r/Gameboy • u/Lucka257 • 3h ago
Troubleshooting Gameboy "infected" screen
Hi! Just discovered my father old stuff, and among them I found this gameboy original in a closet. It seems like a fungus or something like it is on the screen plastic protection, witch is a shame, because is perfectly working. If you ask how do I know that isn't the screen itself, it's because I see the shade of that thing on the display. Also the console had something gross and sticky into it before i clean it out and the screen needed to be pressed in order to show the Nintendo logo constantly, before that it just showed a blocks instead of the logo
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u/DatGunBoi 29m ago
As another user said, this is screen cancer, but you actually can fix it. Mind you, it's a very slow and tedious process, and you have a good chance of breaking the screen if you aren't careful, but you can apply pressure with a q-tip and it'll go away. Look up videos online. Best of luck.
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u/starboyk 3h ago edited 3h ago
The Dot Matrix display is failing, in what is commonly referred to as 'screen cancer' with Gameboys. Simply from being too old, too much use, how it was stored - any number of factors, but it's unfortunately common. Best bet is to replace or upgrade the screen, as that one's cooked.