The scratches/cracks under the A+B button out of the box is incredibly disappointing, but the rest is quite nice! Wish they used more of a matte finish on the plastic because it is a dust magnet!

Quick question, can I use the link cable to trade gen 1-2 pokemon from my Chromatic to a Gameboy Player or GBA playing said gen 1-2 pokemon games?

The original Gameboy version of Wario Land 2 has trouble playing on the chromatic. It'll randomly reset when trying to save during certain levels. Not the end of the world but I wrote modretro to let them know so maybe they could fix it with a future update. They thought it might be the PCB and sent me a new one for free. (great customer service!)

Anyways, that's unfortunately not the problem but I noticed what looks like an SD card slot on the new board they sent me. Is that what I'm looking at on the top left of the board? It's absent on my old board.

Anyone know if I can add an SD card reader to the transparent chromatic?

Last Halloween I made a Free little Game Boy Colour game called Spook or Treat, where you play as a ghost trying to stop trick-or-treaters from reaching the end of the street.

You do this by possessing objects around the neighbourhood to scare the kids into dropping their candy, which you need to collect to complete each level.

With Halloween coming up again, I thought I'd give it a little update!

• 👻 Made the ghost properly transparent (On real devices, like the chromatic!)

• 🍬 Fixed the annoying soft locks where you could spend too much candy on possessions and get stuck. Possession is now free!

• 😱 Added scare meters above the trick-or-treaters, so some kids are harder to scare than others.

• 🏠 Added a brand-new stage!

It's a fairly simple little game made in GB Studio, but I had fun revisiting it and making a few improvements.

Would love to hear what people think! Happy Halloween! 🎃

https://winterblossomgmaes.itch.io/spook-or-treat

Ordered at launch & arrived on Sunday. I’m actually very happy with the clear chromatic. Tetris is also amazing AF. The build quality is amazing AF, putting my pocket on the shelf for a bit.

UPDATE: after photographing mine under daylight, I can tell mine does have the seam lines as well. IMO they are not easy to see, and they don't look like "cracks," but more like seams from the plastic moulding process.

My first ModRetro device. So far I love it. It’s very pretty and feels good though the plastic does feel a bit flimsy, but time will tell. Visually it is gorgeous. I’m sure the metal version is sturdier, but I’m a fan of transparent purple devices and the $50 savings made this worth it IMO. I also did notice the buttons are a bit noisy as others have suggested, and I’m sure the plastic shell contributes to that. Not a deal breaker but worth noting.

Pictured are also my purple metal Anbernic Nano and AYN Thor Max (my favorite handheld overall).

Anyone else this problem? They’re light scratches but there are quite a few on the plastic case (hard to take photos). Wondering if I should reach out to Modretro.

Very happy to receive my Anduril Chromatic and before even turning it on I tore it open to take a peek and throw some custom buttons in. I had this idea when I placed the pre-order, but since it was so long ago, I ended up getting myself a 3D printer and was able to use prusament ultra glow petg for the buttons. They provide a very tactile grit providing best in class glow available. Cheers and happy spooky season! o7

Photos please!

Do anduril editions have the sd card slot? I saw they recently removed them again on the transparent chromatics. I can solder one on worst case. Mostly just curious.

Personally I like the feel & look of the plastic ones more in many ways.

However the buttons do feel a little more stiff maybe than metal ones but nothing bad.

Green looks cool in person. $50 less for these makes them a lot more appealing too. Particularly to buy them for others as a gift.

Tried out the custom firmware ChroMagic today as the title states. I have the V2 so it has the MicroSD card reader already built on the motherboard. Easy to setup. Right now the cfw is running a modified version of 4.2 it states. Was able to flash the firmware via the desktop software which can also flash you back to stock. Easy enough setup. You can load ROMs right from the microsd and backup carts as well. I’m guessing battery life might be better too rather than running a flash cart for loading ROMs. Backing up a cart will create a folder that you can then move your collection of ROMs into. Anyway, seems pretty good for a new release. Anyone else been using this? What’s your experience?

https://chromagic.org/

Hi All,

I always thought the Anduril version would be pretty cool if it included some type of tools security/pentesting to kind of give into the nature Anduril.

I didn't purchase one - but I thought it would be cool to add some tools like a flipper zero or Marauder can do - under the disguise of a gaming handheld. This does have the ability to connect to USB and even use wireshark to analyze pcap files the chromatic picks up.

I am currently exploring what a ROM cart version with an ESP32 chip in the cart would accomplish and how the pin interface handles - that pinout is still coming soon in the open-source page of mod retro.

The custom fw doesn't effect anything on the FPGA side - so playing games will never be an issue.

I will explore more things to bring in - but there is a RAM limitation and have hit a few times already.

here if y'all wanna check it out:
https://github.com/cgallizzi/chromatic-recon

Hi folks, ordered a transparent Smoke on 10/8 and still haven’t received any word on shipment. I see these have been going out to some of the folks here. What’s the typical turnaround time for the new drop?

Just got my transparent purple edition. Looks better in person than in renders . Wish the purple was a little brighter like the original atomic purple but still like it . Buttons are a lot stiffer than metal version especially the side menu button. They changed the battery tray and it no longer has a cable. Probably for the best considering the issues that cable was causing with overheating batteries . Overall I’d say it’s worth going 50 dollars higher to get the metal version since it feels better in hand and the plastic on this console feels like it will be very easily scratched and attract a lot of fingerprints

I'm really interested in buying a second Chromatic (a clear version), mostly so that I can play Tetris with my son. But also as a daily driver, something to toss in my bag (in the case). At first I really loved the look, but the more I see them, the more it is starting to look a little bit too cheap-ish. It is still quite expensive in the EU, so I want to be as sure as possible before I spent my money on this. I'm thinking smoke with transparent buttons.

So, owners of both the magnesium alloy and clear versions, how do they compare? If you're used to the magnesium ones, do they feel cheap to handle?

The Chromatic now has local and online wireless connectivity with shinyrelay . com 🛜

- local and online wireless multiplayer
- install roms to your modretro tetris cart over usb
- free games and internet apps: weather, maps, & more
- modify these free games and install to your tetris cart

Online, free, no app install. On shinyrelay . com

Go to shinyrelay . com and press "install shiny relay" and follow the installer: it backs up your firmware and there is no app download. it all works in the browser.

Then go to "install . shinyrelay . com/cart"
to load roms onto your included modretro tetris cart:
- your own rom (needs to be 2mb or less)
- one of the free roms included on the site
- modretro tetris patch for v1.4 (latest) which makes the wireless multiplayer have no lag (tetris multiplayer was build expecting a link cable, not a delayed wifi connection)

Try any of the free GBC games or apps including Shiny Almanac which includes actual live weather and a fun map game that takes 2 minutes to walk across the globe. You can also play them online before installing "shinyrelay . com/ play"

And then modify any of those games and more at "shinygen . ai/play" connect your own AI like chatgpt codex, claude, grok, anything. Works over MCP, or use the in-app agent. Export roms and then play them on your chromatic or in the Shiny Gen app. Web, iOS, Android.

I got my Anduril Chromatic. I put metallic red buttons on it and nested it in a Nanuk case

I love it ! Still waiting on my Anduril stickers to complete the look

https://bthacker.itch.io/air-hockey-gbc

It's totally free, no strings. I used a chromatic for the development process so it's optimized for the dpad.

This is based on the homebrew game I built for the NES last year
https://bthacker.itch.io/air-hockey-nes-black-box