just imagine having this kind of backlight GBC back in the days of pokemon red and blue.

@blinkshadown

4 жыл бұрын

I can imagine playing pokemon less. There was no way my parents will buy me double or triple the ammount of batteries to play it.

@iSupermanCKi

4 жыл бұрын

@@blinkshadown I and just about everyone I knew had the ac adapter for the Gameboy.

@artate92

4 жыл бұрын

@@iSupermanCKi i believe i have one

@subtoyoungfogo

2 жыл бұрын

You would be able to play at night when your supposed to be asleep easier than the worm light 😂

@KickingIt-In-the-Kitchen

Жыл бұрын

Lol, good times. We actually appreciated things back then.

i would love to see a case that takes GBA internals and put them into a GBC style casing

@TOPmusicman8

4 жыл бұрын

Kinda tough with the motherboard of the gba, but I like this idea if could be done

@Jurtaani

4 жыл бұрын

would likely require a new motherboard, or some kind of clever ways of cutting the old one, and making new connections between the cut pieces. not impossible, but most certainly not easy either. i remember seeing some controller modifications that were done like that, it was either putting ps3 controller inside x360 controller or other way around. but i'm not sure if gba board was too complex for such mod.

@abaque24

4 жыл бұрын

You mean a GBAsp into a GBC style casing, so it doesnt close, u mean?

@joshortega9022

4 жыл бұрын

Comment on the retro futures next video and he just might!

@heboottoobigforhegotdamnfeet

4 жыл бұрын

Nintendo Gameboy Color Backlit Mod - GBAsp Inside - GBC102 - All White by GameboyStation on Etsy

Somewhere between learning of a sewing machine that connects to the Gameboy, your videos of taking apart game systems and Retro Future refurbishing them, inspired me to buy the sewing machine, a Gameboy, and learn to repair and refurbish them.

The lack of a back light was always my complaint about the system. I still think the Advanced SP is the best Gameboy ever made but dang, seeing this Color with the back light 😁😁😁

@bluecorp8557

4 жыл бұрын

I wish the SP had a headphone jack tho.

@Videogamelover58

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluecorp8557 agree

@Videogamelover58

4 жыл бұрын

Love my gameboy color

@stevesteve0521

4 жыл бұрын

The lack of back light helped out the battery life for the system. If the Gameboy and Gameboy color had backlight then not only would it have probably required more batteries to use to play but the battery life would’ve been as bad as the game gear and Atari lynx.

@androskris

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluecorp8557 It does but it's a dongle that goes in the power jack.

it amazes me it took nintendo all the way to the gba sp to make it backlit

As a channel run by a person of a certain age , the gameboy played a large part of my life and I’ve owned many over the years. I love these tech dives you do.

You should do a series where subscribers send you their broken systems and you fix them on camera. We would also be able to learn from it.

Brings back memories. Had the exact GBC in purple...wasted a lot of remote control batteries, yes almost got dishonoured by the parents.

I just put in a similar set from Handheld Legend, worked really great. Their version comes with plastic spacers to hold the screen in place. I also used a new purple case, and HHL sells a new front cover that resizes the windo to fit the new screen (which is admittedly a tiny bit smaller than GBC).

It looks amazing Jon, well done!!! 👍❤️

Nice work! I just got done wiring a tp4056 usb-c board and 2000mah lipo battery into a Gameboy Color a couple hours ago. I’m waiting for a local store to open to buy a fresh cutting wheel to finish gutting the battery compartment and cutting a charging port slot in the side so I can finally close her up!

I really enjoyed this video. Looks so much better. Can’t believe we spent hours gaming tilting towards the light in attempts to see. I can see the point about the advance. I think that was the most comfortable to hold but the color is a nice flush solution for GBC games.

Really quality TechWave video Jon(SW). This is a really neat GBC Mod but definitely looks very tricky tho..

As someone else stated, I have no flickering. As for the install, I followed the directions by FunnyPlaying and the horizontal screen alignment was no problem. There is a drop in screen with no trimming, you will need a special new screen as the overall screen size is a hair smaller but still noticeable through the window. I wish we could post pics here lol! I did mine with transparent black and all red buttons.

@Mike-rj8dg

2 жыл бұрын

Would you recommend using them? Seen a lot of negative comments on instagram

LOVED the gameboy colour.. need to get this kit!

Many of the sops that sell this screen mod do sell third party shells that are precut, they also sell 3D printed screen centering brackets that align the screen perfectly. I bought this kit from Retro Modding along with a precut screen and it was super easy to put together.

That's pretty cool. Thanks as always for uploading great content!

Wish I had the confidence to do stuff like this. I can build a gaming PC, even in sff cases in short time but ask me to take apart a console or handheld and cut on it and I will chicken out, lol. That mod really looks awesome, despite the noise. Very nice.

