What's next

Roadmap

Pocket Archive is a small, living project. Here is what is on the way next, the game pages, mod guides and features being worked on. It grows steadily, one build at a time.

Pokémon game pages

Pokémon Red & Blue
Done
Full guides live: gyms, Elite Four, recommended team, capture tips and save notes.
Pokémon Gold, Silver & Crystal
Done
Johto guides live, with the day-and-night real-time clock events explained.
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Planned
A proper deck-building guide and a walkthrough of the eight Club Masters.
Pokémon Pinball
Planned
Table-by-table strategy for filling the Gen 1 Pokédex with your flippers.

Beyond Pokémon, the Game Boy classics

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Planned
The dreamy, essential Game Boy adventure, start to finish.
Tetris
Planned
The pack-in that sold the system, and why it still owns the handheld.
Super Mario Land 1 & 2
Planned
Mario's strange, wonderful portable debut and its sequel.
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Planned
The claustrophobic Game Boy Metroid worth revisiting.

Mod guides

IPS screen in a Game Boy Color, no soldering
Done
The flagship beginner build, with a credited video walkthrough.
IPS + rechargeable for the Game Boy Advance
Planned
Turning an AGB-001 brick into the best way to play the whole library.
AGS-101 screen swap for the SP
Planned
Bringing a dim front-lit SP up to a bright backlit panel.
Backlight for the original DMG
Planned
A classic mod to make the 1989 original readable.

Site features

Per-game Pokédex
Done
Build-time Pokédex pages for Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal.
Your own photos
In progress
Real community photography gradually replacing the placeholder boxes.
Site search
Planned
Fast search across consoles, mods, gear and games.
Portuguese (pt-BR) version
Planned
A fully translated edition of the archive.