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Black Gold GBA Motherboard Fully Complete (i.imgur.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Took a badly marginal gba pcb and transplanted the CPU and RAM into this new motherboard. The soldering was a nice challenge but I had an issue with the cart slot. A pin was bent, so had to fix that before games would boot. Very happy with the result. I've uploaded a picture of the back of the shell as well. https://imgur.com/a/opXFA5B

Also in person, the plastic is not cloudy at all. The motherboard is here https://funnyplaying.com/products/gba-custom-upgraded-motherboard-replacement?variant=40990162059325

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's so cool, I love it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Awesome work! Looks beautiful!

But also, Kirby as a Metroidvania worked so much better than it had any right to, really wish they'd do another game in that genre.

I was so excited for that game when it was coming out, my mom bought some weird copy on the Internet for my birthday before it was even released in North America. The game was in English but the manual was in Japanese. Managed to get 99% completion and then my save data got corrupted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Thanks! I'm actually doing my first playthrough now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can buy a GBA motherboard now? I have a broken GBA which would be perfect for this. What LCD screen did you use?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I used their 3.0 ips screen and shell https://funnyplaying.com/products/3-0-inch-ips-agb-laminated-kit?variant=40480705052733

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Awesome

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's some deep magic you're wielding. Excellent work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Now that is a sweet mod!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

The sleep mode is also pretty cool.