do DIY, and they all said not to risk such a rare device if i have 0 experience.

>>8835357
i didnt take it lightly. we went back and forth a fair bit and after a few weeks of them claiming its what i sent (i didnt...), he said it was basically a free upgrade since his time is worth more than my gblight was worth and that if i contacted him again he would sue for harassment and deformation. i figured it wasnt worth the legal trouble and just deleted my account

>>8835375
gold one, but it was almost day-0 brand new condition. i cant stress this enough

>>8836258
;_;


sad

>>8830338
>sd mod
>Dreamcast
Isn't that slow as ass?
>PSX
They have those now?

>>8832431

>>8836258
This can't possibly be real. He's not gonna sue you for shit. You should sue him. Don't be a bitch.

>>8829414
The Light is fucking weird. Obviously due to it being Japanese exclusive I never had one as a kid but that blue screen fills me with a nostalgia I shouldn't have.

>>8836973
Did you have a watch that lit up blue when you were a kid?

>>8836743
Why would an ODE be slower than a disc drive dumbass. Anyway, my answer is the GDEMU since games are stupidly expensive, you can buy flawless clone ones with the latest firmware for cheap, and the original disc drive is so insanely noisy that it can distract from the game audio. Dreamcast and Xbox 360 are like jets taking off.

>>8837593
Dreamcast is pretty silent if you put a Noctua fan in there

>>8837634
For sure, the fan itself can be a little noisy too but that GD-ROM drive is the main culprit.

>>8836973
I should say it does not appear blue in real-life, more green.

>>8836973
its nice
however the battery bulge is kinda uncomfortable and it refuses to lay flat when not in use

the screen kinda looks like those glow night-lights from the 90s

>>8836258
>AUD
You should have said that you were talking about clowndollars.

>>8838919
no, he definitely got ripped off 1 AUD is 75 us cents

I never liked the look of IPS screens people put in GBC for years but the newest ones with the pixel grid option look pretty nice picrel is the one I had done

>>8839428
My problem is how saturated the colours look

>>8839431
I do feel the same way somewhat. I turn the brightness down slightly to mitigate it somewhat and it seems to help. I also have a frontlight modded one but it has this kind of weird banding effect at certain angles I don't like either.

>>8839458
It's kind of why I just use a portable emulator

Only mods i ever did was pull out the tabs on two snes so i could play super fami but i chipped the dust cover of the one with my plyers so now il never try to learn to do things again.

>>8829574
I found the og screen to be really ugly on the gbc, I don't care if its not accurate, I like the look of ultra bright high contrast colours.

For the gbp the original screen does have a grey led pencil type of look which can benefit a decent number of games.

I had the gamegear lcd but it has uneven scaling.

I'm going to get the tripple bypass for sega to have clearer sound.

>>8829414
>do you consider acceptable

live your goddamn life

>>8830167
This and the clock speed mod to super game boy are the only mods I have done and I do feel kind of bad about it because it's no longer original hardware but people would also argue that both the sns-101 and the super game boy are emulators so it kinda makes me happy I'm not some faggot purist with a stick in the ass. I would never consider modding a screen on a handheld.

>>8832336
pretty based ngl

>>8840070
>super game boy
>emulator
no, it's not.

>>8840039
I swear I actually saw this one posted on reddit. Where's a good place to get custom UV print shell? I want wario on my gameboy.

>>8839428
What screen? And what shell?

>>8836973
Holy shit this. Really like the the comfy glow instead of the bright modern backlights people put in now.
Always wondered if its the same sort of glow as some watches used to have?
Would love to get one but they are quite expensive and wouldn't be able to play my gbc games

>>8840604
it is the same sort of glow. The gameboylight uses an EL panel, which is what all those watches and alarm clocks used back in the day.

>>8840606
Ah that's cool. I did suspect as much.
Thanks, anon. Going to keep a look out for a reasonably priced one.

>>8840631
It’s really nice in person. Feels just like those indiglo watches. I have one and keep it in my bathroom for late night pee gaming.

>>8840585
>>8840039
etsy has a bunch
however good luck finding anyone to do a custom one - theyre all faggots

>>8840585
Look up Bluishsquirrel

>>8840813
>not having misty spread eagle waiting for brock cock on your gameboy
ngmi

>>8840889

>>8840590
The funnyplaying Q5 id the screen iirc. Idk name of shell just look around.

>>8832437
Too expensive, fucking chinks

>>8837593
I wasn't talking ODE's, friend. I was talking about that oldschool Dreamcast mod where you wired an sdcard reader directly onto the CPU or some bus to the CPU, or whatever.

>>8829735
Since a classic car not working but 100% original is worth many times more than working with replacement parts you'd be a fool to opt for working. By the time you're old enough to drive we'll have self driving flying electric cars and gas powered cars will be illegal.

>>8832336
truly based the only acceptable hardware mod

>>8842321
So an ODE then

>>8842317
bro everything supergun is costly now
even the parts to build one would be around 100

are puffy 80s stickers a hardware modification?

>>8829414
Worm light.
That's a mod.

>>8842601
I wish there was a worm light for the fucking Neo Geo Pocket. I mean, there is but it’s rare and sells for like $80

>>8842525
>bro everything on ebay is costly now
>even the parts on ebay would be around 100
I should probably start selling bigmacs on ebay for $50 and make millions off tards like you

>>8842735
kek
the supergun is open source
if you want a power supply and sega saturn ports that shit aint cheap no matter how you slice it bb

>>8829414
It's my hardware, I'll do whatever the fuck I want with it.
It's not even like Game Boys are a rare item, there's millions of them out there.

