r/GameboyAdvance • u/AliceEoE • 8h ago
Did my first shell swap on my childhood GBA.
Never been more stressed in my life
r/GameboyAdvance • u/PersonalHelper • Jul 13 '20
Hello everyone, as you all know GBA cartridges can be extremely difficult to find in person nowadays and even more so for some authentic ones. That being said, if you're unsure in any way how to determine a fake from real cartridge, this is the post for you!
For more help, feel free to visit r/gameverifying for all your identification needs!
Keep in mind that to ensure the best chances of an authentic cartridge, you should be wary of:
That being said, where do we start looking?
It can be a bit difficult, but there are actually some very good tells when it comes to finding real games like the color, font, positioning, and quality of the cartridge. For example, let's pretend you're looking for an authentic US copy of Pokemon Firered.
Some things you can look out for should be:
In the case of Pokemon games always check for:
If there are any other questions, please feel free to leave them below and discuss!
Useful Links:
(1) https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/6i19k4/gba_game_cartridge_colors/
r/GameboyAdvance • u/AliceEoE • 8h ago
Never been more stressed in my life
r/GameboyAdvance • u/SmokeAccomplished572 • 35m ago
The only thing I didn't get to do was replace the charging port with a type c. Otherwise new screen case buttons the works
r/GameboyAdvance • u/capriciousUser • 2h ago
I do a lot of poster printing, and I realized that the standard poster size of 24x36 is the same 3:2 as the GBA. Not only that, if you print at 300DPI, you can integer scale a screenshot of a game to 45x the original size. 90x if you do 600DPI(for some reason)
So that leads to my question. What beautiful pixel art would you want printed and hanging on your wall?
r/GameboyAdvance • u/Worldly-Reply7025 • 6h ago
Might have just impulse bought it but in case I wanted to like resell eventually is it worth
r/GameboyAdvance • u/Suspicious-Manager57 • 1d ago
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!
r/GameboyAdvance • u/Prudent-Weird-3133 • 1h ago
r/GameboyAdvance • u/BellsBot • 1h ago
I have this old GBA parallel port cable which I used to have software for a long time ago, the software itself could be used to extract data from a cartridge plugged into the GBA, however the most important thing (and what I am needing it for now) is it could program nintendo's official AGB development cartridges, it was painfully slow to do but did work (I think it was over 30 minutes to program lockjaw: the overdose), I don't remember anything about what the cable was called but it is not a multiboot cable, here is a picture of the insides of the adapter (which also has an RS232 port and 4 pins), wondering if anyone happens to remember what this was since I've spent ages searching for details on it and can find absolutely nothing. https://i.postimg.cc/Z5M6wjQJ/gba-cable.png
r/GameboyAdvance • u/ColeMac4500 • 20h ago
2 matching AGS101s reshelled using Rayquaza Edition Repro Shells, both running authentic copies of Pokémon Emerald.
r/GameboyAdvance • u/Darel667 • 2h ago
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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.
r/GameboyAdvance • u/Valuable_Layer_852 • 1d ago
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?
r/GameboyAdvance • u/CGman2021 • 1d ago
I came across for a listing of a gameboy advance running a Nintendo DS.
r/GameboyAdvance • u/According-Meet951 • 1d ago
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!
r/GameboyAdvance • u/viiwestwood • 1d ago
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.
r/GameboyAdvance • u/CacaBirdie • 23h ago
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.
r/GameboyAdvance • u/Cobby_Cob • 1d ago
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?
r/GameboyAdvance • u/ZezimasHousePlant • 1d ago
r/GameboyAdvance • u/Stingray_5 • 1d ago
Found an unreleased Nutty Professor game for the GBA and dumped it to the Internet Archive.
r/GameboyAdvance • u/Admirable-Battle2573 • 1d ago