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4704385 No.4704385 [Reply] [Original]

Are backlight mods for Game Boy screens considered gore, or do you recommend them?

>> No.4704404

I like my backlit Gameboys.

>> No.4704405

>>4704385
man just get a game boy adapter for the snes.

>> No.4704476

>>4704405
>One car battery to power the SNES
>One to power the TV
>Can't even fit it all in a reasonable space on a train
Go be a retard elsewhere.

>> No.4704489

>not squinting to see better in a sunny saturday afternoon in the back of a '92 Ford Escort Wagon

Not what the developers INTENDED.

>> No.4704495

>>4704476
oh wow i'm sorry, need something to play while mommy is giving you a ride to the dentist?

>> No.4704509

>>4704385
for original gb they are great. washed yellow gives a close approximation of the green tint of a stock screen. I fucking love mine. if you are even remotely handy I'd recommend installing it yourself as it's fairly easy to do.

>> No.4704589

>>4704495
You don't leave the house?

>> No.4704648

>>4704589
He's a consolebaby of course he doesn't

>> No.4704650
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>>4704489
STILL NOT AS INTENDED

>> No.4704656

The GBC mods look bad in my opinion. It looks incredibly washed out, and is hardly an improvement over a front light mod or add-on accessory.

The GB and GB pocket models look pretty good when backlit, but I don't own one. I just have a GBA with an AGS-101 screen swapped. It's my absolute favorite way to play GB and GBC games.

>> No.4704660

>>4704509
Washed yellow?

>> No.4704662

>>4704648
Sorry you're poor and can only afford handhelds

>> No.4704673

>>4704660
Google washed yellow gameboy backlight. it's the color of backlight. you can get all sorts of dumb colors, but washed yellow looks like the original and white is fine too

>> No.4704675

>>4704656
this. gbc is a never backlight this. it looks horrendous.

>> No.4704680

>>4704656
>>4704675
The GBC screen can't be backlit at all, it's only front-lightable which results in a washed out image. You can get adapters to use 101 GBA screens in the GBC now, but it takes a lot of modding of the case to make it fit.

>> No.4704691

Why not get an SP?

>> No.4704697

>>4704680
You're wrong. It can be done, and people sell kits to do it. It requires you to mangle your LCD assembly and the end results look like crap.

The AGS 101 swaps on the GBC look good too, but at that point you might as well just do the screen swap on a normal GBA because it has a superior form factor and can play GBA games.

>> No.4704703

>>4704697
Sorry, forgot the link.
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/game-boy-color-backlighting-kit

>> No.4704731

>>4704697
Huh, didn't know about that mod, sounds like a nightmare. I also disagree about the GBA having a better form factor, but that's subjective. I just use stock GBCs when the lighting is good and GB Boy Colours when I need a backlight. Both are cheap, effective, and plentiful.

>> No.4704736
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4704736

Just slap a grip on an SP for comfort

>> No.4704738

>>4704736
lewd

>> No.4704779

>>4704589
*bing bing wahoo*

>> No.4704781

>>4704385
Not gore but I wouldn't recommend it for most people. It's a lot of work to get it "right" and even then it has issues. Just can just slap in a front light that you can turn on and off for results good enough for those few times you just have to play under the covers after mommy told you to go to sleep.

>>4704476
Nah bro. He plays with a super game boy in his supaboy propped up on his favorite soy beverage so he can use an original controller. Totally not retarded.

>> No.4704816

>>4704680
I’ve done a few GBC front lights and I agree. Even if you manage to avoid getting dust in the LOCA and do it perfectly it just isn’t worth it. I almost never use mine and just use a GBA instead.

>> No.4704838

i modded an og gb and used to play it on the train, i then tried to mod a gb pocket but i ripped the ribbon cable tor from the screen destroying it, this was back when gameboys were really cheap, I have a kong fend gbc but the resolutioin doesnt exactly match the lcd.

>> No.4704967

>>4704816
Interesting, I was on the fence about ordering a frontlit GBC, but I just got a backup GB Boy instead while AliExpress was having that sale a few weeks ago. I think I'll buy a clear GBC from Japan and call it a day after that.

>> No.4704971

>>4704967
Oh also, since this is sort of a Game Boy general; I bought 2 Pokemon bootlegs just for the hell of it the other day, and they both save to flash memory instead of using an SRAM battery, which I didn't even know was a thing. If the flash save is reliable, they could be better than the real thing.

