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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Brandonh1091 on May 15, 2010, 06:29:09 PM

Title: Little help with some original gameboy accessories...
Post by: Brandonh1091 on May 15, 2010, 06:29:09 PM
Decided to take a trip to the local swap meet here in South Carolina this morning hoping to find treasure of some sort, and sure enough, I came across a few really awesome things. Aside from scoring a copy of Adventure Island for the NES for $3, I came across this one guy just as he was packing up who had a pile of Original Gameboy accessories, which he let me have for $2.

Namely this:

(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6028/dscn1392j.jpg)

Really excited about this one. The cool thing is, it looks like it was never really used. Package has a few creases here and there but as far as everything else goes, it's in perfect shape. Even the little cleaning pads are still in the cellophane wrap.

(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1861/dscn1393og.jpg)

Then there was this, which I know is an original gameboy adapter, lol, a little bulky and inconvenient by today's standards I guess.

(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7387/dscn1390k.jpg)

I'm assuming I need this cable to actually charge the thing, which I'm sure I can net on Ebay or something.

(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9977/dscn1391d.jpg)

Then there's this...and this is the one that's got me really confused:

(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1052/dscn1387b.jpg)

It looks to me like a generic (probably 3rd party) version of the Light Boy accessory, but I can't find this particular model anywhere online. There's a little switch on the top right corner which I assume controls the two small light bulbs along the inside, but even after inserting 2 AA batteries, it doesn't light up. What's really got me confused though is this:

(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9886/dscn1389d.jpg)

Obviously this is meant to plug into something, but there's no where on the Gameboy itself that it can even plug into, so I'm not sure if I'm missing a piece or what.

Anyways, yeah...if anyone happens to have this kind of magnifier, any help would definitely be appreciated. This things got me stumped lol.

Title: Re: Little help with some original gameboy accessories...
Post by: ShoothimNow on May 15, 2010, 11:09:05 PM
I have that same cleaning kit (without the box) and that same original gameboy charger =D.  all found in salvation armies =D
Title: Re: Little help with some original gameboy accessories...
Post by: shenske on May 16, 2010, 12:38:58 AM
go ahead and scan in the cleaning kit and we'll see what we can do  :)
(600dpi descreened / derasterized please)
Title: Re: Little help with some original gameboy accessories...
Post by: UncleBob on May 16, 2010, 01:36:48 AM
There were approximately 9 million different light/magnification accessories for the original Game Boy.  :)
Title: Re: Little help with some original gameboy accessories...
Post by: Arseen on May 16, 2010, 04:01:54 AM
I'm assuming I need this cable to actually charge the thing, which I'm sure I can net on Ebay or something.

(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9977/dscn1391d.jpg)

I think, altough I'm not 100% sure, that all you need is that generic power cable, which other end looks bit like figure eight. you know the one that comes with PS, PS2, PS3 Slim, radios...
Title: Re: Little help with some original gameboy accessories...
Post by: Brandonh1091 on May 16, 2010, 10:13:12 AM
I'm assuming I need this cable to actually charge the thing, which I'm sure I can net on Ebay or something.

(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/9977/dscn1391d.jpg)

I think, altough I'm not 100% sure, that all you need is that generic power cable, which other end looks bit like figure eight. you know the one that comes with PS, PS2, PS3 Slim, radios...

Ah-ha! Yep, I think you're right. I'll definitely check that later on today, but I'm almost 100% sure you're right on that one.

go ahead and scan in the cleaning kit and we'll see what we can do  :)
(600dpi descreened / derasterized please)

Will do. I looked around yesterday to see if anyone else had already made a UGC cover for the kit, but couldn't find one, so I was planning on scanning it sooner or later anyways. I'll probably do that later this evening when I get home.
Title: Re: Little help with some original gameboy accessories...
Post by: Brandonh1091 on May 16, 2010, 10:16:17 AM
By the way, opened up the generic light boy yesterday and found the problem: one of the negative wires going from the batteries to the bulbs themselves somehow got cut/pinched/whatever in half so yeah, heh, might be a lost cause.
Title: Re: Little help with some original gameboy accessories...
Post by: juan0tron on May 16, 2010, 04:05:28 PM
By the way, opened up the generic light boy yesterday and found the problem: one of the negative wires going from the batteries to the bulbs themselves somehow got cut/pinched/whatever in half so yeah, heh, might be a lost cause.

ITS NEVER LOST. USE THAT SOLDERING IRON RAAAH