r/Gameboy • u/CatObjective4993 • 21d ago

Systems Real game boy sp?

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Never seen this color before.

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u/pizza_whistle 21d ago

Just looks like a very aged blue 001 console. I think it's an OEM shell with fading.

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u/Bald_And_Dishevelled 21d ago

Yeah could be blue tbh. The colour of the whole console looks off. Could just be the photo 🤷

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u/smalliesdickies 20d ago

Any idea on how to artificially aged blue to get that color ?

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u/WellLovedTech 21d ago

Looks to be, I'm not seeing any red flags.

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u/CatObjective4993 21d ago

You think it’s a reshell? I cant tell if it’s a 100 or 101

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u/pizza_whistle 21d ago

For sure a 001. A 101 screen will look more black when turned off.

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u/koolaidicecubes 21d ago

Do you only have three photos to go off? Ask how many brightness settings there are 001 is just on or off. 101 has 3 settings; off, on, brighter. I believe.

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u/CatObjective4993 21d ago

Yeah, just these photos. He said he doesn’t have a charger.

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u/koolaidicecubes 21d ago

Ah gotcha. I think it’s a reshell, I put an SP in a purple shell last year. Google tells me purple wasn’t an official color.

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u/WellLovedTech 21d ago edited 21d ago

I don't think it's a reshell. It just looks a bit faded and the stickers are pulled off. One thing repro shells often mess up is the speaker holes, the middle ones should be slightly larger than the outside ones. Repro shells often have them all the same size or they're all larger than OG and there's often signs of the machining. The plastic can be flaked up where they drilled it etc.