Retrospecticus

A friend of mine was asking if I had a Gameboy spare, that I could send him, so that he could show is children what life was like before the millennium. I said, "Yes, I literally have almost 30. I’ll send you one." I took this opportunity to have some fun and build him one instead of just sending one out. This is the process I go through, looking through parts, testing and spares. I went through a stage a while ago of importing damaged GameBoy Pockets and Color’s (Colour) from Japan and messing about with them, listed as “no-power, junk” I’d get them for about £12 each delivered. I’ve never not got one of them working again, these things are so durable it’s pretty surprising really. Only serious physical damage or corrosion will end their lives. Even in death they are super helpful too, as you can never have enough spare buttons, rubbers, mother boards, screws, shells, etc…. I’m a big fan of keeping everything as original as possible. However, replace...