Why Can’t the Game Boy Color Be Backlit?
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The Game Boy Color is the only one in the series to not have some sort of option for a backlit screen. Let’s take a look at why that is.
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13.12.2021
Old Austin Evans
I'm sure Nintendo will release Gameboy Classic just like they did with nes and snes. Just wait until then or play with 3ds' virtual console.
what if instead of having the back part modded to hold a backlight you had the backing of it painted with glow in the dark paint?
benn venn in an interview in january 2018 said he was working on a GBC backlit screen replacement. aleady has some peices but not ready to release, and lately he has been focused on other projects, damn shame
Love your stuff keep it coming
Another video dude 👍🏻
"carefully lift out the ribbon cable." Yeah, like you can carefully lift the cable out in the first place.
I have a backlit GBC
It’s called a GBA SP AGS-101
Gamboys don't need backlights, because the games are always…..
LIT!
BennVenn has figured this out. Check out his newest mod.
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Is posible put gb boy circuit in a gb color?
Whats the game at 5:08
My GBC just has a broken start button
And then there was BennVenn
this video did not age well
I hate to be that guy, but. Doesn't this count as a backlit gbc
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy#Game_Boy_Light
My cat can see in the dark so he plays my gbc at night when everyone is asleep
who would have guessed that 3 years later, such thing as a "native" plug and use screen would exist…
Well, now there are backlight lcds for the GBC available 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbHfXdoiW-Q best gbc mod
BennVenn – * Hold My Beer
Hearing stuff like this makes be compelled to figure out a way to do "the impossible" in this situation: Use the original screen, but backlight it.
then in 2019 there are many ways to put a backlight in the gameboy colour
Why can’t we remove the third piece of glass, and drop a front light in the back, then use LOCA it glue the LCD together with a new polarizer because the old one probably got damaged, it’s not impossible, just more work, I know that now there are mods that replace the screen but they are expensive, does anybody know about an answer to this.
https://youtu.be/NbHfXdoiW-Q
Just putting this link in here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aQMkU88j_M This is from a later video from the same guy and seems to be the best solution now. Midwest embedded; https://www.mw-embedded.com/product/gameboy-color-replacement-lcd-module/
3 years later and i have 2 beautifully backlit gbc's <3
This is wack because why is someone gonna go through all that trouble just for a device that is old
How do you put an LED light on them
There are aftermarket screen replacements that are backlit. Its worth it to just buy one of them. Theyre out there.you find them on the Chinese bootleg sites.
I hate to break it to ya but they've had blacklights for Game boy colours that look pretty good
Planning on modding all my gameboy systems the dmg, the color and the advance sp
Hmmmmmmm watching in 2019 and I’m like
The next video that played was about an actual GBC backlight mod.
Psh, that's easy, I'll just pry the glass off.
Nintendo wants kids to not play at night
How many degrees does GBC use polarized film?
Oh boy do I have a surprise for you
Oh, how things have changed…
LCDs have Layers you say, like ogres, like onions, NOT like cake
I think that Nintendo also saw not adding backlight to the gameboy family as a design choice. Since there is no backlight, it gets you outside more to light up your screen, and there you can connect with others, like trading pokemon, or connecting via the link cable for other games. Although it does kinda fall because its not very accessible to play with when playing indoors or in low light.
I wish I had a backlit GameBoy
I hope there's good frontlight mod kit for GBC.
I know there is one but it's not highly appreciated.
6:24 Well it exists now 🙂
Oh what 4 years can do
I think we all know that the GBCs now have a mod kit that can make the screens brighter, but we should talk about why the screens weren’t bright to begin with. I think it’s because a bright screen consumed a lot of battery, which you can see if you play a Game Boy Advance SP. i think that in the late 90s and early 2000s Nintendo probably struggled with making a handheld game system that could have a good backlight and not drain battery.
What is the reflective and color layer of the GBC made of? is it colored glass on top of a piece of metal? Or dyed metal?
IPS baby
Your were right! Never say never 🤗
By liquid crystal do you mean crystals that are liquid at room temp, or do you mean a solution where the crystals are dissolved?