#91

New Product Ideas / Re: More Realistic Thumby Idea

Last post by ahullfavorite - January 08, 2026, 09:11:49 PM

I think it would make a lot of people exited, happy and surprised if there was a thumby advance. Some of the new features could be, instead of Internal games, it could be game cartridges (nanosd cards or custom made storage devices fnf), actual start and select buttons at the bottom, and heck, maybe even add a color screen too. I know What your thinking; But nobody wants to Pay for new cartridges every week or so! and I have a solution. When the recipient buys a Thumby Advance, they also receive a bag with a bunch of blank cartridges and an adapter for a computer. They would Go to the Thumby Code Editor, select the Thumby Advance as their version, and then upload the games (or their own games) onto the cartridges. the cartridges would come with stickers that you can write on so you can remember which one is which.

That actually sounds like a really fun and realistic idea: a Thumby Advance with swappable blank cartridges, proper Start/Select buttons, and even a color screen would feel nostalgic while staying affordable, and letting users load games themselves via an adapter neatly avoids the cost and hassle of buying new cartridges.

#92

User Projects / Code Examples / Re: I made a 2d version of Por...

Last post by No1tehm - January 05, 2026, 02:48:12 PM

Moving over to the actual thumby forum

#93

General Discussion / Hardwired Power

Last post by jmac - January 01, 2026, 07:35:43 PM

Curious on a way to mod my TinyTV mini to be "hardwired" aka always plugged in. I know I can just leave the cable plugged in the all the time but the way it comes out of the top of the TV housing makes it inconvenient to do so. Any ideas? Please feel free to point me in the right direction if a forum has already been made for this. Thanks!

#94

General Discussion / Images on games

Last post by JamezGamez - December 31, 2025, 12:38:07 PM

Does anybody know how to put an image on your Thumby Color game, so it shows up on the home screen, rather than a ? Pls help, I have been trying 4 a week to get an image on my game.

#95

Thumby / Thumby Color C SDK game

Last post by terada - December 30, 2025, 07:27:36 AM

I couldn't find any C SDK sample for thumby color so I made one. This is a port of PICO-8 game "Hyperspace", a 3D space shooter game.

https://github.com/itsmeterada/hyperspace_thumbycolor

#96

General Discussion / Re: Lipo battery

Last post by vicentewilson - December 30, 2025, 04:25:22 AM

I'm having trouble finding a battery like this I ordered some from Amazon and they were too big the connecter is flat on top where can I find one that will work

If you know the brand of the device that uses the battery, check the manufacturer's website. They often sell replacement parts, including batteries.

#97

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / Any way around the 4gb FAT32 l...

Last post by Tvwatcher - December 26, 2025, 04:23:54 PM

Along with many others I got my tinytv for christmas and I'm loving it. What I have learned from searching the forums and playing with it myself is that AVI files get HUGE. Especially when I try to convert an 8 hour+ long video to mimic a real tv channel. I already know I'm going to have to upgrade the microsd card. I'm almost there though, and my final hurdle has finally revealed itself. It seems that the card being FAT32 is a hard rule, does that also mean I am absolutely limited to 4gb files? If that's the case, is it possible to program the tv to create channels from folders full of smaller files? Thanks all and happy holidays!

#98

General Discussion / Mailing list

Last post by rdk4001 - December 26, 2025, 11:13:03 AM

Good Morning!

I was given a tiny tv for Christmas and it's absolutely adorable!!! I took a look at your site and love the mini arcade game that you have. My granddaughters would love them. But I see the games are out of stock right now. Do you have a mailing list that I could be put on? I'm hoping to purchase these items but not until next Christmas. And do they ever go on sale?  I am on a fixed budget so I have to plan accordingly. I thank you for your help in this regard and look forward to hearing from you.

rdk

#99

TinyTV & Tiny Video Player / TinyTV2 shows up on Mac as zer...

Last post by ralphbu - December 26, 2025, 10:42:03 AM

Got 2 of the TinyTV2s and found they both showed up on my Mac desktop as having zero capacity. This seems to be an incompatibility with Sequoia. Everything worked properly when I plugged the computer into an old OSX Mavericks computer. Only problem - the TinyTV converter doesn't work with Mavericks, so conversions were done on the Sequoia converter.

#100

New Product Ideas / OLED Screen

Last post by Kirby3911 - December 25, 2025, 07:59:12 AM

OLED upgrade kit for the Tiny TV 2 and Tiny TV Kit