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Title: Need Help! Gameboy Color
Post by: wiredtoygeek on February 11, 2008, 07:24:38 PM

Hey all,

a friend just gave me his old gameboy color . Has a cool clear housing & still works...Does anyone know of any schematics for bends? Do I need to pick up an old game cartridge?

Title: Re: Need Help! Gameboy Color
Post by: catweazle on February 11, 2008, 08:12:30 PM

Hi,
why don't use
http://www.nanoloop.de/
pr
http://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/
?

more hardware information about Gameboys
http://www.devrs.com/gb/hardware.php
http://www.reinerziegler.de/readplus.htm

you can try to bend the adress lines (A0..15) of the cardridge connector

Title: Re: Need Help! Gameboy Color
Post by: wiredtoygeek on February 11, 2008, 09:46:24 PM

Quote from: catweazle on February 11, 2008, 08:12:30 PM

Hi,
why don't use
http://www.nanoloop.de/
pr
http://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/
?

more hardware information about Gameboys
http://www.devrs.com/gb/hardware.php
http://www.reinerziegler.de/readplus.htm

you can try to bend the adress lines (A0..15) of the cardridge connector

Wow! Thanks! I'll have to save those bookmarks for a later time when I start to undertsnad just what it is that I'm doing... I looked into LSDJ & nanoloop, but one is above my price range & the other I have no idea how to get onto the gameboy with a mac. Like I said...I'm a newbie! ;D

Title: Re: Need Help! Gameboy Color
Post by: computer at sea on February 12, 2008, 06:34:00 PM

If you're new, jumping in to something as complex as a gameboy might not be the best start.  Look around second hand shops for toys.  V-Tech Talking Whiz Kid computers are pretty common still, and just unbelievably easy to work with.  The bends are, in my humble opinion, worlds better than the Speak & Spell/Math/Read glitches.

Title: Re: Need Help! Gameboy Color
Post by: kick52 on February 12, 2008, 10:44:21 PM

Touch the pins of the clock and you'll always get crazy glitches/loops. I have found that you can get a loop with the clock, then change the loop with other bends on the chips. Such a shame mine died :( (epic sad) And then after that broke I fucked up my other VTech :'(

Title: Re: Need Help! Gameboy Color
Post by: wiredtoygeek on February 13, 2008, 02:38:35 PM

Quote from: computer at sea on February 12, 2008, 06:34:00 PM

If you're new, jumping in to something as complex as a gameboy might not be the best start.  Look around second hand shops for toys.  V-Tech Talking Whiz Kid computers are pretty common still, and just unbelievably easy to work with.  The bends are, in my humble opinion, worlds better than the Speak & Spell/Math/Read glitches.

Thanks for the advice! ;D I'm really into the art & can't wait to explore! It also helps to work for Fisher-Price! If anyone is looking for something fun to bend try a Learn through Music. I've got mine sounding like an old distorted synth.

Title: Re: Need Help! Gameboy Color
Post by: Signal:Noise on February 21, 2008, 01:12:45 PM

I've just bought a GBA for £10...now to get a nanoloop ;D