/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5070337
Naaa, all bout the GB Boy.

>>3361070
Best solution incoming.

>>3357901
First of all I should explain why Gameboy and Gamboy Pocket *can* have backlight mods-- the reflector that makes the screen visible in daylight is just a sticker, which can be easily peeled off and replaced with a backlight panel. That is essentially the idea behind Gameboy backlight mods.

In the case of the GBC, unfortunately, Nintendo changed their manufacturing process. The reflector is no longer a sticker on the back of the screen, but instead is actually sealed inside of the glass of the LCD panel. It's impossible to take the LCD glass apart without destroying it, so backlight mods for the GBC are impossible. The best you'll ever be able to do with the screen is a decent looking frontlight mod.

If your heart is really set on a backlit GBC then the closest you can get for now is the GB Boy Colour. Obviously, that comes with some tradeoffs, like the somewhat goofy looking bootleg aesthetic, the lack of a Nintendo logo, and the incorrect aspect ratio screen which in some ways gives the illusion of being smaller even though it's the same diagonal size.

In theory someone like McWill could create a backlit replacement LCD for the GBC, however given the cramped space inside the GBC's case, getting an extra board containing a scaler chip and RAM modules to fit inside might be a bit of an impossibility. Maybe if the guts of the GBC were moved inside of a DMG case it would work, which in theory is possible, although it would likely be an expensive and very labor-intense mod to perform, assuming there's even a market for such a thing.

For now a front light or the GB Boy Colour are your best bets. An it's not even that the GB Boy Colour is a bad handheld-- it's just got some quirks you will have to get used to, and it's as cheap as an unmodded GBC anyway.

>>3293813
I am considering buying one. I have a modded GBC with a frontlight, but the GB Boy Colour looks like an interesting gadget. Supposedly it will play pretty much any GBC / GB game just fine, although it doesn't have an IR blaster so you won't be doing any mystery gift in Pokemon.

It als9 has a bunch of built in games, but they're all original GB games and not color ones.

From what I understand the controls are good. D-pad is a tiny bit bigger, and the buttons are clickier.

I've heard that this clone of the Gameboy Color has really high compatibilty while having a backlit screen. Anyone who has any experience with it, that can confirm?

>>2579350
get one of these