>> No.4704976

>>4704489
>not squinting all the time to imitate the squinty eyes of the devs

>> No.4705009

get a 101 SP, problem solved.

>> No.4705015

>>4704971
The flash saves are reliable in my experience, and you don't have to worry about a battery dying and wiping out your save data.

I couldn't get them to work with the GB Tower in the Pokemon Stadium games, but everything else seems to work fine. Importing Pokemon and link cable trades worked fine.

>> No.4705036

>>4705015
Radical, that's what I was thinking. They didn't work with my Mega Memory Card, but I assumed link trading would be good to go.

>> No.4705081

>>4704673
Thanks for the heads up!

>> No.4705093

>>4704662
Sorry you're poor and can't afford a handheld.

>> No.4705175

>>4704976

Ayyyy

>> No.4705192

>>4704385
I think theyre vore.

>> No.4705204

About 120 million Game Boys were sold. Who cares if some nerd online thinks your mod is "gore".

>> No.4705490

>>4704662
Seriously 4chan=cringey fuckwads now. whats wrong with handheld console gaming? Does your sad depression not allow you to leave the basement long enough to have use for this?

>> No.4705573
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>>4704385
I did a front light mod and I was not terribly impressed with the result. I bought a GB Boy Colour and I like the results much better.

I am hoping eventually full screen replacement mod kits become more widely available. Maybe McWill will make one sometime.

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>>4704736

>> No.4705790

>>4704385
Backlighting a DMG screen is just making it actually usable as far as I'm concerned. Maybe my eyes have deteriorated since then, but I have no idea how the hell we managed to play those things back in the day.

>> No.4705805

>>4704736
Girl, trannie, or queer?

>> No.4705847

>>4704731

Yeah, and watch some videos of it, it's horribly shitty. https://youtu.be/9vSxneikLEg?t=5m14s

>>4704781

>Not gore but I wouldn't recommend it for most people. It's a lot of work to get it "right" and even then it has issues.

Seriously? It's very easy, one of the easiest "mods" I've done. The key is to take your time removing the back film from the lcd, clean it good, and dust the glass lightly with diatomaceous earth (so light you won't see it) to avoid "newton rings" aka bubbles where the screen touches the polarizing film.

You do have to solder 2 wires, but it's about as easy a solder job as you could ever have in a gaming system. I suppose you could just wrap the wires but I sure wouldn't trust them to make a good connection without solder.

handheldlegends sells kits, and this douche has a great tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS8NQ3dds2k I'm pretty sure he's a shill for them, or at least got free kits to make the tutorial.

>> No.4705852

>>4705847

Ignore the source of this link, I found it on google image search, this is the washed yellow and a decent picture of it. In real life it looks better, that pic isn't quite in focus and the contrast isn't quite right.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/7l7wjy/washed_yellow_biverted_dmg_ive_done_a_few/

One last thing, do the bivert mod, it's talked about in that video I just posted. It makes the screen look way better. My guess is that leddit dude didn't do the bivert mod.

>> No.4705865

>>4705847
Your half assed way is much more work than just using a front light and doesn't give much better results.

>>4705852
Yes, there's no point if you don't bivert

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>>4705790
DMG mod is GOAT. GBC front light mod is generally disappointing though.

>> No.4705873

>>4704385
>>4705868
>green gbc
men of culture.

>> No.4705878

>>4705865
I went with a green backlight on my DMG but I had always suspected that if I'd gone with the RGB kit and left it to yellow, I'd get something more reminiscent to the "pea soup" color associated with the DMG.

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It's damn near impossible to get a good pic, I think the polarization film plays havoc with cameras.

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4705884

>>4705883

I should have cleaned my screen before an extreme close up.

>> No.4705886

>>4705883

Forgot to say, this is washed yellow. It looks like it has a blueish tint in pictures, but it's more black in person. The area around the screen does have a blue tint to it, but that's just the light shining through the non active part of the screen.

>> No.4706084

>>4704816
>>4704697
Assuming both are backlit (modded or otherwise), what’s better out of the original GBA vs the SP?

>> No.4706092

>>4706084
The typical method of backlighting either a GBA or SP is to put an AGS-101 screen in it. So it comes down to whether you'd rather have a shitty d-pad or hand cramps.

>> No.4706113

>>4706092
Which has the shitty dpad?

