Full Size Backlit Screen for Game Boy Color! 

Mod too difficult for you? 🤣

That's so kind of you to say!

Thanks Corey! Appreciate the kind words.

It's so nice! Definitely my favorite to play on now.

Would love for that to happen!

If they made a Gameboy classic is probably wouldn't even have 30 games.

Thanks! Still want to collaborate with you when I have some time :)

@@esotericsean Glad to hear it! :-)

Haha, I got that from the channel AvE :P

Ave on RU-vid 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 💯 % worth a watch.. release the schmoooo!!

Thanks! And yep, you're on my list for the logo carts. I have a bunch of those to make soon. :)

@@esotericsean Awesome! Thanks Sean!

That would be great for clear shells or for shells that are valuable. :)

For better pixel-look: TFT > IPS (Believe it) ♥

The q5 screen is great

@@ScottBruder link？

@@ScottBruder The q5 requires shell cutting, this is not a drop in option.

Glad it was helpful!

That's such a nice compliment. :)

Part of me kinda hates the paint job on the outside, heh. Maybe I'll try blending the colors together another time. :)

I did my best! That was like $80 worth of paint colors, haha 😅

That's a beautiful build. I'm so impressed at how you matched those colours, and on the white shell too. Looks great! I'm slightly gutted though. I did the whole LOCA front light mod years ago to the GBC; and am current fitting a panel a bit like you one you fitted here. Unfortunately mine is one of those 4x4cm square screens with a modified Lense... It's a really nice display, but I'm not even finished that and I'm already thinking about how I want to recreate what you've done! Haha the internet has no end of enticing projects!

samuraijaydee Aww thanks! Is the one you’re doing now a FreckleShack or one of its clones? Those are great screens too!

Hey nice to see you here! :)

Haha I've joked about making a Game Boy ASMR video, but I guess they already are!

Not a bad idea! Thanks for the suggestion. :)

He has already made a video on painting gameboys. Check out his channel for it, definitely informative

They make shells that are translucent, just snag some speckled paint and go to town

Haha, thankfully I didn't have to do that.

Exciting! They're amazing, you'll love it. :)

Heh, I guess the French word for Custom looks like a normal name.

Let me know if the faster crystal works with the GBA!

Haha, yes! I hope Arturas sends me one soon XD

It doesn't seem to lost any rigidity, really. But reflowing it could possibly make it stronger.

Making a new video about that soon!

Haha, not sure that's a compliment, but I guess I know what you mean. :)

E-Bay. I have a VennBenn and am not going to replace it.

Heh, the FreckleShack uses much less battery power and it's still a great screen! I don't really mind the size difference. You yeah, you could always sell it and get one of these. :)

Lol. Don't use AliExpress. The cheaper you try to get stuff the cheaper the quality will be. Just buy from Retromodding it's probably your best option. I'm not sponsored by them and they've never sent me anything for free but I always buy from them and handheld legend. 👊👊

@@suicide19915 I second this comment! Both HHL and RM (and even God of Gaming) are all excellent quality, very polite, and have fantastic customer support. Their products are definitely worth paying extra for, because they are such high quality compared to things you may get from AliExpress and ebay!

@@Meechree also Kitsch Bent and Deadpan Robot have awesome stuff at great prices too.

@@suicide19915 Absolutely!

@@suicide19915 Depend for what. Screens, come from the same warehouse (they don't produce them themselves). About the shells I don't know but fake ones never feel like the real ones, whatever the quality put in it. I'm not even sure they produce their own shells, but they are probably more regarding about the quality of the ones they sell. About HHL, customer support is not fantastic. I had to yell a lot a few months ago to get a new package sent to my house. They did an error in my shipping adress (error was their fault, it automatically added some useless parts on the shipping adress). The tracking was saying the package could not be delivered and was sent back to USA but still, they first wanted to wait until they get it back to send a new one. After a lot of e-mails and a paypal dispute, they finally sent a new one but it has been pretty hard to get a new one sent quickly. A fantastic customer support would have sent a new package as soon as they saw the tracking was saying it was sent back to USA. Not to mention I didn't even get a compensation for the +15days of delay.

