/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.846090]

>never owned a game boy pocket (went from dmg to color)
>acquire one to engage in nostalgia
>fuckyeah.exe
>decide to acquire pic related to go full nostalgia
>order
>dat wait
>dat anticipation
>finally in the mailbox
>prepare to drown in cum
>open box
>see it: feels everywhere
>turn it on
>what the fuck is this screen you cant see shit!

da hell, was this thing always this shitty? technology in general was sure nothing but crap at the time if this thing was so successful... i mean, its like using a permanent yellow marker on the screen of a gb pocket.

It is amazing anyway to hold it and play it cause of childhood memories, but the thing in itself would not even be enjoyed by a retro hipster.

Any deceptions or surprises when going back to your old games Anon?

[Anonymous No.846104]

the brickboy was simple and I could play metroid, tetris, bubble bobble, mario land, and final fantasy adventure on it. you're just spoiled from years of backlit color rechargeable screens on phones and tablets and shit like that

most of us are, to be honest. I had a huge light frame thing on my gb so I could play it at night

[Anonymous No.846106]

Try turning the contrast up.

[Anonymous No.846113]

>>846090
Contrast knob, left side.

[Anonymous No.846126]

>tfw trying to play game boy in sunlight
>tfw trying to play game boy in the dark

[Anonymous No.846136]

Old capacitors.
Replace all of them. Install an inverted backlight mod and a 74hc04 chip.

[Anonymous No.846140]

[Anonymous No.846142]

>>846126

[Anonymous No.846317]

>>846104
Ha. I remember that. I had a carry case for all the accessories that looked like a damn briefcase.

[Anonymous No.847168]

>>846090
>dmg
if that picture is what you got you got ripped off because it's not a gameboy pocket. all gameboy pockets say qameboy pocket.

[Anonymous No.847232]

>>846317
You know you can buy those on eBay now for around 80 bucks, they look kinda cool.