Customer Reviews

Nyko Worm Light: Atomic Purple

5 star:		(22)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

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

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!

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

I've tried just about every other light/magnafying device out there for the Gameboy and let me say that NONE of them work worth a damn. That is until the WormLight. This was my last resort for playing games with little or no light. It works excellent! Like all the lights there is some glare but it is minimal compared to the cometition and this light actually lights up the whole screen. The other lights tend to just light the sides of the screen. Bottom line, if you own a Gameboy BUY THIS LIGHT! I use it even when I'm playing in the daytime as it provides a much brighter, clearer picture.

The Nyko WormLight is a must for gameboy color users! This unique white light really brings out the colors in the games and I can't imagine ever playing without it! Great for kids,traveling in dark, and low lighted areas!

the WormLight from Nyko is pretty sweet! it plugs into the game link cable goes, and provides a bright, white light for many hours while using battery power from the system, BUT, since its leeching the life from the batteries, the effect is minimal to the batteries, i noticed that 2AA batteries provide about a game life of 20 hours, with the Nyko WormLight thats down to 19 hours! Other light accessories require there OWN power source, and last at most 10 hours for 2AA or 2AAA batteries! You cant go wrong with this Light!

This is really good accessory to have for your Game Boy. The best thing about it you don't need to buy batteries for it all the time and never have to change the light source. It lights up the face of the Game Boy in any darkness. In fact, you can also use it as a flash light. The only thing I don't like is the glare of the light on the screen, but you can change the postion to reduce the glare. Over all it's great for all Game Boy players.

This is a must have for Game Boy Color. Works great and doesn't seem to effect my battery life at all! If you are sick of twisting and turning to be able to see the screen on Game Boy Color, get this!

I bought this after reading many of the reviews. I figured if I didn't like it, I could go back to not playing in the dark. Well, it arrived, and I attached it to my GB, and there was this big glare spot right on the screen. So I did as most of the people who have reviewed this did. I moved the light around til the glare was in the black part of the screen. Well, it still didn't illuminate well enough, so I stretched it out as far as I could. Still the light was bright but didn't cover enough of the screen. The only way I found to stretch the light out far enough that it covered the screen well enough to see without the big glare spot was to untwist the cord so it was straight, then bend it where it plugged in, and at the light end. Then shift it around so the glare spot was in the black part of the screen, and, wow, it actually covered enough of the screen to see without the glare. So, I think perhaps if Nyko had put a longer cord on the thing it would work better. But, I'm happy with mine, and glad I can still play my GB in the dark. Hope this helped.

The new WormLight is pretty cool! I think it's great to have it plug into your GameBoy. It barly even wastes any of your batteries.