I definitely think the default setting is more than enough for playing indoors. Love Makho's videos too, btw. :)

@@esotericsean it seems you also know alot about electronics. thanks for you response so far, i love your videos and Makhos you both are agreat

@@esotericsean on a side note. I was told that Lipo Mah actually has higher capacity/will last longer vs Nimh. For example, 2 AA 2450 would be 4900mah vs 2000mah lipo. People are telling me the 2000mah would still be superior vs AA because of 3.7v vs 2.4. is that true?

Nihil Kapton is basically like thin electrical tape. But it sticks better, is heat-resistant, and doesn’t leave a residue. Any kind of non-conductive tape should be fine. A lot of these kits include stickers or foam pads which you can use in place of the Kapton.

@@esotericsean thank you!! So helpful

I really wanna know that too!

There are a couple different ones out there. This is the FunnyPlaying IPS v2 which doesn't have the screen tearing issue. RetroModding only carries the v2. But I believe both are available on AliExpress, so be careful.

This is the one I use, except mine's green: www.ebay.com/itm/AC-Adapter-for-Game-Boy-Color-Pockect-Bulk-Blue-TESTED/273894727838

esotericsean thats the one i bought. I bought a gbc that doesnt turn so that i might try to fix it. Came corroded. I cleaned off the corrosion as much as i could, popped in some batteries and nada. So i bought the ac adapter and nada. Ive bought a switch from an sp that i plan to install on the gbc because after all that i noticed the housing for the switch was dirty and cracked so hopefully that works out. Also need some advice on another if you’ve got any contact info i could dm you at.

@@lokimoya You should ask on our Discord channel! discord.gg/8UP3BsR

Yep, same exact kit!

I've done that lots of times and it's definitely nice (although time consuming to mask the edges properly). But if you use good quality plastic primer and finish with a couple coats of varnish, it's actually a pretty durable surface that doesn't scratch easily. But yeah, this could look amazing on the inside of a clear shell.

@@esotericsean My bad I didn't see that you had videos doing exactly what I said 😬

Already covered in a previous video (there is one when he painted another GameBoy). The brand of the paint is called Montana Gold. Two other videos where he painted GameBoy shells : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cNX7RRCHnbI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zsN_-9a6kQw.html

HieiTF76 thank you!🙏🏼

They're in high demand, unfortunately...

Yep! Works fine with AA batteries still.

Very true, but there has been some innovation too. And Benn still has tons more in the works, including his own full size GBC screen mod. I'm waiting for that one, too!

With the plastic primer, paint, and the matte varnish, it's very durable. I'm sure it could probably rub off eventually, but even my original silver Game Boy Pocket that was painted by Nintendo has paint that's started to rub off.

Heh, that one was for a customer of mine actually. He wanted me to install the ROM chip from that one inside a Japanese Crystal like in my other video.

Travis Nelson I did a couple videos on the GB Boy. It’s a great device, but there’s something special about real Nintendo consoles.

Yeah, doing another video soon on a new rechargeable battery mod. :)

Love Montana paint! Though I might be trying a new brand soon as I got a nice recommendation recently.

@@esotericsean Kobra is really good a dries super fast also.

This isn't oversized, it's the same size as the original screen. :)

@@esotericsean no the display programmed into the driver is full sized the actual display is from a smartphone and is considerably bigger than needs be and requires modification of the shell and motherboard you need to clip off and make flat as possible the through hole pins. We want 100% drop in with no plastic removal no clipping of any kind. Like the retro game shop Chinese mod but 4 mm wider

@@Lunas2525 yes, it requires trim the console and the d-pad a little, not good

Dave Oh I see you’re talking about the actual size of the screen, not just the part you see. That’s a bit tricky since no one makes a screen that size. The tooling for it would be more expensive than it would be worth, though we’re making this more and more popular now so maybe it’s still possible to happen in the future.

Thomas Qin yep, California

esotericsean that’s weird because retromodding says they don’t ship to the US

They ship to the US, but had some issues recently due to Covid.

esotericsean I just started getting into modding and really want to order from them, and now I can’t 😞

Thomas Qin What state are you from? I just tried their website and it seems to be working.

Oh yeah! Should have remembered from Les Mis 😅

Haha, I can see how it looks like that, but no. Here's what it looks like: instagram.com/p/Bv2j26OFLzC/

lol

I still play Pokemon on my Game Boy Colors. But it's great on 3DS too. :)

Here you are! instagram.com/p/B8KrCVHngHZ/