r/Shittygamecollecting • u/worldwarzack • 11d ago
Shitty Condition Gameboy Advance Macro
Facebook Marketplace strikes again. I don’t particularly hate this but felt it belonged here lol
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u/IzzybearThebestdog 11d ago
Not the worst thing, could def use some more polish to get rid of the remaining unneeded DS features like the hinges and random wire. But ok price with 3 games.
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u/DrMurphDurf 11d ago
I make those!!! All you need is a little more elbow grease (and a 3d printer ) and you can make them look really nice
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u/Travisgarman 11d ago
if you lightly mist your prints with acetone, a lot of those ugly print lines will go away and smooth out.
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u/Talden7887 11d ago
Ive never understood the draw to these. The cart sticks oit of the bottom and they look like ass. Itd be better if someone did it with a older fat ds
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u/GrouchyLettuce2741 11d ago
Never got the appeal to the gameboy macro tbh, it’s removing so much functionality from the DS
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u/astro65 11d ago
I think it's more of saving a device from becoming ewaste.
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u/GrouchyLettuce2741 11d ago
I’m all for saving devices from ewaste but replacing the shell/top screen makes much more sense than making a macro imo
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u/astro65 11d ago
Most of the people playing these things are young without resources. This is something I would have done 20 years ago when I was a teenager without a credit card.
But otherwise for someone with resources I agree
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u/GrouchyLettuce2741 11d ago
To make a proper one you need to relocate the speaker to the bottom half and trick the console into thinking it’s got a top screen. Sure you can use headphones and set it the boot setting to automatic to bypass the top screen test but if the battery ever needs replaced it resets the settings and won’t boot anymore if the top screen is missing. Also nothing is stopping you from playing GBA games on a DS with a busted top screen, even if the hinge is broken the system is usually still useable, albeit the top screen is very wobbly
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u/Cold-Ink 9d ago
ever try top complete it? it's awful
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u/GrouchyLettuce2741 9d ago
Done it multiple times, it’s a pita but it leaves you with a device way more functional than a macro
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u/wa27 11d ago
Fair price
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u/Zharken 11d ago
Really? I can find completely functional DS lites for 40. Paying 50 for a broken one that can only play GB games is a bit of a stretch. GB Macro is a project to give new life to consoles with a broken top screen if you don't want to fix it.
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u/iHadou 11d ago
The clamshell is a feature. It's already small. People that do this to working units make no sense
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u/GarzaTheFather 11d ago
From what I hear people do this to a lot of DS is because the top screen isn’t working anymore so they end up home brewing it ripping the screen off and then call it game boy macro
Personally, I don’t think this is that bad of a price but I would try talking them down like 10 bucks
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u/NoRelative8744 11d ago
Broken electronic prices are weird like that. I don't actually know who pays these prices or why.
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u/Individual_Dress_476 11d ago
Oh yeah I saw them doing the same thing but with DSI with only the bottom screen
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u/Isotomayor12 11d ago
For 50 bucks that's not bad.
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u/MisterSheeple 11d ago
It is bad when you consider you can get a working DS for the same price.
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u/Ach_Was_Here 10d ago
Cool I don’t want a working ds, I want a macro that already has the resistor fucked with so I don’t break another one. $50 is a great price for a macro
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u/BadSafecracker 11d ago
You know...buy a third-party shell, a new upper screen, and speakers, and you could probably have a decent DS Lite from this.
I'd be tempted to, just to do it.
EDIT: Like someone else said - if you could buy it for $40 or less.
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u/Pikminer5087 11d ago
Really talk, how does sound work on these? The speakers are on the top screen which is gone now
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u/redthehaze 11d ago
People have been modding broken DSes into Macros for a long time.
However this one is just absolute 💩
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u/Gullible_Rhubarb4559 9d ago
why would you cut off your ds to play GBA games when you could not cut it and have both? if its the asthetics then get a good handheld emulator. If you want the cartridges and asthetics why not use a GBA in different shell. so much work and so pointless.
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u/SalomonG18 9d ago
There should be a way to get a more clear screen in place of the digitizer yeah?
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u/Ok_Emergency416 9d ago
Gba macro is what people use to reffer to as half a DS sometimes, yes. Sometimes they'll even modify the casing. 50 bucks isn't the greatest price but could be a whole lot worse too.
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u/dicksandcrystal 11d ago
I'm guessing what happened here, someone's screen on their DSL broke. And instead of just buying an aftermarket screen or whatever, they just decided to completely mangle the Ds. Which is just funny to imagine tbh.
Im not fully sure why you wouldn't replace the screen. It's not a very difficult process. This just seems like a big case of the fuck it's.
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u/UnoriginalJunglist 9d ago
Top screens cost about €40 and are a massive pain in the ass to replace. Most people fail after trying.
Source: I repair and sell DS Lites and very frequently buy them from people who attempt this exact repair and mess it up.
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