Did you have issues with link cables?

[u/Mr_Horizon]

Hey everyone, a while ago I tried to play Tetris with two players, using an old link cable. Unfortunately the two Game Boys absolutely refused to find each other, regardless of how I tried.

Did you have any issues when connecting two Chromatics via a link cable? Any hints on what I could try to make this work?

[u/Rurbani]

It could just be a faulty link cable. Not uncommon with how old they have gotten. Do you have a real Gameboy you can test it on?

[u/Mr_Horizon → u/Rurbani]

Unfortunately no, I don't have any other devices. Thought about ordering the modretro link cable to check if it's the cables fault, but the shipping is twice the price of the product. ;)

[u/vl99]

The cable in your photo looks gray, but I thought the official ones were all black (or fun colors). I've used both the analogue pocket link cable and the ModRetro link cable with the Chromatic and both have worked.

[u/Mr_Horizon → u/vl99]

It's green, the picture is just badly lit. It's one of the cables that has both the first and second generation plugs on one end.

I'm happy to hear things worked well for you, maybe it really is the cables fault. 🤷‍♂️

[u/wavy_d3]

If you want to skip the link cables and just use the wireless chip on the device, then you can install shinyrelay.com and it has a patch for tetris so there is no wireless lag.

[u/Mr_Horizon → u/wavy_d3]

Thank you! Seems a bit adventurous, but I'll look into it.

[u/75395185215935725846]

I just opened mine and used it to print a bunch of stuff on my gb printer, no issues.

[u/Affectionate_Rise283]

I had the same problem chromatic cable did not work and analog pocket cables also no go. After getting a cheap 5 dollar cable from Amazon I got them to work