Auxcide wrote:

I still hate batteries though.

Ugh, I can't agree with this enough. I keep hoping to see someone magically find a way to mod the battery pack of a CGB into something that works with a lithium ion rechargeable battery (one out of the DS for example). Unfortunately, it seems like that's never going to happen (or just simply not possible), so a lot of us are stuck with rechargeable AA's like Treble said.
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Yeeeaaaah, about that... I'm gonna have to do that in order for the circuit to fit!

I still hate batteries though.

Ugh, I can't agree with this enough. I keep hoping to see someone magically find a way to mod the battery pack of a CGB into something that works with a lithium ion rechargeable battery (one out of the DS for example). Unfortunately, it seems like that's never going to happen (or just simply not possible), so a lot of us are stuck with rechargeable AA's like Treble said.
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herr_prof wrote:

heres another reason:

    Game Boy: 15 hours, 30 minutes (interference from child)
    Game Boy Advance: 29 hours, 32 minutes
   
Game Boy Color: 35 hours, 45 minutes

I never expected CGB battery to be so good

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/09/battery-test/

"Game Boy: 15 hours, 30 minutes*
Game Boy Advance: 29 hours, 32 minutes
Game Boy Color: 35 hours, 45 minutes

*interference from child

All this made sense and matched our findings compared to last time except the untimely demise of the original Game Boy. For some reason, it only lasted around half the time it did on the first test.

I didn’t think all that much about it until I started editing and uploading the video. As viewers quickly saw, at the moment when the Game Boy’s battery runs out you see one of my children appear and then disappear, nudging the table. One viewer even created an animated GIF with the hard evidence."

I found this yesterday.

This is a pretty ambitious but unnecessary build imo.

I still hate batteries though.

so much, but I like having 3 sets of rechargables and 1 backup set of regulars for my DMG's. rotating energy isn't much of a hassle and the life is decent so that rotations aren't like every day. Maybe once a week.

heres another reason:

    Game Boy: 15 hours, 30 minutes (interference from child)
    Game Boy Advance: 29 hours, 32 minutes
   
Game Boy Color: 35 hours, 45 minutes

I never expected CGB battery to be so good

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/0 … l_game_boy

It looks cooler...

In 1990 I though they looked worse than slide rules and pocket protectors, how times change...

Your project needs a LED or turbo button mod, seriously.

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade here, but I see virtually no advantage to doing this outside of the shock value of a color screen in a DMG case.

Furthermore, most of the components in the CGB are surface mount, meaning it would be a pain in the ass to put as many through-hole wire extensions for board-mount components as you would need to do.

I guess my main point is that you will essentially be performing a downgrade on this game boy for a novelty. Unless you're using the extra space you'd get in the DMG case from doing this to add some seriously out there new circuits, like an internal arduinoboy, an analogue filter, a summing circuit like the PISSBox, et cetera, this seems like an essentially destructive mod where you create a "worst of both worlds" game boy.

It looks cooler, that's the advantage. Plus extra space for mods. But wiring together the GBC and DMG controls could be hard, so I don't know anymore. Would be cool though

Furthermore, most of the components in the CGB are surface mount, meaning it would be a pain in the ass to put as many through-hole wire extensions for board-mount components as you would need to do.

I guess my main point is that you will essentially be performing a downgrade on this game boy for a novelty. Unless you're using the extra space you'd get in the DMG case from doing this to add some seriously out there new circuits, like an internal arduinoboy, an analogue filter, a summing circuit like the PISSBox, et cetera, this seems like an essentially destructive mod where you create a "worst of both worlds" game boy.

Dadibom wrote:

Also, would this be possible for the buttons?
http://s3.kkloud.com/gett/6HVWc5O/wirin … 5pcik9.png

Something like that. Yes.
You basically need to move EVERY component that needs plugging in or switching in some way.

Okay. Yeah!

Also, would this be possible for the buttons?
http://s3.kkloud.com/gett/6HVWc5O/wirin … 5pcik9.png

Something like that. Yes.
You basically need to move EVERY component that needs plugging in or switching in some way.