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GBA/GBC/DMG ClockxControl

$19.00 – $22.00

With this tiny device (18x12x1.6mm GBA/GBC, 21x17x1.6mm DMG) you can adjust your GameBoy Advance’s, GameBoy Colour’s or DMG’s clock to make it slower or faster by holding down select and pressing the L & R shoulder buttons for the GBA or B & A for the GBC/DMG. Hold select down for 2 seconds to revert back to normal speed. The GBA board does appear to work on the GB Micro too, check out makho’s video on it.

Out of stock, unfortunately the clock chips sourced might not work properly, have to wait for real chips for a distributor, ETA end of 2021.

Using a faster clock may not work with all games or flash carts, check the list below for a few. Most genuine game cartridges should work. GBA flash carts don’t seem to work when trying to go faster than 1x as they crash, going slower should work and the GBA only seems to allow 1.75x max. More games seem to work on the GBC at 1.5x max on a flash cart. For the DMG, it will only respond to button presses if the game is querying the Dpad, e.g on the boot screen with the logo scrolling – it won’t respond to any changes.

Works with the GBA FP IPS screen. If you have an AGB-001 or original DMG screen, when slowing down you will likely see some screen flicker. Installation requires a hot air gun to remove the existing crystal (for GBA/GBC, soldering iron is fine for DMG) and requires soldering. Consumes about 12mA of additional current and when the GBA/GBC/DMG is overclocked, it too will use 40-60mA more.

Questions? Want us to test a game? Jump on our Discord server where we and other users can help you or contact us via Twitter.

Each unit is assembled and tested in house. You will receive the product as pictured. You need to supply your own wire.

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Description

DMG Firmware available:
Standard – 0.85x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x
Pro (Safe) – 0.5x, 0.666x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x
Pro – 0.333x, 0.5x, 0.666x, 1x, 1.5x, 2x, 3x (Bad screen flicker will occur at 0.333x and LCD data corruption can occur at 3x)

GBC Firmware available:
Standard – 0.85x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x
Pro (Safe) – 0.333x, 0.5x, 0.666x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x
Pro – 0.333x, 0.5x, 0.666x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x (GBC only works with 2x max with genuine games)

GBA Firmware available:
Standard (new)- 0.333x, 0.5x, 0.666x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x
Standard (old) – 0.85x, 1x, 1.5x and 1.75x

Tested on the GBA

GB/GBC games tested with faster clock on our old 64MB flash cart:

  • Ballon Kid
  • Donkey Kong Country (not working)
  • Donkey Kong Land 2
  • Donkey Kong Land 3
  • F-1 World Grand Prix II (not working)
  • Grand Theft Auto (not working)
  • Kirby’s Dream Land 2
  • Legend of Zelda, The – Link’s Awakening
  • Legend of Zelda, The – Link’s Awakening DX (not working)
  • Legend of Zelda, The – Oracle of Ages (not working)
  • LSDJ 6.8.2 (not working)
  • Mario Tennis (not working)
  • Metal Gear Solid (not working)
  • Mickey’s Racing Adventure (not working)
  • Perfect Dark (not working)
  • Pokemon – Crystal
  • Pokemon Pinball
  • Pokemon – Prism (not working)
  • Rayman (not working)
  • Rayman 2 – The Great Escape (not working)
  • Shantae (not working)
  • Star Wars Episode I – Racer (not working)
  • Super Mario Land
  • Super Mario Land 2 – 6 Golden Coins
  • Super Mario Land 2 DX – 6 Golden Coins (not working)
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (not working)
  • Wario Land – Super Mario Land 3
  • Wario Land II
  • Wario Land 3 (not working)

GB/GBC games tested with faster clock on our old 2MB flash cart:
It appears more games might work with this cart.

  • Wario Land 3

Tested on the GBC

GB/GBC games tested with faster clock on our 64MB flash cart:

  • Ballon Kid
  • Donkey Kong Country
  • Donkey Kong Land 2
  • Donkey Kong Land 3
  • F-1 World Grand Prix II
  • Grand Theft Auto (1.5x max)
  • Kirby’s Dream Land 2
  • Legend of Zelda, The – Link’s Awakening
  • Legend of Zelda, The – Link’s Awakening DX (1.5x max)
  • Legend of Zelda, The – Oracle of Ages(not working)
  • LSDJ 6.8.2 (1.5x max)
  • Mario Tennis (1.5x max)
  • Metal Gear Solid (1.5x max)
  • Mickey’s Racing Adventure (1.5x max)
  • Perfect Dark (1.5x max)
  • Pokemon – Crystal
  • Pokemon Pinball
  • Pokemon – Prism (1.5x max)
  • Rayman (1.5x max)
  • Rayman 2 – The Great Escape (not working)
  • Shantae (1.5x max)
  • Star Wars Episode I – Racer (1.5x max)
  • Super Mario Land
  • Super Mario Land 2 – 6 Golden Coins
  • Super Mario Land 2 DX – 6 Golden Coins (1.5x max)
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (1.5x max)
  • Wario Land – Super Mario Land 3
  • Wario Land II
  • Wario Land 3 (1.5x max)

Additional information

Weight 5 g
Dimensions 1.8 × 1.2 × .08 cm
System

GBA, GBC, DMG
Firmware

Standard, Pro, Pro (safe)

Installation (GBA)

1. Use a hot air gun to de-solder the existing crystal. Be careful not to remove any of the near by components.

2. Place the device as shown with some double sided tape or a little bit of blu-tack to insulate it from the GBA board and use the wiring below.

Device V+ to GBA SI
Device V- to GBA GND
Device CLK to GBA CK1
Device 1 to GBA TP2 (Select) or TP3 (Start)
Device 2 to GBA TP9 (L trigger)
Device 3 to GBA TP8 (R trigger)

Installation (GBC)

1. Use a hot air gun to de-solder the existing crystal. Be careful not to remove any of the near by components.

2. Solder a wire to the P12 (Select), P11 (B) and P10 (A) pads. Route the wires upwards. You can use thin tape so they stay in place and don’t cover any screw holes.

3. Install the Gameboy colour PCB back into the shell. Solder a red and blue wire to the capacitor shown and another wire to the crystal pad. You can route the 3 button wires under the LCD ribbon cable for a neater solution (but be careful!).

4. Place the device as shown with some double sided tape or a little bit of blu-tack to insulate it from the GBA board. Trim the wires and solder them into place. You can install some kapton tape on the top to help hold it in place.

Device V+ to VCC pad as shown
Device V- to GND as shown
Device CLK to X1 pad as shown
Device 1 to P12 (Select)
Device 2 to P11 (B)
Device 3 to P10 (A)

Installation (DMG)

1. Use soldering iron or hot air gun to de-solder the existing crystal. Be careful not to remove any of the near by components.

2. Solder a wire to the FFC connector on pins 4, 7, 8, 9.

3. Solder a wire to the reset pin (30) on the Gameboy connector.

3. Place the device on top of the CPU with some double sided tape or a little bit of blu-tack. Trim the wires and solder them into place. You can install some kapton tape on the top to help hold it in place.

Device V+ to Capacitor +
Device V- to Capacitor GND
Device CLK to X0
Device pad 1 to FFC connector pin 7 (P12)
Device pad 2 to FFC connector pin 4 (P11)
Device pad 3 to FFC connector pin 8 (P10)
Device pad 4 to FFC connector pin 9 (P15)
Device RST pad to GB connector reset pin 30

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