03-26-2019, 11:25 PM
There was a lot too share, so you are right--it was a long post. Thanks for reading some of it.
I have heard of other people that did what you described with the D-pad. Seems like a decent solution. I was really intent on getting the OEM GBA feel, so I figured the best way to do that was with original parts. I definitely don't regret the $15 I spent for the parts, especially if I end up pursuing my idea for swapping the shoulder button switches with the OEM ones. We'll see if I get around to taking that plunge soon.
Definitely the biggest surprise to me was breaking off that capacitor near the charging port. I wanted to get the word out there about that problem to avoid anyone else making the same mistake. I have no doubt that it is due to differences in the manufacturing process of 3rd-party GBA shells, but it is still good to be careful. Test fitting everything multiple times and looking for contact between parts to trim plastic in stages helps A LOT.
I got my replacement x/y button caps from Retromodding yesterday, so I am looking forward to trying to trim the x/y posts down soon so I can get a better height relationship between the ABXY cluster. If I get it working well, I will try to post some pictures of the end result.
I have heard of other people that did what you described with the D-pad. Seems like a decent solution. I was really intent on getting the OEM GBA feel, so I figured the best way to do that was with original parts. I definitely don't regret the $15 I spent for the parts, especially if I end up pursuing my idea for swapping the shoulder button switches with the OEM ones. We'll see if I get around to taking that plunge soon.
Definitely the biggest surprise to me was breaking off that capacitor near the charging port. I wanted to get the word out there about that problem to avoid anyone else making the same mistake. I have no doubt that it is due to differences in the manufacturing process of 3rd-party GBA shells, but it is still good to be careful. Test fitting everything multiple times and looking for contact between parts to trim plastic in stages helps A LOT.
I got my replacement x/y button caps from Retromodding yesterday, so I am looking forward to trying to trim the x/y posts down soon so I can get a better height relationship between the ABXY cluster. If I get it working well, I will try to post some pictures of the end result.