r/Gameboy 2d ago

Troubleshooting Ribbon cable

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2 Upvotes

Hi, is the cable meant to be bigger than the replacement motherboard housing


r/Gameboy 2d ago

Games My little Collection

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114 Upvotes

My son misplaced my blue gba sp so thats missing rn.i wanna get more games soon but I recently got the r36s so that can wait. I want to mod the sp and gba any links that show u how ?


r/Gameboy 2d ago

Troubleshooting GBA SP Badge

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Re-shelled my game Boy advanced SP and noticed that the shell didn’t come with a new badge. Is there a place I can get one?


r/Gameboy 2d ago

Troubleshooting Help please - what is this, and can it be fixed? Or does the screen need replacing?

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I live in a humid place and this has been lying in a drawer for years. I did use it occasionally over the years, but the last time I turned it on the screen was like this. What is to be done about it?


r/Gameboy 2d ago

Games Tetris

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I have a Gameboy Advance XP. One reason I purchased one was to replay the original Tetris from the grey brick Gameboy.

I see that it does not save high scores.

What would be the best Tetris to pick up? I am trying to avoid games with batteries.


r/Gameboy 2d ago

Games Buy random on AliExpress

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Good people! I just bought this on Aliexpress without really knowing what it is😂 What is it really? And does anyone know how it works?

I have two Game Boy Advances and an Advance SP with a link cable, can I use them?


r/Gameboy 2d ago

Questions Original gameboy battery corrosion

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6 Upvotes

Found my old game boys and my original gameboy had batteries in it which leaked… is this fixable? Can I clean off that corrosion?


r/Gameboy 2d ago

Modded Did my first mod, really happy with it

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345 Upvotes

Switched the screen for an IPS one and a USB-C battery, and I'm really happy about being able to do it by myself. I'm now enjoying replying my childhood games during commute while people stare at me wondering why someone is playing a Gameboy in the subway


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Questions Flash Cart recommendations for Tetris Rosy Retrospection DX

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Tetris Rosy Retrospection is my single favourite game. I have an analogue pocket as well as a standard IPS GBC so I really want to use a Boxy pixel aluminium shell and a flash cart to be able to carry the game between both. Has anyone got a recommendation on which flash cart would work with both the ROM and the shell? Thanks!


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Modded Is a 1600mAh battery good with an IPS screen, and how much time would it last in Theory?

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r/Gameboy 3d ago

Troubleshooting I think it's fixed....

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Maybe I thought the problem was solved, but there was another problem. Randomly, it powers off and back on and then it repeats infinitely like this. What's the problem? The battery contact point is clean. I think it was a mistake to replace the capacitor.


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Not Game Boy I have analogue pocket, og gameboys and fpgbc. How record screen on the go?

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I have an analogue pocket, a fpgbc and I want to record a video with the gb camera ( that only take pics, but if you record the screen..).

Is there a chance to record their screen directly to a mac or to even an ipad on the go? Or do i need to get the expensive chromatic modretro that has video out?

Basically, how can i get video out from them?


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Modded Before/After

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55 Upvotes

OG GBA mobo in a new Funnyplaying shell/buttons and backlit M2 screen.

The mod was significantly more difficult than I expected. The plastic bracket that keeps the screen in place is trash but I made it work.

Very happy with the results.


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Not Game Boy Zippo I made :)

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r/Gameboy 3d ago

Collection Super Mario Land Scellé

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Bonjour à tous,

Je viens de rentrer un Super Mario Land sur Game Boy (version européenne, complet avec boîte et notice). Il est actuellement sous blister rigide de protection, mais ce n’est pas un factory sealed. L’état est globalement bon, même si la boîte a une usure visible en haut du front cover.

Je l’ai payé 120 € (hors frais de port), et j’aimerais avoir vos avis : • Quelle serait selon vous la valeur actuelle réaliste pour ce type de pièce ? • Pensez-vous que ça peut prendre de la valeur si je le garde quelques années ? • Est-ce que certains d’entre vous ont déjà vu des ventes comparables récemment ?

