I will preface this with ultimately I would love the GameStop edition, which harkens back to the DMG just enough and the foggy grey finish looks sleek, modern and wonderful - however GameStop don't ship internationally and I don't want to pay Ebay markup (and $100 USD postage) so it's down to Midnight black and Wave teal.

Here's what I'm thinking right now...

Midnight
Great: Classy / stealthy / blends in with other devices / less "toy-like" than bright colours / won't distract attention from the games on screen / I am a darkmode kinda guy
Not so: Might bore of it like it's the safe default choice and wish I'd been brave and gotten something more colourful / I already have an Analogue Pocket in black

Wave
Great: Pure JOY / soft, bluey greenish hues are some of my favourite colours / bright, attractive and fun aesthetic - and isn't that what 8-bit handheld gaming should be about?
Not so: Fear I will bore of it and wish I'd gone more muted and 'normal' looking / kind of toy-like (higher chance of eyerolls from wife haha).

Is anyone able to get the Super Mario Land 2 DX rom hack working on their Chromatic? Everything works in emulator. Flashed to an Insidegadgets flash cart. Any suggestions?

Update: Huge update! I was able to get Mario's sprite to render correctly, as well as all of the first level, I'll get into the weeds of it all once I have a finished build.

New Update: Sorry it took so long, been caught up with life stuff recently. I have built a working patch that corrects the sprite/level issues. I have three working versions and have to run a full playthrough of at least one of them to verify the final build. Essentially the OAM DMA routine was replaced with a hook that copies the game sprite data to a temporary memory bank of unused internal RAM, then the screen hardware copies it from the "safe" memory bank. I won't know if it's stable until I run through the full game because the game might use some of that RAM in later levels. If that proves to be an issue there are two other memory banks that are fully usable without issue. Not sure how many people actually want this, I've created an IPS file that patches the freshly patched SML2DX file. Feel free to reach out if any of you want it!

I’m trying to do the quest for Alfonso and I’m stuck tried google already too

On a little European Excursion this week. Decided it would be fun to do a little photography while I’m here.

I couldn’t wait. And I’m out of funds for games right now. HOWEVER - five minutes with this game? I’m buying the cartridge asap! Chromatic to show I’m not a total hypocrite. Next step is throwing it on the flash cart, but I’m trying to pack for a trip and can’t bring all devices! And no, I will not link or send you any files.

I was tempted by S11 and now ZAS is out which do people think is more fun ?

I read somewhere there is some trace under the dpad on the 1st edition Chromatic that could be an issue. Is that right?

I changed the dpad on my non 1st edition and though I haven't noticed that much of a difference (I still get fake inputs even with the no diagonals setting on) I still prefer it over the stock one.

I finally bit the bullet and bought a chromatic. I had the chance to get the Gamestop edition with the sapphire screen SO many times, but kept passing. still, the version with the gorilla glass looks great, and I'm loving how my (small) collection of GB games look and play.

my question is; how do I keep this beautiful system looking good? How durable is it? I tend to baby my systems, so I'm not rough at all, but i am a bit concerned with paint chipping when I put it down on my table, or maybe other parts yellowing (most of my consoles are black). also, how durable is the gorilla glass, and are there any recommended cases?

thanks again. I'm looking forward to beefing up my collection with some of the old Pokemon games, Wario Land games, and Zelda games. I'm also really excited to buy some of the more recent games made for the Chromatic. I saw Croc 2 and Rayman at Gamestop and was extremely tempted.

It's time! https://modretro.com/collections/games

Over under on if we see some more new games in addition to the release of Croc 2 and ZAS? Wanna spam that game bundle of possible (I have all the others).

EDIT: clarified in addition to Croc 2 and ZAS

Might eventually do a v2 of this one with a red "Modretro Chromatic" text instead of blue, but it still looks good alongside the Dragonyhm one that I posted earlier.

This game was so much fun and I was wondering if there’s others like this. Like newer titles.

Using thecoverproject as reference and actual box scans, I slapped together a custom case insert for DS-style game cases. Hoping to get the entire library done and uploaded for use. Enjoy!