Retromodding offer a shell pre-cut for the mod and they sell the IPS kit which they also send with a 3d printed aligning bracket.

There is a backlit LCD Mod that doesn't require any case modifications available now. I got mine from retromodding

BoxyPixel makes an aluminum shell for this mod and it looks SO good!

I did the Midwest Embedded GBC LCD screen mod. It was pretty easy and the screen looks great. I played through the Oracle Zelda games and Link’s Awakening on it. These lcd screen mods make it a joy to play the original GBC.

The touch brightness thing is super cool.

I don't have the distortion error thank goodness. And Iove those cases. I used one that came with the ips for my DMG and use it as a travel case for my GBC.

Awesome! I just did this to my GBA!

I just did this last week! It's so nice!

I broke out my old SP the other day. I thought about getting a backlit screen for the DMG but then I remembered I have an SP 😆

I used to have a magnifying lens with a light and speakers!!! That thing was a yellow beast!!! It was like I was playing with a purple and yellow brick but it kept my Pokemon Blue sessions going for ages

This makes me want to cry….its so beautiful!!! No more giant light attatchemnt lol

Suddenly, memories are flooding back into my mind of playing my purple, transparent Gameboy Color under the covers with this crazy accessory that folds and juts out, lights backward toward the screen with a magnifying glass to make the screen look better. Now I'm working with expensive hardware, building games and VR. Dang, we've come a long way since then (in terms of hardware, software, and general technology for gaming.)

This is pretty cool. I own a modded PSP GO. I prefer that for handheld gaming. It's compact and also has a nice screen.

I would have just put some Kapton tape around the visible parts of the display when you were testing it so it would have been easy to see if you had it aligned correctly.

Nintendo needs to rerelease a Gameboy Color with eshop functionality! It’s definitely my favorite handheld!

Mod video, we needed this to switch it up. :-)

@WaysideWade

4 жыл бұрын

Second that...

@xflarearcadia1766

4 жыл бұрын

Great video even though I think I would rather roll with a Raspberry Pi optimized.

I just bought a gb colour a few years ago. Paid like $30-35 for it. Works flawlessly and has that nice full color backlit screen. Bought off AliExpress

I had one of those crappy link port lights and one of those magnifiers with a built in light. Both weren't a great experience.

Spawn Wave once again proves that he is a world premiere technology surgeon.

Looks really good

I'm seeing some people jam a full size GBA sp into a Gameboy color shell too

I got the same gameboy ! tho i use my SP more.. i like the size,backlite and chargeability

Just did the ips mod to my agb gba! wow what a difference going from the ags101 screen to the ips!

@thetechoasis2179

4 жыл бұрын

why would you remove a 101? save the ips for a 001, 101 is rare in every country but the USA. especially UK. id never dream about removing the 101. worth loads more complete and stock

Dang, that's one CLEAN board

I still love my NES style GBA SP and that's what I use for all my GB line of games.

Should of got the kit with the 3D printed bracket it saves so much hassle with aligning the screen.

Do a video on the Gameboy SP. I've had my two models (AG-001 and AG-101) for a good while now and love them still. I gave my kid one so that we could have a shared experience.

I just did mine today and it turned out amazing! Btw you sound like Mako Tsunami or Noah from Yugioh 😁

Dumb question for you, does the Gameboy Advance back lite screen mod require you to solder it, or does it just drop right in?

I just want to clean up and put backlit screens on my Pocket, Color and Advance, good enough for me!

Seeing how the mimi game gear came out, I would buy a Gameboy Release with a nice bright screen.

Wish this thing had some offset buttons to move the screen square around. Would make this a lot easier.

I agree. It did need color.

Is that from FunnyPlaying's site? I could've sworn they had the chips on a ribbon cable and not a secondary board. I also thought they worked out the issues with the flickering. It could be a knock off.

@skins4thewin

4 жыл бұрын

Uh, they are on the ribbon cable, what are you even talking about? Did you not watch the video that you're commenting on?

This is dope. I like the color but I’ve been wanting a gba with the modded screen for a minute now. I missed out on a lot of games cuz I was around that “I’m too cool for gameboy” age in the early and mid 2000s haha

@cman955

4 жыл бұрын

RJ Crooks I sold all my Nintendo stuff in the 2000s along with all my legos... What the heck is wrong with me?

Sweet! I prefer the OG case though, the color text looks weird on the new case.

This mod was really simple. I did my GBC, the noise sucks it's only on a few games and you get used to it so it's ok. Next up us my GBA!

This is super cool but what I want is an original gameboy shell with gameboy color backlit screen that actually plays gameboy color games.

Yeah the reason for that case looking like that it comes in is pretty clear to chifi iems buyers... thats a repurposed hard case, pretty clever of them actually.

Would the infrared sensors still work for mystery gift as an example for pokemon gold, silver, and crystal?

Would like to see you do a Sega Gamegear modification. Specifically the screen, since mine is dim and going out.

