SQLEinstein's 1st GameBoy Zero

[SQLEinstein]

First off a big thanks to the entire Sudomod community!

Shout out to @Wermy, @Kite, @Hollyhoo, @Caste, @Dominator, @fdeluxe, @AJRedfern. Everyone up on Discord and the forums.

This was my first time attempting a project like this. I've never soldered anything before and this was quite the challenge, but I've gained a new skill and a new hobby!

Parts
- 1x Raspberry Pi Zero W from Pimoroni with Shipping £12.70 GBP/ 22.66 CAD
- 1x Kite SAIO v0.6 with Shipping £89.98 GBP/ $154.49 CAD
- 1x Translucent Black DMG-01 Case () 8.99$ USD with Shipping $25.51 CAD ->https://www.rosecoloredgaming.com/shop/ ... -vellocet/
- 1x HollyHoo SNES Bracket and Router Guide http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2553
- 1x Rear Button Bracket by caste -> http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... on_well_01
- 1x Black SNES Buttons KitchBent -> http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/custom-buttons
- 2x easy_1button -> http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/easy_buttons
- 1x Screen Surround, and 1x Cart Sticker From Dominator, £9.25 GBP/$16.09 CAD
- 1x Black GameBoy Cartridge - $1.60 USD/ 2.08 CND, Free International Shipping
- 1x 3.7V 4000mAh Lipo Polymer Li Battery US, $12.49/ $17.33 CAD USD, Free International Shipping, Link-> http://www.ebay.ca/itm/182408478004
- 1x Adafruit Mini Metal Speaker w/ Wires - 8 ohm
- 1x JST-2PH Cable
- 1x JST Extension Cable
- 1x Lexar 300x 32GB Micro SD Card

Software
- Kite's Retropie Img -> https://github.com/geebles/Super-AIO/releases
- HollyHoo's Stoomtooper Theme -> http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 893#p28893
- fdeluxe Splashscreen -> http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 270#p36270
- AJRedfern Splashscreen -> http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... een#p15712

Tools
- Soldering Iron
- Solder 60/40
- Dremel
- Router
- Xacto Knife
- Kapton Tape
- Step Drill Bit
- Helping Hands
- Hot GLue Gun
- Patience!!! Lots of patience.

Some resolved issues to note.
- Changed audio to Alsa in order to enabled Splash Screen audio on start up. -> http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 469#p36469
- Commented out Both HDMI and DPI settings in config.txt in order to gain output to my tv.

Images
Front

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Theme

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Back

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Right Side

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Left Side

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Battery

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Charging

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UnAssembled

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Ninja Gaiden

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I'll add a link here later for all my build photos

[muniosi]

Great work, especially for a first project! Very clean.

[tinkerBOY]

Congrats! Nice and clean build. Look at that battery monitor image! So cool!

Do you have a link to the screen you used for this build?

[SQLEinstein]

Congrats! Nice and clean build. Look at that battery monitor image! So cool!

Do you have a link to the screen you used for this build?

The screen was included with kite's saio, but I think it's the same as this one -> http://s.aliexpress.com/EfYRfEje

The battery monitor is also a kite script built into his RetroPie image.

[Lphillimore]

Sharp, nice

[meldaryste]

SQL,

Looks nice! And I really like that smoked out case. It looks like you were going for the all black theme for the GBZ, and I just bought the black replacement silicone buttons from kitsch-bent for my wife's GBZ and they are sweet, and it is a black start/select button. I am at work, don't have a link right now, but I thought I'd mention it if you were interested, it would complete the look.

[SQLEinstein]

SQL,

Looks nice! And I really like that smoked out case. It looks like you were going for the all black theme for the GBZ, and I just bought the black replacement silicone buttons from kitsch-bent for my wife's GBZ and they are sweet, and it is a black start/select button. I am at work, don't have a link right now, but I thought I'd mention it if you were interested, it would complete the look.

Hey thanks, I was going for the all black theme. Let me know if you like the feel/action of the all silicone buttons buttons I was hesitant to order those not knowing, I was thinking of ordering the black start/select from https://www.deadpanrobot.co.uk/game-boy ... g-zero-blk and their black screen surround. I ordered the black GBZ screen surround from Kitchbent but I haven't installed it as I find the black border extremely thin. I wish @Dominator was back in the scene. His absence has left a big void. Would have loved to have ordered a black gbz screen when I had the chance. A great advantage of the smoked out case is that the LED's shine through perfectly.

[gilbertotron]

Nice build! Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
~This is the aesthetic I'm going for with my build too! All Black! Where'd you get the blank cartridge from?
I got the black buttons from Deadpan, they're sweet.

[SQLEinstein]

Nice build! Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
~This is the aesthetic I'm going for with my build too! All Black! Where'd you get the blank cartridge from?
I got the black buttons from Deadpan, they're sweet.

Thanks! I found this black cartridge on ebay for 2$

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[cpmax]

how did you handle the screen cover?
do you have some pic?