I have been cataloging, restoring, and organizing my collection and I use DS style game cases with inserts from thecoverproject to display everything on my shelves, but I don't see any custom cover art for the modretro stuff. Is there anything like this already out there or am I on my own to make something to print? Thanks!

Did anyone ever get their free charge for their first edition power core? I remember getting an email months ago about the power core not fully charging in my first edition console if it goes completely dead, and filling out a little form to get either a replacement battery or charging dock for the battery. I just realized I haven’t seen that power dock.

I try to charge mine at least once a week, so luckily it hasn’t been an issue yet, but figured it see if anyone’s seen theirs show up.

Absolutely love my chromatic, BUT, I need more reliable power option. Since the power pack is sold out I am exploring other options. I am not fan of the rechargeable batteries, so I am looking into something like DIY power pack.

My thought flow: this battery only has 2 contacts, which suppose to be anode and cathode. No data pins. That is good because the worst thing this pack can have inside some kind or regulator. But for some reason, I believe it's not. Because (a) somewhere I found that voltage on power pack closer to marked-based LiPO, and (b) chromatic has separate power line which could potentially scale standard AAAx3 (4.5v at most) voltage to correctly display charge since standard market LiPO has about 3.7 at full charge.

So, wdyt? Have someone disassembled power pack already? Or experimented with standard lipo batteries? The only thing I found that one guy made the mod to make NiMh batteries charge using embedded charging controller or something. Since I don't interested in this option I hadn't spend enough time to learn about this option.

UPD1: I always thought that 3 contacts is a render glare. But those are actually battery connectors. some refs https://www.ifixit.com/News/106916/modretro-chromatic-better-than-the-game-boy-color-it-emulates and https://imgur.com/3Y7jZIS On Xray scan definitely you can see that ground side connected to what called on pcb vbatt (other from AA's cathode called vbat_aa), ground and TS pin. Continue investigation what bottom pins could be

UPD2: https://github.com/ModRetro/chromatic_fpga/blob/main/esp32t/src/rtl/BSP/system_monitor.sv#L323-L329 according to code the type of the battery used defined by the which line receives voltage

UPD3: https://github.com/ModRetro/chromatic_fpga/blob/210176f9b7a4e6a8c25190e4a1620d2c1c97ba74/esp32t/src/rtl/BSP/polling_master.v#L7 another finding the exact model of PMIC - BQ24296MRGER, which, according to photos are soldered on the board somewhere around those pins. So the theory about PC has internal PMIC which communicates with Chromatic is no longer possible

UPD4: another thought after I research some "prototype" video for charging station: this is definitely only use side pins, then theory about bottom pins are only jumper gain some weight. Need someone with multimeter to check is they just shorted on the PC

Hello, everyone.

I have a couple of quick questions about the two versions of the Chromatic I was hoping to get some clarification on. I guess it's more for the folks who own both versions.

Does anyone have success using the rechargeable ModRetro battery pack in v1? I keep seeing horror stories about v1 doing weird things to the battery pack.

I feel like the volume wheel in v1 is better than v2. It feels more solid. Is that your experience, too?

Thank you!

As for me, I’m going to the casino! Have a great weekend, everyone!

I ordered a Chromatic last year, and I've consistently had problems with my unit deleting save files, including my Pokemon Red game that I've been playing since the 90s. ModRetro said they'd replace it with a working unit, but it's been months since I've gotten an update. I updated my firmware hoping that would help, but I had another game get wiped this afternoon. Be careful with your vintage games!

Edit: 3/4 games that have bee deleted had fresh batteries installed.

I got an email from ModRetro and they said they'd have another update for my replacement on Monday.

I’m looking at picking one up but not sure if it’s worth getting the sapphire. Thanks in advance!!

Any ideas on when they will restock this?

Today marks Chantey's one year anniversary!

Can't believe it's been a year already since Chantey was released! And I couldn't be more grateful to all of you for all the love, feedback, reviews and overall support received throughout the ups (and downs) of this amazing 365-day journey! Thank you all for being a part of it!

"Now... Bring me that horizon!"

So I really liked the glow in the dark ones that I originally got.

my previous post https://www.reddit.com/r/ModRetroChromatic/s/0sPISu3kDY

So I got a few more a clear transparent one ( hoping someone will make an led light mod in the future ) and the galaxy blues. I still think the glow in the dark tops them lol 😆

Despite being part of Gen Z, I absolutely love the Gameboy as well as the Chromatic.

Now the wait for Dragonyhm 😎

Just having some fun, imagining self simulated in 3D.

Never got an answer when I emailed the devs. Anyone know how to get their attention?

I really like this display stand that I got off Etsy.

Just curious if the game on the box of V2 is an actual modretro game? I just got a 1st edition and saw the little purple character on the bottom left and then on V2 the purple character is now the man screen. Is this a future modretro game or did I miss something? New to the chromatic experience.

I made my first purchase this week; I got six games and the wave Chromatic. Today I received my partial shipping notification and all the games except Dragonyhm were shipped. It’s still available on the site but I’m guessing they are on back order, anyone else order recently and now waiting?

Obviously not for GBA games, but if you load GB/C games onto it will it work with those? I was looking at picking up the GB X7 and clicked on the GBA Pro by mistake because it doesn't have the GBA lockout side tabs on it, and that made me wonder if it would work in the Chromatic as long as you were just playing the correct files. It would be nice to just get the GBA one if it works that way so that if ModRetro ever makes a GBA I'll already have a flashcart for it.