Gameboy Color OLED Mod

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The Gameboy Color has a new (to me) mod to replace the screen with a repurposed Blackberry AMOLED screen.

Here’s the AMOLED screen kit from the Hispeedido official store on AliExpress and the Gameboy Color shell from the eXtremerate official store on AliExpress.

From my research, the shell should fit the OLED screen kit even though it says it’s cut for “IPS v2 screen kits”. This turned out not to be correct

Parts

  • Shell #1 from XtremeRate on AliExpress $20.77
  • OLED kit from Hispeedido on AliExpress $46.60
  • Shell #2 from FunnyPlaying $9.90
  • Button in three different colors $1.90 x 3 from FunnyPlaying and $8.50 for shipping (ugh)

Tutorial I used.

Gotchas

  • Screen doesn’t fit IPS shell, it has to be cast for the laminated screen
  • Screws are not the same size and if you use the wrong length you will screw right through the front plate (there are three tri head screws that are shorter and normal Philips head screws that are longer)