Minor tip, if you rename you GBI dol file to a letter like "A", holding that button will boot directly into GBI when you open your GC

Fun fact: the GBA "emulator" for the 3DS ambassadors isn't actually an emulator. Technically it's native because it's playing the games using the built in DS hardware, which contains GBA components. Despite the DSi and 3DS not having GBA cartridge ports, they are fully capable of playing digital GBA games natively with either the ambassador games on 3DS or homebrew applications. It's similar to GameCube compatibility on the Wii U in that way.

@seseiSeki

Жыл бұрын

There's also been efforts to make a DS(i) homebrew that acts as a hypervisor for playing GBA games! Looking forward to further gbarunner2 development '*-*

@MisterSheeple

Жыл бұрын

@@seseiSeki yes, this is what I was referring to when I said homebrew applications! On the 3DS, it's usually better to use GBA Virtual Console injects as those have higher compatibility (native), but gbarunner2 is a good option for DS(i) users!

@SuperPaperPokemon

Жыл бұрын

It's quite amazing! Thanks to that I've been able to play Metroid Fusion when I would otherwise have not, since I don't own a Wii U!

@JeskidoYT

Жыл бұрын

What about the Gameboy Advance Pro Ultra handheld support for the New 3DS XL Remix feat. Dante console?

@LennyQUMFIF

Жыл бұрын

How does that work on the DS? I heard that the Wii has an Overclocked GameCube CPU and GPU (same on Wii U, Overclocked Wii CPU, and a dedicated Wii GPU, so basically just overclocking) Is the DS just an Overclocked GBA? Hell is the 3ds an Overclocked DS?

I can’t express how helpful this is. My fiancé was given a GameCube with a game boy player, and we’ve been looking for the disc forever. This is amazing!

@Fools_Requiem

7 ай бұрын

this just makes your Game Boy Player useless, though. You basically replace your GBP with an SD reader....

@JohnnyG10178

4 ай бұрын

@@Fools_Requiem Comprehension is tough I know....I suggest you rewatch the video and pay attention this time.

@anzyjupiter7474

Ай бұрын

It still uses the Gameboy player. The SD card is just for the software. That’s why he said the disc was useless. The Gameboy player is still needed, as the sd card he was using wasn’t emulating these games, it was just using homebrew software. @Fools_Requiem

Note that at 5:59 it's supposed to say "Restore", not "Backup". I spent a good amount of time thinking I did something wrong because it showed me the gamecube memory card's contents instead of the SD contents. It wasn't until I read the screen at that point in the video that I realized Jon gave the wrong instruction.

@KevinRuettiger

Жыл бұрын

Same. Upvoted.

@dragon1130

3 ай бұрын

This comment needs to be pined

This is insanely good timing. I literally bought a GB Player and Platinum Picoboot GameCube just last night.

@herrzeiens3503

Жыл бұрын

He knew. He Watches you all the Time. He is just Watching all of us. Smiling

@GVG

Жыл бұрын

it's true

@psharpe5904

Жыл бұрын

Eep. My model lacks the serial port 2. :/

@psharpe5904

Жыл бұрын

@@herrzeiens3503 Sometimes he whispers to me in that deep voice....

@ZipplyZane

Жыл бұрын

@@psharpe5904 I would hope there's another method to mod those without that slot, but I didn't find one with a quick check on Google. Maybe something involving the memory card slots?

You don't need an expensive game disk for swiss anymore! A raspberry pi pico with picoboot works wonderfully. Also, the SP2SD2 has a v2 for like $2 more where the sd slot is at a 90° angle and accessible from the side of your console. No need to take off the GBA player to make SD card changes.

@TheGreatProphecy

Жыл бұрын

IF you can, and want to do a small amount of soldering. I can microsolder, as it is my job, but I don't want to mod my console like that.

@MagisterHamid

Жыл бұрын

This. This is the real deal. Best possible mod to get.

