Talk:Afterburner (modification kit)

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Does this really count as a handheld game console? It's just a modification to a console. User:Dcomings 17:18 June 28, 2005

Trapezoid effect
Since when does the SP *not* suffer a trapezoid effect? When I played my friend's one (I have a GBA modified with this kit) I noticed it still had the same trapezoid effect, just a little less pronounced...Xmoogle 12:41, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. The SP uses a virtually identical LCD light plate as the Afterburner. I too noticed it to be exactly the same in every respect. What surprises me is that Nintendo were apparently allowed to simply use this technology without buying the idea of Triton Labs? I mean, wasn't the LCD prism foreplate patented? I seem to remember it being. I dunno, perhaps it was already invented, or Nintendo did buy the idea of Triton... 80.41.68.30 (talk) 20:33, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Nintendo didn't buy the technology from Triton Labs because they didn't invent it. They did come up with a clever use for it, though. They just had some LED / light guide combos manufactured (or found some) that were the right size and shape to fit in the GBA. Some PDAs, among other products, predating the Afterburner, used to use the same type of frontlight configuration. I have no doubt that Nintendo saw how popular the Afterburners were and factored that into their decision to add a light to the SP. It wasn't new technology, though, so they probably just bought them from a company who was already manufacturing them. Here's a patent that was filed in 2000 that mentions the technology: http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/7001060.html ScottRise (talk) 01:37, 21 October 2012 (UTC)