properpropaganda
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is there a way to outline the tabs on your tab image? i wanted to recreate the box for metal gear but it is a white box.
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GB/GBC/GBA Collecting Thread
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is there a way to outline the tabs on your tab image? i wanted to recreate the box for metal gear but it is a white box.
Good God, I cannot wait...
As a long time owner of the BUNG carts since back in the stone age era (circa 1999), I would love to be able to easily update them in this day and age.
In photoshop just use the edit > fill command.
Good God, I cannot wait...
As a long time owner of the BUNG carts since back in the stone age era (circa 1999), I would love to be able to easily update them in this day and age.
Is there a way to update them in this day and age without a Parallel Port on your computer?
I have a Bung Cart, a GBA cart and a Genesis cart that the programmers are Parallel only and I can't do anything with them anymore.
Not that I can tell, I updated my 64m one using my father's 10 year old Dell laptop a couple years ago because it had PPort. Real drag. A couple of laptop's I have laying around from that era I tried using didn't have any luck...LittleWriter just wouldn't find the port.
There's a patched version of the ROM writing software that lets you have multiple saves at the same time. But yes, wait for the Everdrive. It'll surely have better features and build quality than the cheaply made EMS cart.
I've mentioned this before but I just hope that the Everdrive will work fine with the GB Pocket. The EMS cart does NOT play well with the Pocket because of a difference in how the power conversion in the Pocket works or something like that, which is a shame because the Pocket is my favorite GB model.
zephervack
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Where can I follow news for this, I would love to get more mileage out of my Gameboy Color without having to carry tons of carts around.
Brilliant Disaster
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Got mine at the Gaming Expo at SXSW. No wait.
I had been wanting one for a while but did not want to have to wait the 6+weeks. It was a sign when RCG said they would have some at the iam8bit booth.
That's where I got mine too. I picked up the last one they had in stock there.
Keep 'em sealed; buy used copies for play
I do know what you think, lol. I really am considering on keeping these games sealed.Oh they look so nice.
I also only buy games to play them. At some point a number of years back, I bought a brand new Sega Saturn, and I opened it to play it. Something about opening these games though would make me feel bad, I don't know how to describe it.
These are 100% legit. The games didn't always have the seal as I remember. All the other CV DS games also had a similar wrapping.
But who is buying them for those ridiculous prices is always my question. LOL
Brilliant Disaster
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DMG? niiiice.
They are so sweet. Now i am hooked.
Waiting to see what they have in store for snes controllers.
sixteen-bit
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BinaryPork2737
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That's really well done. The finished design looks great.
And wayyyy ahead of you on the muting.
properpropaganda
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Hero_of_the_Day
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I love when packages arrive a day early. It's like Christmas:
Ah man so much fun awaits you!
BomberMouse
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I feel like we might have been fighting over that MMX game on ebay, lol.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Also got a new shell and screen lens for my beaten up SP:
I didn't mind the shell being all beaten up, but the screen had a nice scratch on it that had to go. The new buttons and D-pad sucked so I had to open it back up and use the old buttons. The hinges don't click like they originally did, so I'm going to open it again and see what I can do about that. It still locks into place like it's supposed to, but it's just not quiet right with the snappiness of it.
Also got my backlit screen for my OG GBA. I don't trust my soldering ability so have to wait until my friend can do it for me.
Haha, nah. I got that all from a guy on the Nintendo Age forums.
Yeah, I popped them in after cleaning them. I didn't know the Mario games seem like complete remakes. I expected straight ports. Pretty weird stuff.
I didn't mind the shell being all beaten up, but the screen had a nice scratch on it that had to go. The new buttons and D-pad sucked so I had to open it back up and use the old buttons. The hinges don't click like they originally did, so I'm going to open it again and see what I can do about that. It still locks into place like it's supposed to, but it's just not quiet right with the snappiness of it.
Also got my backlit screen for my OG GBA. I don't trust my soldering ability so have to wait until my friend can do it for me.
Haha, nah. I got that all from a guy on the Nintendo Age forums.
Yeah, I popped them in after cleaning them. I didn't know the Mario games seem like complete remakes. I expected straight ports. Pretty weird stuff.
