Game Boy Appreciation Thread ♥

[Tasty]

Find me a mod where I can watch Bond movies on a gameboy or gtfo

Nah.

[Tasty]

Also, confirmed the Debian version of GB Studio v1.2.0 installs and can run the emulator on Chrome OS now! Probably has to be x86-64 like my Pixelbook, though (i.e. probably can't run on ARM Chromebooks, but I can't say for sure.) Earlier versions could only be installed after jumping through hoops, and even then the emulator crashed the program (there were a lot of crashes in fact...) 1.2 is really stable on my primary operating system and I'm super excited.

Also, GB Studio's author just released a Christmas-based version of the starter demo! https://chrismaltby.itch.io/merry-sample-project

This is perfect for a project I'm working on.

[Tasty]

Ugh there's always some problem... Apparently, official cartridges and clone cartridges use two different screw positions. Which is great for determining fakes (though it's usually easy anyways), but less good for when you want to combine an official-mold cartridge (in this case, boxyboy's anodized aluminum one I posted earlier) with a Chinese Pokemon clone cart (as Chinese Game Boy clone games are actually kickass for homebrew since they don't care about turning off the writability of the carts -- it would be like record labels shipping albums on CD-RWs back in the day.)



Official is left, clone is right.

Basically they're incompatible and I need to cough up about $30 extra per cartridge for a flash cart instead, as only flash carts are both:

1. newly manufactured and writable
2. conforming to the official screw/pin layout

But flash carts are $30-40 instead of $5-10 like clone carts...

Now, if I didn't care about using these particular cartridge shells (they're metal!) it'd be easy to just slap a different sticker on the clone cart.

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Lots of "I want to start publishing Game Boy games, including other indie devs" energy right now 👀

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[Tasty]

Someone's selling an official Nintendo dev/flash cart on eBay and I want it so bad but don't have the money.

One thing tho:

Cartridge has mary kate & ashley game on it.

More info on such carts here: https://devkits.handheldmuseum.com/GB_EPROM_FlashCarts.htm

Getting more advanced here, this is a 32M Flash Cartridge. You would plug the cart into a special cartridge programmer, and it would just upload the game to the flash chip. These also have a little on-board RAM so you could test game saves and such.

[Tasty]

After reading approximately a dozen articles, and watching the above video a handful of times, I now have a super rough idea of how Game Boy emulators function.

The way I think of it: when you read a .gb ROM file, it's basically a list of instructions at specified points of memory. To emulate the hardware, you read and carry out each instruction in sequence, and you can read and write things into "memory" (although I'm still coming to terms with all the limits that entails.) Each instruction is one from a list of operations the CPU supports. I will say writing to the screen is easier to grok than expected coming from modern programming, although there's also a bunch of limits on what you can do there because of the modest hardware.

I deign to implement my own emulator in JavaScript pretty soon. Half for fun, half to learn, and 1% to maybe make an emulator that eventually becomes not-garbage at audio (coincides with my interest in LSDJ.)

[Coax]

It's pretty amazing we're in a time where people are knocking out cool little games for dev jams, let alone actual GB ROMs (and playable in browser). Came across Polyducks' Jabberwocky made in three days for a Gameboy jam, while browsing itch.io. Had seen their prior superb PETSCII and pixel art before but at that point hadn't come across their released games.

[Tasty]

And it's only going to get better! I'm so fucking excited. As this thread shows I've been excited about GB stuff for a while but it only feels like just recently has the "scene" turned a corner, so to speak. Like, a lot of this stuff has been quietly growing since the GBA/DS days (gbatemp.net), but now it's really entering the public sphere and more and more people are globbing on. The acceleration on cool GB shit is phenomenal.

Some dude recently made a business card that runs (command line) Linux. Wouldn't be crazy to see a GB cart version in a year or two.

Between GB Studio bringing RPG Maker simplicity to real GB ROMs (playable in the browser both because of how advanced PCs have become and how old the GB is), FGPAs taking off (and Analogue taking advantage with the Pocket), Chinese clone carts vastly lowering the price of running homebrew on real hardware, and the entire stable of "scene" hackers offering genuinely cool shit to buy like aluminum carts, USB-C/MIDI mods, new types of screens and shells, etc. etc. etc... it's so fucking exciting.