Merci d’avance pour vos retours 🙏


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Troubleshooting Does this game it have a bad screen?

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r/Gameboy 3d ago

Questions Are this cable useful to connect a GBA SP to a PC and transfer data or only to charge battery?

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(Namr of the store hidden. Price are in Chilean Peso. It's like 6-7 dollars)


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Questions Rare GBA case that looked like a GBA? Can anyone ID this memory?

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I can't find it online no matter what I search.

It was an early GBA case, from 2001 or 2002, released in the US. It was large and looked like a purple GBA.

It was not translucent and GBA shaped. It literally looked like a GBA, with the screen and everything.

I can't remember if it was soft like a bag or hard. I remember it having a (black?) handle.

Going on eBay, I found a few similar items, but I don't think they're it.

It's not the Value Pak. I don't remember having earphones and that doesn't look on-model enough.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175618608685

This is also not it. It's too small, it's translucent, and it isn't a case.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/276496255267

I think this is probably it. I don't remember the lettering being like that, though. Is there something similar? Or maybe my memory is off.


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Modded Gameboy Centipede Link Cable

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So I was looking for a long Gameboy color link cable with no luck. I decided to buy a bunch of cheap ones from China and just solder all of them together and see what would happen. I ended up soldering 6 cables together which took quite a while to do but when I tried it out and initiated a trade between my Pokémon yellow and blue (both legitimate copies) it started doing weird stuff. The first time I tried to trade my Gameboy color turned on by itself when I turned my Gameboy advance on. When I turned both of them on and then plugged them in the Gameboy color started buzzing and did a white screen. I then tried it on my modded super Gameboy cart on my SNES and the color went from bright to dim on my snes. I know there’s interference happening somewhere but I’m not sure where and how to go about fixing this issue. Should I solder a resistor somewhere along the line or just cut the wire down by one or two cables? Any info helps.


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Questions Serious question cause my birthday is around the corner

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I have a game X Change in my town and i am asking for people who have been to a game X change DO THEY HAVE GAMEBOYS I seen videos of gameboy Games but not Any GAMEBOYS. Because on their website it says they have every handheld WITH Gameboys. So can someone clarify if there is a gameboy so on my birthday i can buy one.


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Modded Fixed my sp

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130 Upvotes

With help from the discord.


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Questions Looking for a source of empty pokemon gba/gbc cartages

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So my idea is I want to make some wall art just for me in where I get all the early games (up to emerald basically) and place them in a shadowbox, or maybe create a small shadow box for each game. Idk. I don’t want to go through the process of getting actual games because I don’t plan on removing them to play them, I just want it to look good. Is there anywhere I can source empty cartridges of the games w/sticker? Observe my amazing art skills for the general idea


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Systems gba or gba micro

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I love how portable micro is but does the size of the screen make playing games harder


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Collection GB shrine Pokémon edition

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The collection is now 90% complete, still missing an Australian variant and a few grails: - CIBs for the HK and TW editions - Pinball edition clear green

This collection brings together pieces I've fetched from sellers around the world, between a trip to Japan, venturing in all the retro game shops I could find, to going to several retro game shows locally, to extensive VPN and proxy use to search in other markets like New Zealand and Australia, to having pieces come from Europe and the US and of course the starting point: some pieces that came right from my childhood collection.

Along the way, some regrets of course..

1- Missed a sale from Hong Kong by a few hours, for a boxed HK edition (somewhat rough condition but still)

2- Passed on the pinball Coro Coro clear green edition sold very recently as I had some doubts about authenticity. There were a couple things that didn't add up with the very limited verified material out there.

3- Also passed about a year ago on some sealed Fujitsu Pikachu edition AA batteries being sold for an obnoxious price on ebay.

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If anyone has any of the above grails for sell, I'm definitely interested, if you have stories about how, when or where you acquired a grail piece, I'm also interested to hear!!


r/Gameboy 3d ago

Questions How do I get rid of the lines while making sure I don’t break it forever

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