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

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

  2. 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!"

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

    Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
  3. 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!

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    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.

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      my sig's at the bottom of the page.