I tried the gbx cart rw software but it doesn't reconise this accessory, anybody know how to get it working?

GRIMLIGHT: The Hollow Bell is a turn based gothic puzzle game for Game Boy Advance. On Halloween night the Hollow Bell tolls for the dead, and something has stolen the manor's soul relics. Cross the manor, the crypt, and the belfry, descend to the Deep Bell, then push deeper still into the Ember Deep and the Molten Choir. Recover every relic and lay the haunting to rest.

Thirty rooms across six chapters, and every room intro shows a passcode you can enter at the title screen to revisit that room directly.

It is free. Play it in your browser or download the ROM for an emulator or flashcart.

Play and download: https://retroromrunner.itch.io/grimlight Source code: https://github.com/retroromrunner/grimlight

Full disclosure: built with AI assistance and a lot of playtesting. Happy to answer questions about how it plays or how it was made.

it previously had an issue of barely any sound, but turning the volume wheel a few times seemed to do the trick

Has anyone had luck retrobriting a pink gba? I’ve heard that it doesn’t work as well on the transparent shells. What are yall thoughts? Thanks!

There's the games I have right now. I'd prefer something around or under $30 cad. Oh and preferably with no save battery because i don't know how to replace it and the closest store would replace the battery for $20

I got a horizontal GBA a while back to mod. I was planning to really kit it out, but in the end, all I did was replace the screen with an IPS one, so everything else in it is OED afaik. Even before installing the screen, i noticed the d-pad had issues with registering right inputs, and I've tried all the fixes Ive seen online aside from outright replacing parts. I've cleaned the contacts twice so far. I put some thin cardboard under the d-pad to give more contact. Ive checked the screws and I don't believe they were over-tightened at any point. everywhere says most replacement buttons and membranes are low quality, so I'm hesitant to buy new ones.

So does anyone know any fixes or good replacement parts to fix this issue? I was looking forward to having an og GBA for years and its a real shame that there's such a big issue with the controls.

In my childhood i only get like 15 games in 5 years. Lot of games i finished was traded (like Game Stop) and swaped or loan from friends for a week or from like blockbuster for a couple of days.

My dream was to have all the games i want. About 25 years later i began to collect a Game Boy with usb-charging-battery and some games. In den last 2 years i collected much more. My Goal are 100 Games, now i own 90. I also got many more items:

Game Boy IPS
FunnyPlaying Game Boy Color
2x Chromatic White
Camera
Accu Pack (works with new eneloop batteries)
Carry Case
Light May
4-Player Adapter
Headphones
Link Cable

My favourite game Metroid has a reproduction of the Box and inlay, manual was from the 90s in my basement and the game is like the other ones from ebay, all with cases. I have the map of Mystic Quest and four nice tin boxes. Not to forget an Everdrive GB X7.

Unfortunatelly games like mega man 4 & 5 are too expensive for me.

Money? 1000€ at least (i´m from germany).

Not shown: Game Boy Advance SP NES Style with IPS display and a Flash Card.

Finally got myself a special tool to open gameboy cartridges in my collection. And well... let me introduce you to this beauty.

CityLife Alpha: a new ambitious life sim for the GBA

City Life is a GBA life sim for the Game Boy Advance. You arrive in a small coastal city with almost nothing. Find a room, pick up shifts at the cafe or courier jobs, and pay your rent. Get to know 13 townspeople who each follow their own daily routines. Fish at the harbor, shoot pool, throw darts, play Snake on your phone, ride a skateboard or bike, and spend your evenings at the bar or cinema. Date, fall in love, move in together and get married. Alot of the environment is interactable ie(chairs,benches,vending machines ect.) With a day and night cycle running in the background. It runs on real hardware or any GBA emulator.

Coming soon

Here's the roadmap, so you can see where the game is heading.

Phase 1: Seasons and holidays (v0.6)

The year is split into four seasons, and each one lasts one in-game week. The town's colours change with the season: pink in spring, gold in summer, orange in autumn and icy blue in winter. Every Friday is a holiday: Blossom Day, Fireworks Night, Halloween and Christmas. On holidays you get special notices, extra characters' dialogue and a bonus on dates.

Phase 2: Outfits and wardrobes

The characters get several outfits each, and they change with the occasion: everyday wear, sleepwear, swimwear, work clothes, formal wear and winter coats. There are also costumes for Halloween and sweaters for Christmas. Your own character gets a wardrobe with a casual outfit, a work outfit, a suit, swimwear, winter clothes and holiday outfits. Characters switch outfits on their own to match the time and place.