@pikabluowner

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@MagisterHamidcheck out the kunai mod for GameCube 👌

@DarkSabrewulf123602

5 ай бұрын

​@@pikabluownerGC Loader is still the best mod for GC good luck finding a chip though

I just did set this up a month ago to play GBA on my CRT in 240p. It is so amazing and beautiful. I can vouch this video would have been really helpful.

@sIacker

Жыл бұрын

How do you scale the player so that it fits your crt? Mine has a lot of empty space, I could adjust my crts scan settings but it'd be a pain to set just for gameboy games

As someone who lost that disc a long time ago but still has the player this is pretty tempting to get

@anzyjupiter7474

Ай бұрын

If you haven’t, I 100% recommend it. Also if you’re willing to do a little soldering, I’d recommend installing a raspberry pi pico, and setting GBI as an option to boot directly into while holding a button (say, B). Also, if you’re using a GameCube on a newer TV, I’d get a Carby, and/or an upscaler. Gameboy on a TV has never looked better ime.

Not every cube has SP2. I bought one and I was like, well that sucks. I'm all good now though! Lots of options.

@ronno_jonno

3 ай бұрын

Yeah mine doesn’t, what did you do instead?

The reason there was a dark filter is because games at the time typically were designed to be overly bright because of the dark gba screen

@michealfunickrr3717

Жыл бұрын

the videomaker knows this he's like 40 years old. he is an influencer that's why he insists to destroy gaming hardware.

@shanez1215

Жыл бұрын

This could be a reason, but they added the dark filter to Virtual Console when it was running on Wii/U. Notably for N64 and GBA. The reason as far as I know is actually for anti-seizures. The bright flashes of white would be fine on a low-contrast small screen like a Gameboy or GBA or a fairly dim CRT, but when you have the game in black and white on a large LCD TV it could cause serious problems for anyone with epilepsy. They were probably worried about other companies not updating their ROM's to tone these effects down (for example I'm pretty sure Nintendo reduced the flashing from Electric moves in Pokemon Yellow on 3DS), so they applied the filter globally in VC with problem games, especially if you were running on Wii/U, as that would be hooked up to a TV. The reason why is probably because they're a kids company but also because of the Porygon episode that sent a ton of epileptic kids to the hospital.

You forgot one thing: The later run Gamecube consoles do NOT have the GBI port.

@anzyjupiter7474

Ай бұрын

I thought it was just the digital out port that they got rid of

@Asfgxff

28 күн бұрын

Just use a SD memory card instead.

Seriously, Jon’s content is amazing!

@chivalrous_chevy1163

Жыл бұрын

Those are big facts!!

@GamerFunOriginallyAarush

Жыл бұрын

@@chivalrous_chevy1163 I know, right?

Fun Fact about the 3DS' GBA Emulator for Ambassadors: It isn't actually an emulator, rather its running natively on the 3DS (much like how the Wii U is completely capable of natively running Gamecube games)

@LennyQUMFIF

Жыл бұрын

So that means 3ds hardware is just overclocked DS hardware, and DS is just Overclocked GBA? Because the way it works on Wii U is that the Wii is an Overclocked GameCube, and the Wii U is an Overclocked Wii.

@angeldude101

Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, it goes something like this: Gameboy was the original. Gameboy Color is an overclocked Gameboy. Gameboy Advance uses a new architecture, but also contains a mini Gameboy Color inside. Worth noting is that GBA games do not touch the GBC hardware. The DS uses a similar architecture, but also contains a mini Gameboy Advance inside. Unlike GBA games, DS games do actually depend on the internal GBA hardware. The DSi is an overclocked DS. The 3DS again contains a mini DSi, but since DS games depend on GBA hardware, the 3DS also contains a mini GBA. The New 3DS is an overclocked 3DS. The Switch is a completely different series from both the console and handheld lines, but its ARM64 architecture is closely related to the ARM processors used in the handhelds from the GBA onward (as well as nearly every mobile phone on the market today). I'm honestly curious if the Switch could theoretically run unmodified GBA code, even if it doesn't support the interface.

