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Modded Game Boys are downright gorgeous
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I think the Japanese Game Boy Light is still the nicest looking handheld Nintendo has made— outside of the switch if that counts.
I stumbled upon the Game Boy Marketplace reddit a couple months ago and became enthralled with these, so many dope mods. I was inspired to reshell my pocket and love the way it turned out. If I were more electronically inclined I would do some of the more heavy mods like backlighting and biverting the screen but I'm happy enough as it is.
Oh, and the screen lens is glass instead of the stock plastic. Surprisingly noticeable difference.
Oh, and the screen lens is glass instead of the stock plastic. Surprisingly noticeable difference.
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The Switch Pro Controller is translucent.
I have a few modded gameboys -
Gameboy Color w/ a backlit screen - forgot which model the screen was taken from but the quality is kinda bleh. Think it was an SP?
Gameboy Advance - custom Metroid Fusion colorway with AGS101 screen mod - the screen is gorgeous
Gameboy Micro - Famicom Edition...this one isn't modded
Game Boy - this is actually the original Game Boy I got back in 1989, backlit and sound modded with a new screen cover
Gameboy Color w/ a backlit screen - forgot which model the screen was taken from but the quality is kinda bleh. Think it was an SP?
Gameboy Advance - custom Metroid Fusion colorway with AGS101 screen mod - the screen is gorgeous
Gameboy Micro - Famicom Edition...this one isn't modded
Game Boy - this is actually the original Game Boy I got back in 1989, backlit and sound modded with a new screen cover
PS4 got the Crystal controller. Now we need a Crystal PS4 console...
At the risk of sounding stupidly nitpicky, I wish that it was more translucent
Just looking at the old format Gameboy Advance makes me ragey. Easily my least favorite console hardware of all time.
Unless I'm missing something, this one isn't even modded. This was just a limited release of the Pocket in Japan, called the "off white".
https://www.consolevariations.com/nintendo/game-boy-pocket/game-boy-pocket-console-variations/
I've got one, and it's pretty awesome. I plan to attempt to mod a backlight into it one day.
Oh that blue one, I just want to snuggle up in bed as a 10 year old with the lights off and a bag of chips to my side as I play it.
I was interested in a modded gba, but they're like $200+. Maybe Nintendo will put out a nice gb classic with backlighting and all that.
Atomic Purple was so sexy. I had one when I was kid, but I lost it, or someone robbed it. Maybe it was karma because my uncle give it to me as a gift... after he found it at his work xD
Damn I will try to track down one when I resolve my financial situation.
(Pic from a random page)
r/gameboymarketplace is a good place to look, people are posting their work with some regularity. eBay can work too but I find the reddit marketplace to be a little less sketchy, the people there are all super nice, too. They have a request thread, as well, and some of the regular users might take direct inbox requests.
Atomic Purple was so sexy. I had one when I was kid, but I lost it, or someone robbed it. Maybe it was karma because my uncle give it to me as a gift... after he found it at his work xD
Damn I will try to track down one when I resolve my financial situation.
(Pic from a random page)
Atomic Purple was the shit
I miss mine terribly so..
A piece of my childhood I need back.
Thank you might have to go the request route, all the good ones look sold.
Dragon Quest? Wario Land? Pokemon? And that's just off the top of my head
I had a few systems modded with colored biverted screens via Stang Boy Customs, and now I'm filling my Game Boy Works chronology books with macro photography of games running on the screens as a background element. It looks *fingerkiss*
They're pretty awesome to play on, too.
They're pretty awesome to play on, too.
I always wanted to get a modded OG GBA. I think it feels so much nicer to hold than the SP.
Also there is something very timeless about the design of the GB (and the Pocket, too, for that matter).
Also there is something very timeless about the design of the GB (and the Pocket, too, for that matter).
I've been flirting with the idea of buying an original GBA modded with a 101 screen for years but never pulled the trigger. I really should someday...
Yay! I get to post my GBA again!
It's a new "launch" indigo with a backlit glass screen, but it's my baby.
Part of the appeal of the GB/GBC/GBA library is the relative inexpensiveness of the libraries and hardware. With modding, a "perfect" Gameboy runs you $100.
It's a new "launch" indigo with a backlit glass screen, but it's my baby.
Part of the appeal of the GB/GBC/GBA library is the relative inexpensiveness of the libraries and hardware. With modding, a "perfect" Gameboy runs you $100.
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True, but at least you're tracking down one 100-150$ game instead of 5-10 like most consoles.
You have no idea how much I love this thread. Colorful translucent gaming hardware is my fucking thing, dude. I love it so much.
Which ones? Most of them are still sub-$20. Except Kid Dracula, of course.
goddamn, might have to hit up some stores to find an original GBA to mess around with. Looking at Retromodding, I can get the parts to do this pretty cheap.
Any other decent sites to source the components from? Mostly with respects to an aftermarket shell.
Any other decent sites to source the components from? Mostly with respects to an aftermarket shell.
