I just finished my Shawazu game Boy dumper project! I originally got it to rescue my Pokemon before the battery dies, but now I use it to archive my game collection and play it on the steam deck! Building it was fun, but soldering all those little cartridge connections was a bit tricky. I also needed to compile the firmware for the raspberry pico, which I have never done before. So i also learned a lot during the project. Unfortunately not every rom I dump works, and sometimes the file names are gibberish. I’ve read it’s because aftermarket cartridge connectors are not very high quality and I need to really push it against the connectors. Or maybe the firmware got a problem? Needs some more tinkering but it’s a fun project!
- hungprocess@piefed.worldEnglish2 days
I originally got it to rescue my Pokemon before the battery dies
This is probably the edible talking but… I’m enjoying this through the lens of the sci-fi trope of humanity trying to cheat death by digitizing the soul.
We haven’t figured out the technology for ourselves yet, but here we have a person at their workbench, driven by empathy for a digital pet, going apeshit with a soldering iron to try and transfer their little friend’s ghost before its shell fails. That’s cyberpunk as fuck.
- nomad@infosec.pubEnglish2 days
I know the dude that developed that personally. He gave me one of these kits for my birthday. Color me surprised they show up even here. X)
- 2 days
That CS2 wire running a bit close to the GP16 solder bead, no? Or maybe it’s jacketed and I just can’t tell from the image…
- Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish2 days
Yeah, that wire has a transparent jacket. It’s barely visible
- Windex007@lemmy.worldEnglish2 days
I like how the half of the board footprint is logic level shifters
- Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish2 days
Thank you!
Are the mod wires running over the board related to those options listed on the page?
- Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish2 days
Yeah exactly. I have a game boy camera so I needed it. It doesn’t work yet but I working on it :D


