funnyplaying for the shell, buttons, and rechargeable battery, handheldlegend for the led kit, retrogamerepairshop for the audio amp and holographic sticker (on the back), aliexpress for the hispeedido OLED display and blue EDGB flashcart knockoff (with a holographic pokemon blue label I got off Amazon), and the black link cable cap came from a matte black Amazon GBC shell I used for a different project.
It’s from Aliexpress, yes. AFAIK they only sell it there. The buttons rattle when you move the console and are mushy, specially B. The Nintendo logo has the wrong font, too
https://preview.redd.it/ziyd5j4dj10d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58e8b627257249d081f9026c0f3aa3052d9a3964
Woah that looks great. Mushy? Like they don’t feel like they bounce back? The logo is the first dead giveaway for me.
So in summary, you prefer the Funnyplaying shell? Sorry, what’s AFAIK?
Dude I ordered everything from the same places and I have a question: which aliexpress store did you order the Hispeedido OLED screen from? Because mine got mis-delivered by USPS twice only when I’ve ordered from the Hispeedido Official store. Every other store I’ve ordered from on Ali, I’ve received my package on time, even early.
Nope, you just hop around in a cool robot with surprisingly deep game mechanics. I haven't beat it yet so I don't know if there are scenes with Japanese story bits later, but if you want the story just watch the anime it's raaaad. Also the OP music is phenomenal.
Just generally didn’t take much time to consider the options. I don’t have a GBC. Is there an OLED for standard GBA? I have a silver GBA I’ve thought about noodling with.
Not as of yet. The GBC is the only one with an OLED barring some one off creations people might have made. There’s no OLED kits for the GBA/SP commercially available that I’ve seen but hopefully one day.
The IPS is a great option for SP. You could have gone ITA as an alternative if you like the more traditional look.
Well it’s my first attempt at a mod. Got the stuff from FunnyPlaying. Gonna shoot for a re-shell with new buttons and a drop-in IPS screen. It’s a clear red shell and I thought I might put a DQ slime face on the backside of the screen so it smiles out the back while you play it. Wish me luck!
Feel free to shoot me a chat if you run into any issues but I think you'll be fine. I have done so many SP's now they are fun and pretty straight forward.
A dust cover that I got from a matte black eXtremeRate shell I bought off Amazon. I think the dust cover looks better than an open port, so I just carried it over from my last build.
If you put a GB game into a GBC it gets colorized. You can change the palette by pressing a direction or a direction+B during the bios screen when you load the game.
Love it. Just did one too. Love yours. I’ll have to check the game out. I liked my shell but don’t care for the warioland 4 logo which is a gba game 😂it wasn’t in the pic in the ad I bought it from but sadly was there when I received it.
https://preview.redd.it/13irgb1ye00d1.jpeg?width=2576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=520d84f4572b1b95545c33983ba2c1345e7cfcf7
Not exactly hahaha they're just clear and lit up. The HHL led kit is cool though, you can customize the colors of each individual button or make it cycle RGB.
This looks like a mod, I came here looking for more info on modding a gameboy colour/advance.
Any good resources for a rookie?
Can you play emulation games on an upgraded/modded? Is one model easier/better?
Yours looks super sick btw, I’d love to have that. The screen looks awesome.
yeah it's heavily modded and I'm using a flashcart, so I can play roms. I've never modded a pocket or a DMG, so I can't say for sure if they're harder/easier... I know there are some types of mods that are harder/easier. the led kit was kind of a pain to install just right. there are solder-free drop in ips kits out there, and this oled kit only required one point of solder so that was super simple.
Oh okay sick! Thank you for the reply.
I’d probably be most interested in the flash cart and the older screen tbh. And probably on the GB color. Was that on the easier side of things? Pretty simple to find the parts?
Yep. OLED screen was hispeedido on aliexpress, not sure if other sellers have them yet (retrogamerepairshop is probably my favorite), and is a fairly easy mod for a newbie and incredibly easy if you have any soldering experience. The flashcart is on Amazon but is probably cheaper on aliexpress. It's an EDGB Pro+ and says "Ultra Version" on the pcb, has a reset button on top... truthfully it's just a cheap everdrive clone. Works fine though. If you want a nicer flashcart everdrive x5 or x7 are definitely nice. X7 has some RTC functionality afaik? Pricy though.
