hook a GBC to a TV?

Falcon15 · Post by **Falcon15** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:32 pm

I found my old GBC the other day, and decided I'd try to turn it into a console system. I took it apart (I had to remove those wierd nintendo screws with a drill press) and built a controller for it. I was about to go into hacking the A/V stuff in order to hook it to a TV, but I realized that the LCD might be a problem. Long story short, I need a way to hook the video feed to a TV. Anyone got any ideas?

Post by **Gamelver** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:34 pm

yes.....give up...now....sorry, but it'd be really hard to get that digital signal to output to your tv..it could be done, but it'd be incredibly hard and you'd be wasting a huge amount of time instead of playing some good GBC games....

Falcon15 · Post by **Falcon15** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:38 pm

I figured someone would say that.... well, I could go to plan B and put the screen on the controller, but that would kind of defeat the purpose of turning it into a console in the first place.

Falcon15 · Post by **Falcon15** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:44 pm

Say, what if I rerout the signal from the cartdridge slot itself. In other words, wire it so that the video signal goes from the cart slot to a video out port, rather than somehow connecting the video out to the LCD in some strange way.... could work....could not..... I guess I'll have to experiment like crazy.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:56 pm

GBC doesn't use the right kind of video for a tv. the only way to do it is mounting a video camera in front of the LCD.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:57 pm

Theres no analog signal on any portable by Nintendo to even think of.

Falcon15 · Post by **Falcon15** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:04 pm

good point.

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:52 pm

i have an idea, an old camera will do the trick!!!

Post by **gannon** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:04 am

Is it possible? Yes.
Is it possible for you? Well, if you're asking if it's possible, most likely not.
http://www.devrs.com/gb/files/gameboy2.gif
http://www.mindspring.com/%7Emickeym/gameboy.htm
http://www.bripro.com/low/hardware/inde ... e=gbvidcap

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:48 am

Well, you'll have to either program, make and build a decoder board, or you could get one of the converters that let consoles play the portable games on the TV.

I know there's the Super Game Boy, but it doesn't play the color games...

Does the Game Boy Player support legacy games? Or is it like the micro; GBA-only?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:44 am

the best way to do it is get a GBA and transverter

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:56 am

bicostp wrote:Well, you'll have to either program, make and build a decoder board, or you could get one of the converters that let consoles play the portable games on the TV.

I know there's the Super Game Boy, but it doesn't play the color games...

Does the Game Boy Player support legacy games? Or is it like the micro; GBA-only?

GBP does everything the normal GBA could do(so it does do GB,GBC,and GBA, allows for screen stretch in GB/GBC, but doesn't do the SGB effects for SGB games)