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Homebrew Gameboy Advance Lighting Project

Posted by timothy on from the instant-instantiation dept.

palo0019 writes: "I'm sure Slashdotters who picked up Nintendo's new portable have found its screen to leave a little to be desired (Penny Arcade illustrates the point well). Adam Curtis has created a grassroots lighting project called PortableMonopoly.com. I know I would help out if I had any knowledge in the area, I'm tired of playing Castlevania in my bathroom." There's some interesting information about portable video display systems in there as well -- those game designers have some pretty tough compromises to make.

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  1. I can't wait to see this guy's face.... by _xeno_ · · Score: 5
    From PortableMonopoly.com:

    June 18, 2001 - posted by Adam Curtis

    Site.. can't.. take much more. I should have known better than to try to host this site off of the DSL line :). Time to look for a new host. Is there anyone out there who has extra server space/bandwidth with PHP support? If not I may have to go to something like Freeservers (yuck!).

    I can't wait to see his face after today...

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  2. Re:Will no one be happy? by itarget · · Score: 5

    A backlight won't help in the GBA's case. The LCD screen has reflective faceting to improve the visual quality (not to be confused with the reflective plastic cover that actually makes frontlighting the unit unbearable due to glare).

    Any light shone through the back will only succeed in "washing out" the colour due to the properties of the LCD. Personally I would have preferred an organic electroluminescent display (OLED) to this darkened LCD nightmare. OLEDs produce their own light and are more energy efficient than LCDs, let alone LCDs with backlighting.

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  3. Re:Contrast control also discovered by DarkEdgeX · · Score: 5

    Or people can get to the meat of the story by just going to http://pocket.ign.com/news/35946.html, which has full details on where the control is and how to access it. I'd rather buy the special screwdriver and take the thing apart than puncture the sticker on the back of my Gameboy Advance, but still, it's nice to know where it is if I'm desperate. =)

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