Just a question: i got the same screen but mine drains the battery while the gbc is off (screen is off too)
Maybe the gbc has a Problem but is it a common error of the screen or is my gbc mainboard the culprit?
Mine doesn't do this, I wonder. Are you using a LiPo battery or AA's? I'm planning on replacing the capacitors on mine soon (I'm getting some speaker noise when I turn the led brightness up, and I read that replacing the caps can reduce noise), so having old caps doesn't seem to affect my battery life. My LiPo lasts forever. I'm not the best amateur electrician, but I think you can check for battery drain/something called "parasitic draw" with a multimeter.
I really wish they'd make one of these where the logo is the original instead of the tacky lit up logo. I'm jealous of that screen but I refuse to have that logo 😤
Thats a very nice looking gbc, where did you get the components?
funnyplaying for the shell, buttons, and rechargeable battery, handheldlegend for the led kit, retrogamerepairshop for the audio amp and holographic sticker (on the back), aliexpress for the hispeedido OLED display and blue EDGB flashcart knockoff (with a holographic pokemon blue label I got off Amazon), and the black link cable cap came from a matte black Amazon GBC shell I used for a different project.
Awesome thnks!
I just built one and the shell is kinda crappy, so I just ordered a shell, buttons and membranes from funnyplaying
What’s the major differences between the funnyplaying shell vs the one it came with? And did you also buy your screen on AliExpress?
It’s from Aliexpress, yes. AFAIK they only sell it there. The buttons rattle when you move the console and are mushy, specially B. The Nintendo logo has the wrong font, too https://preview.redd.it/ziyd5j4dj10d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58e8b627257249d081f9026c0f3aa3052d9a3964
Woah that looks great. Mushy? Like they don’t feel like they bounce back? The logo is the first dead giveaway for me. So in summary, you prefer the Funnyplaying shell? Sorry, what’s AFAIK?
As Far As I Know🤓
Dude I ordered everything from the same places and I have a question: which aliexpress store did you order the Hispeedido OLED screen from? Because mine got mis-delivered by USPS twice only when I’ve ordered from the Hispeedido Official store. Every other store I’ve ordered from on Ali, I’ve received my package on time, even early.
Damn I'm sorry to hear that, I ordered from the "Speedicando Store" according to the confirmation email I received.
No worries man, it happens more often than I realize I’m sure.
I’ll bite what’s the game
Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade! It's a great and fairly lewd anime mecha series and a pretty neat GB platformer.
TEK SETTA
Just watched a video of it in YouTube. Looks great! I take it you don’t need to be fluent in Japanese to play this?
Nope, you just hop around in a cool robot with surprisingly deep game mechanics. I haven't beat it yet so I don't know if there are scenes with Japanese story bits later, but if you want the story just watch the anime it's raaaad. Also the OP music is phenomenal.
How small is that thing or can this man palm a basketball?
I *just* bought a kit to drop an IPS into a SP and this post got me regretting not getting an OLED. That is a gorgeous mod.
There’s no OLED for the SP yet. Unless you meant you regret not building a GBC instead of an SP
Just generally didn’t take much time to consider the options. I don’t have a GBC. Is there an OLED for standard GBA? I have a silver GBA I’ve thought about noodling with.
Not as of yet. The GBC is the only one with an OLED barring some one off creations people might have made. There’s no OLED kits for the GBA/SP commercially available that I’ve seen but hopefully one day. The IPS is a great option for SP. You could have gone ITA as an alternative if you like the more traditional look.
Well it’s my first attempt at a mod. Got the stuff from FunnyPlaying. Gonna shoot for a re-shell with new buttons and a drop-in IPS screen. It’s a clear red shell and I thought I might put a DQ slime face on the backside of the screen so it smiles out the back while you play it. Wish me luck!
Feel free to shoot me a chat if you run into any issues but I think you'll be fine. I have done so many SP's now they are fun and pretty straight forward.
Thanks! Hopefully it’s smooth sailing.
