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Re:Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended by throwaway6734 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @09:31AM (#33623546)
Anberic: 5.98 x 2.8 x 0.71 inches

GBA: Approximately 145 mm (5.7 in) x 82 mm (3.2 in) x 24 mm (0.94 in) (WxHxD)

Not exactly the same, but very close.

I wonder if you could drop the internals for the anberic into a gba frame

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Re:Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended by agentwiggles on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:03AM (#33624191)
I didn't realize that the Anbernic thing was that close to GBA size, based on the appearance I expected something closer to the size of the Switch (entirely my own bias here).

But still, one of the things I liked about my GBA was how well it fit in the hand, part of that was because the back was somewhat contoured. The new trend of everything being flat rectangles makes devices a lot less comfy for me.

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Re:Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended by throwaway6734 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @11:30AM (#33625843)
>I expected something closer to the size of the Switch

I see where you're coming from here. I like playing the switch handheld but it's way too big for true portable gaming.

>part of that was because the back was somewhat contoured

It's got very slightly elevated grip pads on the back and the build quality is high so it feels solid.

https://main.retro-handhelds.com/content/images/2021/09/RG35...

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Re:Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended by agentwiggles on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @03:46PM (#33630291)
I'm increasingly tempted to grab one of these! Might have to just pull the trigger.
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Re:Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended by throwaway6734 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:30PM (#33633210)
Nice! I can't find where I ordered mine from but I remember trying to go through the anberic website and it wouldn't successfully add things to my cart.

I found the Retro Game Corps YouTube channel to be a big help when getting everything setup.

I ended up modifying the behavior to hide everything on the launch screen except for 1-2 games I'm playing and made them always launch from save states on boot.

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