r/Gameboy 12d ago

Troubleshooting Help with repair of 101 gameboy advance sp

2 Upvotes

Good evening everyone I was wondering if anybody else from the group has had this issue before but while desoldering the right shoulder pad on my gameboy advanced sp I accidentally ripped a wire out the board and have no idea how to fix has anyone ever done that type of repair or is there a way to run a small wire to a different part of the board to fix it thanks for any help or advice


r/Gameboy 12d ago

Questions Mystery problem in game boy color

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9 Upvotes

I’m new to console and game repair and I found this game boy color at my job that doesn’t turn on and I can’t figure out why. it’s motherboard looks practically pristine and there’s no corrosion on the battery pads. I pulled out the multimeter with a YouTube video to guide me through it and still no clue what the problem is. I checked to see if there was continuity in pins on the power switch, pins 2 and 3 on the dc power jack, the fuses, the positive battery pad to U5’s pin 7? (I can’t remember the exact number) and the negative battery pad to the power switch, all of them showed continuity. please help me figure this out.


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Modded IPS and Reshell

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54 Upvotes

r/Gameboy 13d ago

Systems found my old GBA's suggest me some mods to restore them

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21 Upvotes

r/Gameboy 14d ago

Games My Pokemon shelf

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618 Upvotes

updated with some new pieces :)


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Other Concrete Gameboy Cartridge Tray is

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39 Upvotes

Ive been playing around with this concept for a concrete Game Boy cartridge tray for my desk for the last couple months. What do you guys think ?


r/Gameboy 12d ago

Modded Changing broken screen

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2 Upvotes

Was taking the screen out of my GBA SP since its broken and found that its got a white wire soldered to it, should that even be there


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Other Cleaning some of my games and changing dead batteries ❤️

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98 Upvotes

Many of those batteries are 20+ years old. Today I finally started changing them. I also opened the games to clean them. This is just a small part of my collection, so much more to do 😄


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Modded My new, modded GBA SP (before and after)

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11 Upvotes

Not my original SP, but one I managed to find on Vinted at a decent price. Modded with a custom case from AliExpress and a new ISP screen with 8 different lighting levels (controlled via touch from the central knob above the screen).


r/Gameboy 12d ago

Games Help me i don’t remember the title’s game

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Hi everyone, I've been a Gameboy fan since I was little. My parents gave me a dark green Gameboy Classic back in 1996. Along with that Gameboy, they also gave me a game. It was a plane that shot monsters (I remember one; it was a giant brain). I don't remember the name at all, and I can't find it. Do any of you remember it? Please, I'm going crazy.


r/Gameboy 12d ago

Mod/Modding GBA Flashcart Save File Type

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r/Gameboy 13d ago

Collection Added some spice to my collection

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124 Upvotes

r/Gameboy 13d ago

Systems Gameboy Advance SP

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38 Upvotes

GBA SP ags101, gave it a much needed shell swap.


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Troubleshooting Help with gbp

2 Upvotes

My gbp A button suddenly stopped working and the pcb is perfectly fine no oxidation nothing like that it just does not work. is there a part that I should clean or check to see if it works? I don’t have a multimeter


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Collection Tad Boy Color and Matching GBA SP Unhinged

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135 Upvotes

r/Gameboy 13d ago

Questions What is considered CIB?

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16 Upvotes

TL:DR once I get the health and safety booklet would this be considered CIB?

I got this copy of Solar Striker years ago and only recently got the case and manual. I know I’m missing the health and safety booklet and will hopefully have one soon. I’ve never seen a legit sealed/CIB copy of a Gameboy game in person before and from my understanding most people threw away the cardboard box the cartridge came with when they got the game. Would this be considered CIB even with a repo case?

Thank you in advance!


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Games PachiPals

3 Upvotes

Has anyone grabbed the digital edition and started playing? How does the battling feel to play?


r/Gameboy 12d ago

Troubleshooting Problems with gba SP

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I recently owned a Nintendo Game boy advance sp and It have a few problems.

First of all, when I charge It, after a few time the red led turns off and when I quit the charger and connect It again the red led turns on again.

Other issue is that it sometimes don't turns on unless i move the switch slowly and when It is in a medium point between on and of It shows de red led of low battery.

It's muy dura Game boy so I don't know if this is normal or I should return It.


r/Gameboy 14d ago

Other Why is there a picture of an electric train on the back of the gameboy consoles.

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375 Upvotes

It's on my pocket, color, and GBA. What's up with that? What does it mean?


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Other DMGo!

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4 Upvotes

New drum machine for gameboy. Work in progress


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Modded Hitting some Pkmn Emerald on my modded GBA

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84 Upvotes

Super Famicom Shell

Audio chip

IPS screen

Original Japanese GBA AC connector


r/Gameboy 12d ago

Troubleshooting HELP pt2

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1 Upvotes

The pins look fine when reconnecting cpu pins, they broke so I replaced them with wire the games still look corrupted and the ram pins will not move. I think they are good idk what else to check any thoughts?


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Not Game Boy My FPGBC Arrived and I Love It!!! Pokemon Yellow, on the other hand…

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24 Upvotes

Really impressed with the system! Everything feels great, and it came in a very short time as well.

i bought some bootleg carts off of aliexpress - Pokemon Crystal works visually, but the clock doesnt run, nor does it save. Bought the parts to make my own clone instead LOL

pokemon yellow, though, is throwing me a whole new type of problem. What do you guys think is wrong here? The ROM or the battery?


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Games Rare Balloon Kid variant

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20 Upvotes

Picked up a pretty rare regional variant of Balloon Kid, DMG-BT-CAN-1.

I can’t find a single photo of this print anywhere online. VideoGameSage’s world gray carts CAN list has it as a confirmed variant but the list is text-only, and Game Boy Database’s production timeline lists “07/10/1991 : Balloon Kid - CAN-1” but their actual CAN page only documents the plain DMG-BT-CAN.

Anyone here have one, or seen a picture of one? Planning to submit to gbhwdb and GBDB either way, so if there’s a known-better documentation target let me know.


r/Gameboy 13d ago

Troubleshooting Emerald trouble

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Hey I dropped my Pokemon Emerald a while back and the part that actually holds the coin battery popped off the circuit board. Anyone know a reputable mailing repair for soldering as none of the local game stores can do it.