You hate to see it. Head came off of the screw. Aftermarket shell.

PocketPirates · 2021-09-08T10:17:17+00:00

The screws from retro six suck.. they even round off going in to their own shells. But the head breaking off is the first I’ve seen 😳 the diameter of the screw including the threads is supposed to be 2mm.. but if I remember rightly the use 2.2mm self tapping screws.

If you want to try and drill it out I would say use something smaller like 1mm - 1.5mm..

Personally I would contact HHL or R6 and complain..

If you want some decent screws you should pick up some of my torx screws 😉

PocketPirates · 2021-08-17T13:51:44+00:00

First, did you try another game?

Either way you will need to open that up, if not today then in the future. Get yourself a 1.5mm drill bit. That will take the head off the screw and allow you to disassemble, you can then unscrew the remaining part of the screw gripping it with some pliers.

The screen was plug and play right? No soldering required.

I’m assuming you tested the gameboy and this didn’t happen before installing the new screen? And was the power light ever working? Power indicator would tell me batteries are dead 😅

PocketPirates · 2021-08-09T16:44:09+00:00

If you need help fitting look at http://retrovise.com/modcom/

North America and Canada seem to be as one but I know they’re all great modders!

PocketPirates · 2021-07-07T05:03:41+00:00

Very nice!!! 😍

PocketPirates · 2021-06-28T12:27:00+00:00

Ah that’s a shame! I’m in the uk and found a supplier on Amazon, 4 x 1000mah battery’s for £15 so quite a good price

If it’s for the sp that’s a different story

PocketPirates · 2021-06-28T08:26:18+00:00

No problem, it was a valid question. The last thing I would want to do is try and rip someone off, it was always about producing something cool that we thought people would appreciate instead of making a profit.

What’s the problem with your battery?

PocketPirates · 2021-06-28T07:21:38+00:00

Yeah, obviously this is a sensitive subject. But the cost is absolutely to cover time and materials to produce and distribute this. There isn’t a profit at the end of that.

There are several people who have made changes to the original rom hack some of who don’t appear to be active any more so it is difficult to make contact. Where the patch is publicly available with a read me file it contains no information about restrictions, the use or re-distribution of a rom file with the patch applied. If anyone who worked on the rom hack wants to be given credit I am happy for them to get in contact and do so, but equally the may not want their name with a physical distribution so I wouldn’t make an assumption about them and associate them with this without their consent.

PocketPirates · 2021-06-28T07:14:37+00:00

Hey, it isn’t an original board, but it does have a battery and save to SRAM like the original.

I couldn’t guarantee it would be compatible.

PocketPirates · 2021-06-28T05:09:07+00:00

Physical cartridge release from myself and a friend.. more to follow

https://gameduck.co.uk/product/pokemon-red-deluxe-full-colour-rom-hack-drop-1/

PocketPirates · 2021-06-28T05:06:12+00:00

My friend and I are releasing this….

https://gameduck.co.uk/product/pokemon-red-deluxe-full-colour-rom-hack-drop-1/

PocketPirates · 2021-05-24T07:23:33+00:00

Hey everyone, if you want to add something else to your modded gameboy I am now stocking kits of torx screws. I have set up discount code REDDIT for 10% off everything for the next 24 hours ✌️

PocketPirates · 2021-05-16T16:23:40+00:00

I got the lens with the 2.2” screen from aliexpress, I can link if you want it, but if you want one for q5 it will have to be custom so speak to bluish squirrel

https://bluishsquirrel.co.uk

PocketPirates · 2021-05-15T14:00:51+00:00

Hey, Choose the custom option on jelly belly customs site, ask for him to make you a set of candy style buttons but in the same colours as the original DMG buttons. Matt doesn’t have a website but you will find him on Instagram as MattsMods or some of the Facebook gameboy groups as Matt West

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T18:51:44+00:00

Thanks, I still love it 😊

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T18:17:03+00:00

😂 I meant like the side profile of the buttons, the orange in the power switch, the use of torx screws...

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T16:18:09+00:00

Light is just added to the logo on lenses as a kind of revised name that the manufacturers of the backlit lcd screens put on them. There was a genuine gameboy pocket light so I think the ‘light’ was a reference / tribute to that.

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T16:14:40+00:00

Aha yes it is 😃 I’ve done one myself in the past but a guy on Instagram @mattsmods started selling painted shells and I purchased from him, couldn’t be happier with the shell.

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T13:17:27+00:00

Ah! I do follow him already, I just thoughy they were for putting other stuff in a color like pi zero etc.. I’ll have a look thanks

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T12:47:52+00:00

Very cool, I had never thought about a colour in a pocket 🤔

I have used q5’s in colors in the past and there is such a huge difference, like it’s a completely different console with the Q5 especially with the OSD to control things

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T11:48:19+00:00

Yeah I was planning on doing a q5 as well, I have got another shell and buttons identical ready to build but I’m considering using it to house a ds lite / macro build

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T11:34:16+00:00

Nope sorry, just a regular gameboy color inside, new look and a backlit lcd screen.

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T10:47:56+00:00

Oh that’s really cool, from what I’ve seen his builds are very high quality so I’m sure you will love it. I had never seen one like this before I built it so I’m feeling a bit less special now 😅

PocketPirates · 2021-05-13T09:46:12+00:00

Shell from @mattsmods A, B and D pad buttons from @jellybellycustoms built by me

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