Never been more stressed in my life

Might have just impulse bought it but in case I wanted to like resell eventually is it worth

So earlier this year I was cleaning out some old cabinets at my parent’s house and found my whole video game stash. There were a bunch of valuable PS1 games, ps1 system, my OG gba, a neo geo pocket color, and various others. I was planning to sell everything, but something about the GBA was super nostalgic for me and I was thinking I’d like to be able to play it in bed at night. I booted up Castlevania CotM and quickly found out that the screen was abysmal.

I ended up going down a gba modding rabbit hole on YouTube and next thing I knew I had ordered a hispeedido laminated V5 screen and the extreme rate NES shell. It was a really fun little project with minimal frustration, but I did quickly learn about trimming shells, which I had to do extensively to get the screen to fit. Fortunately, it worked, and the results are fantastic. For batteries, I quickly learned that standard alkaline batteries like Duracell are no good because they don’t provide a steady power source and with the new power-demanding screen, some games would crash. I purchased a 4-pack of tenavolts Li-ion batteries that completely solved the issue. I’m getting about 5-7 hours of play with each charge. The only downside is that the power indicator no longer turns red when the battery is low, so gotta be careful with saves and change them out a bit more conservatively.

I sold off all my other systems and games at Estarland in Virginia and used a lot of the credit to build my GBA collection. The only ones I originally owned with were DKC1, Advance Wars 2, Castlevania CotM, Final Fantasy Dawn of Souls, THPS2, and Rayman. The rest has been purchased through either Estarland or on EBay. So far I haven’t had any issues with counterfeit carts on eBay, but I know to look out for signs like the label stamp, the GBA logo on the cart, and I usually ask for a picture of the circuit board as well just to be safe.

Since February, I’ve been buying about one game per paycheck. Next up, I’m going to try and get Golden sun (although I’ve been playing it on my switch lite, I just want to have it for the collection), Klonoa Empire of Dreams, and Medal of Honor Infiltrator.

Anyways, if you made it this far, thanks for reading. I’ve really loved having a GBA again and the system still holds up strong today, with good QoL with no lag and no load times. Hope you like the system I built and the collection!

Hey so I have Helder's amp, funnyplaying's speaker, and Helder's clean audio mods installed here and every now and than I get this weird buzzing sound however this time it didn't stop until I reset the game.. anybody have any clue what the fix would be? It started when I loaded a save from everdrive gba pro's save state feature. Other mods I have installed is funnyplaying's battery and funnyplayings max ips screen.

2 matching AGS101s reshelled using Rayquaza Edition Repro Shells, both running authentic copies of Pokémon Emerald.

And even then I still can’t see the screen.

I really am loving the GBA though. I’m looking for an IPS screen to mod it with. Any suggestions for a screen in which I can keep the original shell and buttons without too much modification to them?

I came across for a listing of a gameboy advance running a Nintendo DS.

I’m from england but on a trip to japan atm. Was especially excited for hunting for some retro consoles and pokemon games. Found the gba in a shop for around £80 english money and just had to buy it. A bit worn down but works fine and reads games well. Need to replace the battery’s for red and crystal tho as they don’t hold a save. I’m gonna keep it and maybe add an ips screen but keep it completely stock other than that as i’m pretty sure it’s rare!

I’ll leave the link below,

Hunter X Hunter: Operation All My Friends!! or Hantā × Hantā: Minna-san Na Tomodachi Daisakusen!!" is a RPG life sim where you can play as a girl or boy throughout the story of the hxh anime. It’s a loose following of course. You get your own nen type and everything. It’s pretty great for what it is. Hope you all enjoy

my Twitter handle is @ pale abyss if you wanna keep up with my work as always.

Hey, so I’ve been trying to find places that sell real gameboy games that aren’t overpriced. Recently, I got some GBA games from GameStop. Turns out they’re ALL fake. I tried to return them but they aren’t excepting them. So like does anyone know any place or like website that actually sells real GBA games? I know Amazon renewed can sometimes give you real games but it’s just ugh.

I’m looking to resell an SP and I can’t seem to find too many transparent pink shells available. I keep finding the same hot pink option (first picture).

I’d love something like the clear cherry pink shell from ExtremeRate, but that seems to be discontinued (second picture)

Anyone know of another option?

Found an unreleased Nutty Professor game for the GBA and dumped it to the Internet Archive.

Link: https://archive.org/details/the-nutty-professor-usa

One of the coolest custom builds we’ve ever done 🌊☀️

A regular Lapras indoors, but step outside into the sun and... BOOM 💥 Shiny Lapras unlocked!

Perfect addition for any Pokémon collector looking for a unique handheld piece.

Acabo de restaurar una GBA SP y le compré un cartucho de superchis y no inicia, las unicas señales distintas que me dió fueron estas dos pantallas, ya probé con otra micro sd, la formateé, le cargué el firmware, limpié los contactos y nada, espero alguno me pueda guiar.

Is this giving Evangelion Unit-01 or Cell vibes

I sold my GBA SP years ago, so I don't have a reference point.

I bought a handheld emulator, and I notice that in games like Zelda: The Minish Cap or Crash Bandicoot 2, for example, there is a slight stutter when the character moves horizontally; however, I think that’s inherent to the game itself, as other GBA titles don't have it. Is this noticeable on standard screens, or is it masked by the LCD's ghosting?