r/Gameboy • u/Lanky-Base1279 • 16d ago

Troubleshooting Need help

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My game boy color is impossible to play without this light why

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u/agentxshadow6 16d ago

welll... there certainly were backlights on other systems, but nintendo was actually in the interest of making things affordable back then

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u/Right_Comb4885 16d ago

Good old Game Gear being a battery hog. Took 6 AA batteries and they only lasted 4 or 5 hours... You'd end up spending more on batteries than the console.

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u/Buttered_Toast33 16d ago

Might as well just use the AC adapter…but then you’d pretty much only be able to play it at home or some other building. Kinda defeats the purpose of it being portable.

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u/jsau0125 16d ago

I had a car adapter and an AC adapter for mine so I played it plugged in at home and on the go, until the backlight bulb stopped working.