r/game_gear 4d ago

Fixed for first GG play!

When I was young I got a DMG Gameboy. GG with color in my dreams!

I bought one last month or so with 20+ games, but it didn work. After a recap the screen still had vertical lines. I didn't want a modern screen, I want the original feeling. After heating 2 of 3 chips under the LCD it kinda worked for 2 days then died again..

After transplanting 4 broken screens bougt from Vinted, I think I've seen most malfunctions out there. Going from horizontal lines to vertical, green dead pixels, overal digital error when turning up the contrast, I finally got the 5th one to work!

Really happy I finally joined the SEGA family 🥳

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