Game Boy LED 3mm Diffused | For Battery & Dowel

Name: Game Boy LED 3mm Diffused | For Battery & Dowel
Brand: Aliexpress
SKU: GBB1182
Price: 1.29 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.555555555555555 (9 reviews)

$1.29 USD

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Replacement battery LED for your Nintendo Game Boy DMG, Game Boy Color or Game Boy Pocket. Included resistor for better compatibility. LED plastic is slightly opaque in nature. This will help diffuse the light for fully illuminated LED.

These LEDs can be used for a variety of game consoles such as N64 and GameCube as well.

3K ohm resistor included to reduce brightness (For DMG)
Simply replace the old LED with a new one for the GBP.
Use a 3K or even 4K ohm resistor to reduce even more if you desire (DMG)
Use these LEDs for cases as well
Compatible with the DMG, GBC, and GBP.
Rainbow LED. See it in action here.
Solder Wick

Installation Instructions DMG

Open your Game Boy by removing the 6 tri-wing screws on the back panel. Also remove the Phillips head screws connecting the front PCB to the front shell. Separate the two units and locate the LED. Use a solder wick to remove the solder around the led leads. Remove the LED.

You will need to replace the "R1" resistor located near the top of the PCB. Use your soldering wick again to remove the excess solder on the front of the PCB. Replace this resistor with a 2K-3K ohm resistor to reduce the brightness of the LED. Otherwise it would be much too bright. Solder the LED and the resistor in place and you are off to the races. Close her up and enjoy.

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Blue LED - Definitely worth the effort

It goes super dim earlier than the original red LED, but it looks so much better! Installed in a gameboy color, can't say much about other models though!

GBC - Pink, easy swap

GBC, Pink (specific review to color), FP IPS, Alkaline AA and OG Pelican power supply:
On power supply, the LED is borderline too bright to play at night, i adjust my hand to cover the LED while playing. Totally fine daytime.
On AA, LED is a comfortable brightness with fresh batteries. However im still playing and the LED appears nearly off at night, resulting in unnecessary battery anxiety and frequent need to save. Ive played over an hour with nerve racking low battery LED intensity.
Really looking forward to Li battery mod + voltage regulator and capacitor refresh, and hope that helps since the batt voltage curve is different and should stay bright until nearly dead. The Li constant current AA should also be nice w this LED. Sometimes considering trying to tune with a resistor but I dont think thats the answer for pink since i experience too bright and too dim, not just one or the other.

Led broke while soldering it in.

Maybe I received a defective led? It broke with ease .

I'm sorry to hear of the issue! Please message us at support@handheldlegend.com so we may get this resolved for you.

3mm blue diffused works as intended

The only complaint I have is that it is soooo bright when you play games in the dark. Other than that it looks and works great!

Good color, but not what's pictured (blue)

I got the blue light - it works fine, and is a good level of brightness. The color is a nice blue. That being said, it is a colored light in a clear plastic housing, the housing itself is not colored like the one in the display photo! That being said, still a good light, just not exactly what I thought I was getting.