Is the original GameBoy supose to have a screen like this??

Post by **DAAAAA!!** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:38 am

u know how its like green but yellow but gray at the same time??

does that happen after years or was it like that the day it came out??
I'm just curios.... lol

Post by **Flake** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:53 am

The screen is the right color but it is damaged - those blank lines aren't supposed to be there.

Post by **DAAAAA!!** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:59 am

that's not my gameboy.. i googled it just to show what I'm talking about lol

Post by **Flake** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:02 am

Yep, that's the color it is supposed to be. I logged a LOT of hours on the old pea-soup machine.

Post by **GSZX1337** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:09 am

The Game Boy's screen was green and yellow but most of the emulators I've used display in black and white. IIRC, LameBoy has an option to display in green and yellow.

Post by **Satoshi_Matrix** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:11 am

original DMG GameBoys have a pea-soup light reflective film behind the LCD to provide contrast for the black pixel layer that makes up the screen visuals. Mostly due to the rise of chiptune music and especially LSDJ, there are many kits now that you can get to replace that with any color filter you want, from just white (to make it truly black and white) or neon hot pink. Better still, since the GameBoy LCD is passive reflective, it can even be backlit. All of this requires a bit of modding of course, but yes, a stock system is suppose to look like that.

Post by **bmoc** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:05 am

As others have said, that is what it is supposed to look like. As for the missing vertical lines, that can easily be fixed with a soldering iron or a hot air gun. Mine started doing that earlier this year and I fixed it with my soldering iron and a little bit of cardboard to put some pressure on the connections once reassembled. There are lots of Youtube videos out there that show how to do it.

Post by **gtmtnbiker** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:23 am

I have a second generation original gameboy (green color) that the screen doesn't come on at all. Is this typically a caps issue? When I first got it (I got it for free off Freecycle), the screen did come on but then it stopped working, even with fresh batteries. The red power led does come on.

I have not taken it apart yet to see what the inside looks like.

Is the original GameBoy supose to have a screen like this??

Is the original GameBoy supose to have a screen like this??

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