Thanks for all the input guys, I'm going to look around to see if there's a viable way to get a new drive board. Probably some dead system with a good drive or one that doesn't read discs I'll just replace the laser on. I've checked the drive board a bit and there isn't any noticeable damage without...

Check game disk for scratches and dust, my sims 2 pets disc usually gets that error after about an hour. I just clean it and it plays fine. It literally doesn't read discs, see the video. It happens after it boots to the menu that shows up where no disc is inserted. I found a video that showed it h...

The message I had after my kid broke the SMS disc wasn't this one and doesn't occur before you try to boot the game. I don't think it is the problem, since it won't load the disc before you get to the "game" menu. Just in case, try to boot without disc, or lid opened, without anything plu...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHCWfPVgZDg I plan on opening it up later, not sure where to begin. Any ideas what could be the cause? It is a very generic error. I've tried with multiple known working power cables. Kind of interested in finding out if it's even fixable. EDIT: well, I think I've fig...

hmm... perhaps if someone made a special memory card, or the game was streamed somehow... either way, the transfer is very interesting and it will be exciting to see if anyone puts it to use in an unseen way.

Forgive My Stupidity. It is already possible to send GB and GBC games to a Gameboy Player with GoombaSend, But would it be possible to send a GBA rom to a Gameboy Player in any way? If so, a gameboy player without a disc could be the cheapest way to play any gameboy advance game ever made, as well a...