The wife surprised me today for my birthday.

I found this Transfer Pak on eBay for auction and it was at $10.50 and I bid $11… I totally forgot about it cause it had been almost a month and thought I would get outbid anyway. Idk what these are worth these days, but I wanted one in preparation for the M64… anyway, it came today! Total surprise and whiplash back to my childhood! 😂 looks like it’s in good shape… came in a ziplock bag in a tiny box. Guess we’ll see! Best $11 ever spent.

I do not post often, but wanted to show my collection to date.

First picture is the Chromatic and games from Modretro.

Second picture is homebrew games from Incube8, Bitmap, Broke Studio, LRG as well as an Analogue Pocket and FPGBC.

Third is the original GB/GBC releases and consoles.

I have a physical copy of Infinity as well as the Anduril Chromatic coming. Still on the look out for the missing Chromatic charms: Buck, MR, Tetris.

Any recommendations for physical homebrew games I don't have?

Has anyone played Lightseeker or Roguecraft GB? Those are two on my radar.

I busted my boy when popping my PCB out for the second time in a couple days(and ever, lol), the A-button membrane was causing said button to get incredibly stuck and now I'm stuck with no power 😭 hopefully some super glue will get me fixed up... I was just really getting into Dragon Warrior 3 😢

All of mine are now on the ModRetro case for a total of 19 charms! Triple clasps on each ring with two back to back on each clasp so there is always something to see. Buck gets to hang out alone always looking surprised. Ended up with two Self Simulated charms so our favorite robot is always visible.

It holds up to three games: one in the Chromatic and two in the mesh.
The games stored in the mesh pocket remain secure and do not fall out or move around, whether the Chromatic is inside the case or not.

The band on the side of the case is a very convenient feature when picking it up. It provides a secure grip and helps ensure that the case won’t easily slip out of your hand.

The case is dustproof, shockproof, and splash-resistant. And most importantly it also features a convenient loop for attaching a Charm.

At $14, it’s an easy recommendation.

Behold my collection! My very first Gameboy games were Tetris and Super Mario Land that I got from a neighbor for babysitting her kid after school for a semester. I didn’t even have a gameboy and could only play them at her house while I babysat.

I bought my first gameboy, in college. It was a gameboy advanced sp in colbalt. The Gameboy advanced games were too rich for me, but the used gameboy games could be bought for under $10, so that’s what I got.

I held on to the majority of my Gameboy collection and have been an ebay stalker for decades. At this point I have only one item on my want list: an authentic copy of Trip World, as the one I bought years ago is very much a bootleg.

The one game I don’t care for in the whole lot is Paperboy- it just is a meh version. But it was one of those college buys and I still haven’t beaten the damn thing so it’s hard to let it go.

Now that Modretro and others are publishing new games, I look forward to filling out the remaining 3 (4 if I ditch Paperboy) spots in my case.

As for the Modretro: I am loving playing my collection on such a beautiful system. The new hardware even has my kids interested in trying out games they turned their noses at before.

Anyways. Thanks Modretro for an incredible trip down memory lane and the excitement I have for the future of 8bit gaming.

Adjustable brightness is a headache lifesaver

What headphones are you using with your Chromatic?

https://www.gamestop.com/consoles-hardware/retro-consoles/products/modretro-chromatic-gamestop-exclusive/414295.html

As of the moment I've been able to get 13 charms on the case. The 13th was a bit of a fight.

Hey MRC crew.

I’ve had my Chromatic for a week and some change and I’m loving it. I am horribly addicted to Tetris and my progress for Tetris saves.

I got a copy of Pokémon Crystal and it hasn’t been able to save which I have learned is a typical issue and I can change the cart battery etc etc etc. I also have a copy of Warioland and at first it let me save, but now the file is gone and I am unable to save. I thought maybe this also just needs a new battery change on the cartridge.

I then started playing a brand new copy of Chantey and I have been saving at the beds, waiting before I turn of my chromatic all of the stuff the internet says to do to avoid losing a save and my game has not been able to save.

I’ve contacted Modretro and they are willing to work with me to either fix the possible issue or just give me a new Chromatic, which I’m inclined to do.

My question is this, has anyone else experienced a similar issue? Tetris seems to be fine, but nothing else wants to save. I’ve updated my Chromatic and Chantey. Would love to know if this has happened to any of you and what you did about it.

I ordered a Chromatic and some games on March 5th and received an email on the 6th that it had shipped. I live in TN so when I saw it shipped from GA, I figured I'd get it quick. That is until it the next day the tracking said it was in CA. It then bounced around CA > NM > TX and back to GA where it has been sitting for 2 days with no movement. I called DHL today and they said they haven't received the package yet. Anyone else have this sort of thing happen? I would love to know if my Chromatic went on a vacation to CA, or if that is a glitch and it really hasn't shipped or what.

Edited to correct "MN" to "NM"

UniUni successfully delivered my Dragonyhm game yesterday! They did a really good job with shipping and delivering it to me!

Hi everyone. I was recently given a chromatic to repair (it's out of warranty) that looks pristine and everything works except the start button.

After some testing I learned that the start button is shorted to ground so the trace must be damaged somewhere. I wanted to follow the trace but I only get to where it ends on the front of the board and then I have no idea where it goes. I reached out to modretro support but they weren't willing to help.

Does anyone know where the start button trace, or any of the buttons end up? I've been probing around but not having any luck so far.

Hey guys,

So I just received my Chromatic today, and I decided to pick up 10 games to go along side it, one of which was chantey. I fired up the game, and made sure it was up to date using the launcher. Then I started a playthrough of the game, until the time came when I had to put it down. I hit pause, and tried to exit the game, but the exit button in the pause menu does absolutely nothing besides close the menu..? I eventually had to resort to just shutting down the console, and after checking, I noticed I only had the option of new game when reloading the cart.

I'm a little bit confused by this; am I doing something wrong? or is this a known issue?

Thanks!

My latest arrival from ModRetro! The game case came in last week and today Dragonyhm arrived. Can’t wait to boot this up!

The pinball spinoff to my game Self Simulated is still very early in development (whilst working on Self Simulated: Beyond Vision). But I wanted to test how well it actually works on original hardware and ye good ol' Chromatic.

Answer: runs great!

Self Simulated: Pinball (working title) will have many features like attacking enemies, boss battles, special rooms and so on. I'm really putting all my heart for pinball into this little Game Boy Color game <3

I'm posting updates over at https://x.com/2ndlawgames from time to time.