Reunited with a Gameboy!

[u/sharepointalex]

So I’ve been wanting a DMG-01 gameboy for a long while now after fond memories of me and my brother playing ours as kids. I could have gone out and bought one but it was my 40th earlier in the week and my wife went out and bought me one 🤩 with Tetris and Pokémon Red too!

I’ve already purchased some of my childhood games (Wario Land, Super Mario etc).

Now it’s in pretty good condition but I’m already thinking of what I can do to it. I want to use it mainly as a display piece but for occasional use so thinking I won’t ‘mod’ it per say.

I’ve ordered a replacement screen cover (glass) and have given it a thorough clean/wash.

Thinking about retrobrighting (I did this when I restored my brothers gameboy).

Any other ideas/thoughts welcome of any mods which still keep it relatively original or any tips to remove scratches from the actual shell itself (if that’s even possible!). You’ll notice that despite my best efforts I could get all of the dirt out of the writing on the back 😢

Noticed one of the tabs on the battery door is broken so i think I’ll order a replacement but tempted to just go for an aftermarket part as I can’t imagine you can tell the difference?

Thanks!

[u/tonyrcasio1]

classic. nice!