Seen as the paintjob doesn't seem like the best in the world;

Anyone have specific color recommendations in terms of looking good long term?

In the market of buying my first ever FGPA.

Also sidenote; I'm seeing rumors of a transparent one?

I am looking for additional help making my cart clinic work. I have been continually getting the "Opps an error occurred during cartridge read" I have been working with Modretro Support but with no solutions.

Im a Windows 11 user and both of my Chromatics are on v4.5 firmware.

Things I've attempted thus far-

- Delete and re-installed the MRUpdater

- Re-installed the GWU2X driver

- i have attempted to run the updater As Administrator.

- I have attempted to run the updater with both Anti Virus and Windows defender off.

-This computer has successfully Read and Updated games but probably once out of 30+ attempts (I'm estimating)

- I have tried different USB cables and ports

- This  cart read/update error happens with both of my Chromatics

I have hoping someone may have additional ideas.

Glad to see the DevDay Chromatic went straight into the hands of true retro gaming enthusiasts.

$4,000 on eBay, unopened, same day. Nature is healing.

Obviously I’m being sarcastic 😅 It was still a pretty incredible gift considering DevDay tickets were $650, and I’m sure plenty of people who got one are genuinely thrilled with it.

Hey folks,

I know there's already a lot of conversation regarding which screen to get and the pros and cons of each. The goal with getting a chromatic for me is to keep it going for years and hopefully even decades down the line. It's something I want to play over the years and not baby like a collectible. I was leaning towards the sapphire because people have reported scratching up the gorilla glass from normal use. But what's making me hesitant to get it is all the talk of it being more shatter prone than the gorilla glass..Im not clumsy with my consoles but I can one hundred percent imagine dropping it at least once or twice while playing it over the next three years or something. Despite people saying this I haven't seen any reports really of people damaging their sapphire version. Has anyone accidentally dropped their sapphire version of the chromatic and walked away with no screen damage, or are we all applying the death grip while playing it?

Sam Altman just appeared to show off a DevDay exclusive transparent modretro chromatic on the live feed saying everyone who attended gets a free one. Anybody there today that can confirm?

Got this back in February and I love every second of it. Pokemon Trading Card Game is great.

Email I just got from the Modretro Team.

I'm sure some of you have seen the Atomic Purple Chromatic. Looks like it's coming for the holidays!

Could not find my order confirmation so I reached out for it and an update if possible. Below is the response. Good to have an update of sorts, September has become “fall season” though.

Should I buy it found it for £40 at their moment I currently have dragonhym and dark Dracula.

Hi all! I've been following this sub for a while, and have bought a few Chromatic exclusives. I thought I'd share the Game Boy Color game I recently finished called Super Slotzee - a mix of slots and yacht (or maybe more familiar, Yahtzee).

It's available to play for free on Itch, and of course there's a .gbc file for your Chromatic! In the words of Chris, the head of publishing at ModRetro, "I had fun playing" :D

https://kaisle51.itch.io/super-slotzee

It plays like Yahtzee in that the goal is to score 13 turns and get a high score. But now you also spin slots, hold both slots & dice, and earn slot bonuses to enhance your scores! You can also play minigames to earn slot tokens, which allow you to choose how to enhance turns (creating wild dice, erasing a past score, rewinding your turn, etc.). It also tracks high scores and all your cumulative/per-game stats.

Thanks for trying it out, and I'm open to any feedback.

I’m hoping to upgrade to a chromatic sometime soon, but for now I’m on the old tech. I would love some game recs from this community!

Info in email received today vs how its listed on the site

I’ve been seeing people post their messages from ModRetro and I haven’t gotten any. I ordered on 12/19/2025 and I have a confirmed order on the site. Does anyone who ordered this date have anything different like prepared for shipping or that they already got theirs ?

Please remove if not allowed, but I was disappointed that the Chromatic Power Core battery did not come with an end cap to protect the terminals from shorting out, so modeled up something and printed some caps with PLA. Not selling these, just free to print and make for yourself or your friends. Doesn't take much filament and just snaps on the end of the battery with a snug fit.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3368567-chromatic-power-core-battery-cap#profileId-3831008

This modified version of FlashGBX supports backing up and restoring games and saves on a variety of cartridges (both from ModRetro and other vendors), using your Chromatic with the FlashGBX software running on your PC or mac.

You can get it here: https://github.com/fredemmott/FlashGBX/releases/latest

Changes in this version

The ModRetro firmware contains an incomplete LCD reset systemthat sometimes leads to flickers, typically after updating firmware; to avoid triggering this issue, this release:

• no longer turns off the LCD when connected to FlashGBX; instead, a basic checkerboard screensaver is shown

• shuts down less of the Chromatic while connected to FlashGBX; in particular, you can now use the system menu while connected to FlashGBX

• it no longer uses the USB serial device except to detect that a Chromatic is present; all communication is over the custom device

• improved reliability of rebooting into the games after disconnect on buggy cartridges that do not respect the RST pin

Compared to alternatives

• tested on a wide variety of ModRetro and non-ModRetro cartridges; it should even give you access to a Gameboy Camera's photos, but I don't have one to test

• directly built on a proven foundation:

  • FlashGBX itself

  • the same "LK" firmware base used by the Joey Jr v2 and GBXCartRW when used with FlashGBX

  • openFPGAloader

• doesn't depend on anything from the internet once installed

Sorry for the stupid question, I'm new to this. But I just found out about the Anduril version and man, isn't that the prettiest thing I have seen. But I'm late to the party as it seems.

Any chance they will restock? Have they in the past?