Game Boy Advance schematics now available thanks to Reverse Engineering : games

[-] kadu@lemmy.world 79 points 7 months ago

Nice!

You could actually already buy completely custom boards for a few GameBoy models, only transplanting the SoC from an original board.

But those are sold with an unjustifiably high profit margin, by the "loved by the community but actually quite shady" retro modding stores.

[-] nix@merv.news 30 points 7 months ago

I just want a gameboy advance sp i can run some emulators on

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

I bought a Retroid Flip and have been really happy with it. I grew up with the game boy and have owned pretty much every iteration. Authentic is good but I think the utility of the android-based handheld can’t be beat. Especially given the high cost of the originals.

[-] nix@merv.news 2 points 7 months ago

Looks nice but thats more of a DS than an SP

[-] Delorean623@lemmy.today 6 points 7 months ago

I got a RG353VS off Amazon a few months back and am loving it. Good speakers, beautiful screen, USB C charging..... It came preloaded with a bunch of games.

[-] nix@merv.news 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That’s not the form factor of an SP though :/ I want it to be able to close so it fits nicely in my pocket

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

Same but a Nintendo DS

[-] nix@merv.news 3 points 7 months ago

Looks like the Retroid Flip is what you’re looking for

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

Close! But I was hoping for something with 2 physical screens like the DS had, it's probably a pain to implement though

[-] nix@merv.news 4 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah i forgot about that. Then your best bet is to get a flashcart for a ds or for a 3ds. You can play emulators on them.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Flash cart?

[-] Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

3DS can emulate DS, my 2DS running homebrew can emulate DS, GBA, and everything prior. It's pretty cool.

[-] EddyNottingham@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

That's the dream!

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 23 points 7 months ago

How come it took 20 years for a popular console? Sure, it probably takes some effort, maybe X-raying the boards, but a schematic can be created by someone with a desoldering oven and multimeter. Or sandpaper and flatbed scanner. At least they're free.

Edit: apparently includes full board recreation, that's better

[-] ziggurat@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

The information has been available for a long time. And the method to get it was done by sanding down each layer and making scans, and tracing each line.

Without looking to much into this, apperantly the main new thing here is the way this information is compiled. Which may be quite the improvement in accessibility

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago

Natalie the Nerd! <3

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Are they well known? Glad this effort exists.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

I keep seeing their name on cool projects, and they're featured on RetroModding.

[-] good_girl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah, they released a few custom pcbs for Gameboy mods. I think the most recent one was a gameboy color to gameboy pocket retrofit pcb

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Wow that's nuts. I never would've guessed we would be here, able to just order PCBs when I was a kid.

[-] good_girl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah the gameboy mod scene is wild (and can get expensive real fast)

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

This is the first post I've ever seen on a forum with zero downvotes

[-] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Not true anymore 🙃

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

There's always that one person... 🫠

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

That's probably the reason why version instances disable downvotes. At least they aren't counted against users like they are on Reddit with Timeouts, removals, and shadowbans.

[-] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Awesome

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 8 points 7 months ago

I wonder if the shape of the button pads was chosen for functional or aesthetic reasons

[-] KermitLeFrog@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

I'm pretty sure this has been available for a while. I was using this site when I was working on my senior project in GBA emulation a couple years back

[-] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

The outline kicad was uploaded 21 days ago

[+] dinckelman@lemmy.world -6 points 7 months ago

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[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

I mean, nothing stops you from just getting a pool going and then buying in more cost effective quantities

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

I have participated in this with PCBs for keyboards and gamecube controllers (PhobGCC). It worked fine, but YMMV.

[-] Moskus@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

It's not very expensive to order 5 boards.

[+] WuTang@lemmy.ninja -73 points 7 months ago

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[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 40 points 7 months ago

Are you saying my modding hobby is going to lead to me mod my gender

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You know, sometimes I've wondered if that's why there's a weird correlation between the two. Engineers and scientists tend to grab physical reality in their hands and create something where there was nothing to change the status quo of existence.

Reverse engineering and modding are the applied version of that when it comes to rules and constraints. Who's to say these types wouldn't also be keen on changing their own mortal reality as they like it?

[-] WuTang@lemmy.ninja 0 points 7 months ago

open the curtain and the window, take a deeeep breath.

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 39 points 7 months ago

So?

[-] MycoBro@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

That is a wild factoid. I had no idea. I wonder how the fuck some shit like that even comes up. “Hey! Trans people are good at stuff just like regular people!”

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Yeah, who would've thought that other people are into doing things?

[-] WuTang@lemmy.ninja 1 points 7 months ago

you are assuming the bad here.

read my sentence:

There’s a lot of transgender in the hacking (reverse engineer) community…

reverse engineer being an hardcore craft/skill, I don't think you could reasonably say that I was diminishing them.

seeing how low my score went on a simple sentence, I think it's time for some reflection, people..

[-] MycoBro@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I didn’t down vote you. I was just talking shit. I don’t give two fucks, brother man.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes. There are, and it's fucking awesome because it's a space where we can say "the gender of the person who did all this great work has zero negative impact on the wonderful outcome!"

People can argue that trans actors can "feel out of place" or that trans athletes "ruin the spirit of competition." I don't agree with those perspectives, but I can see the (warped) logic behind them.

Here, there's nothing to possible complain about. Does the PCB function any differently because of who reverse engineered and recreated it? No. Should it impact one's experience gaming on this hardware? No, and if it does, said person has a problem disconnecting their personal beliefs from their objectivity.

[-] WuTang@lemmy.ninja 1 points 7 months ago

you'll note that I didn't say anything special but got downvoted to -76 :)

[-] nycki@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

What do you mean you didn't say anything special? You called attention to something obvious. People normally only do that when they want to complain, i.e. "it's monday" or "the bus is late" etc. If you want to call attention to something obvious but in a positive light, you have to say that explicitly, i.e. "it's cool that there's a lot of transgender people in the hacking community" or "nice, it's raining!". Neutral is negative by default, unfortunately.

[-] WuTang@lemmy.ninja 1 points 7 months ago

Neutral is negative by default, unfortunately.

I don't agree, especially cause we talk here about reverse engineering which is considered as relatively hardcore skill and in the positive way.

If I was saying: "There's lot of transgenders in blackhat hacking", there you might draw some negative conclusion.

Anyway, that was not my intention and sorry, it is not something 'obvious'.

[-] nycki@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

You get to choose your intention. You don't get to choose how it's received. You were downvoted because people perceived you as negative, even if it's not what you intended. Unless you have a better explanation?

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