MBC30-Flashcart
MBC30 Version of the MBC3 flashcart for 4MB roms (by HDR)
CGZ
A circuit-level redesign of the Game Boy Color, adding modernized features to the original GBC (by Zekfoo)
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| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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MBC30-Flashcart
Posts with mentions or reviews of MBC30-Flashcart.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-03.
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My Toshinao Aoki tribute build!
Shell is cloud gaming store and label is nextstopplease. The board is hdr's design and those are not sellable sorry Link to hdr incase you want to make your own https://github.com/HDR/MBC30-Flashcart
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Got my label printed :)
Indeed. I do have a few other flashcarts like this one from insideGadgets (which I use for Crystal Clear - another Gen 2 ROM hack) and an MBC30 cart designed by HDR that I built (I use this one for Pokemon Coral which is not a finished game yet). But those are expensive and I already had the Japanese carts sitting around so it made more sense to convert one of those for my Prism cart.
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Newly Built HDR Flashcarts In Aluminum Shells
Ebay. These are the 2mb ones. You can spend more on 4mb ones (I used one of these to build an adapter for a crystal cart) but you're probably better off building a mbc30 cart with those.
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Flash Pokémon Crystal hack rom on japanese pcb
I just did this mod using a TSOP adapter. You can also build your own PCB.
- N64-freak Pocket Color build
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Slate Build complete! I am in love with this thing
That version on OSHPark seems to be outdated, newer versions are on github https://github.com/HDR/MBC30-Flashcart
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Not the best at soldering, but I finally got around to replacing the battery on the Pokemon Crystal I got from ebay. Works like a charm.
I removed the original ROM chip and soldered a new AM29F016B (2mb) flash chip to a custom tsop flex adapter I then flashed the new chip using BennVenn’s Joey jr but there’s and compatible flashes out there that’ll do the same job. You don’t have to cannibalise a Jap cart as you can order an MBC30 DIY cart Otherwise you can flash the chip prior to soldering it on the board with a different programmer. Lots of options.
- Use MBC5 instead of MBC3 chip?
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Looking for a DIY MBC1 flashcart project
MBC30:Github Repo
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Help with ordering game cartridge PCB's
Insider gadgets is probably a great company, but way too expensive for what I can afford for a hobby atm (and they don't have any RTC carts available either). I found an open source alternative: https://github.com/HDR/MBC30-Flashcart
CGZ
Posts with mentions or reviews of CGZ.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-07.
- CGZ - A circuit-level redesign of the Game Boy Color
- A circuit-level redesign of the Game Boy Color
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A circuit-level redesign of the Game Boy Advance
Just yesterday, Zekfoo published his CGZ board project, taking a similar approach to the Game Boy Color's PCB. It's much less involved—the AGZ project is partially about fitting an Advance SP board's features into the classic Advance—but still neat if you're into this kind of thing.
https://github.com/Zekfoo/CGZ
- I redesigned the Game Boy Color from the circuit level - Introducing the CGZ-001 🟪
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MBC30-Flashcart and CGZ you can also consider the following projects:
CH340C - Details for using the CH340C with a 328p
AGZ - A circuit-level redesign of the Game Boy Advance, addressing many of the issues seen with the original GBA
MBC5-Flashcart - MBC5 Flashcart | 2x2MB or 4MB Flash | 32KB FRAM | Rumble
GBA-LCD - Reverse engineered documentation on the Game Boy Advance(GBA) LCD Interface
AGS_LIPO - LiPo adapter for Game Boy Advance SP. Same concept as my AGB adapters: https://github.com/makhowastaken/AGB_LIPO
Gameboy-Camera-Flashcart - Available on PCBWay!
MBC3-Flashcart - My own version of RetroReboot's MBC3 flashcart https://www.retroreboot.net/HTML/projectpage.html, please consider supporting him if you can https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/WadeVillines