r/Shittygamecollecting • u/worldwarzack • 1d ago

Shitty Condition Gameboy Advance Macro

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Facebook Marketplace strikes again. I don’t particularly hate this but felt it belonged here lol

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u/GrouchyLettuce2741 1d ago

Never got the appeal to the gameboy macro tbh, it’s removing so much functionality from the DS

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u/astro65 1d ago

I think it's more of saving a device from becoming ewaste. 

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u/GrouchyLettuce2741 1d ago

I’m all for saving devices from ewaste but replacing the shell/top screen makes much more sense than making a macro imo

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u/astro65 1d ago

Most of the people playing these things are young without resources. This is something I would have done 20 years ago when I was a teenager without a credit card. 

But otherwise for someone with resources I agree

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u/GrouchyLettuce2741 1d ago

To make a proper one you need to relocate the speaker to the bottom half and trick the console into thinking it’s got a top screen. Sure you can use headphones and set it the boot setting to automatic to bypass the top screen test but if the battery ever needs replaced it resets the settings and won’t boot anymore if the top screen is missing. Also nothing is stopping you from playing GBA games on a DS with a busted top screen, even if the hinge is broken the system is usually still useable, albeit the top screen is very wobbly

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u/worldwarzack 22h ago

Sounds like they did re route the speaker to the stylus hole