Refurbished Game Boy DMG-01 (first generation)

fogWraith · 1st May 2012, 17:19

I found my old Game Boy laying about, working semi-decently, and this thing has been passed around by a handful of previous owners... has never been opened or cleaned.

Pretty much amazed that I didn't find any sign of organic life within, apart from the dustballs, fingerfatgrease and what not, even some battery acid damage etc.

Got around to disassemble it entirely, cleaned up ALL the components, buttons and what not... fitted everything in a brand new case and replaced the screen as well. All in all, it works just as fine as it did when it left the factory.

"Finished" product can be found here
http://www.amibay.com/album.php?albumid=207

There will be some hardware mods on this thing later

keropi · 1st May 2012, 21:21

coolio! I still have my original 1990 gameboy, where did you get the new case fogWraith ?

moijk · 1st May 2012, 22:43

there are some amazing sound mods (they use the org gameboy for chip music) for the GB.

mfilos · 1st May 2012, 22:54

Ofc they are

Chiptune music lol

I have a modded Prosound DMG with Backlit and Battery led hack

Also I have an ArduinoBoy for when I find time to hack inside and have Midi support for LSDJ etc

Funz

Jazzmarazz · 1st May 2012, 23:21

Im here if you ever have a hardware question:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...mag0021am.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/homepage/?user=jazzmarazz

fogWraith · 2nd May 2012, 08:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by keropi

coolio! I still have my original 1990 gameboy, where did you get the new case fogWraith ?

Apparently theres still a vendor here in Sweden that dabble with that, other than that theres eBay I think ;/

And thanks for the replies guys, I've already done the prosound mod, considering doing a few other ones, but keeping it minimal and as close as original as possible.

I don't want a giant knob to switch speed up and down on the GB, rather, think the controls you have already for sound / brightness

mfilos · 2nd May 2012, 10:32

I managed to get hold of ApeSh|tMods prosound module, that just replaces the original Speaker out PCB.
The new PCB has once more socket soldered, and you only need to desolder the Speaker out connector and solder it to the new one

Dremeling a bit the DMG is like factory made.

fogWraith · 2nd May 2012, 10:46

That dremel work looks amazing!
It's the same as I have considered doing, the speaker out is just laying by cables outside the GB for now, till I get it done

1st May 2012, 17:19	#1
fogWraith Amibayer! Feedback: 6 reviews Join Date: Jul 2010 Age: 29 Posts: 61	Refurbished Game Boy DMG-01 (first generation) I found my old Game Boy laying about, working semi-decently, and this thing has been passed around by a handful of previous owners... has never been opened or cleaned. Pretty much amazed that I didn't find any sign of organic life within, apart from the dustballs, fingerfatgrease and what not, even some battery acid damage etc. Got around to disassemble it entirely, cleaned up ALL the components, buttons and what not... fitted everything in a brand new case and replaced the screen as well. All in all, it works just as fine as it did when it left the factory. "Finished" product can be found here http://www.amibay.com/album.php?albumid=207 There will be some hardware mods on this thing later

1st May 2012, 21:21	#2
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moijk Licence to fish Amibayer! Feedback: 32 reviews Join Date: Nov 2009 Age: 35 Posts: 1,832	there are some amazing sound mods (they use the org gameboy for chip music) for the GB. __________________ Computers: Vic 20, C64, C64C, C64DTV, C128D, C128DCR, Plus 4, Amiga 3x500, 500+, 600, 1200, 4000,Acorn A3020, Amstrad CPC 664, 6128, Spectrum+, 3 Macs, Thinkpad t61p + r'pi Consoles: 2600/Harmony, 2600jr, Vectrex/mc, CD32, NES/pp, SNES/ed, N64/ed, Wii/Wode, Megadrive/ed, Saturn, Dreamcast/SD, 2x PS/chip, PS2/chip, XBOX

1st May 2012, 22:54	#4
mfilos Extr3m3ly l33t Amibayer! Staff Moderator Feedback: 56 reviews Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 34 Posts: 2,198	Ofc they are Chiptune music lol I have a modded Prosound DMG with Backlit and Battery led hack Also I have an ArduinoBoy for when I find time to hack inside and have Midi support for LSDJ etc Funz __________________ Visit my Amiga Blog: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. size="1">- A4000D: 060/604, 384MB, ACard+80GB HD, SCSI Multicard Reader, DVD-RW, Grex4000 (RTG/Sound/NIC), Indivision 4000, RTG/AGA AutoSwitch,Deneb, ZorRAM - A600: 030@36, 64MB, A604, 16GB CF, Indivision ECS, Subway, MAS-Player (internal), Custom Audio Mixer

2nd May 2012, 10:32	#7
mfilos Extr3m3ly l33t Amibayer! Staff Moderator Feedback: 56 reviews Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 34 Posts: 2,198	I managed to get hold of ApeSh\|tMods prosound module, that just replaces the original Speaker out PCB. The new PCB has once more socket soldered, and you only need to desolder the Speaker out connector and solder it to the new one Dremeling a bit the DMG is like factory made. __________________ Visit my Amiga Blog: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. size="1">- A4000D: 060/604, 384MB, ACard+80GB HD, SCSI Multicard Reader, DVD-RW, Grex4000 (RTG/Sound/NIC), Indivision 4000, RTG/AGA AutoSwitch,Deneb, ZorRAM - A600: 030@36, 64MB, A604, 16GB CF, Indivision ECS, Subway, MAS-Player (internal), Custom Audio Mixer

1st May 2012, 23:21	#5
Jazzmarazz Feedback: 1 reviews Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 88	Im here if you ever have a hardware question: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...mag0021am.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/homepage/?user=jazzmarazz

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fogWraith Amibayer! Feedback: 6 reviews Join Date: Jul 2010 Age: 29 Posts: 61	That dremel work looks amazing! It's the same as I have considered doing, the speaker out is just laying by cables outside the GB for now, till I get it done

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