2 X Game Boy advance IPS + new shell
The Game Boy Advance is a marvelous console, even today in 2021, games are still fun to play on this handheld. Chance is that the console is still very affordable and replacement parts like …
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Atari Lynx 2 : replacing the speaker
One of the most common problem with the Atari Lynx 2 is bad sound output. It can becomes very low and / or kind of saturated. Usualy, the source of the problem is the speaker. The …
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Backlit Game Boy Pocket : what about battery life ?
I’m pretty happy with my Backlit+Bivert Game Boy pocket. After several hours playing with it, I was surprised by the battery life. The Game Boy pocket is known to runs out of juice …
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Burning Sega CD games (Linux)
You may already experienced this problem : you just burned a game and the game boots fine. But as soon as a CD music starts, you just ear trashed sound, like a “KSSSHHHHHHH”. …
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Converting a PAL Nintendo 64 motherboard to NTSC
Like many consoles of its generation, the Nintendo 64 is zoned. That is to say, each of the 3 usual regions (NTSC / Japan, NTSC / USA, PAL / Europe) had a specific model that could only play …
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Famicom : modded to output RGB signal
The Nintendo Famicom is my prefered NES system. It has a small formfactor unlike the oversized US/EU model, has a simple top loading mecanism for games and I find japanese cartridges design …
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Game Boy Color : IPS display and new shell
The Game Boy Color is a pretty good portable console with some funny games (e.g. Wario land 3, Motoross maniac 2). Unlike others handhelds, the screen has not a big ghosting effect like the …
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Game gear : from trashed console to brand new with TFT display
The Sega Game Gear, like all gameboy variants, has received some good aftermarket attentions. It’s quite easy to find replacement parts, including better display, complete shell …
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Gameboy pocket : backlight + bivert
Even if you can now put an IPS screen on a Gameboy pocket, adding backlight (and bivert) is a cheaper solution and it’s still a good way to enhance the screen. Adding backlight without …
Read articleHello world : the site is born
This post is the first one of this blog. I hope I will be able to find enough time to add new content from time to time. Give retrogaming hanheld consoles the upgrades they deserve !
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