/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1584617]

What do you think is better?
a gameboy pocket with a backlight installed or a gameboy light?

I have been thinking of buying a pocket for the nice quality screen without loosing the old look/feel of the black and white screen also I love the styling.

But I also love the uniqueness of the light, I also like its bigger size and it's already got a backlight in it.

Does anyone have any suggestions or opinions?

[Anonymous No.1584749]

Gameboy Color with a light installed

[Anonymous No.1585001]

i asked myself that question many times... i chose a gb pocket and i fuckign love it but i think i'll eeventually get a light as well. cant choose, theyre both great.

[Anonymous No.1585220]

>>1585001
I think I'm going to go for the pocket, just because its cheaper and easy to mod thanks.

[Anonymous No.1585226]

>muh old feel black and white screen

What a poseur. Get a brick gameboy with a greenscale screen or go home.

[Anonymous No.1585254]

>>1585226
I have one but that screen is just god awful to play on, its a great handheld to collect but its gaming days are over.

[Anonymous No.1585267]

>>1585254
Carry on then. Sounded like you were making a "muh authenticity" comment about something demonstrably unauthentic.

My suggestion is a gameboy advance, unless you prefer the look of the pocket to the absolutely hideous GBA SP.

[Anonymous No.1585296]

>>1585267
I actually have both the advance and the sp while I hate the feel of the advance and sp, I like their screens, but they don't have the feeling of the classic gameboy with the color screens.

[Anonymous No.1585485]

Buy a cheap Game Boy Pocket and install a backlight yourself. The results are far better than the Game Boy Light and it'll cost you a fraction of the price.

http://nonelectronics.com/lighting/v5

[Anonymous No.1585486]

>>1585226
The Game Boy Pocket's screen is superior. By default it has less tint, and it reduces motion blur when compared to the original DMG screen.

[Anonymous No.1585516]

>>1585485
This is what I had in mind, thanks for the help.

[Category !.Jb7KRfgJg No.1585853]

>>1584749

I'm with this dude. Love my backlit DMG, if I wanted something smaller I'd front light a color - plus have access to the larger library of games available

[Anonymous No.1585856]

When I was a kid I'd use my gameboy light to read books in the middle of the night.

[Anonymous No.1585883]

I have 2 backlit pockets. They're great.
I wanted to do a color with sp front light, but I hear the viewing angles are really poor.
I highly recommend using the nonfinite v5 backlight in green. This will give you the best contrast, by far. If you want a reference look up Cytogenetic images and you'll see they (I) use a green filter with black objects for crisp clear lines.

[Anonymous No.1585947]

>>1585883
so you recommend the green version, how about the white

[Anonymous No.1585991]

>>1585856
what a rebel, nothing will keep this man from his Animorphs

[Anonymous No.1586038]

>>1585947
I felt white makes the screen too washed out, looking. Turned the sprites grey, whereas the colored lights turned them darker. I have green and orange and green is what I find myself using most often. The lights are cheap, really. Get a couple and sell what you don't like.

[Anonymous No.1586198]

>>1586038
thanks for the info

[Category !.Jb7KRfgJg No.1586349]

>>1585991

You can pry our animorphs from our cold, sleeping hands, MOM.

Never sleeping after reading my goosebumps though

[Anonymous No.1586384]

>>1585267
>sp
>hideous
oh no you don't

[Anonymous No.1586504]

>>1584617
SP or if you're an aspie who can't really into clam shell emulate on a 2DS

[Anonymous No.1586558]

Anyone have experience with GB Boy Colour?

[Anonymous No.1586632]

>>1586558
Yes. I bought 2 thinking it was a good move, when there was a /vr/ thread about chinese clones on Ali Express.

It's absolutely awful. Terrible pixel scaling, fake IR port, half working GB link, shitty pad, incomplete sound emulation. Complete garbage. AVOID. Get old real GB and mod/restore. I'm doing that now, barely more expensive and way better.

whoever say these GB boy pieces of shit are good is either paid by them, has no clue about sound/image quality, or is so guilty with such a stupid purchase that their only way to lice with it is to convince themselves and others it's an interesting clone to own.

I sacrificied myself for you anon, now go grab a cheap GB and restore/mod it.