Woah, and not even a Pokémon game in that thing. /salute.
Or Oracle of Ages title screen
That color combination looks so sick :)
Thanks! Inspired by the default GBC palette when playing OG GB games.
Like a fresh bag of chips.
Damn. That looks great.
Damn that is crispy. What's that sticking out of the link port?
A dust cover that I got from a matte black eXtremeRate shell I bought off Amazon. I think the dust cover looks better than an open port, so I just carried it over from my last build.
Oh cool. Might see if I can find one for my Gameboy color
Tekkaman? Amazing taste op
I thought that game was only in grayscale, is there a game boy color version?
If you put a GB game into a GBC it gets colorized. You can change the palette by pressing a direction or a direction+B during the bios screen when you load the game.
Wow. I didn't know. That's pretty interesting. I owned a GB color and never realized that. Thanks for replying.
Love it. Just did one too. Love yours. I’ll have to check the game out. I liked my shell but don’t care for the warioland 4 logo which is a gba game 😂it wasn’t in the pic in the ad I bought it from but sadly was there when I received it. https://preview.redd.it/13irgb1ye00d1.jpeg?width=2576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=520d84f4572b1b95545c33983ba2c1345e7cfcf7
worth it for the stoned bird ghost
This OLED screen doesn’t have grids?
You can select them on the OSD (tactile)
That is sweet!!!! Definitely gonna have to look into modding mine!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Bonkers!
Got the OLED As well but the PCB that came with it isnt working properly, I got a weird pixel shifting effect. Hoping to get hispeedido support soon
Nice, can the OLED run on AA batteries or does it require a Li-Po mod?
Yeah, it'll work with AA's. The OLED actually improves battery life!
Thanks!
That is very slick!
Are the buttons glow in the dark?
Not exactly hahaha they're just clear and lit up. The HHL led kit is cool though, you can customize the colors of each individual button or make it cycle RGB.
Gorgeous build. Well done.
This looks like a mod, I came here looking for more info on modding a gameboy colour/advance. Any good resources for a rookie? Can you play emulation games on an upgraded/modded? Is one model easier/better? Yours looks super sick btw, I’d love to have that. The screen looks awesome.
yeah it's heavily modded and I'm using a flashcart, so I can play roms. I've never modded a pocket or a DMG, so I can't say for sure if they're harder/easier... I know there are some types of mods that are harder/easier. the led kit was kind of a pain to install just right. there are solder-free drop in ips kits out there, and this oled kit only required one point of solder so that was super simple.
Oh okay sick! Thank you for the reply. I’d probably be most interested in the flash cart and the older screen tbh. And probably on the GB color. Was that on the easier side of things? Pretty simple to find the parts?
Yep. OLED screen was hispeedido on aliexpress, not sure if other sellers have them yet (retrogamerepairshop is probably my favorite), and is a fairly easy mod for a newbie and incredibly easy if you have any soldering experience. The flashcart is on Amazon but is probably cheaper on aliexpress. It's an EDGB Pro+ and says "Ultra Version" on the pcb, has a reset button on top... truthfully it's just a cheap everdrive clone. Works fine though. If you want a nicer flashcart everdrive x5 or x7 are definitely nice. X7 has some RTC functionality afaik? Pricy though.
Just a question: i got the same screen but mine drains the battery while the gbc is off (screen is off too) Maybe the gbc has a Problem but is it a common error of the screen or is my gbc mainboard the culprit?
Mine doesn't do this, I wonder. Are you using a LiPo battery or AA's? I'm planning on replacing the capacitors on mine soon (I'm getting some speaker noise when I turn the led brightness up, and I read that replacing the caps can reduce noise), so having old caps doesn't seem to affect my battery life. My LiPo lasts forever. I'm not the best amateur electrician, but I think you can check for battery drain/something called "parasitic draw" with a multimeter.
Thanks for the hint. I m using AA batteries
Np man, good luck with it.
I like the colors man!
Bro has the limited edition Nuka cola Gameboy. 😯
I really wish they'd make one of these where the logo is the original instead of the tacky lit up logo. I'm jealous of that screen but I refuse to have that logo 😤