Why Can't the Game Boy Color Be Backlit?

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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[@Wasper216]

Well, now there are backlight lcds for the GBC available 🤣

[@pizzadoblequeso2164]

And it costs 80$.. fuck

[@IkmelAAA]

@@pizzadoblequeso2164 I believe there are cheap ones on AliExpress and such. Not ideal but better than nothing.

[@mac81659]

Handheld legend is like 50

[@alexgallegos7582]

I just got one for $60

[@trigger796]

PizzaDobleQueso not anymore, IPS displays cost 50-60 now

[@hajonnut]

lcd's have layers, like an onion

[@zachantes1161]

Kapteeni Hai and ogres

[@thierrydecker8110]

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK !!!

[@TheBitBrine]

like irony...

[@TheRedCap]

donkeys dont have layers

[@thierrydecker8110]

THEREDCAP cakes have layers :D

[@shadeymcbones6707]

3 years later and i have 2 beautifully backlit gbc's

[@elModo7]

Never say never, same here!

[@kaeptn]

Which kit did you use?

[@cljoe35]

I own 12 Gbc and half of them are the q5 osd mod

[@RyandBurtson]

So let me get this straight, and please correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm just trying to understand it: hypothetically, if you could somehow remove that 3rd glass layer without damaging the rest of the screen, you could remove the polarizer and install a backlight like normal, correct? Or did I miss something?

[@RyandBurtson]

I'm assuming I either missed something or it's impossible to do so, otherwise someone would have done it already.

[@ThisDoesNotCompute]

It's impossible to do, at least with the way those specific LCDs are constructed. The glass layers are bonded together, and trying to separate them causes them to break. If they had been designed with the reflector on the back like the original Game Boy, then we'd have some options.

[@RyandBurtson]

Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up!

[@AJMansfield1]

Is it just glued, or is the glass actually fused? Seems to me that it might be possible to separate if you very carefully injected solvent around the edges to loosen the glue laminating the layers together.

[@npiper]

Since I haven't heard about any screen degradation i would assume it is some type of resin though I presume with enough razor blades and carefully chosen solvent you might get 1 in 20 apart. Best to either emulate the hardware (raspberry Pi0 in a 3D printed shell) or clone it (Kongfeng GB Boy Colour). If you were committed to the modding you'd still be best to source a led screen and an fpga converter chip, but that would likely be the most expensive of the 3 options funnily enough. Oh and you'd have to probably move to China or one of their territories to be able to make and sell this stuff unmolested.

[@jameshartley95]

how the fuck are you 7k subs? i have been subbed only a month or so and i found your videos more educational and fun then alot of the rest.

[@ThisDoesNotCompute]

+james hartley Thanks for the kind words!

[@jstinfo6995]

+james hartley right.....i like his videos.

[@wootmypants3]

+james hartley Very professionally done videos as well.

[@bobbytables464]

+james hartley 9k 3 weeks later and add me to the list.

[@deltoid77-nick]

james hartley it's been a year he has 40,000 now

[@PoweredByRedstonecom]

5:22 BennVenn now has an option for a ribbon cable adapter that lets you use an AGS-101 screen replacement in the CGB. It takes a bit more modification to the shell, but it looks great.

[@michaelravaschiere5850]

This channel is so underrated, this is honestly an amazing source for video game modding and collecting, keep up the great work man!

[@scorpionIRL]

Why does this guy not have more subs. He is really concise and detailed in his explainations and is generally all around helpful. Keep up the great vids!

[@aaliguy9986]

+Tanger1ne Terror I agree. Colin has some of The Most thorough and informative videos on KZbin.

[@txe1nd]

Now he does

[@scorpionIRL]

@@txe1nd playing the long game there lol

[@PandaXclone2]

Well then, lets get started on a kickstarter for making backlit GBC/GBA screens. I'm sure there'd be enough people out there who would pledge money to that.

[@Zestypanda]

The money required to make the manufacturing process would be too much. And for what? Five people would want one.

[@PandaXclone2]

Zestypanda The people holding the kickstarter would buy the whole stock and have a good supply to sell for at least a good few years. Seems doable.

[@deusexaethera]

If only I could read Chinese.

