It looks way better than before, but I wouldn’t say it looks better than the original. I just really like the glittery plastic of the original cartridge

@KyleAwsm

3 жыл бұрын

You and me both. 🤩 Thanks for watching!

@ashurean

Жыл бұрын

I have to agree

Phenomenal! This makes me want to look for older, more beat up, gbc games and do this.

I love how thoroughly you go through everything

Great video! Love the restoration of classic games! New life.

Great restoration and lovely soldering skills. Another fantastic video my friend!

Love that matte finish boxypixel cart shell! Came out nice :)

Pro tip: to replace a battery in a Gameboy Color game without losing the save data, you have to insert the cartridge into your Gameboy with the shell half open so that you can access the battery. You then want to power it on and load up the game, so click "continue" (in the case of Pokemon games). Then, you want to do all the normal steps of replacing the battery, while making sure it stays in the Gameboy and powered on at all times. This ensures there's a consistent flow of power to the PCB. Once it's installed, you can turn the game off and take it out, and now the save data should still be fine. And, of course, you only need to worry about this for GBC games. GBA games don't need battery power to keep the save data persistent. If you have any backup tools that can dump/flash save data from GBC games, then you could always just back up your save, do a normal battery swap, then flash it back onto the cart, but most people don't have those so the above method should work fine.

I think this kids favorite game growing up must of been Operation. Nice job man looks professional!

Awesome video, pun partially intended! Very thorough restoration. Curious, what brand of flux do you use your projects?

@KyleAwsm

3 жыл бұрын

SRA #135 👍🏻

OMG I WANT ONE! I am a huge fan of pokemon silver

Cool vid!

New sub GOOD WORK 😄❤️👍

6:10 I have to ask, why "using Kapton tape for insulation"? Does it protect the motherboard's back or prevents something? On the other hand, amazing video, dude!

@KyleAwsm

3 жыл бұрын

Good question! The Kapton tape is for insulating the PCB against the metal shell so it doesn't cause a short. Thanks so much for watching! 🙂👍🏻

If there was still a save on that, I really hope you backed it up and saw what was on it.

How do you fix a game that doesn't retain saved data

Such an incredibly professional guy. Why don't you have more subs?

@KevinArcade87

2 жыл бұрын

Because its basically slapping a PCB into a different cartridge and replacing the battery which is a very basic task. The video didn't need to be the length it is.

You should polish the aluminum to a chrome finish

hi im new to your channel, its interesting, i have a pokemon gold gameboy for 18 years, sadly 3 year after i first had it , it only turn on to the logo screen and it freeze out, also the nintendo sign just glitch when ever i turn it on, and so i have never touch it for 14 years and kept it safe in a case, hoping to one day have it fix and so i can get all my pokemon again

I've felt like I've done everything i can expect change the battery and i can't get my game to work. Idk what the hell im doing wrong. Can i get some help

@KyleAwsm

3 жыл бұрын

Message me on Instagram @kyleawsm and I'll see what I can do to assist. 👍🏻

Wow this channel is going to explode

Glossy label or metallic labe?

TOP !!

Just an FYI aluminum doesn’t rust but it does oxidize

@KyleAwsm

3 жыл бұрын

This is a technicality - Though it doesn't flake away as iron oxide/rust does, both iron and aluminum do oxidize. So it is still considered "rust" from a practical standpoint. Thanks for your comment and for watching! 🙂👍🏻

@RiylanCorma

Жыл бұрын

@@KyleAwsm Nah, they're both oxidation, but only one is rust. The one that contains iron.

I’ve never gotten a used Pokémon cartridge without meeting the previous owner’s old friends first.

why not use a 2032? they have higher capacity, fit the same footprint, and fit inside game boy cart shells

cool

Now to find a crazy person who makes Gold (real gold) GBA and GBC shells. That’s the only way this video could be more crazy good. Also another question, does the gameboy light work with Pokémon Silver and Gold’s “mysterygift” feature with the IR sensor?

@KyleAwsm

3 жыл бұрын

That is a very good question - I'm not sure. I've only used Mystery Gift a handful of times in my life with those games. Thank you for watching! 😎

@brutalhonesty07

3 жыл бұрын

@@KyleAwsm Can you test that out for me? Mystery Gift is the only way to obtain “Miracle Berry” in the Gen 2 pokemon games. If you want help or a partner with a GBC with a working Infrared game boy (unmodded) and another GBC Gen 2 game, I can assist you. But I’d like to know the answer to this question. Reach out to me if you’re interested.

@KyleAwsm

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, we'll have to see. My plate is quite full with videos and work currently, and I don't have buying an original Gameboy Light planned or budgeted right now. But maybe in the future. Thanks for offering!

@brutalhonesty07

3 жыл бұрын

KyleAwsm No rush, earliest I can help you is 9 months from now. I have to play through my Pokémon game to unlock mystery gift. I’m busy irl too.

You left several pokemon to die by removing the battery

@boboclown3810

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same. Rip totidile and cyndaquil

Custom backlit gameboy. How would one go about doing such a thing?

has anyone ever considered using conductive glue/adhesive to replaced gb and gbc cart batteries? before u say "no u dummy" my reasoning is that this new after market batteries from china are only lasting around 2 years at most. batteries that i have replace using the tape method and either a Duracell or Energizer branded batterie last much longer.

tape just fix everything

1:51 Ah, the tape is because they drilled out the screw and couldn't figure out how to reseal the shell after that battery "install".

All of that for not collector value, lol

You made a legit copy of silver look like an obvious fake.

shame on the old owner for whatever they did to it. wth was that battery contact lol. soldering isnt even hard lol

Not better than new...