r/Gameboy • • 18h ago

Games Made a tape player for the GBA. Burn your favorite songs to a cart and carry them around

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582 Upvotes

Homebrew tape player for the GBA. You burn your favorite songs onto a cartridge, like making a mixtape, and carry it around. Rewind and fast-forward even make the tape noises.

The one in the photo is a live album off my CD shelf. Runs on a stock SP with a flash cart.


r/Gameboy • • 12h ago

Collection OG raspberry red

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I knew it was around here somewhere, and I can’t believe it still works, the hours I’ve put in grinding on Pokémon blue shouldve wore this thing out a while ago


r/Gameboy • • 10h ago

Collection Seiken Densetsu!

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Just picked this up today after wanting it complete for some time. Going to be my first ever playthrough! During covid I experienced Secret of Mana for the first time and it has since become my favorite JRPG alongside Chrono Trigger. Anyways all this time years later even collecting Gameboy I had no idea with the final fantasy games on Gameboy that this was actually the first game of the Mana series! (I thought it was part of the final fantasy legend series or etc)

Anyways I thought I would share with you all! Cannot wait to play this 35 year old game for the first time ever!!


r/Gameboy • • 5h ago

Games What is your favorite gameboy platformer?

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Last week, I started playing Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 on original hardware and after just a few days, I am blown away by how good this game looks, how smooth it runs and how much content it has. And it make me seriously think that this is not just better than Super Mario Land 2, but may be the best gameboy platformer.

What do you think about these games and also what is your favorite platformer on the Gameboy?


r/Gameboy • • 14h ago

Systems I Finally got my own GBA!!!

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59 Upvotes

I’ve recently gotten real big into collecting older Nintendo consoles and i’ve always wanted a GBA, now i’ve finally got one and it’s sick as hell! (it’s obvious not an original it’s refurbished but it looks so cool)


r/Gameboy • • 21h ago

Other Gameboy Color games on a Gameboy Advance SP-like device with a big screen would be my dream Gameboy

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172 Upvotes

r/Gameboy • • 11h ago

Games I just updated my turn-based bullet hell roguelike GBA game demo to include some more levels

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I really thought a turn-based bullet hell game would end up like a mix between Superhot and Into the Breach, and it turned out I was pretty close. If any of you have the time, I just released the completed GBA version of a game idea that's been floating in my head for quite a while.

I have a demo up on itch, and a paid version if you vibe with it. It has been getting a decent amount of interaction, so I updated the demo to include more levels and a full "run" as thanks! No generative AI was used with this project at any point, just good ole blood and tears. Had some help from some IRL friends with the artwork I commissioned, their info is linked as well. I would love any feedback or criticisms if you feel compelled to share. Happy fall!

https://solmare.itch.io/ralasutura-advance


r/Gameboy • • 2h ago

Shopping/Haul Anyone know where I can buy a luminous blue gitd game boy color shell online?

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I have a very specific mod idea for my gbc and I need this specific shell to complete my vision. I am planning on using the glacier blue button replacements from extremerate and combining them with the luminous blue shell because I think the colors compliment each other. The problem that I'm having is that funnyplaying doesn't have the luminous blue shell in stock and I'm struggling to find something that looks similar. Any chance there's a place I haven't looked yet or if I just need to find a whole different style?

I was also thinking about doing this to my gba sp instead, because funnyplaying has a similar shell for that handheld that is in stock, but then I run into the opposite problem where I can't find buttons that match the look of the shell, and extremerate doesn't sell the gba sp glacier blue buttons separately from the glacier blue shell unfortunately.


r/Gameboy • • 1d ago

Games Got my first legit Gen 3 Mew thanks to a retro game store near me that does bi-weekly Pokémon distributions!

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542 Upvotes

r/Gameboy • • 5h ago

Games [Release] Shin SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari — English Translation v1.0 (Game Boy)

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Hi everyone! I’m releasing version 1.0 of my English translation of Shin SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari for the Game Boy.

The patch translates the dialogue, menus, item descriptions, and instructions, as well as the opening, title screen, and Super Game Boy border lettering.

I’ve played through the game and manually reviewed the translation. The English reads naturally, and I haven’t found any bugs so far. It’s also been tested in Game Boy and Super Game Boy modes, including password compatibility.

Download the English v1.0 BPS patch

You’ll need your own copy of the Japanese ROM and a BPS-compatible patcher. No ROM is included.

