Scale Gameboy arcade

[ChanceKJ]

You know, i was just thinking, you're gonna need something like an air compressor to be able to properly blow on those cartridges when they games fail to play. 

[Yvan256]

If I had more time I could try to help with the video side of things. 

[jasonbar]

I think I got here just in time. I don't see any mention of or any pictures of a name/logo.

This needs to be called Game Man.

-Jason

[a1pharm]

I think I got here just in time. I don't see any mention of or any pictures of a name/logo.

This needs to be called Game Man.

-Jason

Or "Game Manboy"

[rCadeGaming]

How about Big Boy?

[Yvan256]

How about "Game Boy", scaled to the appropriate dimensions?

[rCadeGaming]

Well what sense does that make?

[jahilton2002]

Or we could call it 

Made the power switch...................










Then we redesigned it;













And of course the signature tft mount.....

[ChanceKJ]

A scale power switch!? ---fudgesicle--- off. That's cool.


...best build currently on this site.  Seriously.

[jahilton2002]

A scale power switch!? ---fudgesicle--- off. That's cool.


...best build currently on this site.  Seriously.

WOW thanks man!

[jmike]

A scale power switch!? ---fudgesicle--- off. That's cool.


...best build currently on this site.  Seriously.

Absolutely.
It's all the little extra details you're doing. That power switch is awesome.

 

[Slippyblade]

Yeah, yeah.  All the little extras

You can't have an authentic GameBoy experience unless your build includes the magnifier, external speakers, and joystick expansion.  I want to see a full replica man!

[matt4949]

Yeah, yeah.  All the little extras

You can't have an authentic GameBoy experience unless your build includes the magnifier, external speakers, and joystick expansion.  I want to see a full replica man!

Come on Slippy, Gotta leave something for Cory to build.

[yotsuya]

BYOAC - Where Feature Creep Happens.

[matt4949]

oh yeah

[ChanceKJ]

You guys are crazy! MORE is BETTER.  Who ever said they want LESS steak on their plate, or LESS carbon fibre in there McLaren MP4-12c, or LESS lingerie models in their threesome, or only one package of Pez candies when they buy a dispenser, (thats heresy)?!

Even bad things, More Sharks, More blood thirsty zombies, More Geddy Lee?  (ok, maybe Rush is the ONE exception. (Rush sucks)).

I say: turn this b*tch up to 14 from the 11 it's hovering over right now.

[yotsuya]

You guys are crazy! MORE is BETTER.  Who ever said they want LESS steak on their plate, or LESS carbon fibre in there McLaren MP4-12c, or LESS lingerie models in their threesome, or only one package of Pez candies when they buy a dispenser, (thats heresy)?!

Even bad things, More Sharks, More blood thirsty zombies, More Geddy Lee?  (ok, maybe Rush is the ONE exception. (Rush sucks)).

I say: turn this b*tch up to 14 from the 11 it's hovering over right now.

I say, when you have a build with a plan, stay on target, lest you end up with:



Because you WILL end up with

Oh, and I've seen Rush in concert TWICE.

[ChanceKJ]

...Oh, and I've seen Rush in concert TWICE.

Yotsuya just went from a 6 to a 4.   


That gives me an idea for a future build: "The Homer"




But seriously, back on topic, please don't waste time with accessories until the "Gameboy Massive" is complete.  (There, there's the name, calling it now)

[jahilton2002]

Archretro filter looks awesome;

[rCadeGaming]

It does look awesome.  If you really want it to look authentic you need to use an LCD with horrible viewing angles too, haha.

[Yvan256]

Made the power switch...................

Dude, for all the amazing progress you've made so far, you're going to settle for something like that? Are you nuts?

Then we redesigned it;

That's much better. You even have the lock for the future giant Game Boy carts too. 

Archretro filter looks awesome;

Awesome is too poor a word to describe how amazingly awesome it looks like.


Have you found a giant red LED yet? I remember seeing something on Sparkfun, Adafruit or somewhere similar.

[jahilton2002]

You even have the lock for the future giant Game Boy carts too. 

ssssssssshhhhh you're the only one to have noticed that! 

Have you found a giant red LED yet? I remember seeing something on Sparkfun, Adafruit or somewhere similar.

See past post....we're using a led arcade button...

Thanks for your comments

[CoryBee]

You even have the lock for the future giant Game Boy carts too. 

ssssssssshhhhh you're the only one to have noticed that! 

Have you found a giant red LED yet? I remember seeing something on Sparkfun, Adafruit or somewhere similar.

See past post....we're using a led arcade button...

Thanks for your comments

Working Gameboy giant game cartridges CONFIRMED!!

wait........gameboy is 7 letters....7+5=12.....12-9=3.....Half-Life 3 CONFIRMED!!!

[ChanceKJ]

wait........gameboy is 7 letters....7+5=12.....12-9=3.....Half-Life 3 CONFIRMED!!!

Best post of the week. 

