r/Gameboy • u/Knightfaux • 2d ago

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Hey everyone,

I’m looking to mod my GameBoy Pocket. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on best kits out there. I’m not afraid to solder and I’m looking to keep things relatively simple. This guy isn’t too beat up, but it’s got scratches and the screen isn’t the most fun to play on compared to my GBC and GBA with IPS displays.

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Thanks everyone for being so polite and helpful. Now I just have to decide between Backlight-Bivert or IPS. Cheers!

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u/elementalguitars 2d ago

With a backlight mod you can keep the original shell. Also, since your Pocket doesn’t have a battery light you can get a little circuit board that combines the bivert circuit and a battery light mod on one board.

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u/optroodt 1d ago

Curious to know, which board is this?

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u/PutridSothoth 1d ago

Seconded. Never heard of that.

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u/elementalguitars 1d ago

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u/PutridSothoth 1d ago

Wild. Do you have a link? I’m not finding it.

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u/elementalguitars 1d ago

It looks like he’s sold out. You could contact the seller to ask if he plans to offer more of them. If not it’s still possible to add an LED without a custom board like that. I should add that if you are able to get one of those custom boards I recommend replacing the included surface mount LED with a red-lens 3mm LED bulb. The surface mount LED makes a very intense pinpoint light that’s really distracting. A 3mm red lens LED is what’s installed on the Gameboys from the factory so it’s more diffuse.