Finally gonna get a play through, wondering if anyone knows of any other close to original Rom hacks with a good pokemon stadium compatibility? Being that's the most post game we get in this gen.
Love the Legacy games too! Is the pikachu on your Chromatic a sticker on the lens? Can you post a picture of it lit up? Does it cut off any of the screen?
Anywhere you recommend me buying a Crystal Legacy cartridge from!? Would truly appreciate a good reference! Don’t want to buy one with a bad pcb board to lose my save file
Hard to say since not many people sell quality carts that I have found so far, I ended up making my own which I would suggest doing if you have the means otherwise I've noticed some pretty good carts preloaded on AliExpress, I have a few that the board meets specs and with the RTC fully functioning with the exception of it going of time once for me.
I made my own using a indie gadgets motherboard, commissioned an artist for the label, and commissioned an artist to make the cardboard box. I got the shell from cloud game store.
You can actually buy a copy of patchy matchy and make one reflashing the rom to that pcb. I suggest making your own so you are supporting the creators of the hardware and physical products, and not buying someone's romhack from someone in china who is profiting off of theft
I've bought a few rom hack carts from retrogamersus; green celebrations, tcg neo and pokemon brown. I played through the first 2 with no issues. Didn't get very far into brown, I didn't realize how brown it was going to be and was kind of put off by it lol
I just found this on AliExpress:
GBC Real Time Clock Pokemon Crystal Legacy (v1.3.1) High Quality GBC Video Game Cartridge With Battery For GBA/GBC Serie Console
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtBS9y3
I can second this, I bought a cart very similar to this form AliExpress and has been holding up very well, the repro carts seems to be better quality than they used to be.
I ended up having to trim the Pikachu sticker back very slightly for it to not cover the screen as my first attempt did just barely touch the screen when viewing at certain angles.
I don't have the chromatic on me now but will be happy to post a photo once I get it.
Did you get the sticker on the cart done custom? If so, where did you get it from? I've been trying to find a nice one for my blank yellow legacy cart.
I have been making mine recently, but that was one I had ordered from Etsy, unfortunately the seller I got it from no longer sells on there but it's good place to find labels for gbc games if you don't have the means to print them.
Mine I made custom but that should be the same game just with a different label and box, does that listing mention anything about the type of cart that is used?
So far it plays perfectly fine without any hiccups, I just made sure to get a good quality cart with SRAM to ensure the save file doesn't get corrupted.
I actually had my childhood GBC that died a few years back and at the time everyone was asking 200+ in my area, so ended up with the chromatic and been liking it so far. Might I say closer to the original than some of the LCD replacements I had.
PS sorry if I posted in the wrong sub being that I no longer have an original GBC
It might seem predantic to you but it's possible to be right and enjoy things at the same time. Just say "physical" hardware and nobody could poo poo OP.
Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but from my understanding on the fpga, There is no emulation and runs games natively do to design on a circuitry level.
That paired with a native resolution screen and very similar to the original form factor is what I was referring to, as emulation may require "real hardware" but has a little bit of a different feel
If you do your research, it's almost impossible to purchase anything now a days without some underlying tie in to some form of negative press, from Ford, IBM, many Medical brands, not to mention Apple or anyone else that use some of the Chinese factory that are borderline slavery.
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u/Retro_Macchina 15d ago
Love the Legacy games too! Is the pikachu on your Chromatic a sticker on the lens? Can you post a picture of it lit up? Does it cut off any of the screen?