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Game Boy Color Front Housing Replacement

Device	Game Boy Color
Difficulty	Moderate
Time	5 - 10 minutes
Steps	11

This guide is by Angela Yoeurng on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

Is the outside shell of your Game Boy cracked, damaged, or you're just getting sick of your old housing? This guide outlines how to get down to the front housing so you can swap it out!

Tools: Phillips #1 Screwdriver; Spudger; Tri-point Y0 Screwdriver; Tweezers

Step 1

• Locate the battery compartment on the back of the Game Boy Color.
• Push down on the tab and hinge the cover downwards and outwards to remove the battery cover.

Step 2

• Remove the batteries from the battery compartment.

Step 3

• Using a Y1 screwdriver, remove the six screws on the back of the device as pictured. The bottom two screws are located inside of the battery compartment.

Step 4