Tools of the Trade: Improve your Retro Modding Setup - hand-held-legend
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Tools of the Trade: Improve your Modding Setup

I've got the mods but not the tools. What equipment do I need to start modding? We've put together a short list of some intermediate level hardware that will help your modding setup stand out. Duri...
Website Update: Kit Construction! Changes to the Way You Can Order - hand-held-legend

Website Update: Kit Construction! Changes to the Way You Can Order

This past weekend, we made some changes to a few popular products that typically come in kits. In the past, a glass screens/lens and buttons came packaged together with a shell and/or IPS kit. Now ...
Game Boy Modding Printed Book - hand-held-legend
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Game Boy Modding Printed Book

Game Boy Modding teaches you how to purchase, refurbish, mod, and customize Nintendo Game Boys. The consoles are widely available and the customizations are affordable, requiring only limited tools...
A chat with Jellybelly Customs' Matt Whitehead - hand-held-legend
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A chat with Jellybelly Customs' Matt Whitehead

Here at Hand Held Legend we’re proud to be part of the modding community, and to count a number of other businesses - large and small - as partners and, yes, friends. One of those businesses is Jel...
What are “Newton Rings”? - hand-held-legend
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What are “Newton Rings”?

I don’t think the name is all that commonly used, but is the term that I hear most often when referring to this phenomenon… and no, this isnt an update to fig newton bars. That’s something else. Ne...
Voltage Regulators - A Primer - hand-held-legend

Voltage Regulators - A Primer

Discovery I remember it well - I was working on my first Game Boy Pocket that I successfully backlit in the sense that I got the reflector a rear polarize off of the display and hooked up everythin...
Voltage and consumption - Game Boy Advance backlit LCD comparison - hand-held-legend

Voltage and consumption - Game Boy Advance backlit LCD comparison

There are now multiple options in the market with regards to backlit LCDs for your Game Boy Advance (GBA), and while this is long overdue, and I’m glad we finally pulled up the data to share this w...
Review: 1Up Console Cleaner by Kain de Rivera (Atomik Mods) - hand-held-legend
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Review: 1Up Console Cleaner by Kain de Rivera (Atomik Mods)

“Less Cleaning, More Gaming” is Katamco’s statement, and they hold true to that. One card is enough to use on multiple consoles and many times.
Installing the PAM8302 audio amplifier in a Game Boy Advance - hand-held-legend

Installing the PAM8302 audio amplifier in a Game Boy Advance

Today we published the basic installation instructions for the PAM8302A audio amplifier into a Game Boy Advance… happy modding! Installing the PAM8302A audio amplifier in a Game Boy Advance