[Tasty]

Demo for a new in-development GB Studio game, Catto!

https://balloonpuppy.itch.io/catto

[Tasty]

https://suitntie22.itch.io/f-zerop

Complete F-Zero fangame made in GB Studio! Apparently you play as Captain Falcon before the story of the other games, and go around a city punching people.

[MMaRsu]

anyone wanna buy? game not included

[MMaRsu]

[chronovore]

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anyone wanna buy? game not included

GB Micro go for some surprising amounts in Japan.

[MMaRsu]

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anyone wanna buy? game not included

GB Micro go for some surprising amounts in Japan.

Yeah well there are already a bunch of them on Ebay.. I might be able to sell it on there but I didn't quite like how people can just say they don't want your item in the end and you have to pay them back.

I am able to sell it for 85 euro's, but I feel like that might be too low. I just want to buy another GBA + IPS V2 screen, because I fucked my own one up.

[MMaRsu]

@Tasty



This might be of use to you?

[MMaRsu]

Received my new IPS display for my GBA

About to install this baby tonight, hopefully all goes well *fingers crossed*

[Sho Nuff]

Picked up a Japanese GB in box last night for 16 bucks. Has the vertical line problem, guy at work will bring in his soldering iron tomorrow to fix it.

[MMaRsu]

Picked up a Japanese GB in box last night for 16 bucks. Has the vertical line problem, guy at work will bring in his soldering iron tomorrow to fix it.

No need, buy a IPS display and hook it up. No soldering required, and super easy to install. Will set you back about 45 dollars, but well worth it. Will post pics soon.

I didn't even solder that IPS display and it's already miles ahead of the old AGS-101 mods.

[bluemax]

https://twitter.com/QuestArrest/status/1221314398695960576

[MMaRsu]

Holy smokes, putting in the new GBA IPS V2 Display from Funnyplaying was extremely easy. No soldering required, and the brightness is already way better than the old ags 101 mods.

You can use soldering to get 10 brightness levels, but I opted not to as it was late and I thought the default brightness was good enough.

Before:


After:

[Tasty]

https://twitter.com/MrCheeze_/status/1253892396317843456

[Tasty]

@Tasty



This might be of use to you?

Nice, thanks!

[Tasty]

Reddit: "My horror game for the original Gameboy, Deadeus, is out now! Check it out for free over at https://izma.itch.io/deadeus. The game has 11 endings and can be played on the original hardware with a flash cart! Hope you enjoy"



Play: https://izma.itch.io/deadeus



Need to give this a shot when I have the time!

[thisismyusername]

https://twitter.com/MrCheeze_/status/1253892396317843456

The Japanese commenting makes it hard for me to grok this at a glance.

[Tasty]

The fact it's assembly makes it hard for me to grok lmao

Fake Edit- It's C source code but whateeeveeerrr

[Tasty]

Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines

[Tasty]

Gizmodo: I Miss the Game Boy Advance SP

If it had proper shoulder buttons and a headphone jack it would have been the GOAT Nintendo handheld IMO.

[Nintex]

GBA games were amazing.

For a while I only used my DS to play GBA games such as Metroid Zero Mission and Advance Wars.
I think Advance Wars 2 was my most played GBA game and I never got an SP.

Because the Nintendo Seal of Quality was still a thing and the DS/Wii shovelware wave hadn't cursed the software line-up yet you could pick up nearly any cheap random game and it was damn good,
Megaman Battle Network, Robotech, Medabots RPG just to name a few 

[Tasty]

https://www.spacebot-interactive.com/



New GB RPG! Preorder now!

