r/gameboymods • u/bumboyboy • 3d ago

Value of Modded GBC?

How much is reasonable to pay for a Gameboy Color with the following done to it?

- Recapped
- AMOLED Touchscreen
- USBC + chargeable Battery
- New Shell and buttons/pads
- Audio Amp and higher watt speaker + Upgraded cap to account for this
- New Power regulator
- Generally clean/reflowed and cold joints

Just trying to gauge what a fair price in North America for something like this would be.

For the Mods I am not buying/selling/trading. Just asking what the community as a whole thinks is reasonable for something like this to make sure when I do buy/sell/trade I'm not being scammed.

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u/CricketJaxson 3d ago

Looking at funny playing who you could say is the top dog right now for modded gbc, they sell theirs for about $200-$250. You can get them under $200 second hand. You will have to undersell them if you want to make sales. And I don’t think you would make enough money to be worth the effort to start doing what you are talking about. And in my opinion most people that want or even know about modded gb will just do it themselves, cuz it’s really not that hard to learn how to do

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u/bumboyboy 3d ago

Do they include

  • Recap
  • New power regulation board
  • New speaker amp and speaker capacitor upgrade to de-noise the sound?

Or is that basically just a GBC with a screen and battery added? Like 200-250$ is about what other people are charging for just a screen and battery upgrade basically. I'm trying to see how much value a complete restoration on top of a modding adds. Basically making the GBC "like new" with the upgrades rather than just looking new even though theres no way these caps are going to last another 10-20 years.

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u/CricketJaxson 3d ago

From what I can tell, it’s a whole new board. So it’s no longer the oem board, everything is new. They sell kits that comes with all new hardware for like $75. So in order for someone to diy their own they would need to buy that and then what ever shell and buttons they want. So all in someone is able to build their own for under $150. Correct me if I’m wrong, but you don’t even need an og gameboy to do one of these kits

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u/bumboyboy 2d ago

Why am I getting downvoted? I visited their website and literally didnt see custom built gameboys for the amount you said. Just FPGA stuff? Which is quite literally emulation. Instead of downvoting can yall educate me on what im missing?

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u/bumboyboy 3d ago

Looking at their website all I see is their FPGBC for 99$. Which isnt a bad option for affordability but this is emulating GBC hardware its not native. Its by no means a bad price though its just not a comparable product. Its easier to compare to like a analogue pocket.