Author Topic: GAMEBOY COLOUR PROJECT :D (Read 9278 times)

ukrides · « **on:** November 06, 2008, 12:58:06 PM »

This is my first project i was thinking of doing it for a while but haven't been bale to acquire a game boy my idea is to see if i can fit a game boy color into a calculator it was just an idea me and my mates were throwing around but no ive got the game boy im ready to rock and you guys prob think this is an immature mod but hey.

so far i have

stripped the gameboy down
( pic coming soon )

soldered up a game cartridge ready to be solder straight to game boy to save space

took forever to solder that

FAILED THAT PART NOW NEED TO GET NEW GAMEBOY

email me if you want to send me one ?

after i have done that i need to hook up buttons to calculator buttons then im done

anyways if any of guys are interested in this il be sure to post more pics and info on what im doing

thanks ukrides

CURRENTLY ON HOLD UNTIL CAN GET MY HANDS ON A NEW GAMEBOY :P

socomhacker239 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2008, 02:48:31 PM »

there is no mobo on the gameboy color??????
also im going to do this with my gameboy if it works please post pics

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #2 on:** November 06, 2008, 07:01:30 PM »

Man that's an awesome idea! I gotta try that!

StealthedHunter · « **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2008, 09:37:00 AM »

ya would be sweet to sit in school playing mario on your calculator

except im not in school so

woulda been cool for me a few years ago when i was in school.

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 07, 2008, 07:30:42 PM »

Quote from: socomhacker239 on November 06, 2008, 02:48:31 PM

there is no mobo on the gameboy color??????
also im going to do this with my gameboy if it works please post pics

What on earth are you talking about?
Yes the GBC has a mobo...

Jumbo · « **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2008, 08:41:24 PM »

Ya i think he thinks that cartridge is the GBC lol

It has mobo just like everything else does

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #6 on:** November 07, 2008, 09:53:22 PM »

Man I'm definitely trying this... What calculator are you using? Gotta get a gbc off ebay.

Alien_X · « **Reply #7 on:** November 08, 2008, 01:07:49 AM »

Cool idea, won't fit though.

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #8 on:** November 27, 2008, 02:08:20 PM »

I hope you don't mind if I give this a shot. You haven't been updating much lately so yeah.

Jumbo · « **Reply #9 on:** November 27, 2008, 05:07:03 PM »

Quote from: bustinthejustin on November 27, 2008, 02:08:20 PM

I hope you don't mind if I give this a shot. You haven't been updating much lately so yeah.

Why wouldn't you be allowed to?

its not against the law or anything lol

blaze3927 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 28, 2008, 01:29:42 AM »

hmmm
i tried this with a nintendo gameboy but epicly failed....
it was too big for any conventional calculators except for $100 plus ti calculators and i wasn't willing to invest that much. also the rewiring for the buttons was harder than i expected and it took me ages even to find the right button pinouts (through trial and error). but i never thought of soldering the cartridge directly to the gameboy. so you might have more luck than me... heres a pic anyhows

JoblessPunk · « **Reply #11 on:** November 29, 2008, 10:58:51 AM »

I have a TI-83 that has a broken screen if anyone is interested:

It has a broken screen but in perfect condition besides that. It sounds like it would be a perfect calculator for this project.

I'll sell it for $15 + S&H (probably like 6 bucks for shipping?)

message me if anyones interested.

SN!P3R · « **Reply #12 on:** November 30, 2008, 02:42:57 PM »

i have a gba, if intrsted. PM me

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #13 on:** December 01, 2008, 04:05:38 PM »

Quote from: Jumbo on November 27, 2008, 05:07:03 PM

Why wouldn't you be allowed to?

its not against the law or anything lol

Yeah I know but I figured I'd be nice and just tell him.

LaCozTe-2028 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 03, 2008, 07:08:30 PM »

it would be nice to see a gameboy moded in to t calculator and maybe add some leds for a back light

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 03, 2008, 09:26:03 PM »

this has been done

sorry guys rofl

blaze3927 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 04, 2008, 03:22:38 AM »

http://markbowers.org/blog/gameboy-ti83
he's right
but you could make it soo much better

rewire the internals
make it more ergonomical (not have the start and select buttons at the bottom of the calculator)

and if your really tricky, have two lcd's, one being gameboy and another could be a basic calculator with the basi calculator buttons being rewired to the Ti 83's or whatever you use.

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #17 on:** December 05, 2008, 10:21:11 AM »

Gah looks sorta complicated... Can't figure out how to rewire the GBC buttons to the calculator buttons.

Alien_X · « **Reply #18 on:** December 05, 2008, 10:44:39 AM »

How can you not figure it out?

It is only five wires.

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #19 on:** December 05, 2008, 11:07:50 AM »

I don't understand how the buttons work

blaze3927 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 05, 2008, 08:04:01 PM »

the easy but kinda dirty (i say dirty because its a lot "nicer to do it using the actual pinouts) way to do it is to solder two wires to either sie of the button and just do the same on the calculator side

Alien_X · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2008, 12:16:44 AM »

But that does the exact same thing

On the buttons, on one side is the button signal, and another the common ground, once a button is brought low the gameboy registers a press, this is the same with almost all buttons

blaze3927 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 06, 2008, 12:58:29 AM »

true but you still have to options of where to put the wires, the pinouts (like this guy did)

or solder directly onto the buttons
p.s. another idea for the gameboy inside the calculator is to add a backlight cos the guy that did it said it was kinda dim

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #23 on:** December 06, 2008, 06:18:26 AM »

Quote from: Alien_X on December 06, 2008, 12:16:44 AM

But that does the exact same thing

On the buttons, on one side is the button signal, and another the common ground, once a button is brought low the gameboy registers a press, this is the same with almost all buttons

Oh so once you connect the signal and ground, it completes a circuit registering a press?

Alien_X · « **Reply #24 on:** December 06, 2008, 07:28:12 AM »

Yes, there is an MCU constantly checking the status of its input pins (Connected to the buttons)

And it is a silly idea soldering to the vias, when there are some much better test points.

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #25 on:** December 06, 2008, 01:09:58 PM »

So how do I go about rewiring it to other buttons such as those on the calculator?

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