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Nintendo — Game Boy

Nintendo Game Boy DMG-01 Retrobriting (First Try)

July 17, 20221 thread~1 min readSuccessful repair
Yellowed shell
Retrobrite

My first experiment with the retrobriting method on a Nintendo Game Boy DMG-01. Not a perfect result, but a genuine improvement on the yellowed shell.

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Not perfect but much improved, a good first experiment. Thank you @A3rgan for sharing the method and giving me pointers. Much appreciated! 👍#RETROGAMING #retrobrighting

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