Building a Pocket-Color from Scratch
Channel: makho
Date: 2023-01-17

I know I said I wouldn't do it but here we are. You asked and I guess I did already have the footage. With much better ways to do this already here (videos soon) or about to release, I'm much more comfortable sharing how I did it. 

In the mean-time, if you insist on building one of these, n64-freak has probably the best implementation for a mod like this: https://github.com/N64-Freak/GB-Mods/tree/main/Pocket-Color

Gekkio's schematics paired with the Game Boy Color schematics (google it) are invaluable for this: https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-schematics

Additionally, everything is powered by the GBPP: https://github.com/marshallh/gbpp

And I did my own power switch using the boards from here: https://github.com/makhowastaken/Soft-Latching-Power-Button

I also ended up making some custom prints for the IR "window" and power switch bracket. I mentioned in the video, somewhere, that I'd share them. I'll upload to printables shortly and then post links in the description here (likely after premiere). 

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