[@Saamniferu]

there's something called the gb boy

[@aaliguy9986]

FINALLY!!! The answer that I've been wanting to hear for the longest time! Thank you Colin, your videos are awesome :)

[@AndrewLeadbeater]

Great video Collin, i like the added educational snippets !

[@gustavotapia9511]

You have my sub and my support from now on, your content is well made!

[@rodrigomolinsky]

Subbed. Really great information. I just watched the Game Gear LED backlit installation video and the info provided by you is great.

[@DocDrowsy]

I'm really getting into these educational videos about old hardware. You've just gained another subscriber!

[@DeliciousCoffee3]

I was actually pretty curious about this too. Thanks for the in-depth answer.

[@rendevoir4736]

who would have guessed that 3 years later, such thing as a "native" plug and use screen would exist...

[@late.student]

I've been slightly into modding gameboys recently and this is a wealth of knowledge. I love knowing how things work, thank you!

[@wschippr1]

The GBA plays GBC games extremely well, so I doubt anyone would put forward that kind of resources to make a backlight mod kit, the need just isn't really there.

[@PatWizard]

yeah and playing an emulator on your computer is like playing a gameboy with a bad setting :/

[@Friendly_Boo]

Wade Schipprack when you put a gbc game in the gba it sticks out horrendously.

[@PatWizard]

And then you fold it up to put it in your pocket which causes the cartridge to wiggle a bit and then your game crashes

[@jan050375]

or you know, play your games on a PSP or 3DS. you wont have to carry cartridges around.

[@guidorodriguez96]

jan409 Shut up! We do not like logic in here!

[@Phrixos]

I loved this explanation. This was very easy to understand and very well presented. Thanks a lot for this video! Now I understand why :)

[@ThisDoesNotCompute]

+Spaztian Thank you!

[@vizigr0u]

Somehow your video showed first in my youtube recommandation on the homepage. I gotta say I'm surprised you got so few views or subscribers, this was pretty interesting and easy to understand!

[@megaspit]

Definitely an interesting type of vid I haven't seen anywhere else! You earned my sub.

[@G.S.Collectibles]

Great videos, very informative!

[@fernherrera29]

Yay!!!! New video! It's been a while man!

[@RamLaska]

Good work! Nice production value, good explanation, no BS. You might also want to explain the difference between TFT & STN screens (I *think* STN/Passive Matrix screens are the ones that *twist* the light to be able to make it out through the second 90º polarizer). I'm also curious why some screens are white/clearish when off (mostly older tech like calculators and the old Macintosh portables), while most modern LCDs (especially color ones) are black when they're off.

[@samson7point176]

Nice explanation. Your videos are really good. This one was enough to inspire me to see if I can manage to separate those layers without damaging the LCD. Now just have to find a broken GBC to experiment on:)

[@samson7point176]

Okay, I dropped $12 on a broken GBC and tore it down just like Colin did to see if a brave soul might attempt the difficult task of actually separating the glass layers. I had the idea that if I just cut around the edge where the layers were fused, the glass might be separable. As someone asked earlier, the third layer does look to be held on with some kind of adhesive because there's an injection point on the left side of the LCD and what looks like a whitish ring of adhesive running almost all the way around the screen between those layers. What's not immediately obvious in the video is that the back (3rd) layer of glass actually has electrical traces running through it. I'm not sure what they do exactly since the LCD itself has to be contained within the second layer, but it's more than just a piece of glass, and if those traces are functional, the screen would not survive having them separated. Since none of the traces appear to run behind the LCD itself, it might be possible to cut out just the reflective layer from behind leaving the rest of the glass layer intact. You'd need to make a template to go over the glass with an opening around the reflective layer, then use a diamond cutter to scratch the inside down to that layer. The two factors that would really make or break the effort would be how hard it was to stop at exactly the right depth, and whether the reflective layer is just lying there and not also glued to the glass. Cut too deeply and you will almost certainly damage the LCD, and if the reflective layer is glued in, it will be almost impossible to remove the glass behind it. I would have been willing to embark on this dangerous journey but the GBC I was experimenting on was actually repairable and I couldn't bring myself to destroy a working system. I'll have to find a more broken GBC to try it.

[@DaleAdrasta24]

excellent video, super informative, thanks for sharing with us.

[@NineS5]

When im bored i always watch your content. Youre sooo entertaining!