>>8842647
The gameboy color got a bunch of options, thankfully. They also tried their best to be battery efficient. It was definitely a time where it was convenient to have the dominant brand.

>>8832151
The GG and Nomad I'll agree are pretty much necessary screen mods unless you're cool with burning through batteries or playing tethered to a wall, in which case just play a console right

>>8842739
>pickles and onions aint cheap no matter how you slice them
Yeah. I'll charge an extra $10 for those. Wait till you see see what I charge for a kraft single. Because, like power supplies, onions aren't just common items you can buy for cheap from countless places.

>>8840519
You're running games through a modified version of the original hardware.

>>8842601
That's an accessory, anon.

>>8829414
Why didn't you just backlight mod a game boy pocket instead of destroying some rare unique hardware?

>>8844664
Of course it's a mod. I even modded it with new batteries.

>>8829414
Anything is acceptable. I bought it I’ll do what I want. There’s no law in the land that says I can’t cut the region tabs of a Super Nintendo, and there’s no rule that says I can’t rip the top screen off a DS lite and call it a hurr durr gameboy micro

One of those I do to every Super Nintendo I come across. The other is a retarded waste of time and materials so I don’t want to.

>>8844834
Ah yes I would like objectively the worse model of gameboy, and yes I would like to cut a third to four fifths it’s battery life off with a shitty washed out led backlight or power hungry ips screen.

Replacing the EL panel in a gameboy light, with a new EL panel surely is destroying hardware. I sure hate it when people take the thing that was broken and then make it not broken anymore, and in a comparable state to how it was originally. Yep that really chafes my jimmies

Fuck you the gameboy pocket is the worst I don’t get why people onions over it

>>8844865
*onions over it.
Thanks autocorrect and mobile keyboard

>>8844869
Oh yeah I’m dumb lol

>>8844834
the modded GBP has like 2 hours of playtime kek

Is there a mod for GBA SP to use batteries?
I dread needing to buy a bootleg rechargable battery that barely holds charge

>>8844587
>original hardware
>emulation
how stupid are you?

>>8829414
I need vr’s help. I just picked up a Nintendo DS, and the hinge is fucked. I want to replace the shell with a transparent one (preferably pink, because the carrying case and game cases are all pink). But I cannot find any, only boring old flat colors. Anyone with better google fun than me?

>>8844843
I modded your mom last night.

>>8846006
Oh boy do I have some bad news for you. Not only are the only available shells the plain colors you described, but they also are of terrible quality and you have to go as far as shorten screws or else they cause bumps to appear on the opposite side. Also I think only Black, White, Silver, and Red are not painted while Blue, Turqoise and Pink are.

>>8845393
Then buy a mahko battery that holds more change than OEM did.

>>8846454
charge*

>>8846450
fug

>>8846006
genuinely you’re better off just buying another phat DS with a dead screen or something to Frankenstein them together. Check out J4U they usually have junk systems for 2 or 3 bucks

>>8846008
She did mention something about a light worm

>>8847009
wait, what the hell are these at a warehouse in the U.S. this is fucking based.

>>8829414
Is this the right Gameboy?
The Gameboy I need to buy?

Only 60 euro.

>>8851090
If you can only have one 8 bit game boy, it should be this one.

>>8851114
What about games like Pokemon, Wario, ect?

>>8851090
>60 euro
I hate the reseller market so much.

>>8851130
How much should a Gameboy Color cost?

>>8851242
I wouldn't spend more than 20 or 30 bucks. With how common the hardware is and its age, it shouldn't continue being sold for near MSRP.

>>8851247
Nigger nobody sells it at that price these days. Fucking autistic retard.

>>8851247
But nearly all GBC cost above 60+ euros here!

>>8851261
And that's why I hate resellers. These greedy fucks are expecting people to pay the console's original MSRP for a loose console. No box, no manuals, and used. I could understand if it was something like a Micro that nobody bought, but the GBC sold a shitload. They aren't in short supply.

>>8829510
>I believe that if you own the item it's really just up to you how the console is optimized.
fpbp
Any mods are fine as long as you're aware they're not "authentic", for whatever that's worth.

That said, I still get annoyed by overly flashy stuff like chrome-plated components and LEDs. And if you put them on display instead of actually using them, you can fuck off.

>>8832151
>should I get a new shell to replace it
Yeah, just get a new shell. They're like $15 and decent enough by this point. Just stay away from transparent options, they're prone to cracking.

>>8851129
What about them?

>>8851247
Where are you living, 2008?

>>8851348
His emo gf died of OD, his hairline is non-existent, his parents had hope for him, but now even that died. His last good memory was a falloutboy concert, and watching classic game room. His dick has been out of commission for over a decade, and has a thick layer of dust on it. For him the past is the only safe place, the present is hell.

>>8851379
That's some wicked projection.

>>8851271
You are misdirecting your anger. The reason resellers are able to sell at these outrageous prices now is because of hipsters. Hipsters are who you should hate. Go to /r/gameboy and have a look at true cancer.

>>8851543
My hatred is widespread.

Does it matter which Gameboy Color I buy?
How many versions are there and I don't mean color wise.

>>8852467
Nah. All identical.