[tiesto]

Thought I'd share some pics of my collection of GB/GBC/GBA. One of these games is worth 500+ dollars (and a few other are in the 3-400 range)





GB:
Castlevania Adventure
Castlevania II: Belmonts Revenge
Castlevania Legends
Daedalian Opus
Donkey Kong '94
Final Fantasy Adventure (both original and Sunsoft reprint)
Final Fantasy Legend
Final Fantasy Legend II
Final Fantasy Legend III (both original and Sunsoft reprint)
Gargoyle's Quest
Kwirk
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Mole Mania
Operation C
Pokemon Yellow
Quarth
Revenge of the Gator
Rolan's Curse II
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land II: 6 Golden Coins
Sword of Hope
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From The Sewers
Ultima: The Ruins of Virtue
Wario Land: Super Mario Land III

GBC:
Dragon Warrior I and II
Dragon Warrior III
Dragon Warrior Monsters
Dragon Warrior Monsters II: Terry's Journey
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Lufia: The Legend Returns
Megaman Xtreme 2
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
Pokemon Silver
Wario Land II
Wario Land III
Grandia: Parallel Trippers (JP)
Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (JP)

GBA:
Advance Guardian Heroes
Advance Wars II
Astro Boy
Breath of Fire 2
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
CIMA: The Enemy
Drill Dozer
Final Fantasy I and II
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Golden Sun
Golden Sun 2
Gradius Galaxies
Gunstar Super Heroes
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and The 4 Swords
Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mega Man and Bass
Metal Slug Advance
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
Ninja Five-O
Phantasy Star Collection
Polarium Advance
Rebelstar: Tactical Command
Riviera
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Sigma Star Saga
Sonic Advance 2
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2
Super Mario Advance
Super Mario 3
Sword of Mana
Tales of Phantasia
Yiggdra Union
Legend of Starfy (JP)
Legend of Starfy 2 (JP)
Legend of Starfy 3 (JP)
Slime Morimori Dragon Quest (JP)
Famicom Classics: Twinbee (JP)
Famicom Classics: Wrecking Crew (JP)

[Tasty]

[MMaRsu]

Where the fuck u find ninja five oh man

[tiesto]

Where the fuck u find ninja five oh man

Bought back in the day when it was at Gamestop for $30! Got tipped off about it from an old GAF post and am like "I like ninja, I got money to burn"... had no idea it would become so sought after.

[MMaRsu]

goddamnit i r so jealous

[Tasty]

That's a fucking shit-long wait but I'm still cumming oh God

[Positive Touch]

the fact that it has attachments for game gear, lynx, and neo geo pocket is fucking mind-blowing. looks cool as hell.

[demi]

Thought I'd share some pics of my collection of GB/GBC/GBA. One of these games is worth 500+ dollars (and a few other are in the 3-400 range)

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Good visual porn. GB/C/A are on the jump now. Stonks are rising

No pics for me, but I have a list here

[Positive Touch]

might as well hop on and show off my small but powerful collection

[Tasty]

[demi]

Flexing with the Shantae + Resident Evil double donger

edit:

I cant even find a CIB Shantae to look at price, cart only alone is like $600 easy

PriceCharting has it cresting 2000 on a good day

[Positive Touch]

one day i'll get off my ass and sell it so i can have a real nice vacation. it's shot up a lot in the past decade but i dunno if it'll go any higher.

[Tasty]

one day i'll get off my ass and sell it so i can have a real nice vacation. it's shot up a lot in the past decade but i dunno if it'll go any higher.

Gimme first dibs 👀

Bore daddy discount plz 🙏🏻

[Tasty]

POCKET MEGATON

Make your own games for Pocket.

We partnered with GB Studio so you can bring your game ideas to reality with zero programming knowledge needed.

GB Studio is a quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favorite handheld video game system. It allows you to generate proprietary .pocket files with GB Studio and run them off your SD card.

Developing your own GB games on hardware will be as easy as debugging modern phone apps.

GB Studio was already "supported" since it can make normal GB ROMs, but the fact they're partnering to get deep OS-level integration (because this thing does have a pretty advanced BIOS) is great. Less hot is the "proprietary .pocket files" part, but perhaps this will let GB Studio create games that access more of the FGPA than just the GB part... Interesting to think about, and very exciting.

[tiesto]

Firefucks choked when trying to calculate shipping (but then I tried in Edge) and thus I missed the preorder... do they ever release more of these? I never bought from them before...

