Uploaded February 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Continuing my mission to backlight everything and anything! xD This time it's an original Nintendo DMG GameBoy being retrofitted with a modern backlight kit. These kits have been around for a while so I decided to give them a shot. The results are very impressive!!

This video is more of an overview to give an idea of the process involved. It is not intended as a tutorial, instructional or a how-to video. The individual sellers of these kits will no doubt provide you with instructions specific to their kits. The one I'm using is the V4 kit which uses 4 LEDs and requires only 2 wires to be soldered. If you search ebay for DMG Backlight Kit I'm sure you'll find several auctions for the parts you'll need.

Thanks for watching!