[Anonymous No.1587664]

The Pocket's thin form is my favorite out of all the GB models, but I wish it ran on something stronger than a couple AAAs because it's too weak to power flashcarts like Everdrive.

>>1586632
This guy gets it. Glad to see I'm not the only one who sees through the GB Boy garbage.

If you really want the same screen 'quality' (i.e. very bright with extremely saturated colors that shit all over GBC games) then just get an AGS-101. They aren't even rare or expensive. I just bought a used one for my girlfriend for around $50 on Amazon.

Otherwise the best GBC solution is and probably will always be a real GBC with modded frontlight.

[Anonymous No.1587675]

>>1587664
does the ever drive not work on pockets?

[Anonymous No.1587692]

I bought a backlight kit and installed it in a pocket but there isnt enough room behind the screen so it puts pressure on the LCD.

It actually cracked the screen in the DMG i put it in.

[Anonymous No.1587704]

>>1587675
Well, your post just prompted me to do some quick research on the subject and apparently Everdrive does and doesn't work depending on the quality/charge level of its batteries.

In my case, my Pocket is running on cheap, half-used, dollar-store AAAs so it flickers and sometimes crashes on the main menu. If I can actually get a game to load it'll run perfectly in-game, but usually only with small games since the long rewrite time for larger games is way too much of a power draw on the poor little batteries. I've read that having a backlight mod makes it worse since obviously that's even more battery strain.

However, someone with an AC adapter reported that it works great when it's plugged in for obvious reasons. I guess the bottom line is that if you wanna use the ED on a Pocket you've gotta get 'premium' high-quality batteries or plug it in.

[Anonymous No.1587706]

The Gameboy Light clearly. The Pocket's sound is awful.

[Anonymous No.1587716]

>>1587704
great, now I have to break out of the habit of buying the cheapest batteries.

[Category !.Jb7KRfgJg No.1587823]

>>1587692

Cracked the screen on a DMG? You did take the foam spacers out, didn't you?

[Anonymous No.1587904]

>>1587675
>>1587704
>>1587716

The ED cart draws a lot of current during r/w operations. You need batteries that can sustain the spikes of high load without having their voltage drop into the shitter.

Cheap alkaline AAAs won't cut it and zinc chloride "heavy duty" batteries are even worse. Energizer Titanium batteries can sustain rather high current for alkalines but I'm not sure if it's enough. Duracell Quantum are interesting in that they have a completely flat discharge curve and high capacity, but only at low current. They will tank and perform worse than standard Duracells if you put them under high load.

NiMH batteries on the other hand can deliver far more current than alkalines. You can get an amp out of any decent AAA, and you can just charge them back up after you've run them down. Pic related are what I use in my front lit CGB with an EDGB.

Lithium metal batteries can also supply lots of current, but their voltage is over spec for the GB (1.7V) and they're expensive.

[Anonymous No.1587918]

>>1587904
>10A from an AA Eneloop
>still manages to provide 1558mAh of its rated 1900mAh capacity

[Anonymous No.1588261]

The color frontlight mod is not very nice IMO. It washes out the image underneath and makes the viewing angle very restricted. If you are unlucky like I was with one of the two I did, it will eventually cloud over and you will not be able to see anything on the screen.

The color front light seems cool at first but if you actually want to use the thing at length afterward, it's not worth it. It only stays good long enough to make a video or post about how great it is.

[Anonymous No.1588518]

>>1588261
What do you mean by cloud over? Is this a common issue? I was just about to send my GBC in to get this mod done myself, but you're making me have second thoughts.

[Anonymous No.1588691]

>>1585991
>>1586349
>Goosebumps
>Animorphs

A-Are you me?

[Anonymous No.1588841]

semi related, but I thought I'd just post both of these anyway.

pic right is my clear DMG with a pink backlit screen, also on the top corner you can see the low battery led mod I put in. it does exactly what it sounds like. lights up a red led when my batteries are low.

pic left is my normal gba in comparison to my gba that I put an gbasp ags 101 screen in. it drains more battery, however it looks incredible. I don't really like the sp clamshell body either, but I love the gba body, but hate the dim ass screen. so I'm in love with this guy. also used a pink translucent top shell, and an indigo translucent bottom shell, nice two-tone feel goin on.