>> No.4706295

>>4705878
There's really no point in not using RGB. It's a little more work for massive hipster cred and part of doing it "right". But all those little bits of extra work add up. Like using an SMD dual inverter instead of a DIP hex inverter and then crying about how much space it takes up. Doing it "right" is quite a bit more work and not something I'd recommend for first time modders. But the results are great.
But yeah, if you'd gone with RGB the only time you'd not use yellow is when showing someone you could change the color. It's not quite puke green but gives the best contrast of the basic colors. You can get puke green with pretty good contrast by adjusting the red duty cycle.

>> No.4706328

>>4706113
original gba

>> No.4706556

Absolute best way to play gameboy family games on a console? Gameboy Interface via RGB from a PAL gamecube.
Absolute GOAT way to play gameboy family games on a portable? GBA with AGS-101 mod.
Nostalgiafag? If you really like the AESTHETICS of the original gameboy, backlighting a DMG-01 is the only other mod other than the GBA AGS-101 screen mod that's worth doing. If you can pick up a original gameboy for cheap that is. I started doing prosound/backlight mods in 2012 before there were 5 million people making CUSTOM MODDED GAMEBOY L@@K COOL type videos now. This probably explains why busted up yellowed DMG's go for 60 fucking dollars on ebay now like what the fuck

>> No.4706619

>>4705847
wew that looks even worse than I anticipated. I guess that's why I was under the impression that it couldn't be done, in reality it just shouldn't be done.

>> No.4706649

>>4706619
anon you need to have some faith in yourself. the only way to fail is to not try. try to learn new info and skills every day of your life. you can do this, it might seem overwhelming but if you just work on it piece by piece you can do this.

look at the squirrel. he survives a brutal winter by storing one acorn at a time.

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>5 AM

>> No.4706741

>>4706649
What? I have no desire to do that lousy mod on my GBC. I would rather spend $30 on a clone and use a regular GBC in good lighting.

>> No.4707051

>>4706741
ah sorry thought you were the anon wanting backlight on original gb. I agree gb boy colour is a better solution than ruining a gbc.

>> No.4707062

>>4707051
No problem, my dude. I considered a DMG or Pocket mod, but I decided I'd rather spend that money on more fun hardware and software.

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4707276

DMG-backlight-mod without bivert
https://circuit-board.de/forum/index.php/Thread/24956-GameBoy-DMG-und-Pocket-Backlight-im-original-Retrolook-mit-gutem-Kontrast-ohne-H/

looks neat tbqhfams

>> No.4708119

>>4706556
Poorfag consolation version is emulating gameboy games on a CRT. GBA games look great at pixel perfect resolutions and you only lose a little bit of screen space on a 4:3 screen when you play 3:2 games

>> No.4708148

>>4706556
>GBA with AGS-101 mod.
most 101 mods i've seen are pretty crappy. waste of perfectly good and rare hardware

>> No.4708163

>>4708148
You do know that 101 screens are mass produced in China now right? No one is actually gutting SPs for them.

>> No.4708563

>>4708163
>No one is actually gutting SPs for them.
they are, because the chink-screens are shit.

>> No.4708696

>>4704976
Haha, epic kek making fun of people who pioneered technology and game design and achieved more than you ever will in your life?

>> No.4708790

>>4708563
No they're not, and no, they're not. Maybe do some research before spouting 'knowledge' from 10 years ago.

>> No.4708793

>>4708163
>No one is actually gutting SPs for them.
they are

>> No.4708926

>>4708793
Even reddit isn't gutting SPs, and that says a lot

>> No.4708928

>>4708793
Silly little hackaday butchers are no ones

>> No.4709619

>>4704736

I’m going to get handles for my sp and buy an everdrive. Nice battlestation

>> No.4709834

>>4704736
What mahjong game friend

>> No.4709850
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>>4709834
Jankyuusei

>> No.4710516

>>4709850
Thanks

>> No.4710538

>>4705573
D-pad sucks on my GB Boy, too easy to mash down all 4 directions at once... I know someone recommended super gluing an airsoft pellet to the underside of the D-pad, but I just haven't given enough of a shit.

otherwise it's a great device, cheap as fuck, and looks good if you can get over the aspect ratio

>> No.4710608

>>4710538
I'll have to try that airsoft pellet trick. I haven't had many problems with the D-pad on my GB Boy Colour but a few have given me issues, like Metal Gear Solid. I just kind of got used to avoiding pressing the center but that's not really a fix.

>> No.4710746

Just get an SP bro.