@mariokart8715

Жыл бұрын

Game Boy Pocket came out in between the GB & GBC.

@ThePreciseClimber

7 ай бұрын

And you can also hold Start or Select for 5 seconds when launching a game and it's gonna be pixel perfect but smaller. IMHO pixel perfect looks a lot better despite the smaller image.

I got so happy when you mentioned you could play 4 swords with the gameboy player, I've been doing that sort of stuff for 2 years now and I never saw it anywhere else, so glad this neat trick is out there! also I found out about this using pacman vs, makes the game WAY less tangled

I was looking into this after watching your video, but I have a DOL-101 Gamecube which does not have serial port 3. Good thing I checked before purchasing the SD2SP chip.

@Aslyth

Жыл бұрын

Same :[

to be clear - i know all about the GBI and i had an inkling that’s what the video will be about but i am still enjoying this so much. great video, the narrative and editing it’s all so good!!!

Actually the 3ds ain’t emulation either. That’s running on hardware, just with scaling applied to it It’s similar to a wii-u playing GameCube games

11:45 You could flash your own cartridges too. That's a pretty fun way to run ROM hacks on native hardware. I do it all the time with my GBA. Had the Mario movie trailer running on it recently.

Great video John! I did this very upgrade myself a few months ago. Results are astounding. Also PAL GC runs RGB scart so you can get an amazing 240p picture for the whole Gameboy family in arguably better shape than an NTSC cube with component. RGB through the retrotink 5x is better than component IMO. GBA is my favourite portable of all time so this awesome software finally does it justice.

Perfect timing for this upload, man. I've been setting up a shiny hunt for Wishmaker Jirachi in Pokemon Ruby, trying to figure out all the tricks to actually get a good recording has been such a pain these last few weeks. I'll make great use out of this video, thanks :-)

Really enjoying this series of ways to enjoy original hardware to the max!

Thank you . Just got a bought a picoboot modded GameCube with gameboy player . This is cool

Thanks! Ordering everything soon. And love the Zelda collection, a man after my own heart.

Jon, you are a breath of fresh air every time I see/hear you on screen. Bless you, sir.

Wow, didn't realize there could be such a difference from the official software. Or that it was so easy (and cheap) to have the GC loading homebrew software. Thanks for the video!

@-dash

Жыл бұрын

Shout out to Extrems for making this all possible. He’s the mastermind behind the GBI project.

The icon that Swiss is using for the memory card though, reminds me of the "Totally not a virus. Trust me i'm a dolphin" meme

This was an incredibly helpful video Jon!

This is great, I have misplaced my official disc, this will help me out greatly

High quality video, thanks for getting the word out to people about the gbi :)

Seeing those prices on the bundle of the Game Boy Player + Disc makes me feel lucky when I got Game Boy Player + Game Boy Player Disc + The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition for like 30€ + Shipping a couple of years ago

@E4439Qv5

Жыл бұрын

Massively lucky.

Wow, that’s quite the setup! Cool stuff.

I love the GameBoy Player. Don't have mine anymore as my mom sold my GameCube back then but I always thought it was really fun to play with. Plus on those old CRTs we had back in the day, latency wasn't as much of a deal.

Either I just got used to it or I just didn't misremembering, but actually when I played my GBA games on the big screen via the Game boy player back in the 2000s I did not actually notice the input lag. Anyways it was just such a cool thing to have. I mean I grew up in the 90s and I loved my super game boy, but then being able to play the GBA games and The Game boy color games on the big screen with the Game boy player who was just even better. Playing advanced Wars in the big screen was awesome! Mario and Luigi Superstar saga was amazing to play on the big screen.

Btw there is a little nicer SD to sp2 adapter which replaces the door flap and lets you access the SD from the outside, costs the same but is more convenient, also fits with the gb player

I bought a GameBoy Player a few years ago specifically for this, such a good piece of software.

