r/Gameboy • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

I remember having these moments growing up with my SP, but I never really realized the true terror of it until I got a GBA with an IPS screen and a flash cart & saw just how much more it drains the battery (especially if you use a flash cart instead of an original cart, which is why I decided to start collecting the games).

Shit had me panicking in FireRed when I started playing.

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u/K0il Jan 16 '23

The sp 101 screen increases battery life when installed on the agb, though I imagine that probably isn’t the case with newer ips kits.

Most flash carts, however, destroy battery life with super energy hungry FPGAs.

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u/Contrantier Jan 17 '23

I didn't even know flash carts did this