CGB Front-lighting - "101" (Kitsch-bent / LOCA) mod

[sweis12]

I'm actually curious about the properties of these front lit glass screens for the sake of doing this to some non gameboy consoles which have a different screen size.

Do the glass diffusers have any special surface properties, or are they just plain old glass? How are the led edge lights adhered to the glass? Any other considerations that go into their construction?

Game boy, gameboy pocket, and gameboy advance all have backlight kits avalible, witch is alot better than frontlight.

 

[rad3ds]

Game boy, gameboy pocket, and gameboy advance all have backlight kits avalible, witch is alot better than frontlight.

by non gameboy consoles I mean like, wonderswan and neo geo pocket

 

[Nusdogg]

by non gameboy consoles I mean like, wonderswan and neo geo pocket

I think you're better off with a broken GBASP AGS001 front light.

 

[rad3ds]

I think you're better off with a broken GBASP AGS001 front light.

I suppose I could pull the frontight out of one and cut it apart to determine the answer to the question I asked. Could probably stand to do the same to a GBC kit as comparison, for science.

 

[Nusdogg]

Anybody experience there loca spider webbing on the front screen yet? Mine did after two weeks. I think the pressure is way too great cause the front light panel to flex and detaching itself causing spider webs all over. I noticed that there's a crack on the upper left hand corner. Definitely too thick. I'm in the process of letting it cure with a new light panel. Cleaning the screen is PITA since it won't be nice and oil free which then will cause black smudges on the screen when turn on.

EDITED: Alright, here's the AFTER. Had to re-do the front light along with a new black transparent shell. Pretty sick. Less bubbles and came out much cleaner! It's much more crisp in person, my DSLR isn't cooperating with the LCD/Light panel.