Gameboy Screen

ValiantVenality · Post by **ValiantVenality** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:59 pm

Is there any purpose to use a gameboy screen for anything at all besides to play gameboy? Can you do any projects with them. Not portable projects but any projects? (That would be cool if someone could make a mod to make a gameboy screen work for a portable system)

Nicholai · Post by **Nicholai** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:05 pm

ValiantVenality wrote:Is there any purpose to use a gameboy screen for anything at all besides to play gameboy? Can you do any projects with them. Not portable projects but any projects? (That would be cool if someone could make a mod to make a gameboy screen work for a portable system)

Gamlever used an SP for his first N64p, but his friend sold it without his consent, but he had to use the entire SP and a TV tuner because the ribbon-cable goes directly into the mother board, instead of being an added periphal like say: the PS1 screen. (btw the tuner was pretty big, not recomended.)

ValiantVenality · Post by **ValiantVenality** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:29 pm

is that really the only project done with a gameboy screen

Nicholai · Post by **Nicholai** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:34 pm

The original gameboys used a dot-matrix screen, any Gameboy screen after Color would work for a portable, and no, Gamelver's is the only attempt I've heard of so far.

ValiantVenality · Post by **ValiantVenality** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:42 pm

then what are some of the other ones?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:13 pm

it should be noted that Gamelver used an adapter to use his GBA:SP

This probably belongs in the screens forum, moving

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:30 am

Ok here's a quick reference I wish everyone who wants to use a Game Boy screen would read:

GBO, GBP, GBC screens: Useless. They don't have any way of getting composite signals into them, not without reverse engineering and building your own encoder board (which would be insanely difficult). Besides the resolution stinks. (IIRC it's 80x85 or something)

GBA, GBA SP, GBM, DS screens: It is possible to use one of these screens, but you have to buy an adapter cartridge, and you have to leave the entire Gameboy intact. The only real reason for using this method would be the new backlit SP or the DS. But remember the DS will only use the top screen, as it does with GBA games.

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:44 pm

what about replacement psp screens...there like hugenormous

Post by **Gamelver** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:57 pm

they're (;)) also, like, digital

. there's a converter made to convert the digital signal to composite, though, so perhaps if you reverse engineered that you could make it accept a composite or RGB or s-video input.

Darth Fett · Post by **Darth Fett** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:08 pm

Even if you had to have the whole thing intact,a GB Micro could be a good and tiny screen.

If they didn't cost about $80 each

Edit:Hey,where can i get one of these adapters?I can't find one anywhere.

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