Wonderswan

delti90 · Apr 27, 2015

SUCCESS! The colors are a little more washed out, but meh, I have a second wonderswan I can leave unlit. The banding in the picture isn't there in person.

I did have to trim the diffuser down a bit, but aside from that the front light on the screen I linked above is nearly perfect. Now I just need to shorten the wires and put the thing back together :P

I can throw a little guide together for that screen above, if anyone wants it.

delti90 · Apr 28, 2015

Okay, I spoke a little bit to soon... When I closed it up, I didn't notice the light bar was putting too much pressure on the top of the screen, so when I screwed everything together the screen cracked. Whoops.

I have a second Wonderswan so it wasn't a huge deal, but I would have preferred that not happen. Anyways, that meant two options. You can either leave the screws a bit loose, or flip it around and cut away at the bottom to get it to fit and close flush (provided you remove the four foam pads on the back of the motherboard). I chose the latter since I didn't want to risk pressure cracking the screen. It sucks that I broke one screen, but at the same time I'm kind of glad I did since otherwise I wouldn't have been comfortable cutting away at the body, but since one Swan was already toast there wasn't much else I could do to ruin it. Half of the screen still works, so it gives me a corpse to try and improve the mod on (and try other front lights with.) Here's a picture of the cuts, in case anyone else wants to do it the same way.

Galder · Apr 28, 2015

Good work man, trial and error is a part of the job too

xsq · Apr 28, 2015

deadly_duck said:
I believe the best solution I read was "get a lamp".

Well, that's some solid advice (and the route I personally prefer).

Spoiler:

delti90 · May 15, 2015

I just bought a crystal on ebay. It was mislabeled as a color and BIN for $40. Aww yeah.

I'm not sure if that makes me a bad person.

DNSDies · May 15, 2015

delti90 said:
Okay, I spoke a little bit to soon... When I closed it up, I didn't notice the light bar was putting too much pressure on the top of the screen, so when I screwed everything together the screen cracked. Whoops.

Forgot to shave down that lip below the screen, eh?
I got some of those screens too, and popped one in my WS Crystal.

Where are you pulling your voltage from?
I'm pulling mine from a capacitor on the right.
I think 3.2V. Maybe a little too much, it's a little washed out.

Edit:
Pics

famicommander · May 15, 2015

delti90 said:
I just bought a crystal on ebay. It was mislabeled as a color and BIN for $40. Aww yeah.

I'm not sure if that makes me a bad person.

It does.

For penance, mail it to me. Include a bag of beef jerky in the box too.

delti90 · May 15, 2015

DNSDies said:
Forgot to shave down that lip below the screen, eh?
I got some of those screens too, and popped one in my WS Crystal.

Where are you pulling your voltage from?
I'm pulling mine from a capacitor on the right.
I think 3.2V. Maybe a little too much, it's a little washed out.

I'm pulling from pin 23 on the cart connector. It's 3.3 and has been fine so far. 24 also works. For GND I used pin 1.

Famicommander said:
It does.

For penance, mail it to me. Include a bag of beef jerky in the box too.

What kind of beef jerky?

Pretty Amy · May 17, 2015

delti90 said:
I just bought a crystal on ebay. It was mislabeled as a color and BIN for $40. Aww yeah.

I'm not sure if that makes me a bad person.

Not really. I got my Crystal off eBay for $53 shipped back in March which isn't that much more. $40 isn't crazy.

jdotaku · Jun 28, 2015

cdamm said:
Judgement silversword.

The catch being I hope you like hunting for unicorns.

Jesus I wish I'd never sold this!!!!!!!! I can't quite recall but I bought mine I think for like $150 and bought my crystal wonderswan just to play it. Awesome game. ebay has it at 3-5x what I paid! not so much a unicorn just rare and hella expensive!

Vectorman0 · Jun 28, 2015

jdotaku said:
Jesus I wish I'd never sold this!!!!!!!! I can't quite recall but I bought mine I think for like $150 and bought my crystal wonderswan just to play it. Awesome game. ebay has it at 3-5x what I paid! not so much a unicorn just rare and hella expensive!

I still generally sells for under $200. Don't be fooled by the ridiculous Buy It Now listings that no one will purchase.

turq · Jul 6, 2015

Schiggidyd · Sep 14, 2015

Awesome work, Delti! I also just got a Wonderswan, I'm not sure I want to start collecting for it though!

HeavyMachineGoob · Oct 11, 2015

Are there any WonderSwan fans still around here? I picked up a WSC and FF1. Despite the language barrier, I'd love to check out what the Swan has to offer. What do you guys like to play on it? Also, is the original B&W WonderSwan any good? I heard it's the better option for B&W-only titles.

GohanX · Oct 11, 2015

Of all the games I picked up and played my favorite by far was Gunpey, the black and white version.

DanAdamKOF · Oct 12, 2015

A friend fully combo'd DJ Battle on beatmania for Wonderswan using that crappy and hilarious turntable attachment. No small feat!

Also I recently learned there was an enhanced port of Gunpey (WS version) on NTSC-J PSX and bought a copy. I'll try to report back after I sit down with it!

HeavyMachineGoob · Oct 16, 2015

Is it just me, or have Wonderswan prices gone up since a few years ago? Color units tend to cost around $30 - $40, the more english-friendly games are creeping towards $100 in some cases.

xsq · Oct 16, 2015

it's true.

oliverclaude · Oct 16, 2015

It's a great piece of hardware, but still no decent backlight available. Once that's developed, prices will skyrocket and we'll be nostalgically think back about these posts.

NeoSneth · Oct 19, 2015

oliverclaude said:
It's a great piece of hardware, but still no decent backlight available. Once that's developed, prices will skyrocket and we'll be nostalgically think back about these posts.

Even with a good backlight, the wonderswan is very washed out. Mine is fairly well done, and it's not quite as good as playing it near a light source. The colors are just better with a good desk lamp.

Kzero · Oct 22, 2015

Been wanting to get one of these soon. Anything I should know before diving in? :P

GohanX · Oct 22, 2015

Get a Crystal.

Electric Grave · Oct 22, 2015

Get both. Crystal has no contrast setting, sometimes you need it if playing outdoors.

MidnightAbyss · Oct 22, 2015

I hate frontlights with a passion. Even if you go and LOCA the damn things they still kill the colors and look like shit. I frontlit a GBC and couldn't stand it. Same thing with the NGPC. I'd rather deal with worm lights than play anything on a frontlit screen.

Electric Grave · Oct 22, 2015

I agree frontlits aren't so hot. I have a NGPC that's frontlit and it's nice for a night run in bed or whatevs but only as an alternative...

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