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Sticky greasy mark... I'd have to see it. Can't imagine what that would be. You should always start with the least destructive solutions and work your way up. As a rule of thumb, acetone has no place anywhere near a Gameboy. Case in point:

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acetone...

well, i tried.

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(18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Psynaptik wrote:

Tacky plastic stuff, like Blu-Tack or Pritt-Tack?

And I thought that alcohol would completely evaporate?

No, it's more like packing tape, but it doesn't leave any residue. It's designed for cleaning LCDs. The plastic film from backlights or screen covers will work similarly.

In theory is should completely evaporate, but it often leaves residue. It's just not the right solution for cleaning dry debris from an LCD.

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I use tacky plastic stuff to clean debris from LCDs. It's similar material to what you'd remove from a screen cover.

When the adhesive dries up on screen covers, it tends to leave dried glue particles on the LCD. Just try wiping it off, there's no reason to start with rubbing alcohol, it probably won't damage the screen but it will leave residue.

The original team from the 2012 Christmas Card is back at it with a 2016 version!

Coded by nitro2k01, art from UltraMega, label design by KeFF, and music from Nordloef, this ROM features three different scenes with newly arranged music. On top of that, we’ve recreated the scene from our 2012 release as an homage, and included a song that didn’t make it on the ROM in 2012.

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It'll work, yeah.

I can build you an adapter if you'd like. Or if you have soldering skills I made a tutorial: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-PS2 … -Game-Boy/

I think most guitar pedals are DC, but make sure you don't mix up AC and DC adapters. Things can go very wrong.

Again, that's not going to work.

No, don't do that.

You could get one of those 12v to 3v car adapters for the gameboy color and mod it. Wouldn't even require opening the gameboy.

A 7805 won't power a gameboy alone. You could just do this externally and use the stock regulator.

Just get LSDj and a gameboy. After you make the music, you'll find ways to introduce additional gear to your set up.  I know that's not the answer you want to hear, but if you worry too much about your gear at this point, you'll get nowhere. Some of the best chiptune artists out there tend to be the ones that just slap a nuby light on an unmodified gameboy.

If anything, get an arduinoboy, as it will actually be instrumental to producing better music. You can easily integrate a guitar hero controller, or what have you with it later on if you don't find it to be impractical having an oversized controller with just a few momentary switches.

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I like the molded cartridge shell with the "partial" front. Did you create any indents in the back for thru hole components like the ones Nintendo used for their prototypes?

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