I would argue that one should sell their disc rather than throwing it away, it would help a lot of collectors 100% their collection. But great video! I might actually look into picking up a Gameboy player now!

3 Jon videos in a week! This is awesome!

Absolutely loving these modded type videos and the historical videos about the industry as well! The ultimate PS2 video was awesome. Any thought on doing anything for the PSP or PSPgo as a portable emulator in the future?

I build a consolizer gba over the summer (a gba turned into a home console with HDMI out). The picture is 720p and looked awesome. A few months later installed the picoboot and learned about swiss and GBi. I was so impressed with the GBi that I sold my gba consolizer and it’s my main player for Gameboy games. Great job to all the programmers that made and gave this to us for free.

So with this can we say that modding your GameBoy Player is surprisingly easy?

@scramblesthedeathdealer

Жыл бұрын

I got lost early on in his explanation.

@scpnoobers

4 ай бұрын

By modding your console by using Swiss it makes it better

Jon doing God’s work by continuing to spread the sacred knowledge in these console modding videos

Probably have to give this a few watches because I am a pretty slow learner when it comes to a lot of information dropped on me at once. But the reason I never got a Gameboy Player was because of the disc and how much is costs, it just isn't worth the prices since the only GBA games I actually play on my GBA these days are two Pokemon games, Metroid Zero Mission and Sonic Advanced. Being able to play them on the TV and without the gameboy disc seems like an appealing option. Thank you for this.

Very cool - doubt I will ever get round to pulling out my CG and GB Player again but still cool.

definitely getting this, thanks for the video

The GBI I ordered immediately after watching this video delivered yesterday! It's tinkering time!

My Sd2sp2 is going to be here in January! I am so excited to play authentic pokemon in high quality on my tv.

Holy moly, this video's amazing!

As someone who is scared to modify any kind of hardware (don't ask why, I don't even know), this video is weirdly fascinating, and terrifying.

@ibnfu

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one. This video made it look easy but I feel like I’ll end up exploding the GameCube somehow 😅😅

@guguig9746

Жыл бұрын

@@ibnfu same 🤣

I have one of those adapters on my Cube, even have GBI installed with Retroarch I like making as much of my consoles as I can a multi-box that can play more than just one set of games, I did it for my Switch, my Xbox Series X, and even my PS3 and 3DS

I haven't watched the video yet, but I wanna say that I'm really happy you included the PAL GameBoy player disc case in your thumbnail! When Scott the Woz indirectly denied its existence in one of his videos, it was kinda upsetting that yet again, the European side of Nintendo is an afterthought to the rest of the world. I don't know if that's just due to a lack of people talking about these things, or a lack of research or something else? 🤔 Anyway, I look forward to the video 😆

Fyi GBA on 3DS runs onactual GBA hardware. The same way GC games run on Wii. Only IO (buttons, card read/write and screen) are "emulated" (More so a translation layer).

one thing you didn't mention during the rumble portion, is that not only you can use gamecube controllers, but you can also use rumble-integrated GBA cartridges as a surrogate such as Warioware: Twisted (gyro+rumble), Drill Dozer and even the official DS rumble pak, and even the DS Slide Controller. (which was only used for the game Mag Kid). so you could, say, plug Mario Advance 4 in the Gameboy Player, and a GBA with a GBA to Gamecube Controller with the DS Rumble Pak inserter. maybe the next video about hardware-modding should be using the e-Reader Mega Man Battle Network 4/5/6 Custom Cards created by Prof 9: the guy created Western-supported e-Reader cards that can work on both the western and japanese versions of Battle Network 4-6. (6 Japan-only), he's even made versions of the Mod Cards that can be saved locally to the e-reader so that you can redistribute it whenever you want.

