I've been looking at retro sites lately, and I saw that the Super Gameboy 2 has a GB link plug, so it can link the cart to other Gameboys for Pokemon games. I could also use it with my Gameboy Printer and the GB Camera. Also, if I ever got someone to fix my SNES, I could use it to play 2 player versions of Original GB games like Tetris.
If I got a GB 2, would it be worth it to mod my original Super Gameboy, since the parts could be scrounged from junk Gameboys that are a dime a dozen on eBay? I have the version of Tetris that came with the original Gameboy, and the game doesn't cost much to get another one. Since the Super GB 2 has a link plug on the right, I'd want mine on the left, to make the connection easier. I'm using a Retron 3 for my SNES needs right now, and the Super GB is too loud on it, so I'd need a volume dial on the right side, so I could turn the Gameboy sound down and use my TV volume to make it louder. I'd also want to put in a headphone plug for late night gaming, with a muted TV.
I'm getting the Super Gameboy 2 either way, but I wanted to know if a mod to my Super Gameboy would be cheaper than buying 2 Super GB carts, one at a time. The cheapest I can find for the Super GB 2 carts on eBay is about $40 each, so if I could get someone to mod my Super Gameboy for $40 at the most, including shipping both ways (I'd include a SASE with the junk GB and Super GB cart), I'd be willing to do it. Any takers?
You can get an SGB 2 for much cheaper than $40 if you look around. Another nice perk about the SGB 2 aside from the link port is that it's not overclocked like the original is (that's why the sound on the SGB is at a slightly higher pitch than it normally is). Granted you can do a mod for that as well, but it's just more convenient to grab the SGB 2 instead.
The link port mod is easy. Mine is also on the right side. I only tested it with tennis, I don't used it. An interested mod would be gbc support.
40 bucks!?
you can get a super gameboy 2 for ten bucks or less normally.
where? I've been looking for one myself.
Post Merge: November 12, 2012, 03:55:01 am
You made a duplicate thread which I responded to, so here's some copypasta of what I said in that thread.
If you are proficient in soldering and are absolutely sure it is even possible to add in the GB Link cable port to the original design Super GameBoy (I kinda doubt it is, but who knows?) then sure, go for it.
As for the "volume dial", that's an issue with Super Famiclones. The volume mixture the SGB produces is already correct, adding in any sort of potentiometer there would be completely useless. You need to either be a Famiclone modding expert or just use the original hardware, either an SNES or Super Famicom.
Or, buy a SGB 2, and then get an actual Super Famicom. The volume mix errors that the Retorn3 produce won't go away. you just need to stop using it and replace with the original hardware. There's no skirting around that.
2A03, my Super Gameboy isn't at a higher pitch. It's having different sound problems altogether. You know the way a spear sounds when the volume of a song is too loud for the speaker, like when you turn iTunes up to max on your computer, then turn your computer up? I'm having the same problem. I need someone to fix my Super Gameboy so that doesn't happen when I put it in the SNES slot of my Retron 3. satoshi_matrix, I got my Retron 3 because I don't have the space for a Genesis, NES, or SNES in my room. That, plus it play Mega Drive and SFC carts, plus Famicom carts with the 60 to 72 pin adapter I already have. I have a hard time finding space for my Wii, my Twin Famicom, my Retron 3, and my PS2 in my room as it is! My PS3 in in the living room because that's where the big HDTV is. Before the Big HDTV, it was in my room. That makes 4-5 systems I'll have to find space for if I ever move, and you want me to add MORE systems? Not gonna happen! The mod's easier! Can anyone help me?
The problem is NOT the Super GameBoy. Its the clone system he's using. Lowering the volume level on a Super GameBoy will NOT help.
Just get a Retro Duo or a Real SNES
Would this work better one my Retron 3? http://bit.ly/Y8kaW5 According to the seller, it's under clocked to the exact specs of the original Gameboy. Is this what I need to make my Retron 3 pitch perfect, Gameboy wise? He even sells the audio software that goes with it! Sounds like a good way to start a chip tune career!
The Retron 3 is a piece of NOAC shit, so there's no making it "pitch perfect" or even really decent.
