I doubt it will be...it's been marked as a gift way under the limit. I think they're just being slow.
GB/GBC/GBA Collecting Thread
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I doubt it will be...it's been marked as a gift way under the limit. I think they're just being slow.
The L and R buttons on my SP typicaly don't work very well. Rather, they barely register any presses UNLESS I blow inside them really hard. They it's all right for a short while, as long as I keep ocassionally pressing the buttons, but they normally revert back to their original barely functional state by the next time I play the SP.
Any idea what's going on inside? I could understand them being generally busted and being dirty, but the former shouldn't allow it to work at all and the latter shouldn't happen THIS often. This system is kinda battered, by the way, and it was in this state when I bought it, but it's an AGS-101 with an amazing screen, so I keep using it.
Any idea what's going on inside? I could understand them being generally busted and being dirty, but the former shouldn't allow it to work at all and the latter shouldn't happen THIS often. This system is kinda battered, by the way, and it was in this state when I bought it, but it's an AGS-101 with an amazing screen, so I keep using it.
I've been on the fence for a backlit OG GBA for a while and this pushed me a little closer to pulling the trigger. Is the mod easy enough to do or would I be more satisfied with the results of having someone more "professional" do it? I did my own afterburner mod back in the day, but was never really happy with it.
RoninChaos
Member
Preciate it. It's an OG shell so it may need a new button.
Cloggerdude
Member
My first attempt at a DS Macro. Forgot to put the shoulder buttons back in, but at least I've proved my soldering skills.
Next up will be the Bondo and painting. I'm practicing with this white system, because the bottom screen is super scratched up. My actual system will be a black one I picked up super cheap.
You're so right. I shouldn't even have waited this long, they were so much cheaper a couple years ago :[
It's easy enough. If you take your time and work in a good environment with the right tools you should be fine. I think it's the finer skills like not getting dust or fingerprints on annoying places that makes the difference. Often the "professional" people don't take much note of those finer details anyway (which is why I prefer to do stuff myself) so if you take your time I think you could do a better job honestly.
And hey, if you mess it up, you could always post it to someone who can fix it up for you
sixteen-bit
Member
They ain't leaving the house.
One might be a backup model if I do though. And yes, lanyards! That strap hole will get use. I have a nice blue transparent shell that I may put the black one into. Not sure which one will be my main yet!
Just need to get another pocket (the guy who did my DMG is making one for me, hopefully by end of next week) and then I have the entire backlit set!
Aw yeeesss
Very nice. I have a second backlit GBA coming any day now. Nice bright orange shell to contrast with the black one I have now.
On a side note, I warmed up the frontlit modded GBC. It just takes some getting used to after 10+ years of backlit LCD handhelds.
Pancakes R Us
Member
That's great news, glad your package arrived. Why did it get delivered to your local cafe though? Is this the cafe that the GBP got stolen from?Aw yeeesss
No no
I own a cafe! That's not the one I lost the pocket at, that place was a costa coffee joint.
anyhow, I only have two issues with these consoles. 1 - the dpad on the blue one is not doing well on right presses. 2. The black model suffers from pressure on the screen when I press d-pad right and up and B. Both are easy fixes...I think. i also bought an ez flash iv for £20 whilst I wait for the GBA Everdrive. And uh, lol:
that's wario land 4 in NOR memory. It works, but yeah.
come on krikzz. Save us.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Hah, I see. Hopefully you can sort out those issues. Re. Everdrive: I look forward to it!
theSlacker
Member
Aw yeeesss
It's amazing how good those look with the proper screen.
I solved the pressure point issue.
It was the sodding ez flash IV. Took a knife to it to file it down a bit. It's fine now.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Just venting:
I've wanted a Gameboy Micro for literally seven years now. It's just soooo freaking cute! It looks adorable! But, I've never really been able to justify the expense.
Well, I finally bought one off of another Gaffer on Sunday. Because I don't actually have any GBA games, I subsequently ordered a custom Mother 3 cart off of Etsy, because, well, out of everything in the GBA library, this seemed like the title I most needed to play.
Well, the cart seems to be busted. I can get to the main menu and start a new game, but the system freezes after a few seconds on the character select screen.
Crap.
So now I have this adorable, incredible system in my hands that I have lusted after for nearly a decade, and I CAN'T—FREAKING—USE IT!
Grrrr!
I've wanted a Gameboy Micro for literally seven years now. It's just soooo freaking cute! It looks adorable! But, I've never really been able to justify the expense.
