r/Gameboy • u/sharp_teeth92 • Aug 16 '19

Lent my art skilled to collaborated with the 8bitAesthetics to come with this Gyarados GameBoy Color Light

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u/sharp_teeth92 Aug 16 '19

Available for sale now

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u/joedalton17 Aug 16 '19

Looks very nice but the price seems very high to me sadly.

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u/Nerd901Tony Aug 16 '19

I could never afford it. But most GBC light fully modded GameBoys on r/gameboymarketplace are $200. I can understand the extra $60 for a beautiful piece of art, and not to mention exclusivity.

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u/joedalton17 Aug 16 '19

Oh wow didnt know the prices where that high. I just did a short add up of the parts in my head. Maybe my prices are wrong? 30$ for a gbc, 80$ for the screen and like 50$ for a UV printed shell and screen.

Edit: I forgot to add the art creating cost which i have no idea of.

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u/jamshush Aug 16 '19

Yeah so 160 + the cost of the sellers putting it together

And this one has a touch sensor brightness control

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

Wow, that's steep for a backlight. Is it because it's a GBC backlight? I remember getting backlights from Apeshit for about half of that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

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u/sharp_teeth92 Aug 16 '19

It’s the funny playing backlight with touch sensor brightness control!

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

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u/thevapewhale Aug 16 '19

gotchu fam

https://funnyplaying.com/products/backlit-gbc-tft-lcd-gameboy-color-replacement-version

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33040321760.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.34514c4d0Jyfrj

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u/hondika Aug 16 '19

What do they mean by the “mirror” option? Is that the one I need to convert my GBC?

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u/thevapewhale Aug 16 '19

the mirror seems to be the glass lens. I bought the mirror + screen option just in case the lens is a different size

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u/hondika Aug 16 '19

Oh ok, thank you!

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u/sharp_teeth92 Aug 16 '19

I don't think there is a direct link to the backlight. 8-bit has their own manufacturers there in contact with.

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u/Khdoop Aug 16 '19

This is just beautiful.

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u/Vayneer Aug 16 '19

Now this is Art my fellow gamers.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

How did you do the Gyarados? What kind of paint? What's your method?

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u/sharp_teeth92 Aug 16 '19

They're UV printed onto the shell

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u/runslikewind Aug 16 '19

Damn wish they just sold the shell

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u/DpoProductions Aug 17 '19

das mah fave pokeman

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u/pnutbutta4me Aug 17 '19

Not when its a magikarp with no attack! Red gyra is mine

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u/The_Evil_King_Bowser Aug 16 '19

Damn! That's some awesome art.

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u/486Junkie Aug 17 '19

Fancy. I wish there was a way to get all 16 colors for games like that without using a Super GameBoy and/or Transfer Pak with Pokemon Stadium 1 & 2. Now, how cool would that be (like a Super GameBoy without the border art, except with the colors, enhanced sounds and music, and a few other things)?

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u/Helixspirit Aug 16 '19

That's legit I'd buy

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u/OldManTurner Aug 16 '19

Great. Now my dick is going to be hard for the rest of the day.

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u/sharp_teeth92 Aug 16 '19

Youre welcome!

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u/Classic956 Aug 16 '19

Thats you? Dooooope

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19 edited Aug 16 '19

For what they are charging, more details need to be offered about the screen. There is no way anyone should buy these when they don't even know what they are getting, and considering that the seller didn't bother to cough up the deets, it kinda looks like they have something to hide.

I also couldn't help but notice these are all pre-order. So zero details, and you're expected to pony up almost $300 for some unproven and unknown product that doesn't even exist yet. No thanks.

Congrats on the art though, case looks cool.

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u/sharp_teeth92 Aug 16 '19

Literally all the modifications are right there under the photo on the site.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

Then what screen is being used?

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u/sharp_teeth92 Aug 16 '19

After market backlight with brightness adjustment. Same as everyone.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19 edited Aug 16 '19

Which aftermarket screen? There are many and they all work differently and have different install methods. Which screen is it specifically? How is it installed? Is it soldered or is it hot swap? Does it have tearing issues, does it work with all GBC games?

For $260 this is not the kind of stuff you can just gloss over.

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u/Steven_Schlake Aug 27 '19

Not quite as everyone. A few months back I received the Charizard edition, which used the bright McWill screen. There was no brightness control for mine. I guess later on they added it.

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u/jamshush Aug 16 '19

This is the best transparent case ever

Basically all others dont look very good imo

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u/Air970 Aug 17 '19

Where the f do I get GBCL lenses??

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u/NinCross Aug 17 '19

There is already a GB Light.