I'm convinced that the screens break down and become less bright over time. There's no way I was playing this back then the way it looks now. Does anyone have a photo of one with a newly-modded, newly-manufactured, non-backlit screen for comparison's sake?
>>11988212It was always shitty and overly darkt. remember seeing how much darker the screen was compared to my Game Boy Color's and wishing I had the backlit SP that was brand new at the time instead
>>11988212Nah the GBA always had a worse screen than the GBC.
>>11988212Anon, the reason why so many GBA games are excessively bright and washed out is precisely to compensate for the dark screen
>>11988212The GBA was the worst screen for visibility in the entire nintendo handheld lineThis has always been the caseIt's worse than even the GBC
>>11988337>>11988350>>11988408>>11988458I get that this is the hill everyone wants to die on, but I was asking for visual confirmation. I just read somewhere that it might be a voltage issue, and that cleaning the contacts in the battery compartment could help. So I did just that and it actually improved the image a little. Unfortunately other presumed fixes would involve opening the device up to check solder connections and perhaps replacing the screen, so I can't confirm myself atm. Do they manufacture these screens new anywhere nowadays?
>>11988472>I just read somewhere that it might be a voltage issue, and that cleaning the contacts in the battery compartment could helpIs the LED power light flickering red and green?
>>11988350This. Unironically, but nobody wants to admit it.
>>11988478It got brighter after I cleaned the contacts.
>>11988542If you think so then that's great anon
>>11988350Fucking this, I found gba games basically unplayable until we got a gb player
>>11988575And even that thing was crudely made.>Annoying frame stutter hiccups>Blurry 480i only>Boot disc needed>Not a single game plays at proper aspect ratioThe Nintendo Wii might be dogshit when it comes to emulation, but even mGBA it's leagues better (if you stick to GBA), you can play at 240p and set up to properly play at 4:3 pillarboxed, just be aware of the bullshit Wii loves to randomly do to unrecognized your USB drive and halt and softcrash during a save or save state and fuck up your USB unit (supposedly the apps should be loaded from SD card so are their saves)
>>11988212These were always garbage. I remember watching the opening cinematic of Pokemon Sapphire and having no idea what I was supposed to be seeing. >>11988350I remember the GBC screen being better too but I have no idea if that's actually true.
>>11988608I was just playing Metroid Fusion like this with THIS recolor patch from Metroid Construction.https://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=377Do not use the ones from Romhacking, no offense, but this one really looks beautiful in a CRT at 240p.Makes me realize the poor GBA games suffered from Nintendo's shitty assholishness
I bought a GBA intending on getting a full Pokedex in Gen 3, needing to be able to use a GBA to Gamecube link cable and it was the worst experience until I got a screen mod.
>>11988608>USB driveThese days wii homebrew is better with a sd card
>>11988778I learned that the hard way, but I think it also depends on which Wii model you have, supposedly late non Wii mini models had the less issues
>>11988615>I remember the GBC screen being better too but I have no idea if that's actually true.It was darker than the Pocket's screen iirc but still good enough
>>11988212Sort of related. I wish I could go back in time and show 12 year old me my modded GBA. I'd shit bricks.
>>11988608>And even that thing was crudely madeWhen I was a kid in the 2000s, seeing it in composite on a crt TV, it was just fine and I was just happy to be able to see my games
>>11990113>you modded in HOW many frames of input latency
>>11988212Just play your consoles.
As a kid you were probably playing next to a lamp with a incandescent bulb, or even just a ceiling light with an incandescent bulb.Nowadays you're probably playing under a heckin' wholesome ecofriendly LED bulb! lol. Wompwomp.
>>11988212https://www.cnet.com/reviews/nintendo-game-boy-advance-review/
>>11990227>weeb filenamethey got a bad unit, mine was fine
>>11990227Most people owned zero (0) blue/white LEDs in June 2001 so it would have been very abnormal to include one in a product designed several months prior, if they could even be sourced at that scale.
>>11988212>Red power lightInstall some fresh batteries. This isn't a GBC. Red light on the GBA means you're low on power. You want a green light instead.
>>11990113Why don't modders make larger screens?
>>11990432The GBA is 160p, it only looks worse on a larger screen
>>11990437Does the image on the Micro really only look better because the screen is physically smaller or is there something more to it?
>>11991163no, it doesn't look betterAnd it looks fine on a CRT, The problem more comes from viewing on a screen with incorrect resolution, it makes shit look more blocky
>>11991176Assuming the screen is same resolution but bigger & has some feature to blend pixels, would there be any harm in a larger screen?Similarly, there are mobos available for GBA. Does anyone make compatible ram, CPU, etc, for it?Do any of the custom mobos improve the bus size for sound?
>>11991248>Assuming the screen is same resolution but bigger & has some feature to blend pixels, would there be any harm in a larger screen?That makes no sense anon, pick one or the other>Similarly, there are mobos available for GBA. Does anyone make compatible ram, CPU, etc, for it?wut>Do any of the custom mobos improve the bus size for sound?Do any of the custom mobos improve the bus size for sound?anon, these aren't PC's, just emulate with an analogue pocket at that point
>>11988212They look better under incandescent and flourecent lights than LED.
>>11988472>Do they manufacture these screens new anywhere nowadays?oh yeah, there's a fuckton of aftermarket screens for all game boy models. idk if any are equivilent to the original but some are better than the original. and there are all manner of installation options with various levels of complexity and pros and cons associated. I think there is even a method of putting a gba sp 101 screen into an original gba if you are a puritan who only wants to use original nintendie parts.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ9eK4e13_g
>>11991176>no, it doesn't look betterYeah I've seen some comparisons of the color gamuts and pixel sharpness of the Game Boy Advance SP AGS-101 vs Game Boy Micro and the latter's colors definitely seem a bit washed out compared to the other models>And it looks fine on a CRT, The problem more comes from viewing on a screen with incorrect resolutionYeah Game Boy Interface makes the games look gorgeous with the correct resolution and color settings, really shows just how cheap and shitty the Game Boy Player Start-Up Disc software was.
>>11991256>That makes no sense anon, pick one or the otherResolution isn't the same thing as size.>anon, these aren't PC's, just emulate with an analogue pocket at that pointThere are literally replacement PCBs (aka mobo) you can solder donor chips into when modding a GBA. You can buy them online AF hardware modding sites. Why tf did you respond to something you know nothing about?
modded my agb-001, hispeedio v5, it definitely adds 1-2 frames of latency, but still a frame better than any of my emulators
>>11992186>Resolution isn't the same thing as size.I want you to find a 160p LCD at 20 inches>There are literally replacement PCBs (aka mobo) you can solder donor chips into when modding a GBADid you read what he said anon, read it again
>>11993870So no?I love how all the people who act as if they are "elite posters" who cannot deign to give a yes or no answer also lack the skills to do hardware modding. They can't conceive that maybe the person asking suck questions may have the skills to do so.
>>11994487>So no?No, I guess you can't read
>>11988212It did, I clearly remember playing Mario Kart on a friend's GBA at release and it looked dark as shit even while playing outside.
>>11994507he probably got a bad unit, mine was fine
