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How to add bigger screen on gameboy alone

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 4:04 am
by AllexSundaeArt
I don't want to to the gameboy zero, just wanting to add a bigger screen alone, could any one give me a hand or have any videos to help ?

Re: How to add bigger screen on gameboy alone

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:48 am
by LimberEight
I'm guessing you mean you'd like to add a larger screen to an original Game Boy. I'm not sure if what you're asking can be can be done. As far as I know you would need another larger screen specifically designed to only work in the original Game Boy, I've never seen one, and I don't a generic one would work. Please if anyone disagrees me, let me know.

Re: How to add bigger screen on gameboy alone

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:46 am
by Camble
99% sure this is impossible. The resolution is fixed. Even if you were able to somehow get a larger screen to work, the resolution would be exactly the same, just with larger pixels.

Re: How to add bigger screen on gameboy alone

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 1:54 pm
by AllexSundaeArt
I mean like, instead of adding them extra buttons etc just adding the screen and noting more ? :)

Thankyou for posting though, it was helpful

Re: How to add bigger screen on gameboy alone

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:19 am
by Camble
You don't have to add extra buttons for the Gameboy Zero, and you could just run GB games on it.

Re: How to add bigger screen on gameboy alone

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 3:48 am
by abrugsch
Yeah, kitchbent made the original 2 button dmg common ground panel but most people doing this mod want to play either snes or gba games (or genesis/megadrive) so need extra buttons. But if you only want to play emulators that only need one or 2 buttons, just don't do those bits. Gameboy zero is not a mandate that you have to do exactly as wermy did... It's your project, do exactly what you want :)

Re: How to add bigger screen on gameboy alone

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 4:57 am
by FreddySalted
VGA mods exist for the original hardware. you could try to fit this with a VGA capable screen inside the original case, But the new screen would take up a lot more space than the original

http://bennvenn.myshopify.com/products/ ... r-your-dmg

Re: How to add bigger screen on gameboy alone

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 12:56 pm
by abrugsch
Ooh... I knew vga out ha been sussed. I didn't know anyone was doing a board for it....
Nice!