Also, analogue did a Genesis clone collab with Hyperdub (dubstep record label most famous for Burial)? WHAA?

[Beezy]

Managed to get one with the dock. The wait begins.

[bork]

I ended up passing on it- just didn't feel like it was worth paying $300 for the system and the dock.  Don't think I'd use it enough.

[tiesto]

Seems like they're gonna make more available eventually. So hopefully next time I'll be able to get one, this whole thing was a clusterfuck and apparently I'm not alone in the problems I had in getting one.

[Trent Dole]

There's usually additional runs of these things. Might be a while since this initial batch isn't getting sent out to people until next spring.

[Mr. Gundam]

Dude on resetera was looking for Harmony of Dissoance and Circle of the Moon. I just happened to find my GBA the other day, sent him pictures of the cartridges and the manuals I sill have and he was all "your HoD is a repro..."

Um. I'd love to find out how the copy I bought at retail back in the day from Target is fake.

[MMaRsu]

Dude on resetera was looking for Harmony of Dissoance and Circle of the Moon. I just happened to find my GBA the other day, sent him pictures of the cartridges and the manuals I sill have and he was all "your HoD is a repro..."

Um. I'd love to find out how the copy I bought at retail back in the day from Target is fake.

Look for a number imprint on the cartridge on the front

[Mr. Gundam]

Dude on resetera was looking for Harmony of Dissoance and Circle of the Moon. I just happened to find my GBA the other day, sent him pictures of the cartridges and the manuals I sill have and he was all "your HoD is a repro..."

Um. I'd love to find out how the copy I bought at retail back in the day from Target is fake.

Look for a number imprint on the cartridge on the front

https://postimg.cc/gallery/rwgqLyn

It's there, 41 just above the Nintendo seal. Same as my copy of Circle of the Moon, which he apparently didn't question the legitimacy of.

[demi]

Well if he won't appreciate your copy, I will

PM me on here or there

[Mr. Gundam]

Well if he won't appreciate your copy, I will

PM me on here or there

Hah. I'm waiting to hear back from him and then I'll let you know if you really want them. I'm in no rush to sell them and aside from a quick glance at Amazon, have no idea what they're worth, but they are taking up space.

[demi]

Ok, well you know I'm good for it

[Mr. Gundam]

Ok, well you know I'm good for it

Dude came back and said it's fake, that the Gameboy Advance lettering is incorrect. He's not very good at identifying the real thing.

I need to open this up so I can get a picture of the board just to prove I'm not trying to sell bootleg stuff, but then you can buy the games if you want them. Otherwise I'm happy to keep them.

[MMaRsu]

Damnit demi always scooping up deals

I have it but only the stupid double cartridge one

[benjipwns]

Wow, I must have a reproduction too, mine looks the same.

Then again, I did get it from CompUSA.

[Himu]

So much better than the Game Gear. Kids called me nuts for preferring Game Boy over Game Gear despite having a Game Gear at the time but not a GB.  Wario Land Donkey Kong Land Pokemon Blue WarioWare Aria of Sorrow

[MMaRsu]

Well if anybody else is selling theirs I might be interested

Also looking for order of ecclesia, heard its good

[tiesto]

Well if anybody else is selling theirs I might be interested

Also looking for order of ecclesia, heard its good

Probably my favorite of the 6 GBA/DS CV games... the challenge level hearkens back to the pre-SOTN CV games (i.e. it's not sleepwalking through rectangular rooms like some of the other GBA/DS games), and some of the optional areas near the end of the game are quite devious.

[bork]

So much better than the Game Gear. Kids called me nuts for preferring Game Boy over Game Gear despite having a Game Gear at the time but not a GB.  Wario Land Donkey Kong Land Pokemon Blue WarioWare Aria of Sorrow

I agree with you, but to be fair, Wario Land and DKL are the only games that came out during the Game Gear's lifespan- Pokemon was a few years later and WarioWare and AoS were on a different platform.

The Game Gear did have some pretty solid games, but just didn't have the third party support that Nintendo snapped up during the time. 

But then in '96 the Nomad came out and holy shit portable Genesis was awesome.