officially beyond the point of no return with the game boy backlight mod 😱 hopefully I can safely get it the rest of the way!

...close! (Running it open so I can clean the display layers thoroughly)

ok cleaning the screen is a *huge* pain, but I’ve got it assembled, at least!

and yes, it looks like if I want the backlight and flash cart I’m going to have to add an extra power regulator because Nintendo’s wasn’t powerful enough! Fun!

...either that or the documented solder point for the backlight is wrong, hmm

gotta say, much as the company I got this from has good hardware, their instructions are abysmal

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