Next we need RGB lighting for the "COLOR" logo!

100% form factor for me, I'm 22 and just last week bought my 1st gameboy color, an atomic purple clear one, bought my first gba sp when I was 15 and it was brilliant at first as it was my first gameboy and I had pokemom emerald but over time the love went due to my hands cramping up due to the size of it, got the color last week got super mario land and its brilliant still small but loads better

I am trying so hard to hold off on any of these mods until the analouge pocket comes out.

you could have used tape to mark where the screen is while you tested it then just peel off after centering it on cover

If the GBC had this backlight back then, the battery would of died quicker and I don’t believe it would’ve sold as well. One of the main selling points for the Gameboy and Gameboy color which its competitors lacked was its fantastic battery life.

I just got a good game boy color but i would to scared to open it cuz i wouldnt know what i am doing but this would be sooo great to do

Makes you wish if the gameboy had a backlight from the start. Still understandable to keep the cost down.

dude that looks so damn nice

You make the best vids

Man. I need this in my life lol

Nice stash box

To line up the screen. What if you had put the sticker on the screen while it was on, then align the sticker with the screen cutout?

Now a have to see if I can find my old game boy

We need an update on your Panasonic cube

I'm waiting for one of these screen mods to let us use an XL screen on a Gameboy Color or GBA. Like a 4-5 inch with a modded case!

@stephendallasdraws2929

4 жыл бұрын

A pixel doubling mod for 3DS would be great too. That IPS mod on the GBA has been looking pretty great lately!

Only problem is the artifacts on the right of the screen, which is a known problem with these kits. It's really visible at 11:28

cool mod... During testing, why not go ahead and apply the adhesive guide onto the screen? Seems like it would take a little of the trial and error out of it.

Why don't we see replacement screens for newer consoles ? Like OLED panels for Switch or 3DS

Just for fun, look at the right column of pixels at 11:30 or around that time. Now you can't unsee it.

I currently want to mod all of my gameboys minus my micro. i have a gbc i want to mod but i think i would prefer doing my gba first with the usb chargable battery mod and then the ips mod with an ezflash for my ULTIMATE gameboy and then go back later to do the color and quite possibly the sp

Does this effect the functionality of the infrared on the gameboy color?

Is it possible to fix the gold plating on the button connectors? I just upgraded my screen and shell and the B button connectors does not work

@AngelGodinez

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is, just clean it with IPA it 100% workss

The Advance SP will always be the ultimate gameboy without the need for modification.

Any word on that handheld system that was supposed to be able to play all the Nintendo games with adapters to play game gears one? I was thinking about trying some of these mods but if that comes out I would rather save the money and just buy that.

really cool, BUT the only reason I would do this is because of the diagonal eight of an inch or so you lose playing GB on GBA. That's the value in this, don't know why you can't zoom or fill the game boy content on that screen, even after a mod...

man... those finger points.

whats the effect on battery life?

Anyone bought this screen from this company? Looked them up on instagram and there are a lot of negative comments saying parts didn’t turn up or they didn’t give them a date for delivery. Was going to buy one but not sure now

Hope they come up with a drop in IPS someday, no need to waste the rest of the screen space

@thetechoasis2179

4 жыл бұрын

they have a drop in TFT LCD which imo is better than the IPS. brighter and uses less power.

Huge benefit to GBC over GBA, the color comes in atomic purple.

Yeah I use the GBA with ags-101 screen and I think that's probably the best for most. Although I think the GameCube is the best way to play GBA games.

Just use IPS screen for SP and you're good to go my opinion

Oh boy he said the word modify lol. Good thing you aren't an ambassador for Nin or else you know what!

When people leave developing games for the Gameboy original and Gameboy Color they developed them in such a way that you could actually play them whereas on the Gameboy Advanced they didn't do that they made it so that you couldn't see the screen unless there was some kind of light sorce basically forcing you to buy an SP

I've always liked the original GBA with the shape and headphone jack... Could I just buy the screen from this video and swap it out on my original GBA?

Does this mod eliminate the black lens sensor for trading?

I think the game boy color didn’t have a backlight because that was the main selling point of the game boy light. The game boy light had a backlight but wasn’t in color, and the game boy color had colorful games but didn’t have a backlight. So if the game boy color had a backlight, there would be no point of buying the game boy light. You were meant to choose between the two systems. Of course, the game boy advance/advance sp just combined the game boy color and game boy light but that was after the two systems released

The guys making the boards should a screen repositioning function to line it up correctly so you don't have to trial and error install. I wouldn't think it'd be extremely difficult, given they already are using a limited section of pixels.

very nice

Nice shirt! Where did you get it from?

Hi John , was wondering if I could send you my switch tablet screen . The screen turned purple on me . & the left joy con broke off the track . if you can send me a comment back . thank you ahead of time !