Game Boy Pocket Color

$11.00 – $56.00 USD

This product allows you to put the components of a Game Boy Color (GBC) into a Game Boy Pocket shell. Read more over at the MGBC GitHub project. A portion of your payment goes to Bucket Mouse, the product creator. Assembled in Australia.

Keep reading below to see the product features and all the additional parts you need.

This listing is for the bare PCB only (no parts) or the small SMD pre-assembled version as per the picture. We take on the tedious task of placing 79 SMD components for you.

We also sell the power regulator required for this board.
What you see in the picture is what you receive.

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Description

The MGBC project features are:

  • A Game Boy Pocket aesthetic, using the original Game Boy Pocket shell and interfaces (link port, volume wheel, power switch, etc.), but with the capability of playing both Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.
  • A nice, large IPS screen – the GBC Q5 XL IPS Backlight with OSD kit – with brightness and color palette control via the “navigation switch” housed where the contrast wheel used to be. (I will refer to the PCB attached to the Q5 screen as the “Q5 board”)
  • A modernized, efficient switch mode power supply that can run off 2x AAA batteries or input from the DC jack, just like the original MGB. Testing shows that playing with NiMH AAA batteries can yield about 3.5 hours of gameplay at normal settings.
  • Louder, cleaner sound through a modern audio amplifier.
  • The option for tactile switches for the face buttons – like the GBA SP.
  • No major externally viewable case modifications, to keep the OEM look and feel, outside of the screen, as much as possible.

The parts you will still be required to source and install yourself are:
GBC CPU (Not Rev E)
GBC RAM
GBC Crystal
Power switch
Link port
Volume wheel
Cart slot
Battery connectors (from a Pocket or aftermarket)
DC jack
Headphone jack
Led
Power regulator
Screen
Lens
Shell
Check the Github to see this in more detail.

The MGBC project is not recommended for beginners. You can reach out to verified modders such as Cody and Jack in the GB Discord server if you would like someone to complete the installation of the other parts.

Additional information

Weight 55 g
Colour

Green/White (Bare PCB), Blue/White (Bare PCB), Black (Bare PCB), Green/White (half assembled), Blue/White (half assembled), Black (half assembled)

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