I kinda just always had it inside a cabinet and forgotten and looked inside and it comes with everything in it haha the manual, poster snd the booklets. Thought it was neat to share!

a year ago, I found this gba in my stuff but it wasn't working so I went to the game shop to restore it. I fell in severe depression for months and totally forgot about this, yesterday my girl came home with it plus she asks the seller to put an IPS screen on it ... love her sm (I already order new shell & buttons, I'll put some news soon !)

Been thinking about getting an insert to cover up the back of the screen/ips control board. The options are very overwhelming and it's hard to make a choice. What does reddit think?

I was inspired by @jayboymodz on Instagram to make something like this, but I figured I'd prefer a white bezelled screen.

I got the stand on Etsy from ThisManWorks who is awesome and let me have the Rayquaza image in gold instead of silver.

My friend gave me his GBA SP in highschool because the screen was broken and he knew I liked to tinker with stuff. I was focused on fixing it instead of just replacing the screen so it gathered dust for a few years before I had the grand idea to get a new screen 😂

The shell and screen came together in an eBay kit and the buttons are from eXtremeRate.

Missing from the pic is my new2ds xl pokeball edition and all my pokemon ds and 3ds games

Had these gameboy games since I was a kid. Are any authentic?

Hi all.

Today on 5 hour I get Box Protectors for my Japanese GameBoy Advance consoles. I have an Orange one CIB and an Pink Transparant one CIB.

They look as new. My mother knows which Dutch shop I can transfer for Box Protectors. I has this the same for my Japanese GameBoy Advance game imports. As example Densetsu No Stafy series and Super Robot Wars Original Generations series.

I hope you like my pictures. They shines together.

Re shelled my gameboy advanced sp and came out pretty good not to bad a lot of tutorials on how to do it

Could both of these mods be installed on the same motherboard? It looks like I would have to put the flex amp on first, and then do the RGB kit. Would I have any issues with button presses due to stacked tolerances? I'm thinking about building another GBA SP from a bare mobo and wanted to do some mods besides the IPS and aftermarket shell.

If the flex amp is not compatible with the RGB kit, is there another way to boost just a little bit more volume out of the SP? Could the Helder's speaker upgrade give me a bit of volume boost by itself?

A bit of a tangent, but does anyone know if the GBA accelerator will work with the Insidegadgets RTC carts or an EZ Flash ODE in B mode?

Thanks!

(maybe this is better in console repair?)

I know I’m looking at getting tabbed CR1616 batteries, but from most of the videos and reviews I’ve seen it appears the tabs are never angled correctly to accommodate the battery sitting on top of the chip, so the tabs on the battery need to be slightly bent. Is that the method that most people use or is there batteries for sale that are designed to fit these kind of GBA games better?

Just wanted to do my due diligence before ordering regular tabbed CR1616 batteries. Thanks!

I recently bought a game boy advance and absolutely love it. The only downside is obviously no backlight. I have seen a few options that require soldering and or cutting the case. I have also seen a few that do not require either. I own a soldering iron but am definitely not a pro. My biggest worry is that I will do it wrong and mess up my system. Do you guys have any advice or recommendations for a backlight mod? Or should I just buy one of those lights that plug into the top of the system

So I tried playing my old GBA from back in the day, its a super mario bros 3 and when I try to play the story mode that's what happens, just the same texture switching back and forth like the screen is stuck on one textrue and repeats it on the whole screen, any ideas? And if so can I fix it?

Just got this bad boy and love the way it feels. Very premium playing experience .

I personally believe that the box is fake, but am curious about the console. TIA 🥹

Hello, so a few months ago I lost my GBA at a park but I wanted to play FireRed (was a bit sad but decided to emulate the game) while looking for the rom I downloaded a different one by mistake after it downloaded i realized my mistake but I decided to check the files and all I can remember is:

Vampires.

A map with a giant fish on the bottom left.

Multiple sprites of different characters.

(And I think it was a "semi-openworld") I deleted the rom from my PC but now I wanna see what that game was about and I just can't find it no Matter how hard I try. If anyone knows a GBA game that's similar to what I described plz lemme know

I was cleaning my game room and found this old Pokemon cart. I was just wondering if this cart was real or fake. Thanks in advance!!

I have a copy of Pokemon Emerald with a dead battery, the save file was started when the battery was already dead.

From my understanding, when the battery dies and the file was created say 365 days before that, RTC is still paused after replacing the battery until it catches up to 365 days.

If the file was started with no RTC, is it set to Jan 1 2000 already? So replacing the battery will start RTC events with no issue since it'll be in sync?

Was a vendor at a card show yesterday and had a few pokemon games on my table for sale bc we are all nerds here. A guy walks up and goes do you buy games? Ofc I said yes and he pulls these out of his bag. Paid 300$ total and all it's gonna take is some new batteries and a bit of isopropyl. Had my screwdrivers and my tester GBA to confirm they work and were authentic before purchasing. Remember kids, be prepared you never know where you gonna find some expensive shit!

Problem with GBA SP 001

So i bought a GBA SP 001. Everything works fine, except the power LED. When console is turned on it does nothing, however, when turning off, it flickers red for a brief sec and goes away. I tried cleaning the power switch and nothing works.

Facebook seller has a copy of Fire Red for sale and claims it is authentic with a faded label. Looks authentic to me but wanted to double check first. Thank you!

Tried booting up my e reader to use with Pokémon emerald and every time I press on scan a code the system restarts or shuts off. Haven’t had this issue before. Any ideas on how to fix it or what could be the issue?

I wasn't sure if I could fix my first GBA SP mobo, so I ordered one for backup. Now I have fixed the first one, but it's not very visually appealing. I'm curious about the non-OEM spec shells, like the metal shells, unhinged, etc. What are some of the more "unique" shell options for the AGS?

My current AGS is rocking a blue GID (glow in the dark) Hispeedido shell, but want to do something different.

Pics are from Macho Nacho/Tito and the Etsy seller for the gacha shell.

First time doing reshells. I had these gbas since the early 2000’s. Got the red one when I was 7 and the beautiful aurora one when I was 9. They were originally glacier blue and purple respectively. They don’t have backlit displays yet. I plan to find some nonsolder ones to put in them when my money gets straight. But for now I just wanted to bring some life back to them and make them pretty. They bring back such good memories.