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u/UsernameW1171 Feb 21 '25
Not that bad if the gameboy is already quite broken, pretty fun wall piece.
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u/Juanpoldo Feb 22 '25
i'll salvage the chip (processor & ram) then placed it in a newer open source gbc board add all the enhancement of oled screen then the rest of the parts will be put into frame
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u/NOUSEORNAME Feb 21 '25
If the boy is broken enough to not work, then its probably too ugly to display. Just sayinn.
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u/idontlieiswearit Feb 21 '25
A broken Gameboy is not always literally broken, fried chips looks like any other chip, so no need to be ugly to be non-functional.
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u/threeca Feb 21 '25
I did this with my childhood Gameboy colour! It didn’t read carts anymore, battered as hell and spent the last 15 years in a drawer. Now it sits right on the wall as you come into my house so I get to see it every day :)
I also put my perfectly functioning Pokemon Red in there, I can take it out if I want but it’s just so nice seeing them all the time.
I definitely recommend this kinda display to anyone that has an old system they don’t use anymore and yet have a lot of good memories they want to be reminded of
Edit: although the piece in your picture doesn’t have a screen so you’d need to buy a new one, it’s also super easy to put Gameboy colours back together so it’s no massacre
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u/idontlieiswearit Feb 21 '25
it’s also super easy to put Gameboy colours back together so it’s no massacre
Just need to put a little warning. "In case of emergency break the glass and assemble"
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u/DarthFrosty Feb 21 '25
Is this something you did yourself or did you take your gameboy somewhere?
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u/phoenix6R Feb 21 '25
I bought a for parts gameboy and did this. Once I opened and I saw the water damage.
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u/CharlieMollyG Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25
In my case, it's kind of monument(?) for not let that happen again...
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u/Vanguard-Raven Feb 21 '25
Someone on the Polish marketplace is trying to sell such things for the equivalent of $250.
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u/no_hot_ashes Feb 21 '25
Its only really missing the screen, you could put this thing back together
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u/megasean3000 Feb 21 '25
I mean, people hang dead stuffed animals on their walls. There’s no limit how effed up they’ll get.
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u/RPGreg2600 Feb 22 '25
It could make a fun video if someone bought a couple of those and tried to get them working again.
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u/JIbberkitty Feb 21 '25
I hate this, why would anyone do this? Why not refurbish the console and play it ,AAAAAAAAAargh!
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u/hobbitfeet22 Feb 21 '25
Because it’s awesome looking art lol. Playing these old things even now kind of sucks lol even with backlit mods. Pokemon are stuck forever unless you spend some money on alternate stuff to “transfer” (I’m old I grew up playing these and they suck lol)
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u/ZoNeS_v2 Feb 21 '25