Awesome fun to be whistling along to the Super Mario Land soundtrack for the first time in years, although I can't believe I've only got Tetris 2 and not Tetris. Am I right in thinking that Tetris grow on trees and I should be able to get one for not very much? They most of made millions of them!
I just found my old 1990 Gameboy!
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I had a Gameboy with case and 'Booster Boy' back in the day and lots of Games. Mario 1/2 were the ones to have back then.
Tetris should be easy to find, I bet someone here has a copy they could send you!
I picked up a Gamboy Colour and TetrisDX at a Car Boot sale last week for less than a pint of Beer, I forgot how fast it gets when you hit 80+ lines lol
Steve.
RED IMPACT
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Nice find! 
SkydivinGirl
Retro Girl
The original Tetris was the pack in game for the Gameboy (at least it was in the USA). You should be able to find it easily.
I bought a complete in box Gameboy last year real cheap at the used game store. It had all the papers, the headphones and everything else that came with it. I'm going to mod it to add a backlight.
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/ledx3
Heather
I bought a complete in box Gameboy last year real cheap at the used game store. It had all the papers, the headphones and everything else that came with it. I'm going to mod it to add a backlight.
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/ledx3
Heather
I may have a spare knocking around, I'll see if I can dig it up for you.
I still take my GBA SP to work to have a bash on during breaks. It's my favourite, as it is backlit, compact and can play original games alongside GBA games too. There's lots of fun to be had with these, I'm currently having a crack at Kirby's Dream Land. A thoroughly enjoyable platformer. My all time favorite, apart from Cannon Fodder (which is a pretty good conversion BTW) is Bomberman. Same basic premise as the normal games, leave bomb, blow up stuff, collect powerups, but it's a platformer. It's strange, but it just works.
If you can get a copy, give it a go.
I still take my GBA SP to work to have a bash on during breaks. It's my favourite, as it is backlit, compact and can play original games alongside GBA games too. There's lots of fun to be had with these, I'm currently having a crack at Kirby's Dream Land. A thoroughly enjoyable platformer. My all time favorite, apart from Cannon Fodder (which is a pretty good conversion BTW) is Bomberman. Same basic premise as the normal games, leave bomb, blow up stuff, collect powerups, but it's a platformer. It's strange, but it just works.
If you can get a copy, give it a go.
yay! Just saw the rocket take off! A couple of gameplay tips if you've never seen it:
1. Put the gameboy on something flat, you can press left and right quicker that way
2. Start on level 9, you get way more points (12,000 for a tetris!) and it doesn't take as long.
EDIT: Highscores are 134420 points, 130 lines which puts me ~11th on Twin Galaxies
1. Put the gameboy on something flat, you can press left and right quicker that way
2. Start on level 9, you get way more points (12,000 for a tetris!) and it doesn't take as long.
EDIT: Highscores are 134420 points, 130 lines which puts me ~11th on Twin Galaxies
I made myself a 'Ghetto' Gameboy multicart, yay!
After a quick scout on ebay, I found a Killer Instinct cart (it's a RUBBISH port) which was ideal to be used as the donor cart. The trickiest bit was removing the surface mount ROM, it took about 1-2 hours to remove the old ROM (sidecutters ftw!) and to solder on the new wires. In true ghetto style, the wires came from an old IDE cable:
I then soldered a DIP switch between VCC and A18-A16 on the eprom I was using (27c040) so I can switch between the different ROM's held on the eprom:
This is what it looks like when it's finally assembled:
It's a bit filthy but this is the 'Mark I' proof of concept, I've got a Donkey Kong donor cart coming in the post for the 'Mark II'. It's going to have RAM + Battery so games with save states will work, I'm also going to use a ZIF socket to save wear and tear.
PM me if you want instructions on how to build your own, it's fairly easy although a steady hand is required for the surface mount soldering.
