Game Boys (Bivert-curious welcome)

[pubjoe]

What are you up to? How many GBAs have you bought?

[cools]

I spread bid on stuff and let it all run.

Beyond that, the nostalgia bug has been biting me for years.

[cools]

Also - it looks like 3 so far.

[pubjoe]

I’d take a purple off you if it’s in reasonable nick.

[skykappah]

How long does the battery last on a modded og GBA? The SP is probably one of the few console's that I've spent considerable life on. But yeah, the ergo is just too crampy.
Wouldn't mind trying a screen modded GBA fat if the battery life is good.

[cools]

Apparently little difference from stock. AAs anyway.

[skykappah]

That's good to know. So Nintendo's horrible non lit screen took as much power as a lit one!

[cools]

No, I didn't bid on this: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/x538440253

(Stickers on carts, ugh)

[geotrig]

might look into modding the one I have as its never been used by me ! well maybe once but i've never bought a game for it ,is there a way to tell fake carts from originals easy ,outside of the xx in 1s that is ! damn you cools

[geotrig]

scratch that i just watched a video on it

[pubjoe]

Which video?

It’s really not bad. I thought the tricky bit was going to be scraping off a plastic ridge where the screen sits but it came off easily with a craft knife. Aside from that it was plug in the new screen and solder one wire.

[edit] I probably misunderstood your last post. You mean a video on spotting bootlegs?

[geotrig]

yeah a vid spoting bootlegs ! so every cart is a fupping boot ! i think this is why i didnt bother before

I haven't even looked into the screen mod yet , But it looks like some have the wire soldered to the screen so thats a plus !

[cools]

It's soldered to the ribbon end, you still need to solder one joint to the motherboard.

You can buy a pre-modded GBA (with replacement shell and buttons - "refurbed") from China for £65.
The backlight kits alone are around £30 shipped. You can maybe skim a quid or two off buying the ribbon cable and screen separately, without the generally included tri-wing & lens.
Replacement shells are under a tenner.
I'm picking up GBAs sub £20

I imagine you're less likely to get done by customs on a kit than a pre-mod, but if you're not fussed between OEM/bootleg shells there's not a large cost benefit to DIY vs just buying a pre-mod.

[markedkiller78]

Buy a bootleg and transplant it into a legit shell.

Also, ninja five-0 is brilliant. It feels like an arcade game

[cools]

Buy a bootleg and transplant it into a legit shell.

You've still got to do the awkward plastic trimming part of the mod, and then you end up with a spare original mobo + screen that won't fit into the bootleg case...

[cools]

yeah a vid spoting bootlegs ! so every cart is a fupping boot ! i think this is why i didnt bother before

Love the blatant bootlegs.

[cools]

1000 yen (plus postage & fees) o/ . https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/en/auction/ ... 7635/lgk-N

Less than 100y per cart

[geotrig]

lol ace , you building a games room out of all these carts

[cools]

Need to use up my FJ deposit

[geotrig]

haha ,how long do FJ hold stuff for ,i cant see it on their site ?