So, my name is Sean Duran. I'm a game developer, Game Boy modder, animator, woodworker, basically a jack of all trades but only master of some. I love learning new things, building things, tinkering with electronics and 3D printing and all sorts of crafty things. Take a look around and feel free to subscribe if you're interested in the same sorts of things I am. :)
I love what you've done, and I wish I had the time in my life to do more photography in general- this at least once! I appreciate that you knew the official color names of the GameBoy Color variants. Very cool, man.
thats so cool, it really enhances the images :o would have been awesome if nintendo had been able to program the color combination into the original hardware, they could have sent out little color filter cards for kids to use
I'm not exactly a fan of packing the charging board in with the battery. Those TP4056 chips can get pretty warm when charging a battery from flat, and while it's unlikely to cause the Li-PO to catch light, having one spot constantly getting toasted is likely to reduce the batteries overall lifespan. On the original pocket there's just enough room to fit a TP4056 on the other side of the board between the D pad and B button. You need to chop off the middle motherboard mounting post, but it still works fine without that, and this also gives you that screw hole to feed the 6 wires neatly through to keep them away from the button contacts (A small amount of heat shrink tube around all the wires at that location is a good idea). To mount the charger to the motherboard you can just use a couple layers of car body double sided trim tape to lift it up away from where the button rubbers fit. Putting the charging board there is also pretty cool if you have a transparent case because you can see the charge indicators through the front of the case. I'm pretty sure this same approach would work on a GBC.
yes, it is the big chip on the left side. It is acually SRAM which is volatile, thats one reason why the battery is needed. but when you swap it with an FRAM chip the save gets retained even when the battery is empty or removed. you still need battery or the real time clock wont work tho.
Very useful video that I followed.One tip for others that I did not realise. I did everything but then found the inverter inverted image to be the polar opposite of what it should be, removing it corrected it. It turned out that I had put the polariser at the back the wrong way around - I thought I had put it in correctly to be dark, but I had tested it without passing it behind the original screen which is the only way to show the true orientation
I've been thinking for a while to do this, but I was wondering if you can still trade with American/Japanese copies respectively, because that would be completely amazing
what id like to see is a DMG with game boy color back lite mod so that I have an easier to hold hand held console with the colorization of the original game boy while being back lit. the one true god of the DMG
Is this topic still a thing? I have a question! Is this possible to without soldering, like by connecting the cartridge to a pc and dump a English rom?
Unfortunately no, these chips are write-only, so you can’t replace the ROM that’s on the actual chip. That’s why you have to go through this complicated process 😅
If I wanted to play my cartridges, I would've just grabbed one of those modded GBAs or a DS. I never owned a gamegear or genesis. So I'm fine with software emulation. Retro handhelds like the RP3 plus(the 4 pro had a shitty QC right now) and AYN odin 2 are far more capable. Streaming, native android gaming, browsing the web, a wider and more powerful selection of systems to emulate. Lots of channels raving on the FPGA like it's the second coming of jesus. Well as an electrical engineer, I just don't see that huge advantage worth raving about. The pocket is just not worth all the trouble of getting it. Don't even get me started on the price.
Some good points. I have a FunnyPlaying FPGBC too but it’s even less capable than Analogue Pocket. I think it’s important that someone preserves the actual CPU in an FPGA so the Game Boy (and other system) environment can be emulated in the future cause eventually all original Game Boy CPUs will fail. But software emulation is perfectly fine too and honestly that’s how I play most of the time as well.
I doubt they’re produced anymore. You might be able to find some leftover on AliExpress. Obviously there are much better and easier options now, but this was originally a great mod!
@@janixh419 Check out the screens from FunnyPlaying. On their site or on RetroModding, RetroGameRepairShop, etc. they have some really easy screen replacements now.
Hi! I've been looking for this game boy cartridges (0:11) for roms that I work on and wants to play on gbc. My english is terrible so idk if I'm searching with the right words on ebay. Did you made this yourself? Do you have any place where I can find those and buy? Thank you!
8:00 I know its obvious with this too but I've made the mistake of being a little too rough with this piece after the top cap has been removed and torn the switch contact pads and had to re do the traces with wires. I knew that after that top plate was removed the only thing holding it on was the pads but even knowing that I still managed to rip 2 off when I was cleaning the inside of the switch with a que tip.
Realizing this is a few years old at this point, but still relevant. I don't think that the cause of this is always the D-Pad specifically. It can also be from a custom shell or after market housing. I've used stock D-Pads from OEM Gameboys in after market shells and this problem still exists. So in case someone is running into this issue and is actually using OEM D-Pads, the case itself is probably the issue and not actually the D-Pad.
I ordered one of these for my GBA last year, but I was still very new to soddering and chickened out on tying to install it. Now I'm a little more experienced and a little more confident with a soddering iron, but now my taste changed and I like my consoles to look more like the OEM versions while being deceptively modernized. lol
Gotcha, thank you! Found a ChipQuik low melt removal kit with some flux included, I'm guessing that'll do the trick. Definitely plan on practicing before I attempt this though lol.
It will be missing a data line so not all of the graphics data will be able to get through and you’ll get a weird image on the screen (or sometimes nothing on the screen at all, depending on which pin was damaged).
Just built a custom but i accidentally burned and melted a small area on the pin cardtridge reader. Im glad i found your video because i didnt know that you have to de-solder all those pins.
I want to do this but I also have no experience so I don't think I'll do it. Is doing this the same as buying the Gameboy Camera PicNRec AIO but already done?
That’s not quite the same thing. The PicNRec is a device that sits between the Game Boy and the GB Camera. It’s a bit difficult as the creator of this PCB doesn’t want anyone to sell them. But there are probably people on the Discord who would be willing to help you build one.
Will the gameboy original games fit in a gameboy color case? I got my son an original gameboy on retrospeck and I’m having a hard time finding cases for the original games
Yep, they use the same case. They’re typically semi-transparent looking. But they fit both Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. Of course there are some special games that don’t fit like Pokemon Pinball, Game Boy Camera, etc. Hope your son enjoys it!