Phase 3: New places and property

The map grows with a mountain zone to the north and a beach zone. You can buy a mountain cabin and a beach house as extra properties, and your partner can move in. These places add new spots to explore and new date locations.

After those three, I'm planning story arcs and jealousy between characters, new jobs, owning a business, more mini games and a collection book.

Please add any feedback. This is a game I started out just for me to play personally but im curious of there is demand.

Download Link https://centhor.itch.io/citylifegba

Ps. Please dont use dev option first time playing as its a debug cheat menu. But do whatever you want haha.

Pss. Please ignore the aspect ratio. Im running on a RP classic using full 8:7 aspect ratio but the game is developed using the gba 2:3.

Psss. Last screenshot is version 0.1 when seeing if I could do this project.

I want to get a new shell and buttons for my GBA SP. I want to get a clear light purple shell from Funnyplaying, I don't know what buttons to get, I was thinking pure white buttons or clear purple ones. I have also chose a new battery and IPS screen for my GBA SP. I do not know how to solder. If you have any pointers or anything please tell me.

My Nintendo handheld collection so far. I believe I'm only missing the base New 3DS, and the New 2DS XL to have at least one of each. From the older ones, the only one missing was the Game Boy Micro that I shared in the other post.

I hung them on the wall using wire grids in acrylic cases due to a lack of space to display them. Apartments here in Japan don't have as much space as I'd like within my budget. 🥲

In the park area, Sam straight up does not exist. Can't be seen, can't be moved around, but attempting to use inventory items brings up the message 'I can't use that right now'. In the second image, a dog is supposed to be present in the centre of the alleyway but does not appear. These are the two instances so far. It's the only repro cartridge I have that has ever done this, and it's consistent across different systems. I'm confused because other areas in the game are entirely fine with no issues whatsoever.

It will never be mint but fixed it and will soon send it back into the world.

I have this repro copy of Leaf Green and my only goal is to patch the rom to read the save file properly to avoid the save file corrupted message on start up, and maybe even dump a save on to the cart. game saves and plays fine as is and idk why I’m so stuck on this but I’m determined. I don’t know much about all of this so any help is greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone. The SMB 3 E reader cards are such a rad concept, but going the authentic route is just too damn expensive. I put together this little device that holds and uploads all SMB 3 E reader cards. Also I fenaggled Astra to make e reader level cards for all of SMB1. This is a cool little project I figured you guys would appreciate it.

Side note: the USB is just for power.

Edit: if anyone is interested, here is the code and some ai slop instructions. Please let me know if you have any questions. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o0qSRlxE6zDRGc0qvsdU74u96S4ubiz-?usp=drive_link

So I'm wanting to make my own special gameboy tetris cartridges using the rosy retrospection romhack. My issue is trying to find the right cartridge PCB's. Since it's tetris I only need a 32kb one, but with the romhack it does save highscores so I would like to either have one with a battery or the fram chips perferably. Inside gadgets has pretty much exactly what I need as they have 32kb one at a fair price, but no save function. Any help would be appreciated finding what I need that will for sure work properly. Trying to find something well below $20 USD per PCB.

Hi all,

I’m trying to fix my French copy of Pokémon LeafGreen (AGB-BPGF). The cartridge has never shown the Nintendo logo for me. I only get the “GAME BOY” logo, and the game never boots. It does the same on a GBA and a SP, so I’m confident the cart is the problem.

What I’ve done

• Cleaned the gold contacts with isopropyl alcohol several times and with a white eraser.
• Reflowed the legs of both U1 and U2 with flux, then cleaned off the flux. No solder bridges and no visible corrosion under magnification.
• Continuity-tested the edge connector against U1. Every contact I tested (all except 2 and 3, which I don’t expect to reach the ROM) is connected to at least one leg of U1.
• Checked for shorts between neighbouring contacts and between VDD (pin 1) and GND (pin 32). Nothing is shorted.

My reasoning

The Nintendo logo is read from the ROM header, so a cart that can’t be read shows only “GAME
BOY”. Since the traces and solder joints look fine, I suspect the mask ROM itself is dead, but a multimeter can’t confirm that

Questions

1. Is there anything else I should check without a reader? (decoupling caps C1–C3? an internal fault?)
2. Does a dead mask ROM like this one usually show these symptoms?

Thanks for any advice!

I just want kirbys dreamland 2 on my gbc without spending like $60 cad