RetroGaming

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[–] Pomal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

The years of my life spent playing that game

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[–] Scribble902@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Me too! Single player and multi!! Hours spent passing the GBA around to take our turns.

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[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Purple GBA is best GBA

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[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 child)

translucent lime green glow in the dark is best gba

no I'm not biased

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[–] Cursed_Fig@lemmy.world [S] 13 points 1 week ago

shrekboy

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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Purple transparent

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[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

That's "atomic purple". The original purple GBA is "indigo".

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Are you in West Virginia? Because the photo makes it seem like almost heaven.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago

Hopefully not being in the US would suck

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Can I get a large(20oz) mocha?

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Slow days are best days.

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Is that backlit? How? Gimme.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I did one a few years ago. the total kit was around $200. this included the screen, some solder kit to modify brightness, and a new front screen glass.

I also took the opportunity to upgrade the case and li-ion battery.

all for a Christmas present for my kids that they never play...

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

... Why not using an SP instead ?

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

SPs have hinges and don't fair well with children. also, the handheld format is smaller so it's slightly more difficult for children to hold onto.

finally, I had a crusty advanced from goodwill I had bought for around $3 that was the base.

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Make sense

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

There’ve been tens of mods over the years for backlighting a GBA v1. Nowadays there’s clone hardware that plays anything via emulator.

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[–] Cursed_Fig@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 week ago

I'm using an Anbernic clone. It also plays older gameboy games, some arcade cabinet games, NES, etc.

Build quality is not as good as I remember the gameboy being, but it's still pretty decent. Especially for ~$70.

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[–] GrapinoSubmarino@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

Is advance wars 2 better than 1?

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[–] Cursed_Fig@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

yeah, the campaign is much more fun

never played PvP on AW1 but I can attest that's it's excellent on 2

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 point 1 week ago

yeah, the campaign is much more fun

I remember it being all fun and games until you had to spend a bunch of turns blowing up impassable pipelines, then it got brutal hard. 💀💀💀

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 point 1 week ago

Looking at the thumbnail, I was trying to figure out why Groot was staring at you...