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Friday, 7 June 2002

About that Afterburner

Now that I've had the chance to play my GBA with the Afterburner installed for a bit I can safely say that it was definitely worth the effort. It took Michi and me about 3 hours to install it because we were extra careful not to get any dust in there.

I finally continued to play Golden Sun and I'm really enjoying it. The Afterburner lights the screen up nicely and I don't have to pay attention to the lighting conditions anymore and can just play wherever I want without having to twist my head and/or arms in uncomfortable angles. The Afterburner does have some strange color effects if you look at the screen from certain angles but you only see them if you look for them. You don't notice them when you concentrate on the game.

The only thing that bothers me a bit is that the GBA's led turned red after only about 4 hours of playing. But the batteries don't seem to be drained yet. I think I have read about other people having that problem on the Afterburner forum. Apparently the GBA isn't used to that much power drain and calculates the remaining battery power wrong or something. Well it's not really a problem as I'm using rechargeable batteries...

For all Europeans out there: I ordered my Afterburner at portablegamer.co.uk and I can definitely recommend them. The Afterburner is a little more expensive than the Tritonlabs price but cheaper than Lik Sang (due to the high shipping costs from Hong Kong and customs in the EU). Portablegamer also include one of those super special tri-wing screwdrivers you need to open the GBA's case (making this part of the installation process very easy to do) and latex gloves and a sheet of paper that contains all the important manual changes and installation tips from the Afterburner forum. I'm very satisfied!

[Archive Link]  Posted by Edda at 12:23 CET

Comments


[Comments Link]  1. Posted by steve on 8 June, 2002 21:36 CET

argh! decisions decisions…

get medal of honour for PS2 or an afterburner for GBA…?
or get an afterburner arcade machine? now that would be coolness… especially if i could get some kind of mutant hybrid afterburner/space harrier machine.
mmm… :Q

ah, what the hell, get both (not the aracde machines!). what are credit cards for, anyways? :P

[Comments Link]  2. Posted by Edda on 8 June, 2002 22:35 CET

Credit cards are mean. Make you spend more money. But I love internet shopping so very much. I also need to spend more money next week when Pikmin will finally get released here….

[Comments Link]  3. Posted by Edda on 8 June, 2002 22:36 CET

I’d love to have one of those Neo Geo arcade machines. Then I could play Metal Slug all the time :)

[Comments Link]  4. Posted by steve on 10 June, 2002 15:19 CET

ooh! pikmin!

i already ordered it, just waiting for release and delivery… come to me, my pikmin friends…

internet shopping is coolness. it’s a bit too easy though: “oops, i’ve spent this month’s salary… doh…”

[Comments Link]  5. Posted by Edda on 10 June, 2002 22:19 CET

Only a couple more days. I can’t wait!

[Comments Link]  6. Posted by Jimmy Hood on 20 November, 2002 20:41 CET

Is there anywhere in the uk i could get an afterburner installed professionally? And how much would it cost?

[Comments Link]  7. Posted by Justin on 31 May, 2003 10:45 CET

I am looking for the Afterburner arcade that was released in 1987 or 1988. It was the sit down version with hydraulics. It was the greatest game to play at the pizza joint or local amusement park. I am willing to pay $cash for anyone that has this sit down arcade or knows where I might find one.

[Comments Link]  8. Posted by klaas kuipers on 30 December, 2003 01:35 CET

If finally found this arcarde you’re talking about. Unfortunately for you, it’s over here in the netherlands, about 10km south of Venlo in a Landal Greenparks recreation park.

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