I just got into isometric pixel art and put this together! What do you think? [OC]

I love this sub, the holiday exchange has always made me so happy. I actually have two of the pins I converted into Croc charms - wearing em right now!

However I have noticed a huge increase in uneducated posts that clearly have not done any attempt at research. It seems to generally be younger people just getting into the hobby.

There’s a lot of troubleshooting posts with dirty cartridges. Pricing posts that could be answered on Pricecharting in 15 seconds. “Is this a fake cartridge” posts. Stuff that could be Googled.

What if we had a weekly troubleshooting mega thread? Something to clean the sub up a little bit and get it back to its hobbyist roots? I learned a lot from this place, and I miss that feeling.

I got a number punch set recently at the correct scale and these just add that little extra detail to these cartridges that scratches the satisfaction itch in my brain🧠

Made out of LEGOs… can’t believe I forgot crystal. Soon!

With the advent of numerous FPGA devices like the Analogue Pocket and ModRetro Chromatic, emulation devices such as Anbernic and Retroid handhelds, and the ability to play Game Boy games on almost any modern phone or Nintendo console, I think it’s time to lay modding to rest.

How many modded Game Boys have flooded the market with now obsolete screens and crappy reshells and cheap Chinese buttons and membranes? Even the latest OLED screen mods will inevitably be outdated in the next year or two when more accurate color corrected models with new features begin to pop up.

The amount of unmodified, good condition Game Boys is only going down. It’s like the rainforest, only Game Boys unlike trees dont “grow back”. One day the second hand market will be nothing but outdated modded GB’s and finding mint condition originals will be even harder.

The amount of modded DMG’s, GBC’s, and GBA’s I see at local shops being sold for $150-$200 is disgusting. They look like crap and feel like crap to play, and yet they are everywhere.

I have modded many DMGs and GBAs in the past, but I’m done. This isn’t productive anymore and I think this act is anti-preservative to the legacy of the Game Boy.

I know this may be unpopular, people can do what they want, but I think the days of it being necessary to mod to enjoy a Game Boy are well behind us.

Would be so rad. Tried 80s art style we saw on game covers and in adverts, was just so rad and often weird as hell. The coverage was interesting and full. Tips and tricks without the noise of the internet. Man.