anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
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anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
they seem remarkably hard to find nowadays. There's another screen light available but it's seems a lot clunkier an alternative...
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Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
I really thought this was about finding a screenshot of Afterburner in the Sega Arcade Gallery collection for the GBA
part of me still does

part of me still does

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Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
d123456 wrote:I really thought this was about finding a screenshot of Afterburner in the Sega Arcade Gallery collection for the GBA![]()
part of me still does
haha. No. I have Arcade Gallery

Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
Can't you swap out the lit screens of the SP and put them in the old model? Buying a GBASP in not too great a condition will probably run you the same kinda money anyway.
Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
I installed an Afterburner in my GBA when they came out, frankly they are a bad investment. The image changes from crisp to very pixilated, the colours are washed out too. You're far better getting a GBA SP.
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Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
bacteria wrote:I installed an Afterburner in my GBA when they came out, frankly they are a bad investment. The image changes from crisp to very pixilated, the colours are washed out too. You're far better getting a GBA SP.
Of course I have an SP.

This was more of a "just wondering" thing.
Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
Yeah man, not to try to talk you out of it, but, well... as great as it was at the time, the screen quality of my Afterburned GBA is vastly inferior to the systems that replaced it. I understand if you prefer the form factor of the original GBA to the SP, though. I prefer mushy buttons myself, and for me, the ideal solution is playing GBA games on my DS Lite.
I'd just hate for you to go to a lot of trouble only to find it wasn't worth the effort. If you still want to pursue one, as a historical oddity, the soldering is pretty minimal, so... what do you have to lose, I guess?
I'd just hate for you to go to a lot of trouble only to find it wasn't worth the effort. If you still want to pursue one, as a historical oddity, the soldering is pretty minimal, so... what do you have to lose, I guess?

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Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
my interest is almost completely historical. Though yes, the form factor of the original GBA is far more comfortable than the SP. DS is no solution mang -- no GB or GBC support!! 

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Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
Not without an emulator, anyway. Luckily DS flashcards are cheap, and Lameboy works really well on the DS. Now, GBA on the DSi? That's an issue.noiseredux wrote:DS is no solution mang -- no GB or GBC support!!
But yeah, I still wish the actual cartridges would work.

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Re: anyplace to still get a GBA afterburner screen?
flamepanther wrote:Not without an emulator, anyway. Luckily DS flashcards are cheap, and Lameboy works really well on the DS. Now, GBA on the DSi? That's an issue.
I'm guess you've never clicked on the blog in my signature? Cartridges are a MUST over here!