back light not working

[brycain]

hi folks, i got my son a GBA at a boot sale, it appears that the screen back light is not working, any advice where to get thm from and step by step guide on how i to install them would be great.
cheers
bry

[admin]

Is this a standard GBA or a GBA sp? There was no backlight included in the original GBA. I am not sure if that guy who made afterburners still sells them. I installed an afterburner on my original GBA and remember that the instructions were easy to follow, but actually carrying out the installation was a bit fiddly.

[brycain]

Hi, the console I have is GBA original and the screen is quite dark, in sun light its ok to play but in low light indoors it is difficult to use, how can I sort this out please??:confused:

cheers

[admin]

You would need to get an afterburner then... if they still make them. Does anyone else know?

To be honest your best bet would be to sell the GBA and buy a GBA SP instead, which comes with a backlight (some decent deals on Ebay for these).

[Sir Mix a-lot]

YEAH YOUR RIGHT ADMIN.

GBA sp is really different to standard GBA. It is much better than the standard one.
You can also play all games so it's good.

lol

what's the next rank admin?

[starscream_85]

i agree, the GBA sp is miles better than the 1st GBA, mainly due to the backlight on the sp which was sadly lacking on the 1st GBA, plus the flip up design protects the screen from doing that whole "black blob" effect when the screen gets cracked one too many times, since that happened to me gameboy colour.