1989 original GameBoy mint in box

Apologies for the photos, my phone is in for repair so have to use my tablet.

I have had this for a long time, picked it up in a charity/thrift shop probably 15 years ago, its 90% complete and 90% mint, all the paperwork bar Tetris is included (I may actually have it somewhere), the polystyrene is snapped in one place and stained from leaking batteries and its missing the top polystyrene sheet.



There is a screen fault, but I have seen these before and it should be an easy fix but didn't want top open it up as I already have two or three 1989 Game boys in use (including my own one I had in 1990)



It looks like someone had it, played once or twice (there's one or two superficial marks on the crystal and back) and they either shelved it or the fault was there and they never got around to repairing/replacing it.

I suppose its good for display or swapping the near mint 28 year old shell onto working components but I have no idea of the value. The box has two small tears and some splitting along the flap cutout.



Headphones and extension cable look like new.

The price sticker from the shop may take some effort to remove, I'm not brave enough to risk damaging the box.

Thanks in advance

 

In current condition they tend to sell around $60-$90. If you fix the screen, find the tetris paperwork, and clean up the battery leak, it'd bump it to $100-$150.

 

Many thanks!