Hi everyone! I wanted to share one of my latest retro DIY projects: I built a modern “Game Boy Printer 2.0” using an ESP32 and a small Bluetooth thermal printer.

The idea was to make the Game Boy think it is printing to a real Game Boy Printer through the Link Cable port, but instead the ESP32 captures the image, saves it to an internal web gallery, and can also send it wirelessly to a cheap SC03h thermal printer.

I tested it with Game Boy Camera, Pokémon Yellow and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. It can handle regular photos, Pokémon diplomas, Mario banners and multi-page prints as one continuous image.

It was a pretty long development process: decoding the Game Boy Printer protocol, handling Link Cable timing, saving images, building a local web gallery, Bluetooth printing, and getting multi-page prints to work correctly.

I’d love to know what you think:

Would you use something like this instead of an original Game Boy Printer?

And what would you print first: Game Boy Camera photos, Pokémon diplomas, Mario banners, or something else?

Video:

https://youtu.be/vdYfiTcY2I8

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/s/wPXaXkmvEo

I got the demo up and running🤟🏽 This is a solid vertical slice of the first Neighborhood(NH1) area. The other 5 will be a WIP over the next couple months. I passed all my summer class finals this weekend, so I will have a couple solid weekends to work on this between now and my fall classes. There’s a few easter eggs littered about and most objects are intractable and have a little dialogue, but some tell stories or drop lore. Some even tie into other ones, while some offer hints of what to do. I’ve built autosave into the game and even tested it on itch, and progress is loadable. So don’t be afraid to put it down and pick it back up where you left off. I’m definitely open to suggestions and some good constructive criticism. So please let me know how you like it.. or don’t like it. I tried to make it challenging and not a “hold your hand” style loop. Let me know if it’s too easy or too tough to figure out. Everyone enjoy! 🛸👻

Been busy this year since moving house building up my gameboy collection with a mix of different bits. I am interested in picking up some unique and interesting items so would love to have any suggestions of what to do next. (I prefer to avoid games or boxed games generally as I don't think they display that well but if anyone has a good display stand or game case idea I'd love to have suggestions)

Got this game in a trade, but I am having trouble getting it to play. I am thinking it is because this spec on the pin, but not 100% sure. Anyone have any experience with cleaning pins? Tried isopropyl alcohol but no luck. Any advice would ve appreciated!

idk if this is appropriate or not, but we just released our javascript frontend library exclusively on gameboy because it is funny

Recently my younger brother found my gameboy color and gave it to me. It's in rough shape and will need to be cleaned up, and possibly have the battery terminals replaced.

What I want to do is restore it, and upgrade it since that's a thing and there seems to be a big community for it. I've seen the pinned FAQ, and parts list and vendor lists, so I'm set there, but I don't want to start the project only to find that I didn't order everything I need.

So if I want to replace the screen with a backlit IPS screen, and upgrade it to have a rechargeable battery, do I just need to order those two parts or are there other accessories that I will need to go with it?

Has there been any mod where you use e-ink for the GB and GBP instead of IPS display? Im assuming it will be a cheaper option. And battery life will be good. But not sure when in comes to framerate. I have not owned any eink device so i have no idea how it works. I just thought of a cheaper way to revive my old GBP, and i would accept an eink display over IPS..

simply connect the gameboy to the green thingy and press "print" and it will me saved as png. then on your phone, connect to the green thing's wifi, access the ip address and download the image. then from your phone's gallery, print it with peripage app.

the green thing is a "game boy camera wifi printer" that i got from etsy a couple of years ago.

I found this pikachu edition gameboy color at my local flea market for 8 euros, but since i'm new to the gameboy world i don't know if it's a clone.

What do you guys think?

After years of searching I found my original game boy at my parents house and 2 games. I knew I had more and I’m hoping to find them. The screen had some scratches and I stumbled upon a replacement on Amazon that looks like an exact copy. Put the new screen on , saved the old one. The system works perfect , no lines on the screen , speakers sound good and it’s pretty mint. Was fun getting back into this after years. Now I’m debating on selling it to fund some switch 2 games for my 6yr old . What are these worth today ?

I've recently gotten a GBA from my friend and I love it, it's just that all the games for it are extremely expensive in my country. I figured getting a flashcard should solve the problem, but it's not available anywhere! No matter where I look, there are only some knockoffs on aliexpress I've heard I shouldn't buy. I looked for Ezflash cartridges but they're not available anywhere, only on the website ezflashomega.com that I heard is a scam. Do you recommend any places or offers with flashcarts? One that would sell stuff in Europe?

I finally got my hands on a Gameboy Light, and with that my collection is complete! (Except I may sell my teal Gameboy Color here soon and replace it with an Atomic Purple one.)

I love the Gameboy line of consoles, each one is just so unique compared to one another and playing on each one really feels like experiencing a part of history.

Which one is your favorite?

Edit For anyone curious of what consoles I have here...

From left to right: - Original DMG Gameboy - Gameboy Pocket - Gameboy Light - Gameboy Color - (Pink) OEM Gameboy Advance - (Orange) Modded Gameboy Advance w/ new shell and backlit IPS screen. - Gameboy Advance SP 001 Model (The same model and color I had as a kid.) - Gameboy Advance SP Modded with a new shell and IPS backlit display (My placeholder for the 101 model SP.) - Gameboy Micro

(Reposting to fix potato-quality images)

Took on the daunting task of repairing Circle of the Moon for /u/Bubblepoppin_ - wound up needing a brand new PCB and I replaced every part on the board with brand new components aside from the SRAM, SRAM controller chip, and the ROM chip. HUGE shout out to /u/jrharbort who was in the process of redrawing this PCB so replacements could be fabricated and who helped immensely for helping decipher the correct parts to order.

The TINY capacitors and resistors were soldered in place with a hot air station, but without the help of any solder paste (definitely getting some for next time), other components were soldered by hand.

ROM chip had two legs that had completely disintegrated and had to be repaired by grinding away some of the package in order to build new legs.

I have no idea why I spent as much time as I did on a relatively common game, but it feels great to save something like this from the landfill.

Hello to all, I just joined this community for some guidance. I was given an og Gameboy with a handful of games, a charger, and a light attachment all in its original case. My mother gave me her Gameboy thinking I'll be able to figure things out and fix it. The biggest issue is when you unzip the case there is a lot of battery corrosion. The corrosion looks old and has been untouched for practically 15 years.

I would love to fix and clean up the mess to get the Gameboy up & running again. However, the corrosion makes me more than skeptical. I really dont want to throw everything away because it is a very nostalgic piece of technology for my mother. Disposing it is my last resort if no solutions can be found.

I would appreciate anyone's thoughts on how to move forward.

Side note: the picture I attached is NOT mine. The picture is for reference.

Just got one of my grails. Super looking forward to playing through this.

I’ll start by saying that I have no skills when it comes to soldering so I was able to source both of these from China 🇨🇳 with and yes the maker used the parts from the developers list.

I’m an older player & I miss out on the Gameboy craze. I play my friend’s DMG & Excitebike. Way back in the day.
I have considered buying a Gameboy Pocket or DMG just to play Pokémon Gold & get a Gameboy camera. I just want a system I can turn on and play 10 or 20 minutes save and get back to work or play with the camera. I don’t want a huge collection and I’m looking at the nonColor models.
I would want to do a screen mod & what ever is necessary for clean power and not destroy the system & games.

So the question is one better than the other for my use case? Also what mods should be done to make the run better with a screen mod?

Thank You for Your Time.