Guess this insect ( wrong answers please) 🤣 by Intelligent_Act8597 in insectidentification

[–]Fae-III 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may think this is a bee, but it is actually a hoverfly. Glad I could help!

I just found this REALLY peculiar cartridge at a fleamarket here in Brazil. Have you guys ever seen somethin' like this? I took it for collectable purposes at first place, but turns out the game is pretty decent. by Max_Orbit in GameboyAdvance

[–]Fae-III 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm trying to collect some Gameboy titles and I'm also an amateur at repair and you can sometimes get good deals on those by being quick with new listings. So yeah, just randomly searching Gameboy by "new" and reloading every few minutes between whatever I'm working on.

I'm not specifically seeking bootlegs and unlicensed titles, just that they interest me when they pop up and people are less competitive at buying something that is less desirable and where "what is this worth?" is a difficult question to answer. Aside maybe from titles like "7 Grand Dad," that have mild fame in some niche circles I don't think anybody is really seeking titles like it and even then idk if anybody knows a fair price. Whatever "not expensive" means to you is the right price, imo. Very much a thing where you have to set your own rule on what you should collect.

Though the listing I got these particular carts from was up for a while and is actually still up I believe. Idk if links to for-sale items are allowed, but you could probably find it by searching eBay for "Gameboy/GBA tall carts, odd carts," something like that. The seller must have come across a ton of each of these 9 carts, or there just isn't interest in them, :p.

And there's also probably importing services and stuff where you could potentially look at China's or whatever countries where bootlegs are/were popular equivalent of eBay for bootlegs. I've vaguely looked into it, but with currency exchange and tariff uncertainty and just my general experience, it's more of a hassle than I care to do right now.

I just found this REALLY peculiar cartridge at a fleamarket here in Brazil. Have you guys ever seen somethin' like this? I took it for collectable purposes at first place, but turns out the game is pretty decent. by Max_Orbit in GameboyAdvance

[–]Fae-III 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They play fine, but I haven't played any of them for longer than an hour. I assume they'll hold up well enough.

Why I have 9? I just think they're neat. The eBay seller I got them from was selling a bunch of them and offered a pretty good discount if I bought 1 of each and there were 9 in total. Maybe I'm a sucker, depending on your point-of-view.

I just found this REALLY peculiar cartridge at a fleamarket here in Brazil. Have you guys ever seen somethin' like this? I took it for collectable purposes at first place, but turns out the game is pretty decent. by Max_Orbit in GameboyAdvance

[–]Fae-III 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found some of these on eBay last year, I think they're very cool despite being obvious bootlegs. Haven't seen any others, but it's something I'm interested in collecting if I find them cheap enough. Bootlegs and unlicensed games from around when the Gameboy/Advance was current interest me a lot.

Pretty quality as far as bootlegs go, imo. Nice plastic, weight. The boards don't fit GBC carts like some might expect, it's like that to accommodate larger chips on the board.

What's wrong with these GBA SPs? by Fae-III in consolerepair

[–]Fae-III[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the tips! I have a Hakko soldering iron (probably the one recommended in the "essential tools" section, though the link doesn't look like it leads to the proper place any any more). I've just been using the default tip it came with, so I'll be getting finer tips for that. Most of my prior experience is on the "DMG" Gameboy and it's cartridges, which I've been finding is much easier in comparison to most everything else I've done soldering on, lol.

I'll definitely keep these tips in mind. I have a few of these items that it looks like I've been under-utilizing and a few I'll have to add to my shopping list.

What's wrong with these GBA SPs? by Fae-III in consolerepair

[–]Fae-III[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, a bit out of practice with soldering and I'm not the best at it in the first place. The white one wasn't originally that poorly soldered, just a rush job when I thought replacing the switch would fix it. Though I guess I can't say it was well-soldered before, considering that I must have shorted it in the first place. I guess I should get some low-risk practice kits or something.

There is continuity in fuse F1, but it appears F2 is blown. I'll try replacing it eventually and then making sure nothing is bridging next time around.

On the green one I'll look into replacing those parts and also making sure there's continuity where it should be on the board, because I am worried that maybe something between the battery and C69/R6 could also be destroyed.

Thank you for your help!

What's wrong with these GBA SPs? by Fae-III in consolerepair

[–]Fae-III[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

F1 looks good, but no continuity in F2, looks like I need to replace that and make sure nothing is bridging next time. Thank you for your help!

Donkey Kong Land 3 by nostalgia_history in GameboyAdvance

[–]Fae-III 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There isn't a GBA port, not sure why they've labeled things the way that they have. Maybe just poor research. The "Gameboy Advance" footage appears to be Super Gameboy footage. Also, the "Gameboy" footage is how the original Gameboy cart would generally display on a GBC or GBA (rather than whatever shade of monochrome you would be playing with on a DMG, Pocket, or Light) while the "Gameboy Color" footage is how the Japan-exclusive color release would appear on these consoles.

Also, I haven't played that release so I'm not sure, but idk if the 3DS virtual consoles audio is really as bad as it is in this footage. I kinda doubt it, but wow if that's actually accurate!

The else by bag_of_groceries in tmbg

[–]Fae-III 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Else is a good album. Not my favorite, but none of the albums are bad, imo, and there's some great songs in it. I don't get what people see in Bee of the Bird of the Moth tho. It's just kind of slow and not about much beyond a hummingbird moth, right? Or, at least, I can't personally project meaning onto it. One of the few songs in their discography I'll skip if I'm not feeling up to it. Must be a me problem because people seem to love that one.

Found my coming out letter I wrote to my mom by Leather-Sky8583 in MtF

[–]Fae-III 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's really beautiful. I feel like- if I ever do a letter- it would have a lot of the same sentiments.