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Nice!
You could actually already buy completely custom boards for a few GameBoy models, only transplanting the SoC from an original board.
But those are sold with an unjustifiably high profit margin, by the "loved by the community but actually quite shady" retro modding stores.
I just want a gameboy advance sp i can run some emulators on
I bought a Retroid Flip and have been really happy with it. I grew up with the game boy and have owned pretty much every iteration. Authentic is good but I think the utility of the android-based handheld can’t be beat. Especially given the high cost of the originals.
Looks nice but thats more of a DS than an SP
I got a RG353VS off Amazon a few months back and am loving it. Good speakers, beautiful screen, USB C charging..... It came preloaded with a bunch of games.
That’s not the form factor of an SP though :/ I want it to be able to close so it fits nicely in my pocket
Same but a Nintendo DS
Looks like the Retroid Flip is what you’re looking for
Close! But I was hoping for something with 2 physical screens like the DS had, it's probably a pain to implement though
Oh yeah i forgot about that. Then your best bet is to get a flashcart for a ds or for a 3ds. You can play emulators on them.
3DS can emulate DS, my 2DS running homebrew can emulate DS, GBA, and everything prior. It's pretty cool.
Flash cart?
That's the dream!
How come it took 20 years for a popular console? Sure, it probably takes some effort, maybe X-raying the boards, but a schematic can be created by someone with a desoldering oven and multimeter. Or sandpaper and flatbed scanner. At least they're free.
Edit: apparently includes full board recreation, that's better
The information has been available for a long time. And the method to get it was done by sanding down each layer and making scans, and tracing each line.
Without looking to much into this, apperantly the main new thing here is the way this information is compiled. Which may be quite the improvement in accessibility
Natalie the Nerd! <3
Are they well known? Glad this effort exists.
I keep seeing their name on cool projects, and they're featured on RetroModding.
Yeah, they released a few custom pcbs for Gameboy mods. I think the most recent one was a gameboy color to gameboy pocket retrofit pcb
Wow that's nuts. I never would've guessed we would be here, able to just order PCBs when I was a kid.
Yeah the gameboy mod scene is wild (and can get expensive real fast)
This is the first post I've ever seen on a forum with zero downvotes
Not true anymore 🙃
There's always that one person... 🫠
That's probably the reason why version instances disable downvotes. At least they aren't counted against users like they are on Reddit with Timeouts, removals, and shadowbans.
Awesome
I'm pretty sure this has been available for a while. I was using this site when I was working on my senior project in GBA emulation a couple years back
The outline kicad was uploaded 21 days ago
I wonder if the shape of the button pads was chosen for functional or aesthetic reasons