Hi Everyone! It’s that time again, I’m again going to be streaming games for 25+ hours and raffling off Macros for Extra-Life!

Last year through the unbelievable generosity of donors we were able to raise over $9600! While I may not hit that much this year we might as well try.

You can find my page here: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/anthonythomas

How to Enter

My stream will be running starting at 9am EST on November 5th. While donating during the stream is preferred, as I really helps boost morale, you are certainly free to donate whenever you’d like! 😀

Every $5 counts as one entry in the raffle, and the entries stack. So if you donate $25 then that’s 5 entries. All you have to do is donate! After Extra-Life concludes I will export a list of all donations and break them into weighted totals; then do a random drawing to pick the winners! If you win, I’ll contact you via the email you used when you donated.

I will be raffling two Macros this time around (the second gets added if we hit $2500 raised)

Macros Available

You will be able to pick from Gold, White, or Black. Please see the photo below! If you win just tell me which color you’d like and I’ll build it and ship it off 🙂

Apologies for the lack of updates (as usual). A variety of factors over the past 18 months caused an incredible influx of new Macro modders and customers. Unfortunately due to my work obligations and other personal factors I’ve been unable to devote a serious amount of time to building more Macros.

I have a new run of shells I recently finished, and will ideally begin trickling those out over the next couple of weeks. Please stay tuned to the site and the facebook page for status updates and drops when I have them!

Additionally, I will have the Extra-Life raffle sorted out very soon. Unfortunately shortly after Extra-Life I experienced the re-emergence of an old medical issue, and I’m finally coming back around from it (hence the timing of this post as well).

As always, thanks for all of the interest! It’s great to see this mod grow in popularity.

-Anthony

I am continuing the tradition of Extra-Life streams with another this year! With that comes an Extra-Life Macro Raffle.

Last year due to the incredible generosity of everyone we were able to raise $7600! I’m not sure I’ll hit that again this year, but raising anything is great 🙂

This year I will again be raffling a Macro based on donations!

How to Enter

My stream will be running starting at 9am EST on November 6th. Please wait until the actual stream to donate, as I really helps boost morale during the stream itself! That said you’d rather donate ahead of time then that is certainly fine as well 😀

Every $5 donation to the Extra-Life campaign counts as one entry into the raffle. Once you donate please either email me the copy of your donation (gameboymacro@gmail.com). Or message me a screenshot on the Facebook page.

If you don’t message me I will still try to contact the winner using the Extra-Life “Thank You” feature. So don’t sweat it if you forget to message me

Macros Available

If you win I will contact you and then you can pick your macro, then I’ll build it out and ship it 🙂

The winners will be able to pick between the following two units. The first winner gets the first pick!

Red stereo two button Macro

Gold/Silver Macro XL

Recently I noticed the tutorials on the site never showed how to disable the sleep function on a Macro build. Generally when you install your speaker, if installed on the rear of the unit you risk activating the sleep trigger due to it being a magnetic activation.

I figured out how to bypass this a few years ago and apparently never added it to the Macro tutorial. Please see the new updates to the end of the Macro Tutorial. It’s optional but highly recommended :D.

Once I build an XL again I will update that tutorial, but the process is largely the same.

In other news I am slowly working on shells, though humidity has made painting quite the adventure.

If all goes to plan then I’ll have Macros by the summer

Another thing I’ve seen a lot of lately is other general tech support questions around the Macro. I’m going to put together some more tutorials around general break fix items on the Macro (and by extension the DS), it’s also been around six years since I made the original tutorials so I should probably spruce those up as well.

Long time no talk! As with previous years I am again doing an Extra-Life stream this year, and with that comes an Extra-Life Macro Raffle.

Unfortunately last year’s stream was fraught with issues as Extra-Life was DDOSed by jerks. Because of that we were unable to hit the goal of $4,000 (though we got very close!). Hopefully this year will be smoother :D.

The raffle this year is a bit different. Due to COVID, me moving, and just a lot of personal things going on I am initially raffling one Macro, where you choose the color (based on availability). If we hit the goal of $2500 I’ll add a second Macro. All details are on the Extra-Life page, but lets go into it here too!

If we hit $4000 then I’ll also raffle off a Switch!

How to Enter

My stream will be running starting at 9am EST on November 7th. Please wait until the actual stream to donate, as I really helps boost morale during the stream itself!

