Nintendo Gameboy Pocket Color IPS Backlit Colour Screen Clear Black MGBC-MBL

  

Gameboy Pocket with a colour screen. Imagine the best form factor Gameboy with a bright backlit colour screen. This uses components from an original Gameboy Color to create a Gameboy Pocket Color. The original components such as CPU, SRAM, Oscillator and.

Bunch of other parts are soldered to a Mousebitelabs Pocket Colour motherboard. Parts are from a Gameboy with broken shell (motherboard was in perfect condition) so a nice OEM example was not harmed in this endeavour. The console boots up exactly as a Gameboy does with the iconic ding sound as its running on OEM CPU.

The screen is an Q5 IPS with 15 brightness settings, FRM and colour modes. The sensors for brightness are connected to a button on the side for convenience.

Please see pics at the end showing some of the build. If you're into modded consoles you'll likely know about this already but it should give an idea of the build if not. Makes for a nice gift for someone who loves retro gaming and had Gameboy handhelds when they first came out. I would suggest investing in rechargeable batteries as this is set for using AAA batteries and IPS screens draw a fair bit of power.

Ladda rechargeable batteries from IKEA seem to be well rated. You'll find the sound is greatly improved over the original Gameboy as this has a better sound setup.

The shell is from RetroSix which included some good buttons and rubbers. These have a good pressing action and seem responsive. If this items sells and you were interested no worries I can build this again but with whatever shell and buttons you want. There's not a great deal of Pocket Colors around so makes for a good conversation piece.

I have other Gameboys available please see my other listings or message me if you want something specific building to your liking. No game included, it is just to show the console running.

I do have multi carts available though please message if you want one, I will send a game list.