Back-lighting A Game Boy Color
So, I eventually manged to get my hands on one of the second generation backlit McWill LCD’s for the Game Boy Color. The Game Boy modding scene is currently alive and doing rather well at the moment with hobbyists producing wonderful backlit screens and other devices for use in retro consoles, like Game Boys, Game Gears, Neo Geo Pockets and pretty much anything with a mother board and ribbon. Generally speaking, when it comes to the Game Boy Color there are two types of LCD’s that are available, the Freckle Shack screen which is made by a modder that goes by the name of BennVenn, who resides in Australia and the McWill screen that is produced by a modder in Europe. Sadly, as you can probably imagine these are very popular and are often always out of stock. The latest version of the McWill screen has just been released and promises a total drop in replacement screen for the Game Boy Color, solder free, just a bit of trimming to the shell. These suddenly b...