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Gameboy Advance Frontlight Success

Posted by Hemos on from the moving-ahead dept.

skirch writes: "Remember Portablemonopoly.com? Well, Adam finally has a great working prototype (with some great pics) that he was able to hack together for about $30. Not that $30 is bad, but he mentions a possible group order, and I'm sure that would bring the price down quite a bit. He estimates that it will only diminish the GBA's battery life by 25-30%. Original Slashdot post."

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  1. Goddamn, I think I was robbed... by Eso · · Score: 0, Funny

    I would probably be gloating with champagne right now, but the stupid thing made me wait 20 seconds...

    Sort this, file that... I'll make 'em all pay.

  2. Portable Monopoly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought that was Windows CE? Have I been misinformed?

  3. Amazing... by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 5, Funny

    The amazing thing is that no matter where I use my GBA it's too dark...

    ...except at work.

    The lighting conditions are just perfect in my work-cell and it seems that's the only place I'm able to get any quality GBA time in.

    "...but boss! I just can't see the screen at home or in the break room!"

    --

    "Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"

    Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
  4. Yep, the only bad thing about the GBA.. by ikekrull · · Score: 4, Funny

    is that you can't play it in bed without having the light on, making your girlfriend mad.

    This hack has the potential to restore my relationship to pre-GBA goodness!

    --
    I gots ta ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long
    1. Re:Yep, the only bad thing about the GBA.. by ameoba · · Score: 5, Funny

      As long as you let her play with her battery operated toys, she's out of line complaining in the first place.

      --
      my sig's at the bottom of the page.
  5. GBA lighting by Plessiez · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm lucky that I ride the tube in London (the metro, for you yanks) every day to work. This gives me about 45 minutes to play Castlevania in perfect lighting conditions and then switch off and lose all my progress because I can't find a save room.

    The only other place I've found the lighting conditions to be good was a carpark in Texas at midday. With the sun directly overhead the screen looks great! Unfortunately after a few days of this my pasty english skin burnt to an unhealthy red, my girlfriend was irritated and wouldn't take me out in public for a week.

    1. Re:GBA lighting by iCEBaLM · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm lucky that I ride the tube in London (the metro, for you yanks)

      You mean the subway perhaps?

      -- iCEBaLM