Nyko Worm Light: Atomic Purple

by Nyko

Product Features

• Uses Gameboy power, no batteries needed!
• Light up your Gameboy advance screen for play in the dark
• Bendable to any position

Product Details

• ASIN: B00002SX0E
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,492 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Plugs into Ext port on Gamboe advance and provides power for playing in the dark.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

93 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product! A must have for everyone., February 2, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nyko Worm Light: Atomic Purple (Video Game)

All of my three boys have a Game Boy Color, and lighting was a major problem in the G.B.C until this revolutionary product came out. It does have a slight reflection in the screen, but what light doesn't? Besides, you can adjust the light, so that the reflection is in the black part of the screen.

Making a light that does not need batteries or ext. power was ingenious! Even though this product uses power from the Game Boy Color's acessary port, I have noticed hardly any difference in battery consumption because of it's relatively small light bulb.

ABSOLUTELY A GREAT PRODUCT

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a dad who helps my son play his Gameboy, September 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Nyko Worm Light: Atomic Purple (Video Game)

After reading many reviews about this light (both pro and con), I have to say that I agree with both sides! The light works very well for lighting the screen, providing it is adjusted properly! It does give off of an extremely annoying glare, as other reviewers have complained about.

However, I took a tip from another reviewer and stretched out the neck about 70% so that it's not quite straight, but still has slight twists in the neck. This adjustment basically about doubled the distance of the light from the screen. Be very careful when doing this because the neck appears to be rather flimsy and might break under rough adjustments.

Now that the light covers the whole screen area, I tilted the neck/light head toward the top of the Gameboy, so that the bright glare spot appears in the black border area of the screen. The final step is to tilt the actual light a bit toward the bottom of the Gameboy so that the light covers the entire screen. Voila, now you have a very good amount of light illuminating the Gameboy screen, and the annoying glare is at the top black border and doesn't interfere with the playing area.

All in all, a good product, but could be designed a bit better/tougher. BTW.... We noticed maybe 20% more battery loss during a week of typical use. Not bad considering that the usual magnifying light units eat AAA's like there is no tomorrow!

59 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good accessory, November 19, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nyko Worm Light: Atomic Purple (Video Game)

The worm light is a very good accessory due to fact that no unecessary shadows are cast over the game boy screen. This device also uses the game link port on the game boy color so extra batteries are not needed. I can fit the worm light into my gameboy case without a problem because it is so compact. To all parents that are looking for something for their childs game boy, buy this because it is convenient for them and it is not budget busting either