@otakuthegreat

Жыл бұрын

The homebrew chip gate is very useful but dang nice info

@PluckyInc

Жыл бұрын

@@otakuthegreat just read up about it. kind of neat that it can even let you use it in multiplayer, as long as you have 2 extra GBAs+multiplayer cables to daisychain. guessing a physical chip gate worked as a passthrough for the cable itself? or does the homebrew ROM just generate whatever input the game usually physically expect from an actual chip gate?

Great stuff, am going to give this a go.

One of my fave things about GBI is that it's probably the most "official" way to use a shader to emulate the non backlit screen. You otherwise need emulation or a CleanScreen screen replacement for the GBA.

Grabbed an sd2sp2 myself thanks to this video and even came with Swiss on disc to boot directly from. 👍🏻 No need to send Sunshine saves to memory card this way.

Homebrew gameboy player software is the way to go

I say ‘rad as flip’ way too many times in my everyday life. Thanks Jon.

The GB Player was my go-to way to play GB and GBA games for ages. Now my MiSTer is my definitive way to play GB/GBA games.

Your the Best! Thanks for the video!

How very informative Thanks for the video

Although you mentioned the ghosting images present in the standard GBI, you neglected to mention the issues present in the others: GBISR: The refresh rate is awful when playing for certain periods of time, as it causes a huge dip in framerate every 10-30 minutes. GBIHF: I'm not certain what causes this, but I've come across many people who's TVs simply don't display any image at all when using High Frequency. Apparently you need a CRT or a scaler to avoid the above issues, forcing many GBI users to stick to the standard one.

This is so awesome

Damn bro found a problem and fixed the hell out of it! 🙏

thank you for the very informative vidio , im definightly cheacking this out 👍

I followed this, and then couldn't figure out why I couldn't get any games to play in 240p. Those files you said I didn't need, are actually needed so that you're prompted to choose video options when starting GBI. I was going crazy for 4 hours trying to figure out which device in my chain of video components wasn't to blame. Great video otherwise, but yeah that part misled me and burned up my Sunday night.

@nomptonsdon

11 ай бұрын

Where do you put those files on the SD card?

There's an option to watch GBA Video on the GBI boot screen. Also, if you have a DS Rumble Pak, you can put it in the GBA when using it as a GB Player controller, and it rumbles! (with games like Drill Dozer for example). Love this thing!

@ZidaneTheTribal

Жыл бұрын

This is really flipping sweet! Ty for sharing

@CrashFan03

Жыл бұрын

wait what? how does that work?

@RetroCabeza

Жыл бұрын

@@CrashFan03 The DS Rumble Pak is basically a GBA cartridge. It receives the "rumble data" from the GBA to GC cable. GBI magic.

I just bought a GB Player disk a few weeks ago and now i find this...Atleast it'll look better.

I just connect the GameCube and Gameboy Player into my original 1994 Sony Trinitron 32” Tube TV via component input and it looks great.

Just found this channel, WOW that voice 😳🔥🔥

Fun Fact: the ability to connect Gamecubes with Game Boy Players to the Wii was how TheRunawayGuys were able to record the GBA screens for their Four Swords Adventure LP. Really wild that they had to do something so convoluted just so the viewers could see everything they were doing!

I'm new here and just subscribed, this was a good video, was given a GBI when I bought a GameBoy Player. What's with the suit?

kirby 2 is another game (like dk) that's amazing on sgb. thanks for the video. always wanted to try out a gb player but never had the chance. how does the original disc version look/feel when used with a CRT?

You could also opt for a GC Loader, which replaces your optical drive with an SD reader, and will boot Swiss. No soldering required, a very easy mod. If you can get your hands on one and have a spare GC or don’t care about discs, I highly recommend it.

@nyquilforthekill1620

Жыл бұрын

Yes but you'll never be able to run disk games anymore xenogc is less invasive

@EpilepticDiarrheaV2

Жыл бұрын

@@nyquilforthekill1620 Some GC discs are reportedly beginning to deteriorate (MGS Twin Snakes). Not to mention 20+ year old lasers can't be expected to run indefinitely. This is the most practical solution for long-term use.