[Anonymous No.1588850]

>>1588841
what exactly did you have to do for the GBA mod?
I've been wanting to put in a lighted screen in but it doesn't bother me whether it's front or back lit I just need something cheap and easy

[Anonymous No.1588921]

>>1588850
I bought the screen here. Where I get all my gameboy modding goodies. http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/backlit-gba-lcd-screen

I couldn't tell you exactly what I did though because it was kind of trial and error process and half following directions from multiple "how to install a backlight in a DMG" instructions from youtube and other various places. since kitsch-bent hasn't uploaded the instructions on how to do the exact mod yet. but somehow I was able to get it, and it looks flawless and I'm super happy with it.

[Anonymous No.1589006]

>>1588518
As if condensation got in there, either between the outer screen and the frontlight screen, or it and the inner screen itself.

I guess if you're sending it somewhere they'll have the technique down tight, but I think my criticisms of the washed out image underneath and the poor viewing angle is still valid, and is an unavoidable product of viewing the action through two transparent layers with space between them.

[Anonymous No.1589082]

>>1588841
hey anon, what's the mod you used for low bat LED? Looks very useful.

[Anonymous No.1589089]

>>1587904
I will never use anything except for eneloops. Unless they're the cheap free batteries that come with the devices, then I use those first until they run out, which then will be replaced with eneloops.

[Anonymous No.1589143]

>>1589082
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/batt_dmg

another product from the amazing kitsch-bent. I get all my gameboy mods/upgrades from there. and their brother store (I guess you'd call it that??) thursday customs.

[Anonymous No.1589456]

>>1586632
>>1587664
>bitching about a clone not having 1:1 hardware

[Anonymous No.1589497]

>>1587823
yes.

[Anonymous No.1590556]

>>1589089
I just bought the XX AAA ones, will that work? it claims 900mAh minimum.

[Anonymous No.1590778]

>>1590556
Hmm... Not sure; I've never used the XX ones.
From what I understand they're just a longer lasting eneloop, but of course at a higher price.
Not sure though. Would love to hear from you if they work. Was thinking of getting them as my next batteries.

[Anonymous No.1591132]

game boy lamp master race reporting in

[Anonymous No.1591161]

I know it's not retro, but I would just get a GBA SP. You're going to pay around the same amount, if not more, for a classic GB in great shape. The thing is, these older screens really weren't that great. You're going to see a lot of ghosting when sprites are moving around the screen, and the screens themselves may not last much longer, or may start to develop dead pixels.

If you really need the retro feel of classic GB hardware, I guess you could get a backlight mod and a replacement screen somewhere, but I'm betting any of the replacement screens available online are from shoddy Chinese manufacturers. Their quality is suspect at best. This is why I don't bother to service my consoles very much in the first place. Any of the replacement parts I can find online tend to be of inferior quality compared to the original, so they'll start to go out within just a few months of use, if not earlier.

[Anonymous No.1591164]

>>1588921
>$60 replacement GBA screen

Ugh. This is why I hate resellers. It would be cheaper just to buy a GBA SP.

[Anonymous No.1591169]

>>1591164
I say we all band together and buy everything retro vidya related and sell it to resellers at exorbitant prices

[Anonymous No.1591178]

>>1585254
Is that with the contrast way down?

[Anonymous No.1591203]

>>1591178
its just off,

[Anonymous No.1591220]

>>1591161
I actually have the sp, and while its nice and all its just not comfortable

[Anonymous No.1591503]

>>1591169
ebay here we come. ami do rite?

[Anonymous No.1592195]

>>1591503
it would work if there was more than 4 users on /vr/

[Anonymous No.1592613]

>>1590556
>>1590778

They should perform fine.

The XX Eneloops have higher capacity at the expense of self-discharge rate and recharge cycles endured. I'm not sure why Sanyo renamed them for the western market, but they're called Eneloop Pro in Japan.

The rate of discharge isn't much worse than regular eneloops (and honestly how likely is it that you're going to store one of these for 5 years?), but the cycle longevity does take a big hit.

