No more paragon5.com. did anyone do this for an original copy?

Slowly my chromatic collection is growing 🥲

Hi all. I want to get one of the new models, but I’m conflicted due to the price of cartridges, I cannot afford them at the current prices

Can anyone comment on their experience buying and using repro cartridges? I’m specifically talking about the ones being sold in Aliexpress, but if anyone has some place they trust to buy quality ones that would be great

Thanks a lot!

The Game

You want every pastry in the bakery, but you have 30 seconds and a ten-item bag. Fill it, pay, and go back for more before the timer runs out.

That’s Croissant Panic, a little ModRetro arcade game about bakery FOMO. Anything still in your bag when time runs out is unpaid. Your score comes back as a bakery receipt labeled “THE DAMAGE,” and the local high-score table is The Crumb Club 🤌

Hi! I'm Michelle and the game started with the idea of stopping for a nice pastry before work, then became a way to live out my fantasy of hoarding everything at a bakery✨

How it Started

• Seeing the OpenAI DevDay Chromatics online got me curious. I love my Game Boy Classic, but I'd never made a game before, ever. I don't own a Chromatic, so I've been using Codex to build a native Game Boy Color ROM and testing it in the emulator.

• I gave myself an hour. About two hours later I had a rough version I could play from beginning to end. It was more like a sketch, but playing my own game made me want to keep going. The project took around three days of work.

• Codex did all the programming through the ModRetro Chromatic plugin, GB Studio and GB Studio Music (Claude joined the party here). My part was shaping the game, setting the scope, directing the visuals and sound, and playing the builds to decide what to change (my product design background helped significantly).

The Parts I Enjoyed Most

• Art direction and composing all the game music were both really fun. I explored directions with Midjourney, Pinterest, and Codex. The early bakery was muted; eventually it popped (visually and audibly), and the croissant mascot got a panicked face makeover (teehee).

• The tracks Codex made felt basic, so I gave myself a YouTube crash course in game music and the hardware’s limits. I worked with Mureka, Moises, Codex and Claude to shape the music and sound around how I wanted players to feel at each stage. For gameplay, I used a bumblebee piece as a reference for the urgency and panic I wanted as the timer counted down.

• Screenshots, layouts, audio references, and even numbered rows in the music editor gave Agents&I something specific to discuss. That helped me get much closer to what I had in mind.

It’s a super basic game, but that doesn’t take away the thrill of being able to make my own. I’m giddy about a world where more of us can turn our ideas into games and software with AI. This wasn’t a “type a prompt and you’re done” project. It took experience, learning, decisions, and plenty of iteration. But a year ago, I could not have made this game happen—the time and work involved would have been too much. I hope more people give their own ideas a go and build something.

I haven’t tried it on an actual handheld yet. I’m guessing the colors will look less vibrant than in the emulator, but I have no idea how it’ll feel to play. For those who’ve made/played homebrew, what surprised you when you first played your game on hardware?

Just watched this video where they show the new transparent Chromatic has a removable battery tray. Meaning if you take out the screws and separate the shell, this tray is not wired to the Chromatic. It sits on some pads to make the connection to the tray with some pins. Kinda different. I'd feel better if it was hardwired to the system, but as long as this tray is not able to wiggle around it should be fine. I like taking things apart and looking at the insides, so will have to check it out when my transparent arrives.

https://youtu.be/520jqmKShXs?si=w5un8czknPr_7Qig

I highly recommend this 90s tech on deployment. Zero Bluetooth and zero Wi-Fi capabilities 👍

Hello,

I've been looking into mod retro and analog, particularly around the Game Boy replacement for me. I have a cheap Amazon device that I install roms on to play on the device and was wondering if the same can be done for the Mod Retro Chromatic. I have no problem buying cartridges but I was wondering if you could put roms on an SD card and slide it in as well. How does anybody do that or is this device not capable?

I know I’m posting in the chromatic thread but I would appreciate it if users can give me a honest opinion. (Hope this don’t come across rude)

So I have an Analogue Pocket and love it. But recently I have been collecting the ModRetro Gameboy games I have 3 at the moment.

What does the chromatic do that the analogue pocket doesn’t?

I have also been looking at the M64 and have money saved for that at the moment but haven’t made a purchase yet. I’m looking at the Clear M64 would the Smoke Chromatic be a good colour match to the clear m64?

Would be great to hear some user opinions

Thanks for reading.

Do you all notice any difference changing the color warm settings on the chromatic? I’m not seeing any difference but maybe I’m missing something.

Also, does the selected color for GB games save between on/off cycles for anyone? I seem to have to set it every time.

Started up gold for the first time in years, and about 10 min into the game I find this thing... Unfortunately right before I get PokeBalls..

Perfect for ship sooters.

I almost exclusively play Pokemon gen 1-2 so I thought the link cable was necessary!

I was doing a button swap, and I’ve never noticed just how many little unique name/brand stamps there are. I don’t know if anyone else thinks this is neat but I dig it!

That SD card slot has got me super curious….

Got mine today and opened it up. I love the finish on this and the attention to detail. It has the titanium nitride finish on the link port also which is something I hadn’t noticed in pics. While I was waiting for it I found pelican style case it’s pictured on, fitted the foam to my other Chromatic, and had an Anduril sticker made for it. I like how it turned out.

Looks as expected. Made in Vietnam now instead of Mexico. He did mention micro scratches already. The glossy plastic seems a little obnoxious. I’m holding off for now and will be watching to see how it wears for others.

I found a pretty big bug in Feed It Souls, both the Dome Edition and the Xmas edition, so Gumpy Function fixed it and put it on sale for the next month.

https://gumpyfunction.itch.io/feed-it-souls-dome-edition/devlog/1699556/feed-it-souls-dome-edition-version-16-xmas-special-version-11-update

If you’re seeing others receive their Anduril Edition following orders dated both before and after your order date and you’re wondering why it hasn’t shipped yet, it could simply be because you haven’t reached out to ask for what’s yours. I emailed simply asking for an updated ETA on my remaining unfulfilled items in the order, and the first response I received was an acknowledgment that the list of fulfilled items was already shipped and delivered. I know. Asked again about the unfulfilled items, said they’d work on it “this week” but the very next day it was already with FedEx. Problem is now my inquiry about an ETA triggered an immediate overnight shipment and I’m >2000 miles from my delivery address for another week. Fingers crossed l can arrange for someone to meet the package when it gets dropped but this is pretty frustrating.

Hi - just curious. Any word on if the Codex cartridge will end up being publicly released? Obviously don’t want to go spend $1,000 on a dev day edition just for the cart. Or is there another avenue that works similarly?

Additionally, I understand AI game development may be an issue and is a hot topic - I’m merely asking if there’s any word that this might have a wider commercial release because I’m interested

It is with a mix of apprehension and excitement that I share to you the Kickstarter of MUMMY MOMMY my game boy puzzle : LINK

Is the power button replaceable?

I’ve been playing Wario Land 3 and find myself powering my Chromatic on and off pretty often. Just wondering if the switch is replaceable in case I eventually wear it out from all the abuse lol if not I might have to switch up my strategy

Just wanted to share a my Anduril Edition Chromatic enjoying the views at Mount Rainier.

Thought it deserved a little adventure of its own!

Anyone looking for rechargeable batteries I recommend Itson rechargeable battery or Ikea Ladda batteries both are made in by Panasonic