Thread 11980638

>AIIIEEEEEE I CANT SEE HELP ME NIGGERMAN
>BUTCHER IT AND INSTALL AN IPS SCREEN AT ONCE!

IPS mods for dmgs are fucking stupid. Okay, some of the screens are busted, sure replace them whatever. But I think the IPS screens look like dog shit in person.
I was using a GB pocket to play tetris/dr mario/puyo/bust a move etc for a couple years and it wasnt hard to see at all. I just had a reading light in my livingroom. Simple as.

I hated this game until I got a GBC and I could actually see it.

>>11980638 (OP)
I know it was fuzzy but was it always this bad or does the screen degrade over time?
It's been decades since I last touched the gameboy.

>>11980673
My buddy in the 80s had one whose screen was that bad. I thought it was a cool gadget but I couldn't take that fuzzy green screen.
Later he got a Game Gear with Blue Lightning, and we were sure that thing was gonna kick Nintendo's ass, but lol nope.

>>11980673
It doesn't even look bad to me

>disassemble DMG that I got when I was like 5
>clean all the dust and grime out
>fix the dead lines in the display
>put a new lens on it since the old one was pretty rough
I'm glad it's in good shape again but it seems like if you're going to go as far as screen mod a Game Boy, you should just do an AGB. You can play cartridges from every generation on arguably the most comfortable form factor.

>>11980673
They tend to develop oxidized connections for the LCD in the ribbon cable, This is fixable with a soldering iron. the blank lines are horizontal however you're screwed. I don't think there's any significant decay in the old DMG screens. There is slight variations in the screens however.

>>11980673
it requires fiddling with the contrast dial and it always looks like shit

we accepted it because it's all there was

>>11980638 (OP)
Thats why we had super gameboy.

>>11980638 (OP)
OP casually sitting on the surface of the sun to record this footage.

>>11980698
>There is slight variations in the screens however
Yeah, I have two original GameBoys, and one does look a little bit better than the other one. The difference between my two GameGears is much more striking, thought the display connection style is different, so maybe that has as much to do with it as the LCD itself.

friendly reminder that the displays yellowed with age, here's a photograph of a brand new gameboy unit

>>11980749
so this is how gen a thinks
very interesting

>>11980749
You can literally see the seam where they cut out the picture of a television screen and pasted it (literally) over the photo of the gameboy

I've seen holocaust photos more believable than that

>>11980749
Yeah, bullshit, not a single original gameboy I ever laid eyes on as a kid looked like the ads. Sega's "creamed spinach color" ad wasn't a lie.

>>11980749
>yellowed with age
They actually didn't, they do blacken though

>>11980673
They were fine when they new new. The pixels slow down over time and develop a green tint.

>>11980749
It's more of a green tint. They were black and white when new not black and green.

>>11981007
The original game boy was NEVER black and white. Wtf are you smoking?

>>11981016
Zoomer detected. The pixels only degraded and turned green by the time you were born.

>>11980749
>>11981004
>>11981007
>>11981025
>13 year old wants to pretend he's a part of something
assuming you make it past 17, you're gonna look back on this and hate yourself

>>11981007
You are confusing the original with the pocket

>>11981063
I'm twice your age, nice projection. You don't even remember when game boy released little buddy.

Hardware fags be like
>UGH, I can't emulate on modern screens, have you SEEN the poor motion clarity on those screens?
And then also be like
>WAHOO IS THAT A HECKIN' DMG? TIME TO PLAY! WOW THE SCREEN IS SO NOSTALGIC! I LOVE IT!

>>11981082
>>11981007
I swear this gaslighting troll is also in every CRT/composite/PSX thread trying to argue the opposite of what people actually did back then. Must be real funny for him.

>he doesn't know that the GameBoy screen was originally a vivid aqua color
>he doesn't remember setting his GameBoy out in the sun to refresh its originally almost painfully bright bioluminescent display
Wew lad

>>11981082
>>11981082
So you were in your 40s when the Game Boy dropped, and your memory has since begun to deteriorate.
That's not exactly better.

>>11981090
He's shitposting, anon.

>>11980638 (OP)
i'm glad i grew up with the GBA SP and Nintendo DS instead of this garbage, you have to be delusional to think that such a headache inducing green-tint looks good

>>11981025
Nice try, you fat fucking spastic, I’m 40-fucking-3. You’re talking SHIT, son.

>>11981090
>>11981084
>he wasn't alive
Keep it down while the adults discuss things

>>11981101
So you were like 2 months old. You just don't remember how it really was

>>11981105
One simple wiki Sarah would have told you when the GB came out. This is just sad.

Are there replacement screens that actually look/are the same components as originally used?

>>11981170
No. Your only bet is to buy used screens from people who installed replacements.
The original screens are limited, and becoming increasingly more rare over time. So if you need one, act fast before they become chic.

>>11981196
>>11981170
Yeah, some do sell their original screens after replacement. One of my GBCs had a dead pixel, so I bought a replacement harvested from another console and swapped it out.

