3 years ago

Check out my original Game Boy that I've been modding for the past few weeks!

I'll put all the details in the article 👇


  • New white shell, pink and green buttons and pads. I really like this color combination.

  • Slightly larger than stock IPS LCD display. As shown you can change the color palettes.

  • Glass screen (instead of plastic that the original has)

  • Replaced the audio amp with a much louder one. It gets crazy loud and I usually just leave the volume slider down pretty low.

  • Replaced the speaker with a 1 watt one to be able to handle the extra loudness.

  • Replaced the volume slider dial in order to cut out some of the audio noise that happens when you amplify it.

  • Added a custom battery LED (pink) to match the buttons.

  • New battery pack (much more capacity than normal double AAs). USB charging.

  • Also replaced the power regulator board and recapped it, but that's more nerdy.

I beat Pokemon Yellow on it so far. Took just under 30 hours.

Hope you like it!

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