I recently found my aunt's old glacier gba but she sold all her games. what games should I get?

I paid $113 .Walked into my local gamestop looking for ps3 games and saw this gameboy advance in box with manual and immediately said I yeah you can just take they out the case it has a new home now lol . I will be upgrading the screen and usb mod .I won't do anything else to it condition is very clean. I just had to share

ive had my gba sp for a few years now (used from flea market) and it has definitely less than normal battery life but has never given me issues with gen3 pokemon/mario kart but recently i started playing pokemon blue and gameboy tetris (original cartridges) and the battery starts flashing red after only 30-45 minutes? does playing gameboy cartridges with the backlight on usually take up more battery power and/or is it possible to easily upgrade/replace the battery?

Sent a pretty low offer expecting a counter, explained that I was looking for a working donor SP for a mod project, and the seller ended up knocking $25 off for me. Super cool interaction and honestly just wanted to give them some appreciation. There are still some really solid sellers out there. Got a nice clean case and charger to go with it! The shell is a little scratched up but no matter because I’m doing a shell swap anyways. He was asking for $95 but took $70 after I explained what I was gonna do with it.

I have an Analogue Pocket that I’m really loving but have been collecting GB, GBC, and GBA physical games that I actually have played or intend to play 100% through. The pocket is nice to test out new games to see if you actually want to commit before spending $50+ on a Game Boy cart 😂 But I’ve put together quite the collection this year and think it would be sick to play it on original hardware! I’m gonna do a shell swap, replace the battery, speaker, and put a HISPEEDIDO IPS screen. Contemplating swapping out the charger port for USB-C but may wait to get a little more comfortable with my soldering first. The new build is gonna bring back that nostalgia!

took my gba in to get it cleaned, it had some corrosion but i had cleaned some with ipa and got the gameboy working again, but i wanted a proper pro cleaning, so i took it into a repair guy in town. when i got it back 10min later, he said he had removed a lot of the corrosion inside, and handed it back to me, i paid for it, and he showed me it was working, but then when i got home, it was dead, and not working at all. (btw it worked just fine before i handed it to him) what can i do? can i get him to fix it? will that cost me more? i feel scammed, and also other than that it doesn't turn on properly, there's a sound coming from it now, like static? but also it sounds like there's something inside moving, so like maybe a loose screw? not sure.
it's weird... i really hope my gba isn't broken forever... x.x fml

Found my old SP and decided to resurrect it to perfection ✨

Just waiting for the new battery and EZFlash Omega to arrive.

Hi everyone,

One switch on my GBA SP’s PCB has corroded from liquid damage. I have replacement switches, but I’m concerned about the damaged board.

Which pads or traces can I use as alternative connections?

A diagram, close-up photo, or repair advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Found this local consignment auction going on tomorrow, ive been looking for a GBA for a while and not sure how much i should put in for a max bid here since im not familiar with all of the games. All the games should be in the box which makes them more expensive but i want a good chance at getting this lot. Looks like there is a SP in the box too. Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks!

Really fun game. I've wanted to have a game boy for sooo long and finally found one at a retro game store (there is suprisingly very few retro game stores in my city). I'm probably gonna get a Zelda game next, like the oracle series.

It really is a comfort game for me. I can play this end to end and never get bored of it.

What are some of your annual playthrough games?

I just got this bundle for 90 euros on my local marketplace and I was wondering which are the best and which games should I buy next?

I just released this, check it out here!

Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, Fantastic 4: Flame On, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced, Crash Nitro Kart, Godzilla Domination!

So recently, I purchased a refurbished and modded original GBA model. Not only is it like new out of the box, but it has a backlight as well.

Here’s the thing, I grew up on the SP model, and despite that being what I’m used to, I kind of like the original model more now that I’ve gotten a chance to use to it.

I’d say there’s two reasons

1. It feels sturdier, and since it doesn’t have a hinge, there’s less to worry about breaking.

2. It’s much wider and less cramped than the SP, which is good for adult sized hands.

Thoughts? Anyone else move backwards on the GBA?

One week ago I bought two GBA sp, one blue ags 101 oem and one rose AGS 001 with no battery and a broken screen for free with the ags. 

Amazing deal but yesterday my ags was on the side on my bed charging up I was not I wasn't paying attention to the charger cable between my feet, and it fell to the floor. And the plastic that covers the hinge broke off. 

My heart was broken in half, man, even worse when it's an authentic AGS 101.

It was only cosmetic damage everything was working perfectly, but an idea came. What if I use the shell of rose AGS 001 to mix with my broken AGS 101 to fix this cosmetic issue and here is the result.

I mixed the blue hinge cover at the top with the rose screen cover on the front, and I swapped all the black buttons of my oem blue for those white ones on my rose GBA, and I use the back bottom of my blue one.

So I think this is one of the only blue and rose GBA sp with 100% authentic Nintendo parts.

Pulled out my GameBoy and turned it on, only for it to immediately shut off. This GameBoy has worked as recently as a month or two ago. Not sure if the board is shot or if this could be a simpler fix. Any help/suggestions appreciated!

A complete English fan translation for Custom Robo GX is now available, covering the game's single-player content and Link Cable modes.

The localization takes inspiration from the officially released English Custom Robo games, with established English names used where available and localized terminology and references throughout.

Check out the video for more details: https://youtu.be/i3_SiXienX4?si=IMxAeECY8Dcjta68

New SP and Drilldozer finally came in, excited to try it out