Cool! This is turning out to be a better thread than I thought!
Still haven't had chance to make it through all of these, but I *do* have a checklist where I've compiled everyone's suggestions! Thanks!
33 Jan 17, 2017 7:00 pm
Re: Purist artists similar to Chipzel? (45 replies, posted in General Discussion)
34 Jan 13, 2017 10:54 am
Topic: Random DMG crashes? (2 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Hi there,
Installed my first backlight yesterday, and was playing through Gargoyle's Quest (big game from my childhood!) when the DMG random crashed to a blank screen with a single horizontal pixel line.
Product I installed was from Deadpan Robot: http://www.deadpanrobot.co.uk/en-gb/col … oy-mods-uk
Now I'm aware that some people in the past have had trouble with installing resistors (or not), but these have resistors built in.
Could it be another issue that's causing this? I also had a problem with Pokemon Cock version pre-backlight, but since that's a hack and a chinese knock-off I put it down to that.
Ideas?
35 Jan 10, 2017 11:16 am
Re: Cleaning DMG screen (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Apeshit wrote:
Sticky greasy mark... I'd have to see it. Can't imagine what that would be. You should always start with the least destructive solutions and work your way up. As a rule of thumb, acetone has no place anywhere near a Gameboy. Case in point:
Seen that pic before. Was that you sometime or someone else?
36 Jan 10, 2017 11:12 am
Re: Cleaning DMG screen (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Apeshit wrote:
NullSlept wrote:apeshit i tried to use acetone like u said............my gameboy is FUXKED UP now............im, so upset now i dont know what im, going to do when i play my show i dont have enuff money for another whole GAME BOY........
Are you sure it was 100% acetone and didn't contain any harmful solvents, such as water?
Lol.
Yeah, yeah, I know. I feel stupid!
But hey - for the price of 3 beers I learned something and I now have a spare DMG to practice mods on before doing it on a decent case...silver linings and all that...
37 Jan 8, 2017 10:51 pm
Re: Cleaning DMG screen (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
You did, and I am very grateful. It didn't work, and hen I found out that acetone was the most stupid thing I could do. Ce la vie.
By the way, it wasn't dust is was some sticky greasy mark. I'm not sure what else I. Could use on the LCD screen itself. What would I do next time?
Thanks for your help anyway!
38 Jan 8, 2017 10:37 pm
Re: Purist artists similar to Chipzel? (45 replies, posted in General Discussion)
herr_prof wrote:
I know IAYD used lots of kits. The default kits could be a lot better if someone took some time to remaster them IMO.
Also more bad news:
Yeah I know. I found and interview that VICE did with him online and he said he was moving on from pure 100% chiptune. Don't blame him. It's just not what I'm interested in at the moment.
39 Jan 8, 2017 10:05 pm
Re: Cleaning DMG screen (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
...actually, LCD still works. Just very smudgy on the front screen.
Might be okay?
40 Jan 8, 2017 9:58 pm
Re: Incoming GB clone (5 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Ah okay. But still, it's quite a major command to rule it out for lsdj use!
41 Jan 8, 2017 9:56 pm
Re: Cleaning DMG screen (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
NEVER EVER LET ACETONE ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR BELOVED GAMEBOY!
42 Jan 8, 2017 9:55 pm
Re: Cleaning DMG screen (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Alas I tried something like you suggested, blu-tak, rubbing alcohol, it all didn't work.
So for some reason I thought acetone was a good shout.
Oh dear.
Totally FUBARed the screen I think.
Also, didn't know it would dissolve the case, so part of it looks a little shiny from when I was trying to get the glue that held the screen protector off.
Sad face.
To be fair it was a difficult mark, but I could have tried household cleaner instead!
Lesson learned... :-(
43 Jan 8, 2017 3:32 pm
Re: Purist artists similar to Chipzel? (45 replies, posted in General Discussion)
This is great and I just listened to IAYD S/T and it blew my mind, especially with it being mainly just one gameboy.
Do people like Chipzel and IAYD get those kinds of sounds out of the default installation? Or are they patching in custom instruments to the wave channel?
44 Jan 7, 2017 11:13 pm
Re: Cleaning DMG screen (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Tacky plastic stuff, like Blu-Tack or Pritt-Tack?
And I thought that alcohol would completely evaporate?
45 Jan 7, 2017 11:03 pm
Re: WTB: Drag N Derp (3 replies, posted in Trading Post)
Have you checked out BennVenn's stuff?
Haven't used it yet, but looks good. Supply can be a bit patchy (I think it's a hobby operation). But it still might be helpful if no DnD carts are
46 Jan 7, 2017 10:53 pm
Topic: Cleaning DMG screen (18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Hi,
I've got a faulty DMG that has some white marks inside the screen protector. I thought they'd just be on the screen protector's inside/outside, but found that it's some kind of dust/mark that's on the actual dot matrix display inside the case.
Is it safe to clean the inside screen with isopropyl alcohol, or will it damage it?
Everywhere I look people just talk about cleaning/replacing screen protectors, but it seems few have felt the need to clean the screen itself!
Thanks!
47 Jan 7, 2017 9:47 pm
Re: Incoming GB clone (5 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Thats's a shame. But my understanding is that the GB Boy Colour has a nice backlight, good colours, but stretched screen and crappy audio. This might be similar?
48 Jan 7, 2017 9:46 pm
Re: lsdj on PSP with retroarch and gambatte (12 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
Okay, I found a way around it. The mighty Google led me to this:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/iz71k0ius … verter.exe
Would appear that someone already had this problem and wrote a converter.
What's not quite so clear is how to use it. You can drag and drop your .sav or .srm file onto the executable in the File Explorer. The file will be converted and will output in the same directory as the source file.
So I did that with my .sav file from RIN (after unzipping it with 7-Zip) and it output as an .srm file. Put it in the relevant directory in Retroarch on my PSP and it all works fine.
Will compare audio soon, although I must say that playing a track in LSDJ on RIN sounded pretty much the same as the .wav file the artist had recorded from original hardware (I got the sng files when I bought their music on bandcamp).
What I *will* say however, is that stereo panning on RIN is completely wrong. Audio designated as left comes out the right channel and vice-versa. I presume this isn't the case with Gambatte.
Anyway, hope the link and info above saves someone some time in the future because, like breakphase, I also use my PSP for convenience (commuting on several trains means the sleep functionality of the PSP is a godsend!).