RickR

You are right about my DSi; no working R or L triggers. However, this is a DS Lite that I’m using here. This one has a broken touch screen (super unresponsive no matter how many times it is calibrated) and apparently R trigger as well.
Thankfully, now that my DSi is hacked, I can remap the trigger buttons for GBA games to face buttons that work. Metroid Fusion won’t work on there, and the thing doesn’t have a GBA slot like the DS Lite does. Minor trade offs for the amazing hacked goodness my DSi now has in abundance.

I got one too about a week ago...but it has yet to arrive.  Exciting! 
 

See?  It's easier with a backlight
 

I do not have that one, but I do have "Zero Mission" 

That's one of the main reasons to work, my friend.  Enjoy with no regrets. 
 

That's one of the main reasons to work, my friend.  Enjoy with no regrets. 
 

"Cartoon Network Collection - Special Edition"

Hey Harry, we have the same GBA!  Cheers!

Hey Harry, we have the same GBA!  Cheers!

I will likely stop by the chat as my show will end at about 6:30pm PT.

Over the months, I have been experimenting with lots of different methods of lighting the screen. This is the best one I have come up with so far.
I have several different reading lights in all different shapes and sizes. The owl one is the only one that will clamp the entirety of the GBA. This is currently the only way I can play GBA games in the dark. It’s not great as it flies and falls off a bunch, but it works alright.


With original Game Boy and GB Color games, it works a little easier. 

The intro screen on that game is FANTASTIC! It seems that Revenge of the Gator has become a bit of an Atari I/O trend. I'd love to get my hands on the physical cartridge someday, as it's pretty cheap and I'd definitely get my money's worth.
I have been getting back into Game Boy stuff recently. So far, I only have the Advance and Super Game Boys, not the "brick". I like my standard GBA better than the SP for a few reasons. For one, I can use AA batteries. I bought a few rechargable ones last year with a gift card and have been using those. I always have one pair in the system and one pair charged/charging and ready to go. With the AA batteries, I never have to wait for the the thing to charge and if I don't have my rechargable batteries laying around, I can use any kind of AA battery in a pinch. The second reason I like it more is that it has a headphone jack. I love listening to my games with headphones and getting that sweet stereo sound. I imagine it'd be decently hard to find the GBASP headphone adapter these days. Thirdly, the GBA is more compatible with games. The SP,. when using a gyroscope game like Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble, will have the controls reversed.
Sure, the lack of a backlight is a problem, especially these days when it gets dark outside so soon. But I have found ways to work around it. When using Game Boy or Game Boy Color carts on the GBA, the games stick out about an inch from the slot. This makes the thing harder to fit in your pocket, but it also makes it so I can clamp a reading light to the cartridge and be able to play my games easily. GBA exclusive games are a bit harder to light, so I mostly avoid them. This works, but it is inconvenient and mostly falls off. I'm hoping that I get a Worm Light for Christmas that will make my life a lot easier.
For those of you who don't know what that is, here's a picture from the web. It plugs in to the Link Cable port.

I see you already branded the NES Golf cart there 😇
The next retro junk box ❤️

ROTG pinball is excellent. I only have it on the 3DS so far. For my GB pinball fix, I play Kirbys Pinball Land, made by the same people.

Cool! I found a Revenge of the Gator cart at a pawn shop during a trip to Idaho last month. Addictive little game. I love the intro screen. I posted my high score a few days ago on the forum scoreboard. (Using an SP, yes I admit. 🙂) Maybe one of you can beat my score!

I can't argue. But at least I won't need a miner's helmet to see. 

I can't argue. But at least I won't need a miner's helmet to see. 

SP is for cowards!

Well done!  Those are pretty sweet.

Progress pic on the PAC tree. 

Bottom/center looks like Link to me. 

Are top row, left and middle "Pac-Man" based?

I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this show. 
 

I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this show. 
 

I think, too, that I could get rid of one of the shelves.  Like that one under the Wii. 

Adding the INTV and Colecovision would be tough because I'd need to add an RF switchbox.  Those stiff RF wires make that difficult.  But I'll consider it. 
And there's just to room for the other systems that I love, which are mostly computers.  C64, Atari 800xl, Amiga, ST.  Those ones will have to remain seasonal. 

Oh, and there's one more system that's available today -- I have the SNES Gameboy adapter cart.  So those I can play on a larger screen too.