I’m considering this release finished for now, but feedback is welcome! If you encounter any issues, please share a screenshot and details about where they happened.

Enjoy!

EDIT:

Notes on how to apply the patch and what rom you need are in the readme, found here

I've also noticed that I didn't post many screenshots of english translated text, sorry. Find them here!


r/Gameboy • • 19h ago

Questions Does anyone here have Ghostbusters 2 for GameBoy? I just bought this cartridge and it has a weird sticker, no Nintendo logos inside and one of the pin clearly got re-soldered. Is this an original cartridge?

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r/Gameboy • • 16h ago

Questions So far, really loving golden Sun is the sequel worth it?

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21 Upvotes

I’ve made it just a little less than halfway in golden sun and it’s been really fun right now I’m at the Xian village, and it got me thinking would it be worth getting lost age?


r/Gameboy • • 23h ago

Mod/Modding Built a device to glitch Game Boy games

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r/Gameboy • • 1d ago

Collection Sharing some of my favorite things from my collection

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161 Upvotes

Pokemon Red, Blue, Green (reshelled), Yellow, Crystal, Silver, and Gold. Extreme Green Toys - R - Us edition Gameboy pocket and my newest addition a Gameboy Operator!


r/Gameboy • • 3h ago

Troubleshooting Corrupted Logo on Boot, but not Always?

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Hey all,
I recently picked up a DMG and copies of Pokemon Red and Blue from my local retro store, but I’m having some issues.

Red and Blue both give a corrupted Nintendo logo on boot, but work perfectly in my pocket, SP, and colour.
This points to an issue with the DMG, but it boots up Yellow just fine.

Anybody experience this, and have a fix?
I’ve done a full tear down on the DMG to clean it out with 99.8% IPA, and both carts have been cleaned too. Blown out with air after as well to move any dust.

I do have other consoles to use, but it feels right to use the right console for the right game, so I’d like to see if I can get it working.

Thanks in Advance!


r/Gameboy • • 1d ago

Questions Which Zelda should I play first?

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114 Upvotes

r/Gameboy • • 19h ago

Games PSA: Incube8 uses incorrectly spec'd components in their cartriges!

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r/Gameboy • • 9h ago

Modded How to make Pea Soup default palette? (EZ Flash Omega)

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Title is pretty self explanatory. When playing my gameboy games on my gba, usung the EZ Flash Omega flashcart, there’s several palettes you can choose from. Including one called “Pea Soup” which replicates the original green tint. I really like using this palette, but it’s a little annoying to have to switch to that palette every time I start a game.

Is there any way to make this the default palette so I can just start a game with this tint color?


r/Gameboy • • 1d ago

Modded My latest build

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130 Upvotes

Before I get roasted in the comments. The card’s a fake!


r/Gameboy • • 15h ago

Collection Pulled the trigger a bought it! Thanks guys

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r/Gameboy • • 23h ago

Games Pokemon Ruby on GBC RTX

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21 Upvotes

Ray Tracing on the GBC Console in Pokémon Ruby XD


r/Gameboy • • 1d ago

Modded ❤️🐸❤️🐸❤️

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280 Upvotes

It’s about time for another Pokémon Red play through…


r/Gameboy • • 13h ago

Questions Reliable Refurbished Gameboy Purchase site?

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Hello!

My mom had an Gameboy when she was a kid and for her birthday I’d like to get a refurbished Gameboy. To be honest I’m not very good with tech and nor is she I’m just looking for a reliable source that I can buy one from if one even exists. Any advice would be appreciated!

Thank you


r/Gameboy • • 1d ago

Shopping/Haul My haul from PRGE

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31 Upvotes

Went to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo over the weekend with kids. We had a great experience! I picked up some Xmas presets too. They love playing mine, so the GBC’s are for them along with a Pokemon game each. My plan is for the 3 of us to run through original Pokemon together and do some modding. Should be a ton of fun!


r/Gameboy • • 15h ago

Questions Silly question about trading in Pokemon RBY

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In short, I've been playing through Pokemon red, and am going to buy my gf blue soon. As I understand it, the only way to get all three starters is to trade with other players

Theoretically, I could trade a starter on blue for a burner pokemon (i.e. ratatta), reset the game, and do it again to have all three on red. My question is, if I got an extra set of the starters, could I trade them back once she starts her playthrough so she has all three as well? Or is there some kind of lock stopping you from trading already traded ones?

Playing on two SPs with an original GB link cable if that matters