>>11996897
Dude the screen is made for direct sunlight lmao, its reflective enough to be playable indoors or in a car but its dim, this is just the reality of 2001 electronics lmao
The reflective screens were the only sensible option in 2001 and I don't understand the hate. The motion clarity on 2001 lcds are abysmal, even ags-101 which came out 4 years later has poor motion quality and smearing while the agb screen is crystal clear.
They also did it to save battery life which it would of done MASSIVELY, and because they assumed kids would be playing outside. Also the gba was a 100dollar console at launch, it kept costs down as well.
The screen works indoors with a light source behind you (window), but will not be brighter than a backlit screen. However outside in the sun it will get basically as bright as any backlit screen indoors while obviously being viewable in sunlight which even modern displays struggle with.
You can say maybe they should of added a frontlight but its possible this caused issues with screen performance, generally ags 001 screens are worse in sunlight compared to original screen and perhaps part of that is down to sacrifices necessitated by making the frontlight light up the screen properly.
If you want backlit gba you can use gba micro or ags 101, but it is nonsensical to critique reflective screens because they were the only sensibile option
