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Retro Gaming and Hardware / Gameboy Color New Screen Upgra...
Last post by retro junkie - Today at 03:24:21 PMWhen I first got my hands on a Gameboy Color back in its "glory days" I was somewhat irritated. I am sure it was a cost saving manufacturing decision in order to make it below a certain price point for the consumer. That screen was met with a "Oh Boy Color!" With a wait a minute it is darker than my Gameboy Pocket. Then you go through the shuffling moving around tilting, getting it just at the right angle under a lamp or out in the sunlight. And when you found that sweet spot to play you were happy. I never purchased a lot of Gameboy Color games and this was the reason. It was more troublesome than the Gameboy Pocket.
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Now is a new day and multiple years later since that initial release of this handheld console. And since then I have grabbed up a couple of more Gameboy Color consoles over the years simply because I was walking through an indoor flea market and there they were laying on the table for only a few dollars.
I found a kit that was a "drop-in" screen upgrade for the Gameboy Color. Yes I am aware that there are a couple of manufactures creating and marketing a Gameboy alternative for retro gamers using modern FPGA-based hardware technology in the $200 plus range. Hmmm.....and this upgrade that I am using is around $60 using the original hardware? Hmmm... let me do the math and think. TIMES UP!!! I will go for the screen upgrade!
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Found me a place in the house. Got out my TV tray and some of my tools. I used some double stick tape to keep my screws from rolling off the tray. It was a simple one, two, three operation taking some precautions and care not to break anything when dealing with those ribbon cables.
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I was through in a matter of minutes. Pull one out drop another one in. Put everything back together.
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The result was amazing. I feel like I have a brand new game console. I am pulling out the Gameboy games that are color with backward compatibility, plus the small library of GB Color games. I am now in the market to purchase more games. I have a Gameboy multi cart that I have been keeping in the console since I performed the operation yesterday. Somewhere down the road I will need to reshell this game console. Big thumbs up for this one upgrade and highly recommended.
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Now is a new day and multiple years later since that initial release of this handheld console. And since then I have grabbed up a couple of more Gameboy Color consoles over the years simply because I was walking through an indoor flea market and there they were laying on the table for only a few dollars.
I found a kit that was a "drop-in" screen upgrade for the Gameboy Color. Yes I am aware that there are a couple of manufactures creating and marketing a Gameboy alternative for retro gamers using modern FPGA-based hardware technology in the $200 plus range. Hmmm.....and this upgrade that I am using is around $60 using the original hardware? Hmmm... let me do the math and think. TIMES UP!!! I will go for the screen upgrade!
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Found me a place in the house. Got out my TV tray and some of my tools. I used some double stick tape to keep my screws from rolling off the tray. It was a simple one, two, three operation taking some precautions and care not to break anything when dealing with those ribbon cables.
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I was through in a matter of minutes. Pull one out drop another one in. Put everything back together.
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The result was amazing. I feel like I have a brand new game console. I am pulling out the Gameboy games that are color with backward compatibility, plus the small library of GB Color games. I am now in the market to purchase more games. I have a Gameboy multi cart that I have been keeping in the console since I performed the operation yesterday. Somewhere down the road I will need to reshell this game console. Big thumbs up for this one upgrade and highly recommended.
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#2
General Discussion / unsquadron.com
Last post by BLUEVOODU - October 07, 2026, 09:06:22 PMI've owned this domain for the longest time. I put up a quick fan site - still editing some parts of it... and will be on the side here and there. There are a few other features potentially planned - IE reviews page, and a few other simple features. I might also have a separate page for the arcade game with information on the arcade version of U.N. Squadron. It really is supposed to be a quick fan site. My idea was to have several different fan sites across the Internet to just have something fun to see and visit... to stumble upon.
Check it out:
unsquadron.com
I also mentioned this in this thread:
https://www.chickendinnergaming.com/forum/retro-gaming-and-hardware/un-squadron-area-88-super-nintendo-my-favorite-shmup/
If you'd like to help with reviews or anything else, please let me know. Also, what are your thoughts? Next edits I'm trying to work on is adding the animated title screen as a background to the top. So far, it's too busy.
Thoughts, comments... Post it up!
Check it out:
unsquadron.com
- If you click the page, the music should play. There is also a music control in the bottom right of the screen lol
I also mentioned this in this thread:
https://www.chickendinnergaming.com/forum/retro-gaming-and-hardware/un-squadron-area-88-super-nintendo-my-favorite-shmup/
If you'd like to help with reviews or anything else, please let me know. Also, what are your thoughts? Next edits I'm trying to work on is adding the animated title screen as a background to the top. So far, it's too busy.
Thoughts, comments... Post it up!
