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This game came with my hand-me-down DMG I got for my birthday back in 2001. Thankfully I never made it to the final level back then, pretty sure I would've tossed the game out the window after losing 50+ lives. Looking for what I should play next, recommendations welcome :)

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[–] Spinny 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Haha yes definitely not original. I put an IPS screen in it over Christmas. Gave me the push I needed to revisit the GB library on semi-official hardware.

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

That looks amazing!!! Pokémon Red next?

Ps: tutorial for that screen update?

[–] Spinny 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Played yellow when I was younger, never got around to blue or red. Added to the list :)

Parts: Replacement screen+front PCB https://funnyplaying.com/products/dmg-retro-pixel-ips-lcd-kit

Alignment bracket: (the link above came with a bracket even though it said it wouldn't) https://funnyplaying.com/products/dmg-retro-pixel-ips-lcd-holder

Video tutorial I followed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDmJ1IJG_Zo

Good luck :)

[–] LazaroFilm 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If you have a way to load Roms into it, you may want to to try ShinPokéRed. A mod fixing bugs and trainer Ai.

[–] Spinny 3 points 10 months ago

Yep I have a flashcart. I'll def give it a look before I start Red version!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Saving that screen link for later. I cannot imagine how great that must look in the old girl.

[–] Spinny 5 points 10 months ago

Oh it's night and day. It's really made me appreciate the DMG library. It has a dot matrix mode that emulates the grid of the OEM screen. I flip back and forth from time to time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=PDmJ1IJG_Zo

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] olympicyes 3 points 10 months ago

When I was a kid I bought one of these weird magnifying lens/lighting attachments for my game boy so I could play it when I was supposed to be asleep. I know what you did somehow desecrates the historical hardware but if I had the opportunity to get that mod in 1990 then I would’ve done whatever I could to afford that backlit screen!