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This is great to see more resources being made for the Playdate. It is such a fun little console and the games made for it are such a breath of fresh air

I hope Panic is able to either retrofit or make a v2 with a backlight. I realized how low the contrast on the screen was after my cataract surgery and seeing details in some of the games becomes near impossible in less-than-ideal conditions.

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The Sharp Memory LCD screen is opaque, unlike most other LCDs, so can't work with a backlight. It could work with a front/edge light but the results are not what you'd hope for.

How does the screen compare to the original Game Boy, or even the Game Boy Pocket?

Much much better than both.

As far as I can tell it works if you've got basically any amount of light at all, though it might involve tipping the display around until you catch a reflection at the right angle. It's more E-paper-y in looks than LCD-y, though the reflectivity is fairly unique.

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