This got this in the mail today.
Wow nice! I'd love to hear your impressions of the screen and build quality when you have a chance.
properpropaganda
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my pickup in these last few days.
Now i just need Zelda DS.
jealous, man. i want that gba. how much did you pay for it? also gamestop.com as the zelda ds lite in stock (as of yesterday)
what? i could've gotten a ds lite that doesn't reek of cigarette smoke and had mystery gunk on it?
anyone know how to get cigarette smoke smell out of a ds lite.
my pickup in these last few days.
Now i just need Zelda DS.
Double check that Minish Cap cart. Mine does not look like that, could be a regional difference of course.
you still can dude!
properpropaganda
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according to here, that's a EU cart label.
1 dollar and a handful of buttons? lol.
if i do buy another ds lite, it's going to be the gold zelda one.
Throw it in a ziplock with a bunch of dryer sheets?
haha, sold. next time you buy something from me, though, if i still have it i'll throw it in cheap. (seriously though the zelda one is quite nice, i thought about getting it before settling on my current dark blue/black one.)
properpropaganda
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i was so close to buying the zelda one but my friend somehow convinced me to wait for the 3ds (which came out like less then a year later). i will regret that forever.
if you sell anymore zelda stuff, let me know.
Strange how we (NZ/AU) got the same cart as the US rather than Europe. Usually we get lumped in with EU.
Sure thing. I'm selling my Wind Waker GCN (and LBW, but you have that).
Grief, let us know how the GBC HP is, I hear great things. (If you like it you might like that Magi-Nation game I recommended for GBC a bit ago.)
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Deleted member 126221
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Got a pretty beaten up GBA SP, but a shoulder button isn't working... I tried opening it and cleaning the button with a toothbrush (both the plastic casing and the "real" button), but no dice. Anything else I could try before giving up...? Now that my DS Lite died, I desperately need something else to play my GBA games and I'm pretty poor...!
Hero_of_the_Day
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Also got a new shell and screen lens for my beaten up SP:
I didn't mind the shell being all beaten up, but the screen had a nice scratch on it that had to go. The new buttons and D-pad sucked so I had to open it back up and use the old buttons. The hinges don't click like they originally did, so I'm going to open it again and see what I can do about that. It still locks into place like it's supposed to, but it's just not quiet right with the snappiness of it.
I need to do the same as I got my SP 101 used and it is quite beaten up in places. Luckily, the screen is perfect.
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Didn't really work... I need to press REALLY hard for the L button to sometimes register... :/
Will do! So far it is incredible and outside my OCD seeing a dust particle under the glass and a little fuzzy dangling from the top border (not noticeable during use) the workmanship is really impressive.
How can you tell if the screen is plastic or one of those glass ones? Any sure fire way? Right now I have the protective plastic still on top and have yet to peel it off. I'm wondering if there is an easy way to clear out that fuzz under the screen but I guess I may have to disassemble completely to get to it.
The screen is pretty comparable to a SP 101 on the default lighting, and even though I noted some blur during on screen motion at times, I also see it on my actual SP 101 as well. That said, I don't think it is an issue. Just having an OG GBA with the backlit screen is just amazing.
Wow, is this a good game? Normally I would scream IP swill but I know that once in a blue moon you can get something great poking its head through once in awhile that is worth playing.
And damnit, I need a Megaman Xtreme...
dcx4610
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I've never had a flash cart. If you load games off of it, is it literally like playing the real cart or is there some form of emulation involved? Any changes at all?
Check out this thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=743011
One of the developer pops by for some discussion, apparently the publisher pretty much left them to their own devices for this one.
Yep, they're supposed to be pretty darn good:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=743011
Edit: beaten by the Grief.exe file runnin' wild.
Like playing off the real cart. It is basically loading the game image into memory and running it on actual hardware. Fantastic for toting an entire (or a bunch at least) of your collection around without having to stack and pack a bunch of easily lost little carts, especially ones of value.
Are the solder points connected to the board properly? They might need resoldering. Pressing hard might just be pressing them against the board enough to make a connection.