Game Boy Dumper

22 days ago by Rubanski to c/retrogaming

I just finished my Shawazu game Boy dumper project! I originally got it to rescue my Pokemon before the battery dies, but now I use it to archive my game collection and play it on the steam deck! Building it was fun, but soldering all those little cartridge connections was a bit tricky. I also needed to compile the firmware for the raspberry pico, which I have never done before. So i also learned a lot during the project. Unfortunately not every rom I dump works, and sometimes the file names are gibberish. I've read it's because aftermarket cartridge connectors are not very high quality and I need to really push it against the connectors. Or maybe the firmware got a problem? Needs some more tinkering but it's a fun project!

Nomad 36 points 22 days ago

I know the dude that developed that personally. He gave me one of these kits for my birthday. Color me surprised they show up even here. X)

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Rubanski 23 points 22 days ago

Please tell him that he did a great job!

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 20 points 22 days ago

Nice dumper bro.

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fartographer 7 points 22 days ago

Ikr

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Treczoks 18 points 22 days ago

Details, please!

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Rubanski 25 points 22 days ago

I got the DIY kit from this website:

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Treczoks 4 points 21 days ago

Thank you!

Are the mod wires running over the board related to those options listed on the page?

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Rubanski 4 points 21 days ago

Yeah exactly. I have a game boy camera so I needed it. It doesn't work yet but I working on it :D

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recklessengagement 17 points 22 days ago

That CS2 wire running a bit close to the GP16 solder bead, no? Or maybe it's jacketed and I just can't tell from the image...

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Rubanski 19 points 22 days ago

Yeah, that wire has a transparent jacket. It's barely visible

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recklessengagement 11 points 22 days ago

Ah, that makes sense. Nice work!

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zackhow 7 points 21 days ago

That was freaking me out as well😅

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Windex007 13 points 22 days ago

I like how the half of the board footprint is logic level shifters

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hungprocess 6 points 21 days ago

I originally got it to rescue my Pokemon before the battery dies

This is probably the edible talking but... I'm enjoying this through the lens of the sci-fi trope of humanity trying to cheat death by digitizing the soul.

We haven't figured out the technology for ourselves yet, but here we have a person at their workbench, driven by empathy for a digital pet, going apeshit with a soldering iron to try and transfer their little friend's ghost before its shell fails. That's cyberpunk as fuck.

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LodeMike 5 points 21 days ago

(Bortus voice) Five. Hundred. Logic level converters.

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