Well, I finally bought one off of another Gaffer on Sunday. Because I don't actually have any GBA games, I subsequently ordered a custom Mother 3 cart off of Etsy, because, well, out of everything in the GBA library, this seemed like the title I most needed to play.
Well, the cart seems to be busted. I can get to the main menu and start a new game, but the system freezes after a few seconds on the character select screen.
Crap.
So now I have this adorable, incredible system in my hands that I have lusted after for nearly a decade, and I CAN'T—FREAKING—USE IT!
Grrrr!
NormalFish
Banned
Such is the nature of buying repros off random people.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Does anyone have any experience with this seller and his back lit GBAs?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=191664508026&alt=web
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=191664508026&alt=web
Not that one, but my backlit GBA from another ebay seller is in the mailbox. I'm on my way home now to check it out and can give my thoughts on it. It's a lot cheaper than that seller's.
Aw yeeesss
Glad to see you got 'em!
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Is the seller selling multiple ones?
Good that you're back! USPS did their job well, two days into the UK! Bloody Royal Mail
Thanks again man
Yes, several. He posted a new batch and sells out pretty regularly. Name is phv177n based in Vietnam.
I got my GBA from him today. It has (the original?) plastic screen instead of glass like my black GBA. I can also peek the backlight underneath the bezel. I guess that's entirely normal but something in the build of the black GBA hides it very well as you can see in the pics. Overall still a very nice unit. Screen is perfect, buttons are good, and that orange shell is awesome.
Haha, yes! It's nice to put things together (like that four letter code on real GNA games' PCBs when I was fiddling with them).It's more than a theory. It's the truth
That'll be a nice way to sort out real midnight blue, black, and orange GBAs from the third party shells (and their suboptimal buttons)
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
They do look nice. Did you have to worry about any import duties or crap like that (assuming you live in the US)?
No, never had to pay any fees for stuff ordered from overseas. I'm in the US.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Neat. I'll probably end up getting a Glacier one. Is it a simple matter to replace the lense with a glass one?
easy as hell. prise the old one off with a thin tool from the edge (nothing sharp or hard otherwise you risk damaging the shell/screen) and it'll come right off. fingernails help. Then just make sure there's no dust underneath before you put the glass one on. Done.
Bear in mind once the glass one is on, it's on forever. If you try the same method to remove it, it'll explode. Really. I know.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
What are the benefits to a glass lense?
Yeeeeah you'll want to be careful or you could end up with painful cuts or at worse glass in your eye...
they look like this:
oh and they don't get scratches.
in other news, I was still getting horrible pressure spots on my two backlit GBA's whenever I pressed any buttons. Like, what the hell is that about? So I opened them up. Found the true culprit:
a piece of thick rubbery stuff on the back of the LCD screen. It has absolutely no purpose whatsoever. I peeled it off. Problem solved!
No worries, I'm not about to mess around with this stuff anytime soon.
Got the name slightly wrong. It's phvn177.
http://www.ebay.com/usr/phvn177?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
holy shit. wish I knew that. sorry
So are these latest AGB-101's coming with the last batches of screens made just for them (or maybe they were leftover stock - whatever) or are they from AGS-101s that have their screens taken out and lenses stripped off? I wonder if the residual black rubber/sticker on the back is indicative of the origin of the screen
haha, it's fine!
It wouldn't have bothered anyone else, but I'm a perfectionist...and it's helpful for others to know too incase they are having the same issue!but really, even if one console stunk of hobo and had a piss tinted screen, I'd still be overjoyed with your service. I sold my old backlit model (a black one, just like this!) after a bout of illness and when my life (and financial status) was at a real low. Never thought I'd ever get another one, let alone two
Those screens were pulled from AGS-101's.
Yep! For reference, the DS Lite and presumably DSi use the same backing for padding.
Sorry, double post...thought some of you guys may be interested in this. Krikzz just posted results of power consumption tests on the Everdrive GBA. It's basically amost the same as a standard GBA cart.
Actual cart:
Everdrive:
Another flash cart...likely the EZ Flash IV:
so yeah. Battery life, even on modded systems, will be almost identical to standard use.
Actual cart:
Everdrive:
Another flash cart...likely the EZ Flash IV:
so yeah. Battery life, even on modded systems, will be almost identical to standard use.
NormalFish
Banned
he showed off boktai or whatever that sun-themed game is, so I imagine it's for a light sensor, at least.
I believe RTC is confirmed at this point, even though it was denied earlier in development.
I believe RTC is confirmed at this point, even though it was denied earlier in development.