[@mrsoft4481]

Love your stuff keep it coming

[@chesterfumblenutts6935]

I figured out how to back-light a Color about 4 months ago. I'm still kind of working on it and it's inverted, but here's how I did it.: imgur.com/a/ZONy5

[@ThisDoesNotCompute]

+Koji Kendo Nice!

[@ElRealPetChicken]

are you updating your research, and where at? Nice job bro.

[@chesterfumblenutts6935]

ElRealPetChicken From time to time when I get the chance. Here's where I update my stuff.: www.reddit.com/r/Koji_Kendo

[@chesterfumblenutts6935]

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[@chesterfumblenutts6935]

There's no dead pixels. The tiny marks are actually adhesive spots or dirt on the films behind it. I could remove the backlight & films or add an on/off switch and have the screen back to normal ironically. It's a fun mod!

[@blobzee5438]

So is this why you can easily see the gbc screen whereas the gba screen was quite hard to see

[@Cyriaque]

You're awesome ! :) Thanks for all the videos you are making !

[@TuxieBSOD]

Wonderful quality of the video. So good. I wonder though if it would be possible to take another screen, slap a cheap fpga on it for data conversion.. Hmm.

[@diggiesmalls]

I'm still working on the front light mod for the GBA and GBC, but the backlight mod for the original Gameboy is something I'm really proud of finishing. Love the videos!!

[@sarahbozens2649]

This is really good video,so helpful

[@rickeh9070]

SUBBED! nice vid man keep it up! btw, why does he only have 9k subs? what the heck. he deserves many many many more subs

[@CODOGisOMEGA]

You did a review on that GB Boy system, I am kinda hoping you'd also do a review on the Revo K101 plus. Possibly in the near future? Anyhow. Keep up the good work, I absolutely love watching your videos, man (:

[@JamieJoseph88]

I wonder if taking out the screen of the GB Boy and put it into a real GB Color will work?

[@CODOGisOMEGA]

+Jamie Joseph In the video, if I'm not mistaken. He said it wasn't possible

[@PandaXclone2]

+Jamie Joseph It says right where he shows footage of it that it wouldn't work.

[@pkmnTrainerGold0]

This doesn't really have to do with GBCs, but how do dead pixels work? What causes them and what fixes them? (Sorry if you already did a video on this)

[@PuffyRainbowCloud]

Actually, this is very simple. I've fixed this on several tamagotchis (although I also caused it, heh), and it works the same for the Game Boy: it's simply a lost connection between the motherboard and the screen, usually a bad connector on the screen. There are several videos online of it. The way LCDs work, if a connector is lost, you'll lose an entire row of pixels if the connector telling the screen to activate that row is damaged or not connected properly. On a Tamagotchi, you simply need to screw the motherboard on harder so the connection is reestablished, but on a Gameboy you usually have to re-solder the connection. If it's individual pixels, I'm not sure what's wrong, but a quick Google search could help there.

[@pkmnTrainerGold0]

PuffyRainbowCloud My dead pixels are on my DS lite. They used to be in two thick lines that stretched a little ways toward the center from the right side until I tried a method I found online. Now they're clustered on the right side (with some discoloration where they used to be). I mostly made this comment since I'm legitimately interested in what causes and fixes dead pixels since my DS even had different dead pixels that just randomly went away and were replaced by the ones I described here.

[@Kippykip]

My brothers old DS is full of dead pixels, I'd like to know too

[@PuffyRainbowCloud]

pkmnTrainerGold0 Kippy Kip Okay. To be honest, I think something is seriously wrong with the screen. Somewhere something is horribly out of shape. I'm guessing you probably just managed to bend it so that the dent moved to another place, hence why the dead pixels "moved". Right now, I think your only solution is to buy a new screen for it. There should be ones available online for not too much money, if you are that keen on getting it running. Otherwise, to be honest, I find that playing DS games on my New 3DS XL and my Gameboy Advance games on my GBA SP is a much better experience and it's a setup which I recommend more than the DS, unless you wish to use software which utilises the two ports on a DS or DSL.

[@Kippykip]

PuffyRainbowCloud Yeah probably, he never took good care of it so god knows what happened. I only use it for dumping GBA roms as I normally just use my own 3DS or my GBA SP

[@gorgolo]

Good job ! Following you from ITALY !

