Gameboy delve

Have been doing weekly Game Boy multiplayer sessions with a friend of mine from work. Always amazes me to see an Analogue Pocket running a game via OpenFPGA linking up with an original (well, screen modded) Game Boy Pocket and having it all just work. Even with games across different regions like the copies of Star Stacker we’re playing just work.

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This is cool
https://twitter.com/BucketMouseBite/status/1781726882473398289?t=iIGKzrOVD_WVO78WT3PumA&s=19

Not in production, but you can fill out a form if you’re interested.

https://orangeglo.github.io/orangefm

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I have a similar thing going with a friend at work. We were playing GBA quite a bit, but now we’re on a bit of a GB kick.

Which link-cable titles are you playing? Any recommendations?

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@mindleftbody and l enjoy Twin Bee GB

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Tried a few games like F1 Race, Kirby’s Block Ball, and Tetris. Definitely found the puzzle games worked best for the quick tea break sessions.

Attempted to get Micro Machines V2 working, but for whatever reason we couldn’t work out how to initiate the multiplayer portion.

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I’m shooting some videos of GBP and GBC.

Like crt, looks better in person. This is best I can do with my phone cam heh… Had to do a lot of color correction. Also camera picks up tons of dirt that I can’t see normally.

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Fantastic and exactly how these should look.

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Do you know of any good replacement/fix for a pocket screen with hardcore ghosting and/or vertical bleed? It seems like a result of just aging, and cannibalizing seems seems like a less than ideal solution.

the softness around the edges is the film I think. Ghosting was always there. nnot sure what you mean by verticle bleed.

I’m referring to this: (2:31 if timestamp fails) https://youtu.be/BjtD1mOZlPc?t=2m31s

In my experience the degree of ghosting has varied across devices, so was just wondering if there was any physical mechanism known to link to it. Same for the vertical bleed. The vertical one feels like its gotta be a signal transmission issue rather than just physical limitation of the liquid crystal.

Ha I guess those vertical bleeds are normal. I was wondering about that. Those GB screens shot on pro camera look sooooo gooooddd!! :laughing:

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beyond their thesis and purpose of this video, this is just straight up gameboy porn. world class photography. hope they treat wonderswan and neogeopocket the same down the line. I bet they will, but it could take years.

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I know this isn’t really the right thread, but my handheld games shoebox broke so I ended up doing this, thought people might like to see a picture of loads of Game Boy carts on a floor in England.

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I thought there was a ‘photos of my collection’ thread out there but I can’t seem to find it!

But this is the kind of content I enjoy seeming! Thank you for posting it!

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There is a legendary “hardware showoff” thread but gameboy thread is great too.

Realizing the true Ur of the Pokémon-Zelda style top down RPG (the style of game which my very brain was built upon) is Ultima! And I never got more than 5 minutes into any ultima. I should get to that!

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This is cool. Newly made Super Game Boy with clock speed fix and link cable port

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But in practical terms it’s worth noting the Super Game Boy 2 is cheap, readily available, fixes the clock speed and has a link cable port.

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