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You can’t buy a new replacement screen unfortunately. Not only is it very difficult to remove the screen, it’s impossible to buy a replacement. They’d be better showing us how to fix a screen. There’s plenty of videos on YT showing how to fix blank vertical line but hardly any on how to fix horizontal lines, and the ones that do don’t work very well.

Later nicknamed “DMG” after its product code “Dot Matrix Game”. The original “grey brick” was released in 1989. In 1995 the “Play It Loud” series released. The PIL series only added new shell colours and was not full a hardware revision. PIL consoles use “chip on board” package components and thus the PCBs are covered in epoxy blobs.

One Chip / HiVision Replacement transflective LCD kit (AIO kit, much smaller than stock, found on aliexpress) - Found a guide you like? Let me (u/Admiral_Butter_Crust) know and I’ll add it, otherwise, see the images on the seller’s page

v3 is the currently shipping version and is identified by the BLACK PCB and “RIPS V3” markings on the PCB. The LCD is slightly different and such is not compatible with brackets designed for V1 or V2.

BennVenn Replacement transflective LCD kit (Freckleshack v2.5 - Aioli parts from BennVenn) – Kits not yet shipped but install should be similar to AIO kit above due to the reduced PCB size and addition of touch sensor for brightness control

What is it? With the classic Game Boy, screen rot can occur just about anywhere on the LCD. Sometimes it’s just a few small specs of black right in the middle of the LCD, sometimes it’s a whole corner of the LCD filled with black splotches. It is NOT mold or water damage, despite what some people will tell you.

How do I fix it? Unfortunately, there’s no known repair for this other than to just replace the entire LCD board. Unless you have legendary soldering skills, removing the LCD from the board will be quite difficult.

What are they? This is a VERY common problem with DMGs. These show up as missing vertical lines on the LCD. Sometimes if you press on the rubber strip below the LCD, you can get the lines to disappear for a short period of time.

How do I fix it? Fortunately, this problem is generally pretty easy to fix. See here or here. One thing worth noting is that you should continue with the iron until you can briefly run the iron across the entire bottom of the LCD and the lines don’t show up anymore. You can get the lines to disappear but until you make sure they stop showing up with heat applied, it won’t be a long-lasting repair. 500° F / 260° C is an adequate amount of heat to use.

What are they? Not nearly as common a problem as vertical lines, but they do still show up every now and then. The problem is similar to vertical lines, but instead the lines show up horizontally across the screen.

How do I fix it? You will have to lift the LCD from its plastic bezel to gain access to the horizontal ribbon cable. This is a much more difficult fix than the vertical lines fix, but it can be done.

Prop up the LCD so you can access the horizontal ribbon cable with a soldering iron. The area of interest looks much like the area on the vertical cable underneath the rubber strip.

What are they? Circles under the LCD that looks like trapped liquid. See this image for an example. This phenomenon is called “Newtonian Rings” and is common in these circumstances.

How do I fix it? The fix will involve either completely separating the glass LCD from the plastic polarizer layer (air gap) or completely joining them together (adhesive polarizer). See this video from /u/esotericsean for a method of air gapping the polarizer. If you want to join the polarizer to the LCD OEM style, you’ll need a polarizer with pre-applied adhesive. Air gapping is the preferred method. This also applied to Game Boy Pocket.

Later nicknamed “DMG” after its product code “Dot Matrix Game”. The original “grey brick” was released in 1989. In 1995 the “Play It Loud” series released. The PIL series only added new shell colours and was not full a hardware revision. PIL consoles use “chip on board” package components and thus the PCBs are covered in epoxy blobs.

One Chip / HiVision Replacement transflective LCD kit (AIO kit, much smaller than stock, found on aliexpress) - Found a guide you like? Let me (u/Admiral_Butter_Crust) know and I’ll add it, otherwise, see the images on the seller’s page

v3 is the currently shipping version and is identified by the BLACK PCB and “RIPS V3” markings on the PCB. The LCD is slightly different and such is not compatible with brackets designed for V1 or V2.

BennVenn Replacement transflective LCD kit (Freckleshack v2.5 - Aioli parts from BennVenn) – Kits not yet shipped but install should be similar to AIO kit above due to the reduced PCB size and addition of touch sensor for brightness control

What is it? With the classic Game Boy, screen rot can occur just about anywhere on the LCD. Sometimes it’s just a few small specs of black right in the middle of the LCD, sometimes it’s a whole corner of the LCD filled with black splotches. It is NOT mold or water damage, despite what some people will tell you.

How do I fix it? Unfortunately, there’s no known repair for this other than to just replace the entire LCD board. Unless you have legendary soldering skills, removing the LCD from the board will be quite difficult.

What are they? This is a VERY common problem with DMGs. These show up as missing vertical lines on the LCD. Sometimes if you press on the rubber strip below the LCD, you can get the lines to disappear for a short period of time.

How do I fix it? Fortunately, this problem is generally pretty easy to fix. See here or here. One thing worth noting is that you should continue with the iron until you can briefly run the iron across the entire bottom of the LCD and the lines don’t show up anymore. You can get the lines to disappear but until you make sure they stop showing up with heat applied, it won’t be a long-lasting repair. 500° F / 260° C is an adequate amount of heat to use.

What are they? Not nearly as common a problem as vertical lines, but they do still show up every now and then. The problem is similar to vertical lines, but instead the lines show up horizontally across the screen.

How do I fix it? You will have to lift the LCD from its plastic bezel to gain access to the horizontal ribbon cable. This is a much more difficult fix than the vertical lines fix, but it can be done.

