r/GameboyAdvance

Recently added The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past to my collection, and I had NO idea I’d end up loving it even more than the original SNES version! The audio is fantastic, and the added sound effects and smooth gameplay really enhance it as an updated port of the classic. 10/10

The game played completely normaly up to this point. After i enter the first gym the game crashes for some reason. Can anyone help?

P.S. The humming at the end isn’t coming from the console.

This game is selling for 50+ dollars being sold loosely. Can anyone explain why/how this cartridge is so valuable on the Gameboy Advance?

InsideGadgets cartridges are so cool. Being able to play Pokemon Pinball on real hardware with rumble is an awesome feeling. I always loved the Pokemon Pinball GB game but never got to play the Ruby and Sapphire GBA version when I was younger and it's been a lot of fun.

I love the SP so much that i bought the newest Anbernic device, but don’t get me wrong, i still bought original games, i just prefer to play in newer devices, it’s a better experience, you like it?

Hi! I’m posting here because I need some help with my Game Boy Advance.

My plan is to do a complete mod, and this is my first time doing anything like this, so I’m still pretty clueless. I’m trying to replace the screen with an ITA kit from FunnyPlaying, and I’d like to make sure the screen is working properly before I install it, but I’m not sure how to test it.

As far as I know, all I can do is connect these flex cables (since my GBA is the 32-pin version), but after doing that I don’t get any kind of image. I’m not sure if that means the screen is faulty or if I’m just not testing it correctly.

If that’s the case, what’s the proper way to test the screen and make sure it’s working?

I’m completely lost with this, so I’d really appreciate any kind of help. Thank you so much in advance! <3

Just got this gameboy second hand, and the battery dies 2 hours after a full charge. Ordered a new battery and it's on its way. Everything else works fine, no problem.

Was wandering if reshelling it will be worth it, my main concern is the quality of all the aftermarket shells plastic and buttons, because the original feels sturdy and good. There are scratches and some signs of wear, it's not the end of the world but after seeing all the colorful pretty ones I'm considering it! 

So guys, if you modded your own gameboy, what do you say about the quality of the shell plastic?

And about the newer LCD / IPS screens - will they drain the battery much faster that the original screen?

I'm fine with 5-6 hours of gameplay, but 2 hours per charge is too short, gotta charge this 3 times a day that's a hassle. 

The screen is fine and has zero scratches, just bit dim even w the front light on (001 model).

Was playing oracle of ages when all the sudden this happened! Kinda weird as I’m very obviously not on an OG gameboy. Happen to anyone else lately?

The SP is my all time favorite console. I got my first one for my 4th birthday (the flame red AGS-001) and since then, the platform has always held a special place in my heart.

In high school I set myself the goal of getting as many colors of the SP as possible (North American releases only). It’s taken a while but this is my collection so far.

(Oc) Found a somewhat sealed protective front plate! For 2$ who could pass it up, plus toy r us stickers are pretty sweet.

Two years ago, I made this post⁠ asking whether it would be possible to continue a Pokémon Red journey in Pokémon FireRed

Today, I’m happy to say that I built it!
pkmn 2.0 can convert a Pokémon Red save into a working Pokémon FireRed save. Think like how you migrate your iPhone 13 to an iPhone 17 Pro. You get back all your data (not only iCloud) with the added 17 Pro features. The same way is what my project successfully does. It’s able to transfer your entire save progression from pokemon red to fire red. No one has ever done it and I though this would be an
Amazing project because I have dreamed of playing my pokemon red save on fire red without having to replay the game (I could have just replayed cuz it could have taken less time but doing this project now anyone with a click of button can convert their red save to fire red!)

Red and FireRed have completely different save structures, so this isn’t a matter of copying bytes from one save to another. The converter instead translates the meaning of the Red save into the corresponding FireRed state.

It also generates a conversion report explaining what was transferred, what had to be changed, and what was safely defaulted when the two games don’t have a direct equivalent.

I tested the complete conversion in an emulator: the converted save loaded successfully, the Pokémon and supported progress appeared correctly, and FireRed could save and reload normally afterward.

The project is free and open source, and it does not include or distribute any ROMs.
GitHub (pls star and share the project so people can hear about it): https://github.com/AAAMAQ/pkmn-cli

A huge thank you to everyone who encouraged the original idea, the pret decompilation contributors, the Pokémon Community Conversion Standard and Poké Transporter GB teams, StrategyWiki contributors, and everyone else who helped preserve and document knowledge about these games.

I also used OpenAI Codex as a research and engineering collaborator throughout the project, while I directed the work and personally performed the gameplay verification. There may be glitches or issue, if any is there feel free to report it!

Two years ago, this was only an idea.
Now it works. ❤️🔥

I LOVE YOU FIRE RED!

Hello! I just received this today off of eBay. Has the new screen. Still waiting on games, but so excited to have a Gameboy again.

I've been kicking myself for selling my Kiwi Gameboy Color and Fuscia Gameboy Advance over 10 years ago.

My favorite color is green, so when I saw this, I just had to get it.

What do you guys think?

I already had ordered a screen replacement for my own GBA but got this blue GBA 2 days ago at a flee market. I got some feedback on this subreddit to keep the original case so that’s what I did! (Although I screwed up the screw hole covers and got all but one damaged beyond repair.)

The screen is the funnyplaying GBA SP IPS Max kit. Looks good as far as I could test it. Had to open it up like ten times cause I kept messing stuff up.

Thanks for all the feedback!
On to the next one

Original iQue shell & mainboard, IPS high‑bright screen, not reproduction shell. Built for display & collection, not for heavy daily play.

DM me if you want help sourcing similar custom GBA‑SP mods.