[@dartred]

Thanks for the video!

[@elshrapnel]

thanks for the explanation!

[@DjStiv3]

idk why but i love your vids and youre a pretty cool person dude. I subbed finally after seeing you now and then and wish you the best on youtube and hope for way more subs. Same as most others say, you are pretty good at what you do and its a shame you dont have 1million subs instantly, but i think your time will come soon enough. Please continue making more vids and i will do my best to support by watching lol easy enough right? Thanks again and heres to seeing more vids

[@ThisDoesNotCompute]

+DjStiv3 Thanks for the kind words!

[@mildphil]

Well I never thought It would come true but there is now a Chinese production line manufacturing backlight screens for the GBC. What a time to be alive guys. www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/5rv7r8/backlit_gbc_screens_developed_and_seemingly_now/

[@user-du9zf3jj1z]

i love how people are commenting being like "it will never happen"....and then it happened. xD

[@rashidisw]

And few days ago The 8-Bit Guy just made a review of a chinese clone of Gameboy Color probably made using that screen, in his video: "Nintendo NES Classic Alternatives and clones".

[@aaronveneruso2214]

Great video, man :)

[@tangentofaj]

Hey! I really liked the music in this video. What are the titles of the songs? You listed the artist's names, and links. Thanks!

[@naircat]

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?

[@Akyla0177]

I really enjoyed watching this video!

[@KamiCrit]

Amazing explanation.

[@shuc1337]

Great informative video, thank you. But why exactly can't you separate the 2nd and 3rd glass layers to access the reflector layer in a GBC?

[@arc__dash]

If you try to, you'll break the screen.

[@shuc1337]

Wotterzz Thanks!

[@AndehX]

Hi Colin. Is it REALLY not possible at all to remove that glass piece that holds the reflective layer? Watching your video, it just looks like that piece of glass is held on with some kind of adhiesive. Did you give it the good old collage try? I know you have quite a few Gameboy Colors, so maybe you could afford to risk breaking 1 screen to see if it can be done....

[@frozendude707]

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe some variant of glue remover solution and/or heat, together with some gentle prying or rotation could loosen it?

[@DigitalAshTCG]

Great video!

[@xXHacksAndTipsXx]

Couldn't be explained better, thanks pal !

[@JoshuasRecordings]

You could mount a LED strip on the second glass layer. I have tried things like this on reflexive LCDs and it works, it may not be an even backlight though.

[@AKhan360]

Hey can't you modify the ags 101 circuit board/buttons to fit the shell of a gbc? I've been wanting to do that for a long time.

[@Hotdogman351]

Welcome IPS 2022! Watching from Philippines

[@95ZR580]

My cat can see in the dark so he plays my gbc at night when everyone is asleep

[@bluephreakr]

I wonder how well a front lighting kit modified to use fibre optics on a _very_ thin sheet of plastic could work? One could then install the front light per-normal, but then somehow sandwich the fibres and the plastic behind the screen, thus lighting it up.

[@Malandirix]

Probably should have mentioned that between the two polarising filters the light can have its plane changed. I had to look this up because I just couldn't get my head around how any light could pass through two filters rotated 90° to each other.

[@MrKrimstah]

another awesome video , any chance you could do one on fixing ps3 laser issues especially the super slim there just isn't enough info out there on the subject , people hold Thiers on an angel ect..

[@2cada]

off-topic but you have the most amazing eye colour ive ever seen

[@BinaryCounter]

So, what if you take a normal backlit lcd with the same size and use an fpga to translate the signals

[@ThisDoesNotCompute]

That's technically possible, though it does raise the question of if you can get the FPGA module small enough to still fit in the case.

[@BinaryCounter]

Well, there are FPGA devboards with the size of an arduino nano (e.g. XuLA2-LX9). They even had room on that small board to include a microsd slot and a usb port. so if that thing has enough I/O pins you could theoretically also wire it up to the cartridge slot and serve ROMs from a SDcard or USB. lol

[@MoonbeamPony]

Okay, so this is probably going to sound really dumb, but ... well, the backlit GBA SP has a backlit screen, and is compatible with GBC games, right? So what if you somehow took the GBA SP hardware and put it in a GBC case? Technically it would be a GBA SP in a GBC case and not a backlit GBC, but that's pretty close, right?