Prop up the LCD so you can access the horizontal ribbon cable with a soldering iron. The area of interest looks much like the area on the vertical cable underneath the rubber strip.

What are they? Circles under the LCD that looks like trapped liquid. See this image for an example. This phenomenon is called “Newtonian Rings” and is common in these circumstances.

How do I fix it? The fix will involve either completely separating the glass LCD from the plastic polarizer layer (air gap) or completely joining them together (adhesive polarizer). See this video from /u/esotericsean for a method of air gapping the polarizer. If you want to join the polarizer to the LCD OEM style, you’ll need a polarizer with pre-applied adhesive. Air gapping is the preferred method. This also applied to Game Boy Pocket.

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After your order is confirmed, you"ll get two emails. Right away, you"ll see a confirmation email. Shortly after that, I will reach out to you with directions on where you can mail your Gameboy Color. You pay for shipping one way, and I"ll pay for shipping the other way when I return it to you.

Bronze Upgrade: I will clean and repair your Gameboy Color. Choose this option if you want your console to keep all the original parts from Nintendo (same shell, screen, display, buttons, etc.). *I will replace the speaker only if it is broken.*

Hybrid Level 1: I will clean and repair your Gameboy Color. This option is for you if you want a mix of original and upgraded materials. Services include:

Hybrid Level 2: I will clean and repair your Gameboy Color. This option is for you if you  want a mix of original and upgraded materials. Services include:

**IMPORTANT** In order to fit the XL LCD backlit display properly, I will need to modify the shell of your Gameboy Color. This means that I will cut and shave down your original Nintendo shell. Do not purchase the Hybrid Level 2 option if you do not want me to modify your original Gameboy Color shell.

It is Nintendo"s second handheld game console and combines features from both the Game & Watch handheld and NES home system. The console features a dot-matrix screen with adjustable contrast dial, five game control buttons (a directional pad, two game buttons, and "START" and "SELECT"), a single speaker with adjustable volume dial and, like its rivals, uses cartridges as physical media for games. The color scheme is made from two tones of grey with accents of black, blue, and dark magenta. All the corners of the portrait-oriented rectangular unit are softly rounded, except for the bottom right, which is curved. At launch, it was sold either as a standalone unit, or bundled with one of several games, among them

The Game Boy was designed by Nintendo"s chief engineer Gunpei Yokoi and its Nintendo R&D1 team. Following the popularity of the Nintendo Entertainment System, he held a meeting with Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, saying that he could do a handheld system with interchangeable games. The original internal code name for the Game Boy is Dot Matrix Game, referring to its dot-matrix display in contrast to the preceding Game & Watch series (which Yokoi had created in 1980) that has segmented LCDs pre-printed with an overlay, limiting each model to only play one game. The initials DMG came to be featured on the final product"s model number: "DMG-01". Satoru Okada and Yokoi led the development of the console, which led to disagreements. Yokoi felt that the console could be small, light, durable and successful and have a recognizable library of games. Shigesato Itoi visited Nintendo and conceived the name "Game Boy" for the console Yokoi was designing. The internal reaction to the Game Boy at Nintendo was initially very poor, earning it the derogatory nickname "DameGame" from Nintendo employees, in which dame (だめ) means "hopeless" or "useless" (dame originating as a term used in the game Go, meaning "meaningless territory").Henk Rogers brought the game Tetris to Nintendo of America and convinced its president Minoru Arakawa to port it for the new system so it can reach a wider audience. Arakawa agreed and as a result, the game was ultimately bundled with the Game Boy and the system was released in Japan in April 1989, North America in July, and in Europe in September the following year.

On July 21, 1996, Nintendo released the Game Boy Pocket for US$69.99:AAA batteries, which provide approximately 10 hours of gameplay.Game Boy Micro. The screen was changed to a true black-and-white display, rather than the "pea soup" monochromatic display of the original Game Boy.ghosting).

"AtariAge - Lynx History". AtariAge. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016. Eventually the Lynx was squeezed out of the picture and the handheld market was dominated by the Nintendo GameBoy with the Sega Game Gear a distant second.

Fruttenboel Gameboy Section (August 22, 2009). "GameBoy : Using the GameBoy skeleton for serious business (Interrupt Descriptions)". Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2010.

The original Game Boy is a classic. Sure, it had no backlight, but there is something special about playing on that classic green screen. Unfortunately, some of these older systems are suffering a terrible fate — screen burn. Game Boy’s played best with lots of light — especially out in the sun. But that same sun did terrible things to the screen. A black splotch in the center of the LCD is the telltale sign of a burned Game Boy. You might think that screen replacement is the only option, but[The Retro Future] shows us how to repair this issue.

A reflective LCD is a layer cake made up of polarizers, two panes of glass, and a reflector. The burns often seen on Game Boy screens usually are in the polarizer and the optically clear glue which attaches the plastic polarizer to the glass. We’re guessing these burns happen when someone leaves their Game Boy out in the sun. Between the sun rays directly striking the top polarizer and the rays bounced back from the reflector at the rear of the screen, that poor polarizer doesn’t stand a chance.

Repairing the burn is a delicate operation, as one false move could crack the thin LCD glass. The first step is to carefully peel off the burned polarizer. This leaves a mess of dried glue, which can be scraped off or dissolved with alcohol. A new linear polarizer can then be placed on the front of the screen. [The Retro Future] chose not to glue the polarizer, but we’re betting some UV cure LOCA (Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive) from a cell phone screen protector would do the trick.