Every $5 donation to the Extra-Life campaign counts as one entry into the raffle. Once you donate please either email me the copy of your donation (gameboymacro@gmail.com). Or message me a screenshot on the Facebook page.

If you don’t message me I will still try to contact the winner using the Extra-Life “Thank You” feature.

Colors Available

Rather than pre-built units, I have a few finished shells that you will be able to choose from, then I will build the unit and ship it out! You are perfectly welcome to mix and match the colors if you’d like. The first winner will get to choose their color, then once they choose I will reach out to the second winner (if a second is raffled).

Feel free to send me any questions using the contact form on this site, emailing me at gameboymacro@gmail.com, or contacting me on the Facebook page!

I’m not quite sure why, but I’ve had a HUGE influx of traffic over the past few days. It’s been great to see a lot of renewed interest in the Macro and I’m glad a lot of people are out there trying to build their own and/or interested in buying one. The be honest, this site is a bit neglected as I do most of my communication and posts on the Facebook page. I wanted to get a post up to cover some of the main questions I’ve been receiving from people over the past few days 🙂

How do I buy a Macro?

I periodically will sell units as I have the time to build them. Unfortunately my free time is very limited as I have a busy work schedule (which is only made worse by the current pandemic situation). Right now I don’t have any units for sale, but I should have some by late June.

When will you have Macros for sale?

If everything goes according to plan I should be able to finish molding more shells by the end of June. So hopefully late June/early July.

Do you have a Patreon/Kickstarter/etc.

No, I don’t really see a need to do anything like that, as Macros are not my sole source of income and I’m not a content creator. I don’t really have any special incentives for anyone who wants to donate to me. Instead donate to your local animal shelters 😀

How can I stay up to date on progress?

The best way to stay in the loop is to follow the Facebook page and/or sign up for the mailing list!

I do also post on the site, as you can see, but the Facebook page is where I’m the most active!

Can I preorder a Macro?

Unfortunately I do not offer preorders. Since I can’t guarantee turnaround times for builds I don’t feel comfortable taking money and having someone wait for an indefinite amount of time to get their product.

Do you have more Photos of Macros?

Yes! I’ll get a gallery added to this site in the next couple of days, but for now you can view a ton on the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/gbmacro/photos/?tab=album&album_id=633301056805099

etc.

All of that being said, I really appreciate the interest, and I implore everyone to try out building a Macro! I put these tutorials out there five+ years ago to encourage everyone to try their hand at it :). It’s great seeing interest even five years later.

I’ll spend some time this weekend overhauling the site and making it a bit more friendly to new visitors as well. I do also plan on making a video tutorial for both units once I have the time, and exploring some other Macro options (DSi, 3ds, etc). Scroll down for gratuitous pictures of some of my favorite colors!

Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions! I’m always around to help: gameboymacro@gmail.com.

It has been a wild ride, and it warms my heart to see all the variations of the mod people have come up with. Even though I don’t spend as much time making these as I’d like to, I’m very happy to see the community that has spawned around it. Either way, like I previously mentioned, I will have more Macros in the next couple of months! My work schedule is a bit hectic due to the pandemic situation, but once that cools down I should be able to start producing new shells :).

Feel free to drop me an email with any questions, as always: gameboymacro@gmail.com

I will be spinning up production of molding new shells very soon, and will be putting out a poll for colors that people want to see.

At the moment I’m planning on sticking to the most popular colors I’ve sold in the past, which is generally:

• Famicom Red
• Cobalt Blue
• Acid Green
• Purple (I don’t think I ever had a fancy name for this one)
• Gold
• Black
• White

I’ll come up with a poll once I get closer to paining shells, but for the time being please feel free to email or comment with the colors you’d like to see!

For the most up to date info I highly recommend visiting the Facebook page as that’s where I’m most active: https://www.facebook.com/gbmacro

During Extra-Life all donations of $5 or more will be entered in raffle to win one of three Macros. If we beat last year’s total of $4164 I will also raffle off a Nintendo Switch + Game of your choice ($60 or less)! You can take a look at the Macros being raffled below:

Once you donate, just forward me your donation email (gameboymacro@gmail.com) and let me know which color(s) you’d like to be entered for. You can split your entries among as many colors as you’d like, every $5 increment is a new raffle entry.