Assuming 2013 Sanyo branded Eneloops based on the ones >>1590556 has:
Standard Eneloop AAA = min 750mAh, discharge to 70% over 5 years in storage, 1800 recharge cycles.
Pro/XX Eneloop AAA = min 900mAh, discharge to 70% over 3 years in storage, 500 recharge cycles.

As of last year the Eneloop technology was bought out and rebranded by Panasonic, and the XX tech is now called "Pro" worldwide.

[Anonymous No.1592657]

>>1592613
awesome, thanks based wiki-anon

[Anonymous No.1592686]

>>1592195
Because the more users the higher the demand meaning lower prices?

[Anonymous No.1592751]

>>1591164
>implying anything is being resold
If you took more than a 3 second look at the page for the screen you'd have clearly seen in the second line of text that they're newly manufactured. Stop bitching and learn to read.

The AGS 101 SPs are around the same price (or more) anyway. Paying for this you at least know you're getting something that works that some dumbass kid didn't spill orange juice on.

[Anonymous No.1593695]

>>1592751
what do you mean by newly manufactured?

[Anonymous No.1593768]

>>1588921
>kitsch-bent
Dude fuck them. DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM. Just buy it on ebay or aliexpress. I got the screen for $20 bucks and the adapter cable for about $10. You were ripped off. They buy from the same sources and resell it at a higher price

[Anonymous No.1593769]

The same parts as Nintendo are used, new, and they're newly assembled. Then distributed. Newly manufactured AGS 101 screens are not easy to come by.
$60 to a) get something clean, new, and working and b) support one of the most important companies in chiptune is not that big of a deal really.

[Anonymous No.1593771]

>>1593695
It means that they bought it new from a chinese seller that makes them on a chinese factory.

[:^) No.1593774]

U guys should get on my level
>tfw when it brings all boys to the yard

[Anonymous No.1593873]

>>1593774
>all that glare

[Anonymous No.1593923]

>>1593873
>glare on a GBC
>implying the lamp you sat under didn't make more glare than this

[Anonymous No.1594031]

>>1593923
b-but I tilted it at the right angle so I could see!

If your not playing like pic related your not getting the full experience of nostalgic carpal tunnel and eye strain.

[Anonymous No.1595272]

>>1594031
🌞

[:^) No.1595326]

>>1594031
kek, not trying hard enough

[Anonymous No.1595351]

>>1595326
wow and a magnifying glass to? what more could a man need?

[:^) No.1595384]

>>1595351
a gf?

[Anonymous No.1595647]

>>1595384
but that's not necessary, hehe.

[Anonymous No.1597109]

I tried to install a backlight in a Pocket about a year ago. The backing on the screen didn't come off very easily, so I had to spend ages getting it off. I got the backlight installed and got everything soldered up, turned it on, and like 40% of the screen was fucked up. I tried fixing it, but then the ENTIRE screen became useless.

I don't even know. I barely even touched the ribbon cable connecting the screen to the motherboard. I've done plenty of mods on other consoles and never had any issues so I'd like to think I'm decent enough at this kinda shit to not fuck something like this up, but damn. I really want to try again since having a backlit Pocket would be so convenient, but I don't feel like spending money on another Pocket + backlight just to fuck it up again.

[Anonymous No.1597129]

does anyone remember pic related? was a special glow worm that i haven't been able to find a name for

[Anonymous No.1597194]

>>1597109
damn, just keep trying. Look at videos you'll get it right.

[Anonymous No.1597221]

>>1597109
Why don't you just get a GBC and get it frontlit? Much easier, quicker, has better contrast, color and an expanded library of titles.

The backlight mod for the Pocket is a pain in the ass and not worth it in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.1597310]

>>1597221
I want he authenticity of playing the GB games in their original B/W formats,

[Anonymous No.1597421]

>>1597310
The GBC has a black/white palette you can toggle for GB games.

[Anonymous No.1597436]

>>1597310
Last one.

Thes creen on the GBC is also of fairly superior quality. Absolutely no ghosting, crystal clear.

[Anonymous No.1597818]

>>1597436
I also am not a fan of the GBC's styling. I love the feel of the pocket in my hands, also it has a slightly large screen, and when they're that small every cm counts.