>>11980673
contrast is adjustable.

>>11980638 (OP)
Retroarch filters for this feel?

>>11980749
>friendly reminder that i'm a repulsive and pathetic compulsive liar posting shit bait
go away zoomie. you're just pathetic.

>>11981170
You mean those chink greyscale screens?

Love my modded screens m8

It's objectively shit and was only acceptable because it's a cheap toy for children.

>>11981536
grim

>>11980673
The OP is actually a fairly good looking example. The display always had a poor clear->black->clear response time, it's why all the reviews of games make a point of describing the blur factor and why certain awesome games were reviewed poorly due to too much detail in the scrolling backgrounds making it hard to follow.
The green tint is a bit strong, but that's likely more a result of modern LED lighting and a camera phone than an actual problem with the device. We used incandescent bulbs and the MFing sun which mitigates that somewhat. Modern lighting fires heavily green light at a yellow emitting phosphor to approximate quality lighting, and so something with a green bent like the GB will look really green. But go outside and it'll be less apparent.

>>11981696
It's actually awesome though :)

>>11981715
That's not for you to decide.

>>11980638 (OP)
Perfect scenario is you have one fully original and one IPS.

Question, do these screen deteriorate with time? I know it looks better in person. But is it possible it looked better new? Its quite bad desu, but i know the games would be designed around the limitations

>>11980673
Don't be a midwit. In person it always looks better, cameras are not as good as your eyes. Also that screen is going on 30+ years old now. Give it some credit for working at all!

>>11981725
It actually is though! That's the cool part

>>11980770
This is why your family doesn't talk to you anon.

>>11981726
The original non backlit screens are shit and have always been shit. Anyone who whines about missing is a fucking retard

>>11981098
>SP
Based
>DS
Cringe

>>11981536
What do girls say about your toy shel-
Oh, right. Never mind.

>>11981742
Well, considering I'm jacked they don't care at all. You can have the dorkiest hobby possible if you're hot and not a fat socially inept retard. Before I had a game room I had this shit in the dining room, never stoped me from pulling kek

>>11981736
Very low IQ and fragile ego post. Saying the gameboy screen is bad won't undo the bad things that motivate you to act this way.

Im not saying youre wrong, im saying youre immature and angry.

>>11981757
Ego post? Lmao are we still talking about Gameboy screens? You ok anon? But yeah I'm objectively correct

>>11981753
Nice, never stop being a happy dude. Ignore these oddly angry posters.

>>11981761
Yeah 1980s tech is bad by today's standards, and your passion about this subject screams what a happy person you are. I apologise anon. How dare I question your infinite wisdom. Have mercy on my soul

>>11981763
Thanks bruv. I also collect snoyhandhelds but I haven't modded those screens because I think there fine. I just like collecting and tinkering with shit.
>>11981772
>My passion
Lmao I literally just said the og screens are shit and modding is fine, why are you so melodramatic about shit that doesn't even matter, calm down lol

>>11981732
I've decided that its gay and grim and you can't stop me.

>>11981781
But you haven't even seen my snoyhandhelds yet, its fun collecting and enjoying things anon, you should try it!

>>11981790
I'd rather not consooom thanks. I keep any of that shit I'm not using in a tub in the shed. Video game systems shouldn't be displayed like fucking religious icons in a shrine.

>>11981794
Not with that attitude

>>11981536
Nice collection. I wish I kept my handhelds over time instead of trading them or selling them for practically nothing. I'm too poor to re-buy them

>>11981794
Oh lol. I dont adhere to weird expectations of what should and shouldn't be displayed. I like to be surrounded by what I enjoy, sucks you hold strange restrictions on yourself. Sounds like you have some subconscious issues around masculinity that you need to work out. Hope you're okay man.

>>11981801
Thanks man. I actually did the same thing lol, I've been working on re-obtaining all of my old consoles and handhelds for years now. I still wish that I had my original game boy and all of my original consoles but that's how it goes when you're younger I guess, you just assume that you're not going to need this shit anymore and then you pine for it later. Quite literally none of anything that I have now is originals from what I had growing up which bums me out but I've enjoyed building it back up.

Currently playing through PS3 exclusives again, got it hooked up to a tink 4k and it scales really well on my TV. Dante's inferno is pretty sick

>>11981802
>weird
lmao

>>11981808
Cute cat socks. I think PS3 still looks great on modern TVs even without an upscaler. 360 too. That must look great.

>>11981819
Yeah for sure, I think of any generation the 7th gen does the best and you don't need an upscaler, I just had one anyway so I plugged it in. I've got some scan lines on it they don't look half bad
>>11981815
Like I said, you can do whatever you want if you're fit, girls love a nerd that isn't slovenly. They also love someone who is willing to express themselves in various aspects that aren't just shades of gray and 1040 tax forms

>>11981780
Wait hang on youre the same anon as these posts? My bad, just the "everyone is a retard if you dont agree with me" seemed a bit much, no worries.