[Yvan256]

It would be nice to see one of my GBTK-Movie demo cart run on this once it's completed. I vote for Terminator 2.   

[jahilton2002]

It's the little things;

[Willlard]

If you are going to be using a PC, an emulator and giant crafted cartridges, you could use NFC tags to tell the emulator what game to load............ somehow

[Slippyblade]

If you are going to be using a PC, an emulator and giant crafted cartridges, you could use NFC tags to tell the emulator what game to load............ somehow

Nope.  He's mounting an actual GameBoy inside this masterpiece.

[CoryBee]

If you are going to be using a PC, an emulator and giant crafted cartridges, you could use NFC tags to tell the emulator what game to load............ somehow

Nope.  He's mounting an actual GameBoy inside this masterpiece.

HE BETTER BE!!!

[jahilton2002]

probably both..... i'm struggling with the whole vga thing

[CoryBee]

probably both..... i'm struggling with the whole vga thing

Can anyone state-side help our man get a VGA mod done to a Gameboy? I know there are a couple of you EE guys out there.

If not Jahilton, just get one of the GBA SPs I linked that already have TV out and be done with it. It would be in color though........hmmmmm.....

[Yvan256]

After searching a bit, I found the following solutions:

• Game Boy VGA using an FPGA
• Gameboy VGA adapter
• SNES + Super Game Boy with crystal clock mod to have the exact same speed as the original hardware
• Gamecube with Game Boy Player
• Game Boy Advance TV adapters

Given the scope of your project, I think it would be best to contact someone who has done the VGA adapter on an FPGA.

[opt2not]

Get an SNES with Gameboy player. Connect the SNES to a cheap CGA->RGB converter. Output to your monitor via VGA.
SNES' can output RGB without modifications, you just need to hack up the AV cable and connect them to the right pins on the CGA->VGA video input.

[CoryBee]

Get an SNES with Gameboy player. Connect the SNES to a cheap CGA->RGB converter. Output to your monitor via VGA.
SNES' can output RGB without modifications, you just need to hack up the AV cable and connect them to the right pins on the CGA->VGA video input.

Can you get rid of those awful looking boarders it produces?

[epicfatigue]

Just Do a direct VGA mod to the gameboy it wont be overly hard...
You can not have come this far and put an emulator in it.

I would love to do it for you but i am located in Australia, and don't have a gameboy to experiment on they are long gone.
You have a pinout so the hard part is done... send it to a convertor just measure the voltages from your gameboy and lower or raise it to the sepcs of the convertor, knowing these things i would say it would be lower. (Best thing about electronics is its all maths there is a formula for everything )

Find the exact res that gameboy is producing then find a convertor that can do it, if none exist then go find a chip that can do it, build a PCB on EAGLE-CAD print it out on a laser printer then iron it on, drop it in some acid and away you go, however a convertor may need a grounding plate.

When in doubt about things like this it is best to leverage off other-people and this is not an electrical forum.
You have some awesome skills and there would be many people that excel in this space close to you that are on electrical forums. do a short description of what you want to do and pictures of the project, will be an awesome step to learn another skill set.

Maybe start here http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3
Awesome project

[Willlard]

Get an SNES with Gameboy player. Connect the SNES to a cheap CGA->RGB converter. Output to your monitor via VGA.
SNES' can output RGB without modifications, you just need to hack up the AV cable and connect them to the right pins on the CGA->VGA video input.

Can you get rid of those awful looking boarders it produces?

I do remember one of them was just black.

[ChanceKJ]

It's the little things;

Agreed. There's nothing bigger.

Which is why I say to hell with these suggestions of using anything but a real gameboy to power this. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard. Your build hasn't come this far to stop short on such a key important part of realism.

Mind you, I also say modify the LCD so there's no backlight, and it gives the same green feel naturally with a painted LED Defuser for that realistic green look. But hey, I'm an extremist.

[Yvan256]

Which is why I say to hell with these suggestions of using anything but a real gameboy to power this. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard. Your build hasn't come this far to stop short on such a key important part of realism.

Indeed, all the hard work has already been done by other people, so I also vote for putting a real Game Boy in there. I offer to help with the giant cartridges interface too.

Mind you, I also say modify the LCD so there's no backlight, and it gives the same green feel naturally with a painted LED Defuser for that realistic green look. But hey, I'm an extremist.

Painted LED diffuser? I'm not sure what you're talking about. LCD is liquid crystal display, the only LEDs are for the backlight and if the display is old enough it's not even LEDs doing the backlighting.

I say he needs to disable the backlight and put a light green filter sheet on top of the whole display. Getting the perfect shade of green will be the biggest challenge.

[yotsuya]

The craftsmanship in this thread: 
The comments: 

[ChanceKJ]

I know how LCD's work. Haha, that's exactly what I meant.

 

Autocorrect on my phone typed "LED defuser" when I was trying to say LCD. i just don't care enough to proof read.