[@pinrod1]

GBA SP has a front-lit screen, he says that in the video...

[@MoonbeamPony]

No, there is a version of the SP with a backlit screen, the AGS-101.

[@barbdrake5999]

*LOL* *FUKIN'* *DESTROYED*

[@holierthanthou2520]

I bet that's actually possible, because I once watched a video of someone taking the insides (for lack of a better word) of a GB Advance and putting them in an original GB case, and it worked. It would probably work with the SP too.

[@shaundreneo8190]

It's been done before. Except the guy only posted his finished mod and never released a tutorial or showed the innner workings of his mod.

[@user-nh7rw6pw8m]

Hey does anyone has any idea about the type of Gameboy Color's polarizer film? I tried a lot of mobile phone polarizer films and they all didn't work out. I'm really curious about what kind of film is suitable for gameboy color...

[@stcrussman]

Could you fit an already produced screen of larger dimensions into the case and only utilize the section needed?

[@albertoneira589]

thanks for the video. i have a question for you. can i put a nds lite lcd inside a gba? thanks

[@zwatssecondchannel8825]

This is actually pretty interesting. I remember seeing those "turn these squares and light will not pass thru" things in Physics class.

[@Soumein]

The explanation of lcd's slightly helps me visualise what's wrong with my gbc. Right now, turning it on, the screen fills in with black on the left side, diluting (but not completely blocking) colors. After playing Pokemon Yellow for a while, seemingly from the black screen from entering battles, it disappears, so I've been trying to find an explanation for why it's doing this. But I have no idea what to search for, and have come up empty.

[@Changoo96]

Song at 2:34 ? I've gone through 100+ songs that where listed in the description, still not found it

[@wisteela]

Great info

[@arzarello]

Hello, do you know what types of polarizing filters the Sega Game Gear has? I have one with the polarizers burned out and I want to try changing them (I know it is a difficult task). Thank you.

[@ThePureCowbell]

So is that metal casing on the back of the LCD necessary for function or not?

[@adamg6327]

interesting video Just wondering could you convert the original Game Boy into a hand held projector system? Projecting games onto a wall while you play. Had the idea for years

[@LemmyKoopaVGA]

I kind of like the gamma/white balance of the Gameboy Color compared to playing GBC games on an advance. The colors seem more appealing and less over-saturated. Why do you think that is? Just the LCD screen they chose displays like that. You think they program games to be intended to look like that or is playing through a GBA screen what we're really supposed to be seeing? I know it might be a minor nitpick, but it's just something that stands out to me. Then again, the GBC had a really reflective screen that made it easy to see in ambient light, while the original GBA was impossible to see without shoving a lamp at the screen.

[@Lorfarius]

Is it possible to do a screen mod for the Neo Geo Pocket Color? I've seen talk of afterburner type kits and the possibilty of adding a GBA screen to one but nothing beyond that. Would be a great system to get a light in.

[@ryant4163]

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.

[@storino03]

Wow I have those same glasses. Yay

[@ZeroFighter]

Random idea. Nintendo, go ahead and take this. 'NinRetro'. An adapter for the upcoming console that can accept GameBoy-style cartridges on the Nintendo Switch, similar to the Super GameBoy for the SNES, and the GameBoy Player for the GCN.

[@Z3rostar]

they'd rather sell roms on virtual console

[@ZeroFighter]

Solution: They do cross promotion with a battery company, and package coupons with the device for ten percent off watch batteries for the old carts. Then top off the whole thing by selling old, unsold units as 'reissues'. And when those run out, just make real reissue cartridges.

[@lowgunfire5477]

Zero Fighter shut up.

[@ZeroFighter]

John Britton What's your problem?

[@ZeroFighter]

...I'll forgive your outburst and recommend picking up some stool softener at your local pharmacy. Generic will do just fine; no need to waste money on big name brands.

[@ZeroWalker26]

this may sound stupid but could one not change the LCD screen out completely I mean if you find one in the right size could you not mod it to a color console ? like a phone screen or if the size was right a DS lite screen.

[@lillydoye7418]

FPGA + modern screen could result a compatible mod without the need for a custom screen. It would still require a lot of work for the code, and the per unit price still wouldn't be that cheap, but I think it could be economically possible for a mid sized production run.

