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Worth it for playing in the car at night as a kid. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]SkyB4se 7 points8 points ago

I remember how it would only light like 70% of the screen and you would get the glare of the lightbulb

[–]Narezzz 3 points4 points ago

oohhh, right in the nostalgia.

[–]cufish 1 point2 points ago

Worth it for playing at night as a kid.

[–]Corynthians 1 point2 points ago

This one was the best, except the one for the original color could light up a whole room. was technology at its best

[–]oh_i_see 1 point2 points ago

They were a bastard to play one handed tho

[–]Flameful 1 point2 points ago

I had a pink one. Perfect for playing under the covers in case my mom came to see if I actually had gone to sleep

[–]The_Mighty_Spork 1 point2 points ago

Had one of these but used it more to stay up past bedtime to play pokemon on my GBC, got sick of getting busted from the light escaping out the back of the translucent casing so coloured it in with a sharpie. Still the original GBA screens were so damn dark you just about needed one of these in the daylight half the time.

[–]Kaisen32 0 points1 point ago

I had one, But it was not made for GBA, I had to reverse the Gameboy light to work on my gba

[–]ChocalateDog 0 points1 point ago

I had a really creepy looking one for the Game Boy Color. It was like an eyeball, looked incredibly creepy.

[–]Aluwolf 0 points1 point ago

I remember those, i think I had one at one point.

[–]12dragons 0 points1 point ago

My mom got me an advance light for my gameboy color. I made it work, damnit.

[–]navigate 0 points1 point ago

No way, man! I never got one of those :( Just had to put the sucker away when there wasn't enough daylight left.
Freakin' nostalgia'd.

[–]sharpiedu 0 points1 point ago

I used to have that exact same light, until the GBA Afterburner came out. Was the best investment for my GBA ever.

http://craigerskine.com/blog/after-burner

[–]mbs0220 0 points1 point ago

I got this included with a pack full of a bunch of other accessories. It was great when it worked, but you had to get it in the perfect position for the light to work, and so help you god if there was a slight breeze around you.

[–]CosmicBard 0 points1 point ago

Let's take the screen, manufactured from a material used in riot shields of the future to deflect laser blasts, arguably the shiniest thing known to man and put a light source four inches from it.

Instant blindness.

[–]lappy482 0 points1 point ago

..or any other time of day...

[–]flapjacktime 0 points1 point ago

I feel old.

[–]Spaceosaurus 0 points1 point ago

Am i too young, or am i the only one to have an SP

[–]laikasghost -1 points0 points ago

Also for night driving!

[–]youngfreckle -1 points0 points ago

This gets posted every other day

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