However, is it feasible to replace the one built into the system? This is likely beyond my skill as a hacker, but I'd still like to know if it could be done. Ideally, the screen would be replaced with the one inside the later VG Pocket systems, as these units are seriously cheap while the quality of the screens are seriously high.
While we're on the subject, is there any way to micronize a Lynx console? How large is the PCB in the system, and can it be shaved down to fit inside a smaller case? Years of puny portables like the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS have made me reluctant to go back to the not-so-good old days of big honkin' handhelds.
The Lynx deserves a better screen.
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Re: The Lynx deserves a better screen.
Already looked into this. The Lynx uses a proprietary interface for the LCD and uses an odd system of scanlines that is completely incompatible with other LCDs and TVs. The only way to do it would be to load the video data into some video ram and process it line by line to convert it into a signal that modern LCDs can read.ArugulaZ wrote:However, is it feasible to replace the one built into the system? This is likely beyond my skill as a hacker, but I'd still like to know if it could be done. Ideally, the screen would be replaced with the one inside the later VG Pocket systems, as these units are seriously cheap while the quality of the screens are seriously high.
While we're on the subject, is there any way to micronize a Lynx console? How large is the PCB in the system, and can it be shaved down to fit inside a smaller case? Years of puny portables like the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS have made me reluctant to go back to the not-so-good old days of big honkin' handhelds.
Also the lynx is as small as it can get. I've opened up both the Lynx 1 and 2 and they are both filled with electronics.
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Thanks for the information! So I guess the only options are either emulation or a Lynx on a chip, eh? I would love a Lynx emulator for the Game Boy Advance... that way, you could play all the games on a Game Boy Micro, and the chunky resolution would no longer be an issue because the screen is so small.