After a quick scout on ebay, I found a Killer Instinct cart (it's a RUBBISH port) which was ideal to be used as the donor cart. The trickiest bit was removing the surface mount ROM, it took about 1-2 hours to remove the old ROM (sidecutters ftw!) and to solder on the new wires. In true ghetto style, the wires came from an old IDE cable:
I then soldered a DIP switch between VCC and A18-A16 on the eprom I was using (27c040) so I can switch between the different ROM's held on the eprom:
This is what it looks like when it's finally assembled:
It's a bit filthy but this is the 'Mark I' proof of concept, I've got a Donkey Kong donor cart coming in the post for the 'Mark II'. It's going to have RAM + Battery so games with save states will work, I'm also going to use a ZIF socket to save wear and tear.
PM me if you want instructions on how to build your own, it's fairly easy although a steady hand is required for the surface mount soldering.
SkydivinGirl
Retro Girl
That is excellent! Very nice job there. I managed to pick up a couple old GameBoy Multi-Carts a while back but they have to be programmed via parallel port. They will also only save one game's data even though I can have multiple games on a single cartridge. Oh, I also cannot mix and match GB and GBC games on the same cart for some reason.
I can't wait to see your next incarnation. It would be great if you could build a little adapter board so all you have to do is line it up to the cartridge's board and solder it down.
Heather
I managed to pick up a couple old GameBoy Multi-Carts a while back but they have to be programmed via parallel port. They will also only save one game's data even though I can have multiple games on a single cartridge. Oh, I also cannot mix and match GB and GBC games on the same cart for some reason.I can't wait to see your next incarnation.
It would be great if you could build a little adapter board so all you have to do is line it up to the cartridge's board and solder it down.Heather
tokyoracer
(Not actually from Tokyo).
Don't forget to cover up that window in the chip!
If your looking for a flash cart look on this site they sell them for around £32
http://consolegoods.co.uk/
http://consolegoods.co.uk/
I love the Gameboy as it reminds me of the ZX Spectrum where you never needed the colour to have a great playing experience. Both machines have so many great games for it and you can play it for hours at a time.
The only other hand held console that has done that for me was the Gameboy Advance which was like a Super Nintendo only slightly more advanced.
The only other hand held console that has done that for me was the Gameboy Advance which was like a Super Nintendo only slightly more advanced.
Don't forget the awesome battery life.
Also the non-backlit screen has it's advantages. When I'm using my DS when it's sunny I have to turn the brightness up on screen and this drains the battery quicker. With the GB it actually gets easier to see!
@Roj0ws: I have a Dataman S4, which does up to 4mbit so can't do any of the bigger ROM's. I normally use it to reprogram my pinball table (working on this project, mines the 'Twilight Zone')
Also the non-backlit screen has it's advantages. When I'm using my DS when it's sunny I have to turn the brightness up on screen and this drains the battery quicker. With the GB it actually gets easier to see!
@Roj0ws: I have a Dataman S4, which does up to 4mbit so can't do any of the bigger ROM's. I normally use it to reprogram my pinball table (working on this project, mines the 'Twilight Zone')
Quick update:
Warioland II donor cart turned up, felt slightly bad hacking this one but at least this way it can be Warioland II or any other game I want. The reason I picked it is because it has a better memory controller (MBC3, chip on the top left) and battery backed ram (chip on the bottom left) so it'll support a lot more games.
Cart opened, ready for ROM removal:
ROM chip removed with sidecutters, removed the excess legs/solder with a desoldering pump:
One side wired in, I had to curl the wires to avoid the screw that holds the cartridge together:
Both sides done:
At the moment I'm waiting for a ZIF socket to turn in the post so I can finish it off, but looking good so far!
Warioland II donor cart turned up, felt slightly bad hacking this one but at least this way it can be Warioland II or any other game I want. The reason I picked it is because it has a better memory controller (MBC3, chip on the top left) and battery backed ram (chip on the bottom left) so it'll support a lot more games.
Cart opened, ready for ROM removal:
ROM chip removed with sidecutters, removed the excess legs/solder with a desoldering pump:
One side wired in, I had to curl the wires to avoid the screw that holds the cartridge together:
Both sides done:
At the moment I'm waiting for a ZIF socket to turn in the post so I can finish it off, but looking good so far!
Bit of a necro-bump, but I thought I'd post a few pictures of it finished up. The ZIF socket is just hot glued on, but I'm thinking of moving over to using things like bondo or this crazy putty stuff that sets hard.
