10th June 2013, 6:50 AM
I was forced to replace my DS Lite. Well, not "forced" exactly. However, super glue just didn't do the trick. The hinge is now attached slightly off from where it was, and as a result the R button no longer works. I found a very cheap replacement (the red and black model) and it was in incredible condition. It was covered in my little pony stickers, but fortunately they were easy to remove and appear to have protected the casing very well. The system's serial number hadn't even been registered yet, so that was a free chunk of Nintendo Club coins (plus protection, in case I ever get my DS Lite stolen I can prove it is mine using the serial number). The screen is scratch-free, and there are NO cracks along the connecting edge, anywhere to be seen. The hinge flows nice and smooth with no "shakiness" from side to side. I transferred my wireless settings to my 3DS for safe keeping so they're all restored at this point. I'll need to be extremely careful with this replacement, as there are only so many DS Lites in the world to replace these things with. I intend to very gently open the lid from this point forward, and never bend it "further back" than that top "click" position. That should preserve it pretty well. It is a shame the hinge wasn't built to the standards of the GBA SP's hinge, but fortunately Nintendo learned their lesson with the hinge design on the 3DS, as it seems very robust in comparison.
My "brick boy" is still in flawless condition, in the ol' black and white. Well, black and... anything ranging from pale yellow to green, depending on the contrast setting, but generally we all just thought of it as black and white, and it became just that on the Gameboy Pocket.
My "brick boy" is still in flawless condition, in the ol' black and white. Well, black and... anything ranging from pale yellow to green, depending on the contrast setting, but generally we all just thought of it as black and white, and it became just that on the Gameboy Pocket.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)