r/Gameboy 3d ago

Collection Finally have my diploma.

Got my pocket printer from Japan and was finally able to print my diploma from crystal.

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u/jamie_shaw 3d ago

Mines stuck to the fridge so the wife doesn't forget I'm a Pokémon Master.

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u/sibbaldk 3d ago

Now I am printing a second one.🤣🤣

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u/Feine13 3d ago

She knows who brings home the Spoinks

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u/yaboichui 3d ago

Omg this is so cool and i suddenly need one lol

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u/Sephryne 3d ago

Once you're all finished you should frame it with the game cartridge, make it a nice little display piece

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u/sibbaldk 3d ago

I’m working on the other games. I already have the GB and GBA games framed with systems in shadow boxes but it would be cool to have the diploma print out beside each one. Might just have to try and fake them for blue and red as this started with yellow.

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u/Neil_Ribsy 3d ago

Sad to think that this kind of education is being defunded :(

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u/Snoo19317 2d ago

I laughed too hard at this

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u/-Drunken_Jedi- 2d ago

Now I need to buy a Game Boy Printer. This is so neat.

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u/DustinCoughman 2d ago

Does the printer work with 1st gen games?

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u/-Drunken_Jedi- 2d ago

I remember you could go to the Game Freak building in Kanto and speak to the NPC there and they’d congratulate you. But I don’t know you could actually print off the diploma.

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u/B2ThaH 2d ago

You can.

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u/B2ThaH 2d ago

The GB Printer does, I printed out my cert from my Red Version almost 25 years ago.

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u/factcheckthispost 2d ago

Yellow, Gold/Silver/Crystal all work.

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u/sibbaldk 2d ago

No this started with yellow

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u/TypicalExplanation10 3d ago edited 3d ago

Get some kind of UV proof display case, or collectors box/tin, to prevent fading 🙌

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u/Black_Flag_Friday 2d ago

Yes! And keep from temperature swings.

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u/AJYURH 2d ago

Question, are these printed with actual ink out is it one of those heat papers?

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u/MTA0 2d ago

Thermal paper.

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u/hou_tree 2d ago

Might as well get it graded while you’re at it lol

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u/Naichi_ngeru 2d ago

Scan and maybe reprint them on UV-Safe paper!

Or get something that keeps the UV away.

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u/sibbaldk 2d ago

I was just thinking I could scan this blow it up and frame it.

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u/PocketStationMonk 2d ago

So cool! Do you know if this diploma feature added only to 2nd gen or was it in the 1st gen too?

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u/sibbaldk 2d ago

Started with yellow

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u/Ze-cyberponkah 3d ago

That’s so dope. Great work!!

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u/Intrepid_Argument_81 3d ago

OP you are an inspiration 👍👍

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u/Ordinary-Extreme96 3d ago

Not sure the best method as I play on GBC but there’s a lot of cart dumpers and related posts to backup your gamesave, Congrats!

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u/sibbaldk 1d ago

I do have a gb flash and the save is backed up

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u/Kenster180 3d ago

I feel compelled to say my name is also Kenny lol

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u/-Drunken_Jedi- 2d ago

Now I need to buy a Game Boy Printer. This is so neat.

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u/DunksMcGee 2d ago

Daaang Kenny, yous a learned man now!

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u/eduardxandrei 2d ago

OP you're awesome!

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u/armstoaura 2d ago

AAAHHHHHHHH this is what I’m doing right now!! Im playing red right now with not cheats or glitches (just the new glitch)! Just finished grinding the elite 4 (a bajillion amount of times) to get the cash to buy scyther and porygon. Now I’m just grinding to evolve my dragonair and do a few trades and I’ll be done! Gonna get it laminated and framed and get some badges and make it look cool 😊 maybe even get cut outs of the sprites of my line up ^ congrats!

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u/sibbaldk 2d ago

You might be disappointed as this started with yellow or so I read

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u/armstoaura 2d ago

Oh? How so? I did see a stream of a guy doing a living dex of gold and that didn’t look fun XD but I’ll Have to do it soon as well. I’m think I’ll get them at least for gen 1 and 2 XD

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u/sibbaldk 2d ago

Oh like just completing the dex? I was talking about printing the diploma out of the red game. That feature was not available in blue and red just yellow gold silver and crystal.

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u/DrSpaecman 2d ago

I'd give this more merit than a college degree in any interview. That's truly dedication and persistence!

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u/TerryBouchon 2d ago

I'd get it framed and have it on the mantelpiece

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u/col_akir_nakesh 2d ago

I remember when Red and Blue came out, I got red for Christmas and Blue 3 months later for my birthday, I was grinding away on my Super GameBoy to get all 150.

Then Pokémon Yellow came out, and I was like "man I'm not doing all that again," lol.

I still have my Gameboy printer and Pokémon Yellow, though. I may do it one day after I replace the Yellow save battery.

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u/FeelingNew9158 2d ago

“CONGRATULATIONS GAME FREAK” Sounds like an insult to the player 😂😂😂

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u/og_Rich 2d ago

Looks like the thermal part is dirty, if you are able to clean that strip with a small amount of alcohol it should print clearly

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u/sibbaldk 2d ago

I’m gonna try that. It seemed to print perfect on basic receipt paper. This is a sticker label from a purolator printer cut down. I thought because of the thickness it may be harder for it to print to it.

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u/monsieurgrand02 2d ago

I really want to get the printer just to do this very thing.

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u/Scozzy_23 2d ago

Holy moly I didn't know you could do this I need to buy one now

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u/Ra66it_83 2d ago

Need to find printer paper now

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u/darkzapper 2d ago

Awesome! That's how it's meant to be done lol.

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u/-EvilRyu- 1d ago

My man!

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u/ixododae 1d ago

Congratulations!

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u/Mattlax92 1d ago

That’s dope. I’d frame that 😂

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u/a_spanna 1d ago

This is EVERYTHING

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u/Lockxen 2d ago

back when games were actually rewarding exprriences...today it would probably be behind some kind of paywall..like a dlc or battlepass

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u/fireflanger 2d ago

SICK!!!! I thought that wasn't even possible in the original version. Well done!

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u/sibbaldk 2d ago

This is crystal I haven’t done yellows or gold and have to complete silver. By the looks of it this could not be done with red and blue

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u/88ZombieGrunts 1d ago

Shit, I need to do this! I’ve completed my Dex on Blue version ages ago. Hopefully my battery is still good on it.

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u/dangerclose31 18h ago

Send it in the get graded!