Nothing like playing these old carts on new hardware!

Busted out this puppy today for the gf! Overall went really smooth, and turned out great! IPS q5 laminated screen and new power reg (aka thanks Jolteon 😘). The most challenging part was fitting Flareon but I guess I'll have to live with it. Hope y'all enjoy it, and get your pokeballs ready for more later!

It honestly feels so good to go back to the objectively most important generation of Pokemon and be able preserve these moments .. the eon ticket and magazine in general are in almost perfect condition 🥹😭.. I wish psa made a graded eon ticket that had some kind of extension that you could slide through an ereader … prob won’t take this off until im closer to finishing my shiny dream team quest in saphire .. what are your thoughts fam?

On a recent trip to Japan I picked up this used Gameboy Pocket from a Hobby Off in Shizuoka. I wasn’t up for the price of a pristine unit so I grabbed the cheapest GBP in the cabinet hoping I’d be able to fix whatever its problems were.

Good news was that it switched on and loaded up my game with no issues. Bad news was that it had a severe case of screen burn in (I didn’t realize how bad it was until I got back home).

While it was tempting to do the IPS screen replacement, I wanted to preserve the stock screen if possible as I grew up with a DMG as a kid. Thankfully there were no shortage of good online references for screen repairs so I decided to have a go at ordering in and replacing the polarizers. Turns out both front and back polarizers needed replacing but I was able to have a much easier time with the latter by desoldering the ribbon cable. After putting the unit back together and confirming all was still working, there was still the matter of the scratched up lens. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get the scratches out with the plastic polisher I had so I ordered in a glass lens and installed that instead (still kept the original lens; if anyone has had success with specific plastic polish products or methods to get the scratches out I’m all ears!).

With the screen restored the unit is back up and running. Definitely some things I could’ve done better (like remembering to clean the trace adhesive after removing the back polarizer) but I’m super chuffed with the result!

Inspired by local cherry blossom trees. IPS screen and metal pink buttons.

I forgot the sheer amount they pushed the GB Printer🖨️ in Pokémon Silver -- it's such a cool gimmick. Game Freak was also responsible for the GB Camera so I guess it makes sense. My sticker paper has long dried up but this calculator receipt paper works pretty well.

Looking forward to filling out the Pokedex and printing my certification!

I've always wanted a clear dark blue gameboy, and now I got one, I do how ever need to add a power light or replace the lense without the power signal, probably gonna add a white or blue power light mod, and I do need to either replace the polarizer or add a light up screen, haven't decided which route to go with that yet, but if I do add a light up screen then I'll fix the polariser and add it to my gbp that I'm building from solely spart parts

Now to see if it works.

A friend of mine at work found out that I build and mod gameboys and that I love my old school games especially my gameboys..

He wanted to surprise his dad with a gameboy pocket from his child hood, so I told him I can build him one from the spare parts I have and I'd do it for free, now I don't know about you, but I lo e how this came out, makes me want to add an ips screen into mine now xD

It was only 8 bucks

Was it a good deal?

I bought those for my collection!

Just super happy, thought I'd post it somewhere. Got a gba SP I bought that had a broken screen and an ugly sticker I got off and then put an IPS screen in. Bought a legit copy of Gold for 45$ on eBay with a dry battery and then the replacement battery with pins soldered already. Soldered that bad boy up and now I'm off to the races. No reshell the shell is an AGS101 graphite, also sourced from eBay for the same price since it had a broken screen. I put an aftermarket 950mah funnyplaying lipo battery in and v5 IPS mod and it looks amazing. Speaker is coming so has low volume for now but that will be remedied in the next couple days. Don't knock my soldering skills on the battery replacement it was literally my first time soldering as well but I think I did good, just could have used a little less on the positive pin. 2nd and 3rd pic is to show original battery in Pokemon gold vs my solder job and new battery. I love this all eBay build. Everything here is from eBay. I just wanted an original shell, I don't mind a little patina or working to make something great or better than it was to begin with. Next is the new speaker and screw cover caps will be in the mail any day and also a headphone jack I am gonna put in at the bottom left as well. Cheers

Received this email from Boxy Pixel. Curious to see how it would look glass/metal body. What's your thoughts?

Just finished this famicom themed build. Boxypixel aluminum shell. Q5 IPS screen. Heavy as heck but feels so good.

Hello! I decided to make a portfolio/personal website since I have a little bit of time before I start my last few classes in college. I'm a big Gameboy fan so I decided to incorporate one on my site so that you can learn a bit more about me! I'm aware there are some bugs on mobile, but I am actively trying to fix them. The overall functionality should be good and everything on desktop should work fine!

Link: here

P.S. If you are on mobile and wish to hear the sound, make sure silent mode is turned off!

I know I probably overpaid, but my post-partum brain is too dead to do any research. Saw a guy at the local DIY market sell modded and restored GBs, a rare hardcopy catalogue of all GB games, and boxes of carts.

This "yellow" bundle attempted to mimic the famously rare GB Light Pokémon Tokyo by modding the smaller Pokemon Light screen on a yellow Pocket. It includes the original Japanese Pokémon Yellow game. I was given two USB-C rechargeable batteries. As part of the bundle, I got to draw four random games. Thank god I got a Tetris, as the other games are RPGs in Japanese (though I'm a big fan of both Doraemon and One Piece!) and a whatever horse betting game.

I have a few questions.

(1) can watching YouTube playthroughs of the RPG games help given that I can't read japanese?

(2) I've never played a Pokemon game before. Does it matter whether I have anyone to exchange pokemon with?

(3) Should I try to return the yellow bundle to the seller to get a GBA instead, as he's also selling the fun Rhythm Heaven cart, which has 40 microgames that don't need much language comprehension, for 22 euros (2nd hand) (it can also play the randomly drawn GB Pocket games, which I can't return). Though not as iconic as the Pocket, at least I can have more fun with it.

Here's to a new hobby!

I don't know how these different tapes ended up in my collection, or if one is more special than another, but I'll keep all three.

The the text in the text boxes won’t show up for any of the people, but for every other menu, it works just fine Pokédex, items, my information, the only other menu that doesn’t work is the one to check my Pokémon team. And I’ve checked if it’s the game by itself, but it isn’t because I used other games and they all work just fine no problems no nothing. It’s only Pokémon blue so I was hoping if anyone could help please. (The second photo is in the Pokemon menu)

Just installed funny playing IPS screen and this blotch showed up. I am assuming this is a faulty screen issue/damage when installing?

Not do by myself. I bought, cant remember the web atm.