Frontlit Gameboy Color game reading problem.

Poseidon

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I just frontlit a gameboy color for the first time today. A lot of things went wrong, but I have it mostly figured out! There's something confusing, though: some of my carts won't read. All of my Pokemon carts (except yellow?) seem to work, but Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Link's Awakening won't read. Oracle of Ages will get to the title screen with no problem, but when I press start, everything locks up. Pokemon Yellow is a similar story, but with an added error about data being destroyed or something wild like that. Link's Awakening doesn't get past the gameboy start-up animation. The screen goes white after the animation finishes, almost like the game is frozen before it even starts. That happens with Metroid 2 and Tamagotchi, too. Lsdj seems to run fine. The carts aren't the problem. They run perfectly on an SP.

What would cause this? I'm super confused.
 
You probably messed up somehow in the process of installing the front light. I would take it back apart and inspect where you solder the joints.
 
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