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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Game Boy games don't like my GBA SP

« on: August 14, 2009, 10:33:56 AM »

OK, so sorry for bumping this thread, but I have come up with a possible solution. So while vacationing in Puerto Rico, my mother found a GBA SP. She has confirmed the battery does work because it chirped upon startup despite a ripped-off screen. If Nintendo would charge an insane fee for fixing my GBA SP (how much does it cost to call, by the way?) I suppose I can swap out the boards to fix my GBA SP (the one with the screen) to make it work, right?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: WiiConnect 24: What's going on?

« on: July 16, 2009, 02:43:13 PM »

It's not hacking the network, because that is illegal and not only would Nintendo be facing legal battles over it, but all of the homebrew/Wii hack communities across the internets would have let us all know it was doing that by now. Nintendo is a company that wants to retain it's customer base. They are not some shady group who wants to mine your data to sell. They are a big company whose stock is currently worth $280 a share.

I know that, but I need to convince my family that's NOT happening. I doubt though that they seriously think its hacking it.

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Nintendo Gaming / WiiConnect 24: What's going on?

« on: July 16, 2009, 12:57:27 PM »

After playing Brawl on my Wii, I turn it off but leave the disc in. Hours later, even when it is "off", the blue glows and flashes and the disc is warm. It's WiiConnect 24, I know, but my family's getting paranoid. How do I explain what's going on in a good way and assure them that the Wii is not hacking the local network?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Game Boy games don't like my GBA SP

« on: June 26, 2009, 02:45:18 PM »

I'd guess it might be the lever that triggers the GBA-GBC hardware switch inside the GBA (reacts to little dents in the cartridge shape).

Well, the GBC does launch....maybe after a few attempts...(it often starts up "garbled" or the "black stripe")

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Game Boy games don't like my GBA SP

« on: June 25, 2009, 03:27:55 PM »

Update: I distinctly remember my brother playing Link's Awakening on my GBA SP when I first got it, and they seem to work fine on my GBC and my brother's Game Boy Player (which I've never seen--he lives in Michigan). Apparently, the GBC runs on completely different circuitry than the GBA...maybe the GBC component in my GBASP is broken somehow! Can I fix it?

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Nintendo Gaming / Game Boy games don't like my GBA SP

« on: May 23, 2009, 07:14:13 PM »

Hello.

About a year ago, my Game Boy games (classic/color) do not play well with my Game Boy Advance SP (second generation). My GBA games perform well, but my normal carts not so much. They have difficulty starting and crash not too long after being able to play.

Donkey Kong Country: Freezes randomly before a typical "Game Over". Note will continue to held out. Behaves as if cart was jerked out (which it wasn't)
Pokemon Yellow: Will occasionally reset itself. Freezes less common.
Pokémon Pinball: Also freezes like DKC. One result wiped the memory clean.
The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening: Will freeze about five minutes into playing randomly. One condition resulted in a different palette (but not an even palette, some blue there, some normal there)
The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons: See above.
Super Mario Bros. DX: Freezes. One result destroyed my ability to play Boo, Lost Levels and some photos, but kept other stuff...it was very bizarre.


YES I have tried cleaning out the contacts with compressed air NO I have not been abusing them

Does anyone else have this problem?

Can I fix mine?