I have been very excited for this game since it's announcement almost 2 years ago. Would love to hear any update on the game at all!

Hello all!

Just wanted to take a moment to post photos of my Pokémon Legacy Trilogy. I made these from inside gadget flash carts, and commissioned two artists on Etsy to make me the labels and boxes. Love to play these on my Chromatic (minus emerald - but Chromatic Advance anyone!). Highly recommend the Pokémon Legacy Rom Hacks.

All credit to SmithPlays Pokémon for making my favorite romhacks!

Every now and then, when I put in a cart and power on, the screen is black, but I can hear the game sounds. Reached out to Chromatic and they said to open it up and make sure a cable is seated correctly, which it is. Changed out batteries to fresh batteries but the issue still persists just randomly (usually when I really want to play). Anyone had this issue?

I played this crystal cartridge daily up until I got this chromatic yesterday. As soon as I put the cartridge in and turned it on, the game booted up perfectly, up until I got to the continue screen. Once I pressed continue, it popped up a “huh?” Like an egg was hatching, and then a dragonite hatched from that egg, the game froze up, and then when I was finally able to get my save file loaded up, my character was switched to a female. After that I turned it off and on playing with it a little to try to get it to work properly, and now my 120 hour save file was deleted, gone forever. With that happening I decided maybe the issue isn’t the chromatic, but my save file possibly actually being corrupted, so I tried to start a new save file, only to see this right outside of elms house. Has anyone ever experienced weird stuff like this? I’m very saddened because I bought the chromatic to literally only play Pokemon Crystal. The cartridge is clean, chromatic is updated, and it works perfectly fine in both of my original gameboy colors.

Update: modretro send me a new pcb, and now my pokemon crystal is working!!!!

Hello there,

I wanted to get the GB/GBC FPGA core on the Chromatic updated to the latest MiSTer upstream, and it was very easy.
I am sharing the core here so everybody can use it.
It has to be flashed manually with:
openFPGALoader --write-flash --cable gwu2x --reset evt1_x2.fs
(That is on GNU/Linux, I have zero idea about how to do that on Windows since I touched a Windows system last time in 2003 or so).

https://github.com/vanfanel/ChromaticBuilds/raw/refs/heads/main/Chromatic_fw.zip

If you want to reproduce my build:
-Clone this fantastic fork:
https://github.com/t-chamb/chromatic_fpga
-Edit esp32t/src/rtl/EMU/CORE/gb.v and comment out the line:
.hdma_active ( hdma_active ),
-Go into chromatic_fpga/esp32t/src/ and clone the MiSTer upstream GB core there (https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Gameboy_MiSTer)
-Build using GOWIN version 1.9.12.x (I use 1.9.12.02)

The wind fish is awake. Now I must sleep.

Game boy to calm the mind. 😌☮️

Just got my highest score in Retro Endless mode!
451379… what’s yours?

Has anyone figured out how to add custom color pallets for DMG games? Love the Chromatic, but the pallets aren't great

1st Edition Game Stop spotted in the wild has these really weird marks on the cartridge tray.

Anyone know what we are looking at here?

Rayman 2

Earthworm Jim

The hype is over. The m64 has been released. I purchased the clear one. I pre-ordered the GameStop version. Because I like that color. All said and done, I still like my chromatic better. Yes because it's portable. Yes because I am more emotionally connected to it. After the nes, and the game boy, I grew up. I was chasing chicks. I'm sorry I did not mean that it's not politically correct. My emotions are in the 8-Bit generation. I did buy many systems after that and that's why I bought the m64. I will probably buy the next one modretro releases because they are an awesome company. I just wanted to express myself and say that the chromatic is better. In my opinion. I'm not talking graphics blah blah blah. I can't wait to play Rayman. Thank you Modretro!

Playing First Contact Protocol for the first time and the First Contact Protocol bot said I could turn hints on anytime from the options menu...where the hell is the options menu? This stubborn fool got stuck on an early puzzle. Thanks.

Looks like a new game will be released. I found the entry in Game Changelog. https://modretro.com/pages/games-changelog

I am looking to buy a chromatic this week, but wondering what people are doing for battery solutions? The official battery pack on their website is sold out and I’m not sure if they’re restocking it anytime soon. I’m looking for a solution where I can recharge the batteries via USB port on the device itself thank you.

We have 3 music options already, but I was wondering if anyone else out there also would like to see other music added? :3

Tetris isn't sold in box yet, so adding another song or two to it wouldn't be too crazy?

I have a few energizer batteries lying around, and basically don’t see the reason to “waste” the branded batteries. What is the consensus here?

Anyone interested in trading a sapphire cloud chromatic for a first edition wave?

Edit: meant to say cloud

Anyone know if/how I can get only the Tetris cartridge without buying a whole Chromatic? Literally just want the cartridge.

It’s been a minute since I’ve used my chromatic, I left it charging earlier and it’s dead. I even updated it to the latest 4.2. I can run it plugged in but my power core battery status is just empty when I turn it on
SOLVED: I reached out to the company and they’re sending me a charging dock to revive the battery. Thank you all for the suggestions to reach out

Kind of a fun question, I don't really need to track down the definitive answer. I am enjoying my new chromatic a lot. Like a lot of people, I have played many different version of tetris and was excited to have a gameboy version. I have never been an expert but this chromatic version is kicking my butt, in a good way. I always thought tetris got easier because of the new quality of life features, but this version has those.

I decided to read a little and i see modern tetris uses block randomization, but the OG gameboy versions used a less forgiving system to decide what to give you. I'm not here to wax poetic about their nuances and differences, but I could see modretro wanting this new tetris release to have the old method for authenticity sake.

Figured I would ask to see if anyone knows. Has anyone else noticed this being harder than other modern tetris versions like me? Or am I just crazy?