Alright so this will be the full worklog for my workings with the GB Boy Colour.
I went out to intentionally get this for this project.
The GB Boy is a hardware clone system of the original Gameboy, that is on a board about the same size as the Gameboy Color board. Now the GB Boy itself was a standard black/white screen, no backlight, and only plays original Gameboy game cartridges. It does this very well, and is pretty friggin cool to begin with. I originally owned this model, and played alot of Tetris DX on it.
Then the GB Boy Colour came, and it is a Gameboy Color hardware clone. The GB Boy Colour has a built in backlight, and has built in games!!(Numbers vary on how many games are included).
This is the version I purchased
Now many people have wanted to change the internal games to games that they would play instead, which obviously is great idea. I've seen posts online where people have said they are attempting to change the games, but I never see any progress on these things.
Now lately I've watched some teardown videos on the GB Boy Colour and seen that internally, the games are built in on a secondary PCB that is soldered directly to the cartridge slot traces.
This image is a snapshot from a Teardown Video on YouTube
There is an 8MB ROM module, where the built in games are stored.
Now the included games are all arcade style primarily, and there is no working save function for the games, meanungonce it's turned off the games have to be played from the start again, and no High Scores re saved either.
This being the case, I have absolutely no intention of keeping this built in flash cartridge. I need to be able to save games, and actually play games I want to play.
@Noah If you'd like it, you may have the flash cart at no charge, perhaps canniblize the 8MB ROM.
This being the case, my goal is to replace the flash cart with either a single game, which would have to be a reproduction cartridge, or with another newer flash cart that support microSD and save files.
The problem with a full flash cartridge is the size of the board. The built in flash cart is a 1/2 size PCB, which works well for reproduction games, as they tend to be 1/2 boards as well. But I can't find a 1/2 size microSD compatible flash cartridge.
I also intend to replace the d pad and buttons with better feeling ones, likely original Gameboy varieties.
I went out to intentionally get this for this project.
The GB Boy is a hardware clone system of the original Gameboy, that is on a board about the same size as the Gameboy Color board. Now the GB Boy itself was a standard black/white screen, no backlight, and only plays original Gameboy game cartridges. It does this very well, and is pretty friggin cool to begin with. I originally owned this model, and played alot of Tetris DX on it.
Then the GB Boy Colour came, and it is a Gameboy Color hardware clone. The GB Boy Colour has a built in backlight, and has built in games!!(Numbers vary on how many games are included).
This is the version I purchased
Now many people have wanted to change the internal games to games that they would play instead, which obviously is great idea. I've seen posts online where people have said they are attempting to change the games, but I never see any progress on these things.
Now lately I've watched some teardown videos on the GB Boy Colour and seen that internally, the games are built in on a secondary PCB that is soldered directly to the cartridge slot traces.
This image is a snapshot from a Teardown Video on YouTube
There is an 8MB ROM module, where the built in games are stored.
Now the included games are all arcade style primarily, and there is no working save function for the games, meanungonce it's turned off the games have to be played from the start again, and no High Scores re saved either.
This being the case, I have absolutely no intention of keeping this built in flash cartridge. I need to be able to save games, and actually play games I want to play.
@Noah If you'd like it, you may have the flash cart at no charge, perhaps canniblize the 8MB ROM.
This being the case, my goal is to replace the flash cart with either a single game, which would have to be a reproduction cartridge, or with another newer flash cart that support microSD and save files.
The problem with a full flash cartridge is the size of the board. The built in flash cart is a 1/2 size PCB, which works well for reproduction games, as they tend to be 1/2 boards as well. But I can't find a 1/2 size microSD compatible flash cartridge.
I also intend to replace the d pad and buttons with better feeling ones, likely original Gameboy varieties.
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