Plus I even redid it hoping something would change, but no. Obviously it wasn't an install issue, since there is really no way to mess up. So I take it out of the box, and in about 5 minutes with no real problems except trying to remove some of the extra gunk from the screen protector, it is mounted and tada ready to try it out!ĭamn, this sucks! First of all, all the colors are washed out and although the screen may be brighter it is just as hard to see as playing in the dark because details and color basically fade away! Besides this something is messed up with the screen, it has some weird angle that you can see lines or a pixelated something.hard to explain, but frankly the image just isn't clear. Shipping was fast, 3 days later it is at my doorstep. Figured, not bad for something that should make the GBA the equivalent as the SP by adding a 3rd party front-light and also allow me to stay faithful to my 8 year old system which has been hardly used. I found one, even in my systems color, for $23 and with shipping coming to $29 (I know I could have just purchased a used Gameboy Advance SP **punches self in face**). So I tried to find a place to buy it, and of course there is no other than eBay. From reviews from notable places such as were saying the Halo Light designed by Innovation was the next best thing, plus it is a snap to install. So I decided to search around for the next alternative. I found that the Afterburner Kit made by Triton Labs was the best choice, unfortunately I could not find one nor a Gameboy advance that is modded with one. I searched the internet for what was considered the best light for the GBA since I wanted to take it with me to Japan considering I can also play Japanese cartridges in my American GBA since there is no region coding. In a sense it is my stubbornness that got the best of me and wanted me to keep my original GBA instead of trading it in for the GBA SP. Little did I know that the SP version with a built in front-light would come out less than 2 years later. So you may be asking, why am I reviewing a light kit in 2009 for for a game system (Gameboy Advance) that was released all the way back in 2001, especially with the release of the Gameboy Advance SP or even more noteworthy the Nintendo DS? The reason is because I pre-ordered my my regular GBA so that I would finally have a new system when it was just released so that I could get years of updated enjoyable play. I am going to review the Halo Light designed by Innovation.

So I am going to post something on the geekier side of things, which really has very little to do with Japan.

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