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The Game Boy released on April 21, 1989 in Japan, followed by North America on July 31, 1989, and lastly in Europe on September 28, 1990. It is characterized by a large grey casing and model number DMG-01.

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Scrambled Nintendo logo on start up, working cart reader(?) and game.

I have a classic gameboy which I am trying to restore and I cant find the solution elsewhere online. When I insert a game it displays a scrambled Nintendo logo. At first I thought it may be a bad cart reader so i took a working game and soldered it directly too the DMG mobo and still the same problem. There are no shorts in the cart reader and the game is still fully functional. As well no visible damage to caps or resistors. Any ideas?

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The problem seems to be corrosion on the inside. Have you ever dropped it in water?

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Nope, no signs of liquid damage

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