How does the GameBoy Light LCD compare to the Pocket? Are they identical, or were they a bit better quality? The Light is the only model of GB that I don't have so I've been considering getting one. Unfortunately most examples of it look like shit thanks to the paint job wearing off.

>>11981869
All good bro, I mean I was def generalizing. If you like the og screens whatev, mostly due to the thread headline b8 lol

>>11980727
Kek

>>11981908
Mostly came out swinging *

>>11981825
Oh I do, I just don't have shrines to cheap entertainment. Also I don't know why you brought up women. My problem with it is the consoom nature of it all. Displaying products as opposed actual art or something you actually made yourself.

>>11982276
Presumptuous of you to assume that I don't have actual art as well, and other things that I made as well! Your obsession with the word shrine is pretty strange man. You project a lot lol

>>11982276
NTA but why the fuck are you even on a retro videogame board lol?

>>11980638 (OP)
I get that this was the technology of the time, that Nintendo was right to use it and it's why they won over the Lyxn and Game Gear, which is their whole strategy that works even now with the Switch beating over the PS4 and PS5... but I'll always despise every single Game Boy model before the GBA SP, playing on a screen with no backlight is simply uncomfortable, it sucked.

I'm glad nowadays we don't have to deal with that anymore.

>>11980673
OP's video probably looks somewhat worse than that specific unit does in person. It wasn't THAT bad on a real new Game Boy back in the day, but it wasn't a lot better. My current Game Boy seems to have lost some contrast over the decades and is a bit hard to use because of that, but it still looks modestly superior to OP's video if the light is right. (I had the problem with vertical blank stripes and recently "fixed" it with a soldering iron, but the contrast problem remains.) Blurry movement was always a problem on this crappy hardware. The Game Boy's screen was disappointing to a child accustomed to the NES, even when it was brand new.

>>11981139
What this thread needs now is fanart of Wiki Sarah

>>11982276
WHAT?! IS THAT A SHELF DISPLAYING THE THINGS YOU ENJOY?? YOU FUCKING MONSTER!!!

>>11982476
Game Boy Light came before SP and had a backlight.

>>11982372
>>11982471
>>11982667
>they hated him because he told them the truth

>>11982850
>if people are mad then it proves I'm right
t. mister wrong guy

>>11982372
Show us your art bro

It even mildly over clocks the game too...

>>11982605
OP here
my model is 1989 so I'd imagine the capacitors are better off in the 90s gameboys

>>11981753
nice display, friend, looks even more pristine and mint than your handhelds

>>11981753
>considering I'm jacked
alright, post wrist

I can't believe that Nintendo released the SNES with this hideous yellow color. What were they thinking?!

>>11983092
Are we still pretending that "creamed spinach color" comes from decades of aging?

Daily reminder that developers made games specifically to take advantage of the pea green colour and if you didn't play in an original screen you are disrespecting their legacy and you didnt beat the game

>>11983095
What? Learn to read, I'm saying the opposite of that. Why did Nintendo choose this hideous color scheme for the SNES?

>>11983096
Well, at least until the SGB came out, that is indeed the only type of display on which they were intended to be played by end users. Devs (and maybe even magazine writers?) would use WideBoys, and stores sometimes had those big demo kiosks powered by DemoVisions, but those were obviously not intended home use scenarios. I still think they fucked up on the first DKL and got too focused on Super GameBoy playability without taking into consideration that their graphics looked like blurry vomit on an actual GameBoy.

>>11983096
A fair number of games do play some impressive tricks that exploit the microhues offered by the yellow-green background. It's generally subtle stuff and so not TOO much was lost when Nintendo started offering other official ways to play Game Boy games. But still, the original display is technically the only one that unlocks all the features of at least some significant games.

>>11983095
"people" like you deserve to be slowly tortured to death

>>11982959
Regular wrists I guess, your turn
>>11982914
I know!
>>11982865
No house tour I'm afraid

>>11980673
Yes, they were always bad. The specs given to the screen manufacturer were incorrect, and Nintendo decided to just make do.

>>11980698
>the blank lines are horizontal however you're screwed

Pray tell?

>>11983638
>I can show you my display of games but not my display of art
ok?

What a fucking autistic and dogshit thread.

>>11983757
This is bad
If they're going vertically it's an easy fix

>>11981726
>Give it some credit for working at all!
No.

>>11984048
Not walking around from room to room to appease some autistic goomba lmao. Just wanted to show my collection, enjoy staring at your art and reading Wall Street Journal or whatever

>>11984149
You don't have art.

>>11984158
Lmao.. k bud.

>>11983638
Wheres the timestamp?

>>11984165
No timestamp because it wasn't originally posted for 4chan. I've been here before though lol. When I post the timestamp the next response is that I've photoshopped it

>>11984165
Feel free to reverse image search though
>>11984175

>>11980638 (OP)
SP kings still reign supreme

>>11984214
lmao nice ai photo

>>11984297
Yeah, that's another one I've gotten before, forgot about that one lol.

>>11984297
In what way is this ai lol? You're retarded.

>>11984304
>>11984309
>one minute apart