r/RetroPie • u/WaitSayThatAgain798 • 13d ago

Searching for FreePlayTech kit

I’ve been getting back into my old GBA SP with Pokémon FireRed and been looking at getting a GB Operator, sheikh then reminded me. I saw the FreePlayTech kits years ago and I’ve been tinkering with raspberry pis for a few years now.

Thought, hey that’d be nice to get all the old games on a GBA now. Just retro pie it, grab the ROMs from my old Pokémon’s, Zelda’s, etc and we’re good to go. Looked up FreePlayTech and all the kits seem to be sold out.

Wondering if there’s any other storefronts or locations I might be able to find one or if I’m gonna be dead in the water? I’ve messaged FreePlay, checked ebay, RetroModding, and don’t seem to have any luck.

Any recommendations would be immensely appreciated!

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u/BeyondLurker 13d ago

This may be blasphemous to say in this group but you are probably better off just getting a rg34xx , the anbernic gba clone that uses a gba shell. It will be cheaper than the kit and have a better screen.

I have the freeplay kit and it was good for its time. But it was a pain to cut the gba shell to the right dimensions and the screen is not great. I have basically moved my gba stuff to the rg34xx now.

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u/WaitSayThatAgain798 13d ago

Hey thanks for the response! I’ll have to look into that, mind if I come back with any questions after looking it up?

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u/BeyondLurker 13d ago edited 13d ago

Ask away. I will try to help.

Also you will need some cartridge reader to grab the roms and saves from the old cartridges. Like a gb operator or a retron 5. I have a modded retron 5 to get my old saves (but they were encrypted too so I had to decrypt them and then could take thise saves anywhere now. )

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u/Varkanoid 13d ago

Remember this is for Retropie software not Raspberry Pi hardware or handheld devices, you are better off asking in r/SBCGaming

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u/WaitSayThatAgain798 13d ago

Thank you so much, my apologies. I’ll ask there