Quote from: okame on February 19, 2013, 07:33:59 pm
Would this work better one my Retron 3? http://bit.ly/Y8kaW5 According to the seller, it's under clocked to the exact specs of the original Gameboy. Is this what I need to make my Retron 3 pitch perfect, Gameboy wise? He even sells the audio software that goes with it! Sounds like a good way to start a chip tune career!
Nope, Again sell the piece of shit, Get a Retro Duo
Just a used Super Famicom they're cheap!
Right now, the Retron 3's the best thing for my retro gaming needs. I've got U.S. SNES & Sega Genesis slots that double as SFC & Sega Mega Drive slots with the flip of a switch in the back. I have an NES slot that has a 60 to 72 pin adapter in it, giving me another place besides my Twin Famicom to put my Famicom carts, and hopefully the FDS Ram cart at a later date. On the same table, right next to it, is my Twin Famicom, which gives me my FDS and Famicom games on an original Japanese system, so I don't lose any sounds that my NES games might be missing. I'll get a 72 to 60 pin adapter for it later. The SNES/SFC slot is currently holding the U.S. Super Gameboy, for my big screen Gameboy needs.
To my right is a bookshelf. On that bookshelf is a purple Gameboy color, silver Gameboy Light & Pocket consoles, an NDS Lite, and a GBASP with a 3 game adapter attached that lets me switch between 3 GBA games. I also have a rechargeable battery pack for the GBC, a GB Printer, and some various Nintendo things lying about. Also on the shelf is a Sega Game Gear and a few games. I'll get the Master System adapter for it later.
I have a PSX, a PS2, and a PS3. The PS3 is in the living room, working as a Blu-Ray player for the big HDTV. I have a Wii, with a few disks & some NES games downloaded, and a Sega Dreamcast that's a glorified CD player, because I haven't gotten any games for it yet. I have an Atari gathering dust somewhere, and I want to buy an Intellivision & a Vectrex to replace the consoles dad had to scrap due to being broken beyond repair. One day, I'll have a Colecovision, if I can ever find one.
I'm building my retro collection bit by bit, but right now I'm living with my folks, and I only have my room to store my stuff. If dad ever finishes the Basement properly, I'll move all my books down to the room I'll have down there. This room will turn into a guest/gaming room, if I have anything to say about it! If by some small miracle I can afford to move out and find my own place, the living room will be for my modern gaming stuff, and my room will be for the retro stuff.
hey okame
plz don't turn my FAMICOMWORLD into your livejournal/blog polluted with WALL of TEXTs
that is really annoying thing. Thank you
Quote from: famifan on February 20, 2013, 10:20:00 am
hey okame
plz don't turn my FAMICOMWORLD into your livejournal/blog polluted with WALL of TEXTs
that is really annoying thing. Thank you
Seems a bit harsh, it's his thread :)
Post Merge: February 20, 2013, 12:03:47 pm
Quote from: ericj on February 20, 2013, 11:10:09 am
Quote from: okame on February 20, 2013, 09:55:58 am
If by some small miracle I can afford to move out and find my own place, the living room will be for my modern gaming stuff, and my room will be for the retro stuff.
Umm...what's a 36 y/o still doing living at home, if you don't mind me asking? Not to mention all this emphasis on retrogaming when you should be looking for a job and spending money on something that can earn you money. I couldn't imagine living at home at your age.
I get your point, but some people have genuine reasons why they can't work and I would just say that what may not be obvious over a forum could be very obvious in personal circumstances.
Is there a way to mod a super Gameboy or SNES to get Gameboy Color games functioning?
Quote from: L___E___T on February 20, 2013, 12:01:14 pm
Quote from: famifan on February 20, 2013, 10:20:00 am
hey okame
plz don't turn my FAMICOMWORLD into your livejournal/blog polluted with WALL of TEXTs
that is really annoying thing. Thank you
Seems a bit harsh, it's his thread :)
but true,
whatever
it's not right place to complain about how his life sucks, living room, PS2, PS and other shit obviously non-related to my FAMICOMWORLD
Post Merge: February 21, 2013, 06:52:58 am
Quote from: VinylDracula on February 20, 2013, 03:46:54 pm
Is there a way to mod a super Gameboy or SNES to get Gameboy Color games functioning?
let me explain
afair, super gameboy is using real gameboy guts. You want completely different device. You want the same thing as modding famicom into super famicom. Got it?
