# I got a gba!
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103
**Category:** MakeCode Blog
**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103 "2024-01-19T16:32:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/1 "2024-01-19T16:32:06Z")
The title say it all. (What if makecode arcade supported gba?)
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### Author:  [@BoostedGames](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BoostedGames)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/2 "2024-01-19T19:19:13Z")
_what_
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/3 "2024-01-19T19:21:17Z")
Lucky!! 🥺
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### Author:  [@fartmaster9591](https://forum.makecode.com/u/fartmaster9591)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/4 "2024-01-19T19:22:23Z")
…huh…
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### Author:  [@TeddyB](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TeddyB)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/5 "2024-01-19T19:22:24Z")
What is a gba?
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### Author:  [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/6 "2024-01-19T19:22:29Z")
You don’t know what gba is? It stands for Game Boy Advance
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### Author:  [@TeddyB](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TeddyB)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/7 "2024-01-19T19:22:53Z")
oh ok
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### Author:  [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/8 "2024-01-19T19:29:54Z")
1 out of 4 knows what a gba is. lol
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### Author:  [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/9 "2024-01-19T21:13:52Z")
Why yo sad
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/10 "2024-01-19T21:24:36Z")
More like jealous! I always wanted one!
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### Author:  [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/11 "2024-01-19T21:30:27Z")
Theres emulaters.
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### Author:  [@BoostedGames](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BoostedGames)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/12 "2024-01-19T22:09:45Z")
oh, im not good with acronyms
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### Author:  [@Kiwiphoenix364](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kiwiphoenix364)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/13 "2024-01-19T23:18:38Z")
Cool! I have a DS Lite that supports GBA. I never got any GBA games for it tho…
Arcade wouldn’t support GBA officially, because… It’s Nintendo. Homebrew usually is allowed to exist (mostly by smaller groups,) but it probably still wouldn’t go super well if MakeCode (owned by Microsoft) officially supported homebrew for a Nintendo console, even though the console is over 20 years old XD
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### Author:  [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/14 "2024-01-19T23:25:57Z")
You can use a EzFlash. for ds.
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### Author:  [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/15 "2024-01-19T23:42:21Z")
Oh I forgot to post pictures of it.
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### Author:  [@Kiwiphoenix364](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kiwiphoenix364)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/16 "2024-01-19T23:59:19Z")
I already have a modded 3ds so I could load GBA games into TWiLight Menu++ if I ever wanted to. Thanks though! Also, that clear and black shell looks really clean!
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/17 "2024-01-19T23:59:43Z")
Sleek!! I like it!
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### Author:  [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/18 "2024-01-20T00:14:03Z")
It is a little modified because when I first got it the start and select buttons were not working so we replaced those with ones with from a 100% dead gba mother board and replace the screen from the same dead gba. And if I act like I’m charizard I could say “it’s hard to play on with claws.” so yeah.
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### Author:  [@skytubbie](https://forum.makecode.com/u/skytubbie)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/19 "2024-01-22T22:37:08Z")
oooh! i love the shell on it! i just have the basic purple
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### Author:  [@Brohann](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Brohann)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/i-got-a-gba/26103/20 "2024-01-22T22:37:13Z")
because I am a console repair expert, I’ll give you some pointers (and by some I mean two lol):
- if the buttons don’t work, you can just clean the contacts with isopropyl alcohol
- I can’t really see how a motherboard could be “dead” unless the circuits got fried or the capacitors died, the latter of which is a simple fix
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