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General Discussion / Re: Avengers Endgame: Encore
Last post by BLUEVOODU - October 07, 2026, 08:57:08 PMyeah... I hear you.
So no one checked this out? @mastermario --> not you either? @CreepinDeth --> perhaps?
So no one checked this out? @mastermario --> not you either? @CreepinDeth --> perhaps?
#4
General Discussion / Re: Binge-Watching Shows Threa...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - October 07, 2026, 08:56:20 PM@retro junkie --> I thought Season 10 (2016) was pretty rough, but it's interesting that they had a covid like plot lol. Season 11 (2018), I liked a lot more. It felt more refined and flowed a lot better.
I re-watched Terminator 2 not that long ago. If you compare the camera look (blu-ray to blu-ray)... the colors and motion are VERY similar. Just looked it up... it looks like they did use the same gear for at least seasons 1-5 lol.
I re-watched Terminator 2 not that long ago. If you compare the camera look (blu-ray to blu-ray)... the colors and motion are VERY similar. Just looked it up... it looks like they did use the same gear for at least seasons 1-5 lol.
#5
General Discussion / Re: Binge-Watching Shows Threa...
Last post by retro junkie - October 07, 2026, 04:20:44 PM@BLUEVOODU
In the Xfiles there is just something about the cinematography and directing that they have not been able to reproduce. I am thinking of when they were trying to make a comeback with the original actors a few years ago. The comeback just fell flat. The characters were just cardboard stand-ups of the original series. The styling and feel was lost. I am thinking that the original crew that put that whole thing together made their mark on that show plus the era in which that whole thing came together, just can't do it again. It was unique.
In the Xfiles there is just something about the cinematography and directing that they have not been able to reproduce. I am thinking of when they were trying to make a comeback with the original actors a few years ago. The comeback just fell flat. The characters were just cardboard stand-ups of the original series. The styling and feel was lost. I am thinking that the original crew that put that whole thing together made their mark on that show plus the era in which that whole thing came together, just can't do it again. It was unique.
#6
General Discussion / Re: X-Files Lego Sets
Last post by BLUEVOODU - October 06, 2026, 09:02:34 PM@retro junkie no kidding....the set with Flukeman... come on now! That's awesome.
This is a cool set for an awesome show.
This is a cool set for an awesome show.
#7
General Discussion / Re: Binge-Watching Shows Threa...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - October 06, 2026, 05:32:24 PM@retro junkie - we have been thinking of Star Gate and Deep Space 9. There was another Star Trek we are looking at --> The Next Generation. The Box Set goes on sale here and there, but hasn't for awhile. It's still really high though for the complete collection.
We were binging Star Trek Generations again. Man that theme song LOL
We made it about half way through X-Files season 1 again. Such a great show. The filming is excellent even by today's standards.
We were binging Star Trek Generations again. Man that theme song LOL
We made it about half way through X-Files season 1 again. Such a great show. The filming is excellent even by today's standards.
#8
Sony - PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 (PS3) / Re: Super Bomberman Collection...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - October 06, 2026, 03:51:04 PMgot it @retro junkie - I was thinking maybe we could all get together and bomb the crap out of each other LOL.
I think @targetrasp bought the PS5 version... I might go that route. I MIGHT buy Switch as well (for portal bomberman...) if it goes on big sale. Portal Bomberman
man... that sounds awesome.
I played PSP online a lot with SOCOM... what a fun game on PSP. Man, that was forever ago.
I think @targetrasp bought the PS5 version... I might go that route. I MIGHT buy Switch as well (for portal bomberman...) if it goes on big sale. Portal Bomberman
man... that sounds awesome. I played PSP online a lot with SOCOM... what a fun game on PSP. Man, that was forever ago.
#9
Sony - PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 (PS3) / Re: Super Bomberman Collection...
Last post by retro junkie - October 03, 2026, 12:37:40 PM@BLUEVOODU
I really don't do any online gaming anymore. The last time I did a long time ago. It might have been the Vita or the PSP, maybe the 3DS? Not sure. I just know it was a fighting game and a got my tail handed to me by a kid. I did play a game on the Vita for a while that was online, it was Ragnarok Odyssey. It was the most online gaming that I have ever been involved. A lot of people played that game back then. I have never paid to play online.
I really don't do any online gaming anymore. The last time I did a long time ago. It might have been the Vita or the PSP, maybe the 3DS? Not sure. I just know it was a fighting game and a got my tail handed to me by a kid. I did play a game on the Vita for a while that was online, it was Ragnarok Odyssey. It was the most online gaming that I have ever been involved. A lot of people played that game back then. I have never paid to play online.
#10
General Discussion / Re: X-Files Lego Sets
Last post by retro junkie - October 02, 2026, 02:11:14 PMI wouldn't mind having one, but the price of admissions is an X file in itself.