http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/ Engadget Comments for Game Boy Pocket fitted with backlit screen, one man's life now complete http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/I just turned 30 and remember trying to play on my gameboy at night with a flashlight pinned between my head and shoulder. I was like 10 or 11. He has just fulfilled one of my boyhood wishes :P.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
Pokemon ]]>Jan 2nd 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
I mean, Nintendo already sort of fulfilled your boyhood wish many years ago with the Gameboy SP---no heap of AA/AAA batteries to deal with either.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
anyways, this isn't that great...
i modded a calculator in 4th grade to have a backlight....in class.
lol that was...7 years ago!

(peel the reflector off, cut a whole in the case back, put on overhead projector :D )

another cool thing back then was to reverse the second layer that could peel off. It was the polarity filter, and by cutting it in half and rotating it, then sticking it back on, you could make the calculator screen look black with clear numbers.
It was überawesome back then. too bad I couldn't afford a gameboy in 4th grade.]]>Jan 3rd 2009 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
BTW the backlight mod in the GBA killed the battery life. I wonder if it does the same here. ]]>Jan 2nd 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
It was basically a big shell for the Gameboy. It had 2 loud sound blasters, a magnifying glass for the screen, and lots of light under that magnifying glass. It also has a Nub on top of the directional pad. Made fatalities a piece of cake.]]>Jan 3rd 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 3rd 2009 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://cgi.ebay.com/Gameboy-Light-Golden-Edition-1-game_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ139971QQihZ005QQitemZ150317988154QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVWQQsalenotsupported

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Because for 75 bucks shipped he could have just bought the damn thing.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.google.com/search?q=gameboy+light&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a]]>Jan 2nd 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
I'd go on, but I'd rather pull out my original 1989 gameboy and play some tetris (no, I'm not kidding).]]>Jan 2nd 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.computercloset.org/GameBoyLightBox.jpg]]>Jan 2nd 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
Just kidding about that. I would have loved this when it came out. My parents, after much research and wisdom, realized there was no stopping me from playing it late at night, so they got me a Game Gear instead because it had a screen I could play on in the dark.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
I was going to say something about that.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
But PS3 fans are kinda douche-y.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/]]>Jan 2nd 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.gideontech.com/content/articles/174/1

Though I never really did care for how it made the colors washed out when compared to a backlit LCD.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/and not just for the pocket, but for the gameboy color and the gameboy advance.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/
@all saying he could have just gotten a gameboy light; sure, but i'm sure this cost him a fraction of what it would have cost, and this is so much more fun to do anyway.

i say kudos.]]>Jan 2nd 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/02/game-boy-pocket-fitted-with-backlit-screen-one-mans-life-now-c/Jan 2nd 2009 2:44PM