Quote from: VinylDracula on February 20, 2013, 03:46:54 pm
Is there a way to mod a super Gameboy or SNES to get Gameboy Color games functioning?
That would be way too much work to be worth it, you might as well just pick up a GameCube with a Game Boy Player.
These are even better:
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd469/retrogamesuk/100_8890.jpg
I guess there are people who want to play GB on clone hardware and use GB printers
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcu3qpueJ6Rv5vyzfYr_X5F-6LS-PaLJlx07Me8hp9plS6n5RF)
I really want one of those but RetroZone don't seem to want to make any more.
Quote from: L___E___T on February 21, 2013, 12:29:19 pm
These are even better:
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd469/retrogamesuk/100_8890.jpg
Ahh,the IS-NITRO-CAPTURE,would love to have one of those but there pricey,also the Wideboy AGB would be nice to have as well.
Got a SupaBoy a while ago, and the Super Gameboy works quite well on it, with the same sound issues as the RetroN 3. I also got a free SNES 2 from an uncle that had one in his shed, so I have the original hardware. Have an old Gameboy pocket that's just spare parts at this point. Found a cheap copy of Tetris for the Gameboy. Still tempted to get a Super Gameboy 2, but I wouldn't mind the link cable mod plug on the left side of my original Super Gameboy. Anyone willing to do it? If so, how much? I'll add a SASE with the package I send out, but I need to know how much to put in my PayPal account, or on an international Money Order, in order to pay for the labor. You can keep the leftover Gameboy Color parts. I don't need another Gameboy Color.
Wouldn't it just be cheaper to get a SGB2 and sell the SGB1? Someone would have to be willing to do the mod for 10 bucks to make it work for you, what with shipping there and back etc.
I'm getting a Super Gameboy 2 eventually, but I can't find any cheaper than $40, plus shipping to Canada. I want to play 2 player games on my SNES, but I also wouldn't mind using my SupaBoy and a SNES controller for the 2nd player. If the Super Gameboy (either unit) would have had 2 player support to begin with, I could use my SNES, or my Supaboy, with 2 SNES controllers. As it is, I'd need either my SNES or Supaboy, a Super Gameboy 2, and a Gameboy Pocket/Light/Color/Advance SP. If I ever met someone with a Supaboy or Retro Duo Portable, it would suck if I had ONE super Gameboy 2, but nothing else for them to use, to play as the 2nd player. Getting a Super Gameboy 2 is a stretch for my current budget. Getting 2 is a DRAIN on my current budget. That, plus the point of a mod is to get what you want, by adding something to what you already have. I don't mind paying someone enough for a good mod and the shipping there and back, since I have the parts already. A Canadian near New Brunswick would be nice, though. That, and selling my Super Gameboy to get the SGB 2 wouldn't be that productive, as I'd still only have one Super Gameboy.
If you want a super Gameboy 2, I have a spare Japanese one that I would be happy to sell you (for less than 40 bucks). Shoot me a PM if you're interested.
Yes Super Gameboy 2 can be found for less than 40 bucks - for example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-GAME-BOY-2-Super-Famicom-GOOD-CONDITION-Nintendo-WORKING-TESTED-Cart-sfc-/310960296243?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4866ad9133
You won't find someone to mod for less than that, if at all.
Quote from: L___E___T on May 16, 2014, 06:22:47 am
Yes Super Gameboy 2 can be found for less than 40 bucks - for example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-GAME-BOY-2-Super-Famicom-GOOD-CONDITION-Nintendo-WORKING-TESTED-Cart-sfc-/310960296243?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4866ad9133
You won't find someone to mod for less than that, if at all.
By the time I got to the link, it was relisted twice. The second was $40 even, PLUS shipping. See my problem?
Nevermind. Getting one for a good price, as soon as I can get the money together.