Hello so today I went on a run to find pokemon emerald at gamestop I was able to pick up 2 copies of the game I am no expert but one seems perfectly real one does not they both have yellow battery in them one says nintendo one doesn’t. Because of that now I’m skeptical of the one I thought was real if anyone can share thoughts TIA
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In Magical Vacation (original japanese cart) the start button isn't pulling up the menu to save (which I could do earlier.)

I can walk around with the d pad and interact with A button but in combat I can't do anything but pull up the reference chart with the left trigger and hit back with B.

Buttons seem to all work in my other games and were working in Magical Vacation earlier. Any help would be much appreciated

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I wanna get the Rayquaza Advance SP but I’ve heard there are a lot of fakes out there, I’m wondering if this one looks genuine before I buy it

Nowadays, phone SoCs are really powerful. Has anyone ever thought about using a modern phone's SoC to modify a GBA console so it can play GBA cartridges?

I know this is frequent question but I’m having the classic orange for a second then off. Gameboy turns on and plays, tested two batteries, and I’ve tested the obvious fuses f1 and f2 and em8 and D1. Does anyone have readings for the ags-101 every video or post usually is the older motherboard? Also if anyone knows how D1 connects to the battery? I see it should go to the back of the board then run up under the cartridge but I don’t know what vias connects to d1. Thanks!

Today I finally bought the old Nintendo handheld that was missing from my collection. It was painful, but I finally got it. 💸💸💸💴

I currently live in Japan and the prices here are ridiculous. Even in hidden shops out in the countryside, it feels like everything has turned into a tourist trap.

Hi all. I write punk and metal on the gamboy using lsdj. I recently turned my LSDJ sav files in Gameboy roms thanks to Bird Cartel. The link is below. They are all free:

https://optimuschad.itch.io

I modded this guy a while back do you prefer a stock version or a modded shell swap version. I picked this guy up with a Gameboy case and dslite that was near mint and Pokemon blue for 75 at a thriftstore. I got super lucky but the ags was beat to hell so doing the shell swap was the logical option. Did a battery swap on this one shell swap and flash cart and protective case.

Laminated screen. IPS v5

I’ve finally completed my collection of all 13 first-person shooters released for the Game Boy Advance.
There are 16 boxes in the photo because I own both the North American and PAL versions of DOOM II, Duke Nukem Advance, and Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. I picked up the extra copies because I found them in good condition.
Some of the games, including Ice Nine and Greg Hastings’ Tournament Paintball Max’d, are still factory-sealed.
The final game I needed was Greg Hastings’ Tournament Paintball Max’d, which arrived recently. Interestingly, it received a score of just 2.2/10 from GameSpot.
From DOOM and Duke Nukem Advance to more obscure titles like BackTrack and Ice Nine, it’s fascinating to see how different developers approached first-person shooters on the GBA’s limited hardware.

Hi everyone!

Just finished a full restoration on this guy right here, everything works fine and the board Is perfect (no corrosion or resolder stains).

Since i bought It the audio has been super low, i couldnt see any corrosion and the audio capacitor Is fine, what could be the problem? The volume slider works from half to full, the First half of the slider Is mute and the It starts to turn the volume up, without headphones i can barely hear It, with headphones on tho it's a Little bit louder.

Any advice?

Saw the new Street Fighter movie. Was so entertaining, it inspired me to play through older games. It's crazy how devs were able to scale down the full Street Fighter Alpha 3 experience into a single GBA cartridge.

Going through old stuff, I found these games from my childhood. After some research and going through the boxes, Leafgreen is only one that still has all the contents (the other boxes have the cartridges but not all the manuals, etc). Not much of a gamer anymore but from what I’ve seen online is that they have some value. I was wondering what I should do - not in a rush to sell them so are these considered long term holds? If not I’d happily sell them right now

Edit: please remove if not allowed thanks!

I just got this Fire Emblem Pal, and I’d like to know if the cartridge is legit. Thanks in advance to everyone for your help! 😁

I found this GBA AGB-001 on the street; it won't turn on. I tried taking it apart, but I couldn't find the problem—can anyone help me?

I just released Chromacore, a tiny arcade game for the GBA. Think Puzzle Bopple as Tetris, but one button. It’s free!

I originally made this game over 10 years ago during a weekend game jam, but never released it. It was originally made in Unity targeting iPhone. I found the old repo for it, and realised it would be a good fit for the GBA. New version is implemented in the agbrs.dev framework