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LED Mod Your Gameboy Color

Step 7Admire

Go into a dark room, shut the door, and flip on your Gameboy light! The game can be run at the same time as the lights, just so you know.

Thanks for reading, and enjoy your neat mod!

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16 comments

Jan 1, 2012. 7:06 PMchillycharlie says:

What case is that?

Aug 24, 2011. 1:54 AMmattiige says:

can i use this guide to make a frontlight illumination on my gameboy color?

Apr 9, 2011. 10:21 AMhbui1 says:

Could I do the same for EL wires?

Jul 4, 2011. 12:12 AM

sillyzombie666 says:

no, not unless you used an external battery source and some how fit the board needed for the el wire with it, its not as simple as an led

Oct 5, 2009. 4:59 AMtriggerhappymoron says:

i have finished the mod however in cannot play my games without the leds on and my batterys get extremly hot whenever i use it so i am scared my gameboy will explode do you know of any thing i could do?

Oct 11, 2009. 12:20 PM1up (author) says:

You have a short somewhere. Check all your connections and insulate them.

Oct 11, 2009. 7:22 AMtriggerhappymoron says:

finsihed this mod finally and everything works great except when i screwed it back together there is a big gap on the left side what can i do ?

Oct 11, 2009. 12:18 PM1up (author) says:

Something is either not seated right or you made something too thick. Look for what is causing the problem and fix it.

Sep 13, 2009. 5:09 AMtriggerhappymoron says:

could you put the leds behind the screen to backlight it?

Sep 13, 2009. 11:12 AM1up (author) says:

No, you can only frontlight it with a SP screen's light. Google around for a tutorial.

Sep 17, 2009. 1:08 PMtriggerhappymoron says:

so what you are saying is open my gba sp take out the light and use that instead of the leds ?

Sep 17, 2009. 6:26 PM1up (author) says:

And the diffusing panel. Look on Google for a tutorial.

Sep 27, 2009. 9:11 AMtriggerhappymoron says:

i have tried over and over to do this tutorial and has failed each time due to the connecting the battery so i have decided to add a 3v watch battery to power the leds

Sep 27, 2009. 9:46 AM1up (author) says:

Wait, frontlighting the screen or just adding LEDs?

Oct 1, 2009. 12:58 PMtriggerhappymoron says:

i was thinking could i use the leds to front light the gameboy but its fine now i finished the mod but whenever i connected it to bt plus and bt negative i didi not work so i added a 3v battery to power my leds

Sep 14, 2009. 8:46 AMtriggerhappymoron says:

so what you are saying is open my gba sp take out the light and use that instead of the leds ?