Paid 30 USD for everything! It even has the original battery !

Yes, your eyes do not deceive you, my friends, a Glacier variant GBA, *with* pouch, for a measley two-hundred dollars. Gosh, I should have jumped at the opportunity while I was there, I definitely couldn't find reasonable listings online.

Seriously, though, I have no idea where they got this price from. If that's the same peripheral I'm thinking of, the Pelican Light *could* increase the price a little, I've seen listings for that light at around fifty dollars, but even if the console itself is in pristine condition, the most I can see someone paying for it elsewhere is about a hundred dollars, and bundling the two with the pouch realistically shouldn't even break the $170 range. Am I missing something, or does this price seem unrealistic? The price tag was more visible in-person, but I didn't see anything regarding games being included, so I'm pretty sure this is solely for the system, pouch, and potentially a rare(?) lighting peripheral. It's not like this is an AGS101 Clamshell, which actually would warrant the price tag, so I'm at a loss, lol.

What’s up peeps! Just curious as to what’s out there and what are yall using as cases/ carrying bags for your gameboys? I’ve seen the padded red square ones which are cool, but wondering if there’s something more unique.

Thanks!

Spruced up my GBA with a clear case and a holographic ancient mew decal sticker. It’s doing a good job of distracting from a few scuffs and I just think it looks really clean! I got really lucky with it fitting just right too

Are Boxypixel shells the only option these days for an unhinged SP mod?

I mean something not custom 3D printed. It's just a shame that Boxypixel stuff seems to be always sold out, but I wouldn't mind a plastic unhinged shell either, as long it's a well made injection molded one. I just cant stand 3D printed shells.

I got and played around with my gba in 2020 and I have mainstays but I want to hear some games that aren’t just on the “top 10 gba games” list.

For no confusion I have

Mario advance 1 & 4
Minish cap
Wario ware twisted
Sonic advance 2 & 3
Superstar saga
Kingdom hearts com
Golden sun
Pokémon pinball
Pokémon emerald & green

The back is a cut up vinyl sticker.

Hello I’m re-collecting some of my childhood games and consoles and have my eye on an SP for the design and portability. Ive watched Whatnot auctions where they had stacks and stacks of DS and PSPs but it never seems like they have GBA SPs.

Are they somewhat difficult (by comparison) to come by these days?

I’m considering buying this GBA SP with an AGS-101 screen for $88 USD. The console is in the condition shown in the pictures.

Do you think $88 is a fair price for an AGS-101, or should I try to negotiate for a lower price? Also, would you personally buy it at this price?

Any advice is appreciated! 🙏

I’m thinking about getting one of their modded gba sps for 200 bucks and wanna know if it’s the right choice

Screen has some weird dots inside, model is AGS-001, if there's a way to fix it i would like to try. I want to play with this frontlit screen, if the only way is to replace it, i would swap it for an IPS instead.

Since I got a few folks in my DM’s I wanted to share the sauce with the community! Links below to all the parts needed to mod your old GBA SP 👾💯

P.S. The soldering part is not intimidating at all. Just watch a video or two and you’ll do fine. Or if you have repair experience this should be natural for you ✨

Buttons: https://a.co/d/07PvgKIz

Shell & stickers: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1707303563/?ref=share_ios_native_control & https://www.etsy.com/listing/4306490395/?ref=share_ios_native_control

Buttons & speaker: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1145251246/?ref=share_ios_native_control & https://www.etsy.com/listing/1558457372/?ref=share_ios_native_control

GBA Shell Insert: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1494728959/?ref=share_ios_native_control

IPS Display: https://www.retromodding.com/products/hispeedido-3-0-inch-ips-lcd-gba-sp-kit?variant=45345163706524

New Battery: https://a.co/d/07apTH8v

Soldering kit: https://a.co/d/08To6rYD

Any questions ask away 👨🏻‍💻

So I did a little bit of research and from what I saw it gotta have a backlit screen or I will struggle to play games on it

The only problem is the Gameboy Advance SP is the model that has light to see the screen better, but I don't like the SP model

So can you help me find the perfect Gameboy Advance for me (I'm a cheapskate so if it's too expensive I'm not going to get it)

Hello! I hope this is the correct subreddit to ask this.

Before the "Why do you care?" Comments flood in.

I usually do not. Aslong as the console works, I don't care. Not that I can refund this anyway (it's been years since I bought this) but this is a special edition and I'd love to know if it is fake or not and if the money I have spent on this was justified.

It is mainly the color and the and lack of sticker on the back thats throwing me off, but I'd love some input on people who have knowledge.

I already did my best comparing it to pictures online and imo it doesn't resemble the reshells at all, besides the greyish buttons. I'd still love some reassurance from people who know better though.

(Note: I am assuming that its discoloured due to being displayed by the previous owner and the sun shining on it for prolonged time. Sunbleached if you will. The backside color seems okay and true to the og. About the missing sticker..? Unsure. Though looking at it from the side you can tell something was ripped off. It still has some "sticker stains")

Thank you for anyone helping! ♡

Son bought some carts in Japan. One n64 cart had a bad battery I fixed it it works.

He had a gba game that had a bad battery. The replacement battery didn’t have pins so I just tweeted the ends to make contact with the end points.

Game boots. After finishing a level it froze and another time it wouldn’t save.

Maybe I broke the cart?

Hey yall I got a hand me down gba that looks like the cartridge reader needs to get some hard glue/gunk stuff out. Before I go in with a pliers and hard bristles can anyone reccomend cleaning tools? The system does turn on and does have sound. Hoping this is a quick fix .

I’m gonna be getting a refurbished gba with a modern IPS screen off eBay and was wondering where I can find these games

Atari is rereleasing 39 physical carts of Activision games for the 2600. But…this Activision Anthology cart for the GBA is pretty sweet. It’s got all the classics plus a few prototypes and homebrews. Anyone else have this cart?