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@wxcafe@social.wxcafe.net hard to play with motion controls on a portable

@monorail @onfy hm, it certainly does something, even my cheapo adapter has those pins connected and some circuitry inside

@monorail @onfy ah, it's not possible to test because the battery is required for it to boot, but I'd guess that it's some kind of "keep the GBA alive while it's wired anyways" thing

@monorail @onfy are you sure the power flows from the GBA to the Gamecube?

@onfy I have a micro. I could probably harvest a plug from one of those aftermarket USB charging cables, at least the one I have seems to have all the pins

@monorail @onfy ah right, the wireless adapter. Wikipedia had me confused due to calling the link cable port the "External Extension Connector", I thought that was the weird ass power/headphone port

@monorail @onfy there's an official adapter, the OXY-009

@onfy I wonder if it works with the adapter, sadly those go for astronomical prices with no third-party solutions in sight (except for an open hardware solution that I'd still have to source connectors for)

@onfy the whole link cable situation seems a bit complicated though, there's three generations of them with various levels of compatibility. the printer came with a special cable that had both DMG and second-gen plugs, which should fit in any game boy except the micro (which doesn't do game boy games anyways)

@onfy @monorail actually I can't find any accessories which look like they take power from the link cable

@onfy gameboy backwards compatibility was pretty solid

@onfy I don't see why it wouldn't, it just plugs into the link port?

@onfy @monorail oh nvm the printer takes six AA batteries

@onfy @monorail I assume for accessories like the printer

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