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Bivert Board for Game Boy

Bivert Board for Game Boy

by Retro Modding
$4.99 - $5.99
$4.99
$5.99
$4.19 - $5.99
$5.99

This custom PCB is the simplest and most effective way to bivert an original Nintendo Game Boy. Backlighting the Game Boy's dot matrix LCD descreases the perceived contrast of the image. To improve its contrast and clarity, we invert the image twice: once by rotating the polarized film 90 degrees and once by installing this board. This process is known as biverting.

Our V2 now boasts a more compact footprint! At nearly half the size of the original board, it's never been easier to bivert your DMG. 

Features

  • Completely wireless installation
  • Optimized circuit for minimal signal loss and interference
  • Cleaner results than using a bivert chip
  • V2's smaller footprint simplifies installation

Included

  • 1 x Game Boy Bivert Board

Notes

  • This product is intended for use in the original Game Boy (DMG and PIL)
  • Installing this PBC is only one part of the bivert process. Please ensure that you also rotate the polarized film that came with your backlight by 90 degrees
  • Biverting your Game Boy will make the image more difficult to see in full daylight but results in a dramatic improvement in dimmer light situations
  • The bivert board V2 (compact) has undergone a couple of design revisions. Please note that the product you receive may look slightly different from the one pictured
  • Installing the bivert option for IPS displays will not improve contrast and clarity but only invert the colors.

Change Log

2019-08-28: Uploaded photo of the V2 board; added note about aesthetic differences between revisions 

  • 5 stars: 21 (84%)
  • 4 stars: 3 (12%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 1 (4%)
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Spencer Sherman
Works great!

Bivert board was super easy to install, love the new compact design! Works flawlessly too, no issues with it whatsoever.

Spencer Sherman review photo
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Jackson
Good Quality, but confused on how to install

I got the compact bivert board and I don’t know how to install. Help!!!

Jackson review photo
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Richard Sturz III

Looked and worked great!

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Jeremiah

Shipped relatively fast and the chip was easy enough to install.
The GameBoy is working fine now. :)

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Davide De Lorenzi
very fast

it was really easier than i thought, i recommend

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Aaron Ruff
Easy, even for a beginner!

Great product! I installed it along with a backlight mod on a DMG. One point of feedback is the tutorial for the backlight was easy to find and use. I could not easily find a tutorial for V2 of the bivert chip and ended up having to look on YouTube and still just had to make due with a tutorial for V1 and figure it out on my own. As a beginner, I was able to figure it out, but it was a bit of a process. I could have just missed it too, but giving an updated tutorial would be great.

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Kenneth D.
Great result, tedious to install

Definitely watch a video beforehand. I'm a beginner modder and I bought this along with a backlight. It took me probably 11 hours to get everything together. I ended up uninstalling the bivert mod and reinstalling it because I thought it wasn't working; turns out my GB is just very sensitive pressure wise and I needed to screw it together in just the right spots...probably related to the ribbon cable or something. AFAICT, this board largely works the same as the original one except you don't need to solder a ground wire in.

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Ricardo V.

Game Boy Bivert Board

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Marie-Claire Blais
Excellent bivert board

Compact and not hard to install. I would buy this bivert over the bigger version for sure!

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oldcontrols
No Installation Instructions

Ordered a Game Boy Bivert Board and received it without any form of instillation instructions or any link to where to go for it. message sent to [****] was ignored.

Hi there,

Thank you for this honest review. We are sorry for the issues with the screen.
As for the emails, it seems like you did not write to the correct email address, as we are RetroModding and not RetroMolding. If you sent us an email at support@retromodding.com, we will be glad to help you out.

The RM Team

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Glitch Solution
have not installed

Item came as discribed and early. I have not installed the board yet so I have no referance to give any more info.

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Deleted user
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Lucia Laborde
Excellent

Great compact design. Works as intended, and installation is super easy.

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Aaron Aaron Gilliard
Bivert goodness

I had used this on a red backlight for the DMG and boy do I recommend it. At least for that colour of backlight

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Andrew Rea
Bivert V2 chip

Love it! Installation was easy, fit perfect, with a few small solder points, very unintrusive to the board overall! And can't beat the price! Very happy 🙂

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DEVIN DERNOVISH
Bivert Board

Much better to install compared to the bigger boards. Easy install great upgrade

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Francois Cholette-Brousseau

Game Boy Bivert Board

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Athan
Game Boy Bivert Board (compact)

Got the compact V2, works great and takes up almost no space, but in my opinion it's not the easiest piece of soldering, I would recommend the V1 if you don't have some experience with an iron

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Jonathan McDowall
Small and easy

Easy soldering

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Z.C.
Nice

Very small board. Works great.

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R.M.
Simple installation

Works as it should. If you installed the HHL bivert chip, this has the exact same installation.

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Ness
Sweet

Good products as always

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Pat McCann
Easy Install

Nice compact board that fits in the shell with ease!

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Sam
Great Product

This mod layout is nice, it slots in to the DMG well. I believe only the V2 is offered at this point.

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Nicco
Crisp image post-bivert!

The bivert mod really does a lot to improve the image in a DMG that has been backlit, and this chip does exactly what it says it does!