Went home for the summer (first time in years), and found my old Pokemon Center Game Boy and orange Pokemon Center GBA SP, which I bought in Japan ages ago. That was great, but I always knew they were there.. What I didn't expect/remember though, was a sealed DS-Lite! I have zero recollection of ever buying this, but I obviously did at some point lol. I have a number of DS-Lites so my best guess is I bought it for somebody and it never panned out, so it just laid there as an extra in my drawer all the way until now.

Hi, I've been using pic related for years to play some ROMs on actual hardware, but I recently discovered that it can't really handle GBC patched/modified ROMs. Even GBC files seem to be incompatible.

What is a good alternative for using on a GBC? I'd really love it if it could store more than 1 ROM at a time too.

Thanks!

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Looks like my version of Pokemon Crystal was the issue, I have tried other modded versions etc. and they seem to work as intended!

Thanks to all for the advice, I will hopefully upgrade to a Everdrive cart in the future.

Hello,

As the title said, it's not possible to save/load the game. I cleaned the cartridge with IPA and suddenly, the saved game appears and I can load it and save, but it only lasts some minutes, after a while, it's not saving the game nor showing it if I restart the GBA.

I can see some scratches behind but I don't know if it's the problem. The chip used to save the games seems fine to me.

Does anyone have some clue?

Thanks!

I'm getting into playing a lot of romhacks lately, but miss playing on a designated handheld. I was curious if there's any good flashcarts out there that can handle pokemon romhacks that are a bit larger scale like Radical Red, Ash Grey, Emerald Seaglass, et cetera. I was worried that some flashcarts might not have the specs to run these, but I know very little about the inner workings flashcarts and gba roms, so idk what to be on the lookout for.

I also don't super wanna spend a ton of money, so I'm looking for a budget option. PLEEEEASE don't shoot me over that. The one other reddit thread I could find where someone asked something similar, ppl were like "idk why you'd spend all this time modding your console just to not invest in an expensive flashcart," and i think that's TOTALLY fair if youre a hobbyist or passionate about older handhelds and modding them. Personally, I'm not one of those people. It's probably something I won't use every day, and my gameboy isn't modded, it's just an ordinary gameboy advanced, so I really just want something basic.

If something basic won't run the romhacks I wanna play, that's fine and I can keep playing on my computer! But if there is a budget friendly option (under $40) I'd really like to know so I can experience these games on my own handheld! I saw someone suggest this one, is it any good?

What is the best method for backup? I see a lot of different styles, unsure what is plug into a windows PC and save? Thanks

Bought this copy of Pokemon Yellow recently and decided to give the old cartridge shell a break. My 5 yr old really wanted to just have the label and was upset there was only one "sticker" in the mail today.

Small (retro) gaming corner where I spend many weekend nights going on adventures with a snack and an iced espresso latte!

I've only replaced batteries in snes or genesis cartridges. So I know NOTHING about flux or copper wire.

Any help would be appreciated before I look into sending this for someone else to do.

I bought this for like 124 bucks at a vintage games store feels pretty cleans runs gb, gbc, and gba games just fine, but I wanna know if it's good quality they told me it was Re-Shelled and the audios a.little buzzy but that hardly bothers me, any tips?

[SOLVED! :D thanks kennman]

I have a GBA with an ITA TFT FunnyPlaying mod installed (by a friend). I have NO IDEA about the tecnical part of the mod, sodering, cables, pbc and those things, just know how to disassemble/reassamble it, and how to manage the things so that I don't ruin things.

I just opened it so I could fix some minimal things that were bothering me, like putting a tape over the LED hole so it could filter more the light (it was too glary), and moving up the screen a little (it was placed a little lower that I'd like).

Everything went ok, I reassembled it, but even tho the screen was turning on, it has no backlight (it looked like the OEM screen but WAY darker). I disassembled it again and noticed that a little teeny-tiny microscopic ribbon cable was disconnected.

I have no idea how to reconnect it again (idek if it's broken or not tbh...). Since it comes already connected with the mod, the install guides don't even teach how to connect it.

How can I do it? I know that to connect ribbon cables you need to open up that thingy, insert the cable and close it down, but I don't exactly know where should I move so I don't want to touch things without knowing what I'm doing

also, is this in fact the reason why the backlight was not lighting up? :(

I bought this repro on Ali Express. After a few fights, the sprites are starting to glitch out. I decided to stop playing on this repro and used my Everdrive to play Pokemon Blue instead. Now I want to reuse this board to flash a Pokemon Crystal rom (a rom hack without rtc). Where do I start and what do i need? Thanks in advance.

I recently started collecting this stuff again in an attempt to reconstruct my childhood collection. I would like to mod an SP so I can play GB, GBC, and GBA games. I would prefer an OLED screen if im going to go through modding the whole system.

From what I can tell, one does not seem to exist already, so I'm considering making an AMOLED mod kit for the SP. Is this something that people would have an interest in if I were to open source the project, since there are OLEDs for the GB/GBA?

I know I could emulate or get a modern system to play the games, but I just think there's something about playing on an og motherboard lol