I fancied building a 2.42"OLED display into a Gameboy classic case.
With some cutting, hotglue, black label tape and the right lens the display looks very nice. There’s also plenty of room to put everything in neatly.
Still a work in progress. But just couldn’t wait sharing how cool it looks
Besides the Gameboy classic case (Gameboy DMG) I bought a lens and button PCB kit and some colorfull buttons. When buying a kit or lens. Make sure you get one with a small black bezel (there are lenses with a dark grey bezel too)
I’ll post more pictures here and add some details.
Yes I like translucent green
Here’s where I started. I marked the outline of the display area with a hobby knife then cut away most of the excess plastic inside the marked area with a rotary tool and used a hobby knife again to cut away the last bits for nice straight lines.
once the display fits nicely I stuck the lens onto the front using masking tape so the display can rest on it while you hotglue it securely from the inside. Make sure you add enough hotglue around the display without any air gaps /holes (this will help prevent getting dust on the display.
After the hotglue has hardened you can remove the lens again and add aome thin black tape (I used some from a label printer). After applying the tape I cut away about ~2.5mm of tape around the edges with a hobby knife. so the lens adhesive can stick to the case securely.
Oooh… I have a spare Gameboy Pocket case that would be ripe for this… Add it to the list of projects I need to build… be an awesome mod to build the flash mod into a gameboy cart too
And with this lipo in the battery compartiment (fit’s in with little modding, just remove the bottom battery ribs and spring plates), you can play for days…
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