A new 2024 copy of Pokémon Emerald

[@hank_bloodshadow]

How May one acquire such a board? I’d like to refresh my games but I don’t particularly want poor quality clone boards that everyone is pushing via aliexpress

[@RetroSix]

retrosix.co.uk/GBA-Cartridge-RePCB-AGB-E05-01-Reproduction-p702693147

[@VideoGameRestoration]

I just did a similar repair on emerald! It's definitely the most common game I get too

[@RetroSix]

I've just remade the PCB and will open source it today/tomorrow so anyone can use them commercially without limits as this one I used I got the usual haters online abusing me for it ha

[@samyhx896]

What temperature was your soldering iron

[@wizkalifa650]

You forgot the most important part? Show us the back of the clone! As a collector if i dont see those 4 golden rectangle thats a no no for me rather keep it broken

[@jaybug765]

Please give us a link to the clone boards. Or the files so we can make our own

[@Copeydude101]

Love that desktop background is there a link somewhere to download it?

[@anthonyhuberty9753]

Where do you get the new boards?

[@RetroSix]

I had a PCB factory I use make them. There are open source files on GitHub but apparently the creator tried to license a clone of Nintendo PCBs so I'll redraw the entire PCB myself when I next have to do a repair on one and properly open source it without restrictive licensing

[@x-fix]

@@RetroSix Please do so and dont forget to link everything! :)

[@jamesdavies686]

It's far better and a lot less labor to simply move the rom chip to a japanese AGB-E05-01 donor board. They are cheap and plentiful. Plus then it's still technically original and not using a board with a non commercial license.

[@Kolor-Kode]

Another saved game (pun intended).

[@archy8822]

Why not just use a pcb from another nintendo game that has the same specs? Why not just use a Japanese pokemon emerald pcb? They are way cheaper (probably the same price u would pay for a repro) and it would keep the game original.

[@f937r]

Because then you're destroying a different game. A PCB replacement can be fairly cheap when ordered in bulk. If I'm offering a replacement service, I can buy 200 of these boards for less than $100 USD and if I sell the service for $10, I've made my money back after 10 repairs.

[@jamesdavies686]

@@f937r And then the game isn't original and you have to transfer over 25 components instead of one. Also the originals are hard gold and these are just ENIG which isn't as good.

[@RetroSix]

@jamesdavies686 the ones I'm making are hard gold coating on pins

[@f937r]

@@jamesdavies686 I'd rather have a clone PCB and spend time transferring the parts over doing something as awful as "take a Japanese copy and put swap the chips!" Like, don't destroy one game to "rescue" another. Especially if it's for your own collection, what does it matter if the PCB is original? The ROM itself is.

[@jamesdavies686]

@@RetroSix They don't look like hard gold in the video, much duller and lighter color usually signifies ENIG (Immersion Gold), Immersion Gold =/= Hard gold.

[@King_K_Rool_]

Are you able to flash roms onto carts? I have quite a few Japanese Snes RPG carts id love to flash the english versions/ translations onto

[@RetroSix]

Sure

[@sabeetspongiinchowdhury3965]

I wish I could get my hands on Pokemon emerald

[@Precurser66]

More people should be doing this method of installing the components on a new pcb instead of gutting perfectly good boards of sports games etc

[@rosariodagosto6484]

you did a neat transplant very professional job 😊😊😊😊😊

[@SolKnightt]

For board swaps, how can we distinguish from original parts?

[@rosariodagosto6484]

how much do boards cost ??

[@CircularMirror7]

Begs the question when will it be until possible to source the parts and flash og game and make it nearly identical.