So in my last blog entry I talked about how I had found an old beat up Game Boy at a used game store. Since then i've been researching different ways of lighting the screen, since the Game Boy's screen is damn near impossible to see unless you're in perfect lighting. After a little bit of searching, I came across a site called nonelectronics.com which specializes in Game Boy modifications and chip tune music. They had all the documentation for how to backlight a Game Boy's screen, and they even had a kit to buy that had everything you would need to get the job done. I've never really modded anything before. I helped my buddy Kiemoe fix his Dreamcast once, but that was simply replacing a resistor that had gone bad. I was a little hesitant, but I figured I would give it a shot. The Game Boy was only $10, so it didn't really matter if I broke it. After a couple of nasty burns from the soldering iron, I reconnected the ribbon cable and flipped the little grey switch (holding my breath the whole time).
The dust really doesn't bother me that much, it's a Game Boy and it's not going to be perfect. And as you can see by the picture above, I found a copy of Kirby's Dream Land! I loooove this game so much. I still don't understand why Kirby was white on the cartridge even though when you play the game on a Game Boy Color he shows up as pink.
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