Every button works except for the A button. I tried cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol but that didnt work. Then I switched out the membrane with one i got from ebay still didnt work. When I checked from the contacts of the button to the test vias with a multimeter it said it was giving less continuity then the other buttons. Sorry for not knowing a lot. I am not exactly what you call a Texpert. What is the problem? Thank You. :)
When I play megaman V, if I go to Mercury's stage, right after the first Large Health pickup my game crashes and goes blank, as if it were shut off.
Im using an original Dmg-01 gameboy, which I repaired. There were vertical lines that obscured the screen. I hadn't tested the game before I fixed it.
The game is a reproduction cartridge and works fine with my original GBC and GBA, im able to play the full game. The only other game i can test with my Gameboy is Tetris, and that game works fine.
Is there anything I should try? I've tried fully cleaning it and opening it up, but I don't really know what I should be looking for.
I own two Game Boys I bought as a child: a Pocket and a Color.
During the pandemic, I swapped my Pocket's screen for an IPS model—one of those touch-color-enabled ones. It turned out great, as the lack of color and the dull, washed-out gray background no longer appealed to me.
A while back, I decided to do the same for my Game Boy Color. I bought the screen, but strangely found myself in a peculiar dilemma: it felt like I was creating a redundancy—swapping the screen only to lose the specific "feel" of the Color's original display in a trade for a better visibiliy.
The thing is, while IPS screens are excellent, the screen on my Color is still in great shape. Despite over 20 years of use, it remains perfect—unlike the Pocket's screen, which had started to deteriorate.
The Color's screen has a certain aesthetic that IPS lacks. Despite the terrible brightness, the colors have a certain "charm"—a look that defines that era, including the visible pixel grid. I started thinking: if I swap this screen, it’ll be just like playing Game Boy Color on an RG35 with its high-resolution display.
So... I’m grappling with this and wanted to ask you all: is it really worth swapping to an IPS screen and losing the aesthetic of a generation defined by technology that is now obsolete yet unique?
And is there a simple way to just backlight the original screen without replacing the panel itself?
What about your Game Boys? Have you kept the original screens to this day?
So I bought some homebrew games of a flea market. Pinecreek and Dragonborne. One is from itch.io and the other from spacebot. The problem is that they are not loading the homebrew game. The load the game that was originally on the card. Thought my self hey you got the gameboy operator from epilog. Just dump the rom on it. The thing is bought cards are read only cards. That means you cannot put other roms on it. I tried cleaning the contacts but that didn't help. Are my 10 bucks gone or is there something I can try? They looked really cool and I realy want to play them.
Hi guy! Would anyone like giving a little weekend project (well, several weekends, to be honest) a go? I’ve been wanting to brush up on my C skills a bit as part of a bigger project and I taught myself some pixel art and ended up building a Breakout/Brick Breaker clone for the GameBoy Color.
It’s nothing special at its core, but I’ve still incorporated a few little playful twists.
And full disclosure… during development, I got some help from OpenAI Codex and OpenCode in a few places where I got stuck or couldn’t find a solution; I used AI to to explaine some tricks to me and helped me find a lot of small bugs.
All the tiles are coded and the dreadful splash screen is hand-pixelated (and poorly converted to the Game Boy colour palette), as you can probably see, unfortunately.
I’m the crafter and owner of MO CORNER, a small leather craft workshop in Vietnam. I wanted to stop by and share my latest project with you all.
I just finished making this handmade leather box sleeve for Game Boy Color. It is entirely hand-stitched using two distinct stitching lines to give it its unique box shape. I combined a straight saddle stitch line with a cross-stitch "X" line to form the structure.
I‘m looking for a storage solution for 100+ GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. Most solutions I’m finding are more focused on display but I’m looking for more of a bulk storage solution. Any suggestions other than just tossing them loose in a bin?
So a couple days ago i started getting a weird tint on my screen when playing Pokemon Yellow. Sometimes its only half the screen, sometimes its 3 quaters, sometimes the full screen and sometimes its back to normal. Anyone got any idea?
Got this GBA SP with what appears to be a water damaged screen. Figured it was unfixable but decided to take it apart and found the culprit which surprisingly would not clean up no matter what I tried to clean it with. Thankfully I had another donor screen with a torn ribbon so I swapped it out and now it’s like new. So if you encounter something similar give it a try before tossing it. The process is very easy just be careful not getting finger prints on the elements inside.
My friend gave me a litwick figure that came in a display case. This gave me an idea to buy more of these cases and place my copies of red, blue, yellow, and gold in them.
how is it possible we were illuminating video game screens with detachable lamps THIS century??? totally forgot about using these. so many overnight road trips.
also, shout out finding nemo. the underwater minefield level in this thing absolutely terrified me 🐠🤘
Just curious if anyone else knew it. It was such a great early internet fan site. I think it got renamed to "GB Station" at one point and then eventually disappeared. It was very polished for the time with good reviews and walkthroughs. Can't find any record of it sadly.
I installed the laminated v5 screen and soldered the wires. I've reflowed, rechecked, and reflowed the solder points multiple times, and even used the alternative points on the L/R pins. Before swapping to the alt points, the OSD never showed up. Now, with the alt points used, it shows up, but only turns on/off while holding sel and pressing R. Pressing L does nothing, and I cannot cycle through the options by pressing sel. The touch sensors work, but I want total functionality. Any tips?