@nyquilforthekill1620

Жыл бұрын

@@EpilepticDiarrheaV2 I've Xeno GC many GC and the laser assembly only faults at higher resistances when you adjust them to read burned disks. Quite alot of the time you can get the to read at a lower resistance and they last a long time I haven't had many fail. My physical games have no problem keeping up and I have an original drive a backup, I haven't touched it yet!

Really nice video thank you soo much for awesome content. I'm very curios about the tie and shirt combo choice, most youtubers go casual as fudge. Is a statement againt being casual? 🙂

I have so many fond memories playing Minish Cap via the Gameboy Player. Now I know that I was, in fact, playing the inferior version of the game. Time to revisit Minish Cap, I guess!

11:27 i believe if you use the high fidelity version you can run gba video carts. i was able to watch spongebob with it lmao

You could also use the new version of the gamecube action replay with the sd card to gc memory adapter to load up swiss

So basically, the ultimate Crystal Chronicles and Four Sword adventures setup is 4x Gamecubes with Gameboy Player + 4x Link cables, 1x Gamecube with the game, 4x 14" CRT TVs and 1x 28" CRT .... PEEEERFECTION!

My head hurts and heart stops when I even consider these methods

Was literally looking for a GBP before this came up on my recommendation

9:08 I legit thought he was gonna Weston Super Mare

as someone who just uses vba gx on his wii either way this is a good video

Funny enough, I probably still have this evil disc somewhere despite my brother trading in our Gamecube with Game Boy Player still attached (furious about it to this day). Luckily an Analogue Pocket with a dock is due to arrive any week now, so I can finally play Game Boy games on the big screen again...

@TheJadeFist

Жыл бұрын

Man I'm still waiting for like next year for that Analogue Pocket 3rd batch.

if only this video came out a day earlier, I just bought one of those sd card adapters for the memory card slot that I apparently don't need :(

This video taught me a lot. I am doing this this weekend and maybe I will sell my disc for $100!

John's a true Nintendo fan

10:23 : Ladies and gentlemans... we have Dr Frankenstein here.

I prefer the woozle consolizer for the better pixel scaling and cleaner picture. However, it does require a bit of soldering skill and a donor GBA mother board to make.

You have an amazing voice. You should be doing voice acting for animation.

Can't believe you told us to throw the disc away.

You can put an GameBoy Interface boot.gci on the the memory card to skip swiss and boot right into the GameBoy game plus you don't need an sd2sp2

I lost my GBP disc many years ago so I need to do something like this to play on my GB Player again since it was more fun playing on a big screen for my handheld games. When the eShop closes for 3DS and Wii U next year i may end up modding my 3DS so i can play other games.

You forgot to mention that some of the DOL-001 consoles don't have the third serial port on the bottom. I found out the hard way after 2 weeks of trial and error trying to get this to work.

Questions: 1- What output are you using on your Gamecube? Componant, Composite, HDMI (using a carby) 2- Can you force the normal GBI in 240p using swiss to be able to zoom or the GBI software does it automatically? (the gbi website states if useless to use 240p) 3- How would you zoom the GBIHF to be able to fill you TV? 4- What aspect ratio is better to Gameboy and GBA games? 3:2 or 4:3 5- Do you have to change the aspect ratio of your TV while using GBI or you leave it a 16:9?

Damn, almost thought I could do the Wii thing but I have the Black Wii that doesn't have Gamecube stuff

Man that’s good news, thanks for the video! It’s depressing to see these disk prices online. And that quality is unbelievably better than nintendos disk!!

I'm trying to figure out, do you need the special exploitable games for initial setup, or every time you use this forever? Where does the disc that comes with the sd2sp2 sometimes come into play? thanks!

While I have the GB player disc, I have an ODE and use the file for it, so I might as well try this version

This is huge

Discovering GBI in 2022