Adventures with a Wonderswan

[HigashiJun]

@rubber_jonnie

What does this battery box look like ?

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie

What does this battery box look like ?

These are about the best pics I can find:

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Though these are for the Colour. I did just find a rechargeable battery pack too, though they a bit expensive, but I could get a pack for the Colour and use the pack from the colour for the B&W.

Might have a look for 3d printed options too.

[HigashiJun]

@rubber_jonnie

Thanks for the pictures.

You can find these quite easily here for every model (Wonderswan, Wonderswan color and Wonderswan Crystal).

Let me know if you have any troubles getting one.

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie

Thanks for the pictures.

You can find these quite easily here for every model (Wonderswan, Wonderswan color and Wonderswan Crystal).

Let me know if you have any troubles getting one.

I appreciate the offer, let me see how I get on and I may well take you up on it.

Thanks

[rubber_jonnie]

On a positive note, the Wonderswan cart arrived this morning and both the Wonderswan and Wonderswan Colour appear to work great, and though the screen is difficult on the B&W machine, with my Dad's camera filter, I can see that the screen works :)

I think I will get an IPS screen for the WSC though as though it's a nice screen, it's really hard to see in anything but bright light, it'll definitely be a worthwhile upgrade, and if it works well, I may also do the same for the B&W model.

Interestingly the WSC is a similar size to the Gameboy Advance.

[alexh]

Nice. Sorry for encouraging you to find more "stuff" to put in your house.

[rubber_jonnie]

Nice. Sorry for encouraging you to find more "stuff" to put in your house.

Not a problem :)

And the Wonderswans are very small and easy to store :)

[rubber_jonnie]

OK, so the B&W Wonderswan is fixed!!!

The replacement polariser arrived. Annoyingly it was a bit crumpled due to inadequate packing, but after a couple of attempts to cut a nice piece out, I managed to get a decent piece on attempt number 3.

Since it was self adhesive, I was able to stick it to the display nice and easily and it works great:

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IRL it does look better, especially without the glare from my desk magnifier light.

With a repair that easy it does make me Wonder (Swan) just how many were binned due to a bad polariser. I guess a bad polariser BITD was somewhat harder to replace than just buying one from eBay and cutting it to shape.

I may in the future get an IPS display for both the B&W and the Colour, but for now I'm happy to say they both work.

[rubber_jonnie]

Well, nice arrival today:

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The game will go nicely with my Final Fantasy Edition Wonderswan Colour :)

I really need to find a Flash Masta cart somehow as there are English fan translations to be had and it'd be great to have a collection of ROMs on one card.

[rubber_jonnie]

Excellent, my IPS screens for the Wonderswan B&W and Colour are in the country and should be here tomorrow. Guess what I'll be doing this weekend :)

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