[@memerichment]

This is what I thought of as well, but just can't imagine how it would fit in there. Think about all the power supplies needed, routing etc. Still, might be possible with a lot of thought and custom flex PCB. Would be amazing if anybody actually pulled that off.

[@nicholsliwilson]

+This Does Not Complete Great video as usual Collin. A front lit screen is better than nothing but to be honest I use my GB Boy Colour more than my front lit Gameboy Color because it's easier on my middle aged eyes which is a shame because of the aspect ratio issues. I would love to see replacement displays manufactured and people do about it but I think we can safely say it's not going to happen. Perhaps we should all lobby Nintendo to make their own modernised hardware clones, so to speak? ;)

[@FireMrshlBill]

+Nicholas Wilson I enjoy my GB Boy Colour as well, and I actually like the aspect ratio, especially on Zelda games. I have the materials to do my front light mod on one of my GBCs but am really just doing it for the sake of it since I'm sure I will still use my GB Boy Colour the majority of the time.

[@flyboypuoi]

One reason the Gameboy Light is awesome, so glad I got one.

[@GabMacedoo]

flyboypuoi I also have one, but I was pretty disappointed with its performance. It doesn't light enough and the motion blur is awful

[@Tashhagswag]

Collin, I know this has nothing to do with a gameboy, but I'm trying to take apart a Sony Walkman and I need to detach the ribbon cable. I'm new to electronics repair. the cable looks soldered on. How would I go about doing this? My model number is WM-AF59

[@LairdDeimos]

use a soldering iron to carefully weaken the solder til you can just pull it out.

[@canoshizrocks]

I didn't particularly care about this when I saw it in my recommendeds. I clicked on it on a whim and honestly, it was a really interesting explanation. Thanks for this!

[@ArthurDNB]

Good content keep it up

[@dw9932]

Planning on modding all my gameboy systems the dmg, the color and the advance sp

[@zeekjones1]

Um... You can use a diffuse filament LED line to 'side light' it through the glass edges.

[@KrystaKream]

aparrently a guy in november last year (2016) has almost cracked this problem the only catch is it involves taking the gameboy SP backlit screen and putting it instead which makes the resolution a bit strange

[@thomasphillips885]

what's the third glass layer for? why did they add it?

[@type2red]

Wow fantastic video.

[@guspaz]

As much as I'd like to have a backlit color (it was my primary childhood handheld console: even though I was old enough to play games when the original GB came out, I never had one), the consolation is that the GBA is fully backwards compatible: you can play your GB/GBC games on a backlit screen using an AGS-101 or a modded original GBA. That's something, anyhow!

[@shmehfleh3115]

Is there any practical reason why the GBC needs a backlit screen? Why not just use the AGS-101?

[@memeboi9173]

I know I'm stupid but can't you get a gameboy sp screen and do it? Or is the ribbon cable not the same and the hardware

[@karpakis]

cant you just wrap led ribbon around the perimeter of the glass layers, making the light travel sideways through the glass. Then solder the Leds to 5v rail on GBA?

[@thegravityplan3]

Bennvenn has a gameboy color backlight conversion mod for sale, id love to see an install tutorial and review.

[@rioluinriomain7771]

Cool you have Yellow too!

[@MidnightMechanic]

Which would you pay more money for, a factory backlit Gameboy Color, or a Gameboy Advance SP AGS-101? Either one would be well sought after, 101's are especially coveted, but at least the Advance can play all Gameboy platforms.

[@retrofraction]

I think it was that the triple panel process allowed more contrast than the double one, and that is why it went so long as it did.

[@flamerunn3r]

hey kinda unrelated but if I were to pay someone to install a front light for my gba how much do you think it would cost

[@Fugattii]

could you put a rasberry pi zero in a gameboy color shell and use and aftermarket lcd.

[@SuperVincenot]

muy intresante. gracias señor :)

[@evilplaguedoctor5158]

could one not use that back glass pane like a wide optic cable, and feed the light in from the side?

[@popsicle199]

That would probably only help if the reflector was on the exposed side of the glass, and besides It wouldn't emit too much light anyway, would it?

[@popsicle199]

If the reflector is the exposed side, perhaps it could be scraped off?