The ULTIMATE GameBoy Color Build!
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It is time to build the ULTIMATE GameBoy Color. Using the most up-to-date mods available. Kindly sent to me by RetroModding, although not sponsored.
IPS Screen - bit.ly/2NFaKDs
Shell - bit.ly/38iW0SO
Silicone S&S - bit.ly/30yi9dj
Button Contacts - bit.ly/2twRLnY
Buttons - bit.ly/3aoLWK0
Glass Lens - bit.ly/2uYKiyd
EVERDRIVE - bit.ly/2uh5Ype
Tools -
Screwdriver: ebay.to/2sPVoVJ
Wowstick: ebay.to/36oXKJJ
Soldering Iron: ebay.to/2Flc89T
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5% Off Coupon Code - RETROFUTURE IPS Screen - bit.ly/2NFaKDs Shell - bit.ly/38iW0SO Silicone S&S - bit.ly/30yi9dj Button Contacts - bit.ly/2twRLnY Buttons - bit.ly/3aoLWK0 Glass Lens - bit.ly/2uYKiyd EVERDRIVE - bit.ly/2uh5Ype Big thank you to RM for sending me this stuff. Buying all of these things is very expensive so when companies send me things it allows me to create more content. Thank you!
@stpidstuff
4 жыл бұрын
Does this kit work with an Advance SP?
@sebastianadventurex
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@beavisx32
4 жыл бұрын
What colour buttons are those in the video “orange or “clear orange” ?
@stpidstuff
4 жыл бұрын
@@beavisx32 Solid Orange.
@HypocritesExposd
4 жыл бұрын
Anyone who hates on KZreadrs who get stuff for free and disclose that fact are 100% just jealous. It’s the youtubers who hide the fact that the items were free and try to say their review is unbiased. That being said, I do appreciate you telling us and I’m glad you got it for free! You deserve it AND more! Thanks for the video!
Nothing warms my nasalgic 90's childhood then seeing a transparent GameBoy, cuz if you were a kid in the 90s, it wasnt cool unless it was see through
@JA11206
4 жыл бұрын
Its "nostalgic"
@thedemonnoof4383
4 жыл бұрын
@@JA11206 Crawl back into your cave.
@tuber138
4 жыл бұрын
I have a seethrough gameboy color :)
@stevesteve9246
4 жыл бұрын
I just bought a bunch of High Quality Replacement Labels for the Game Boy Color Console in this video from a seller on eBay named Game Boy Color Man. He has every single replacement label for every Game Boy, Pocket, Color, Light, Advance, Advance SP, Micro N64, and SNES! For this Game Boy Color, he has the Battery Door Label, Serial Number Label, PAL European Serial Number Label, Made in Japan Console Label, Made in China Console Label, Pokemon Center Gold Console Label, Special Pikachu Edition Console Label, Special Pikachu Edition PAL European Console Label, Game Boy Color Light Console Label 10th Anniversary Serial Number, and Bar Code Label. He even has a bunch of custom Game Boy Color Man Console Labels and a really cool Pokemon Center Brooklyn one. And they are top quality American Made! Nothing like the toilet paper quality you'll find from other sellers that sell Chinese labels. The dude is awesome! The labels look fantastic and fit perfectly down to the millimeter. The packaging is amazing, and the dude also threw in a whole bunch of free kick ass Dishwasher Safe Die Cut Stickers! Check out his store if your Game Boy looks beat up and needs new labels! Or if you just need a smile put on your face. Honestly the coolest eBay purchase I ever made! He ships to all 50 states and Worldwide to the Entire Globe! Look at this on eBay ebay.com/usr/gameboycolorman
@Spintechfilms
4 жыл бұрын
@@stevesteve9246 wow... this comment reply didnt feel like a placed add at all 🤔
I guess the GBC mod has finally reached it's final form. Nice colour choices. I think I'd go for a panda look myself.
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
That would be stunning!
@zynthio
3 жыл бұрын
I won’t accept “final form” until the screen fills as much as the lens space as possible! Obviously going to require a glass lens with much smaller bezels but I think one day it will get there
@christopherbragg6643
3 жыл бұрын
It may have just reached a new level with the OSD version :3
@RE4PER
3 ай бұрын
The OLED mod is the final form
Oh thank god no tiny ass screens. I’m happy I didn’t build a back lit one already. I’ll use this one instead
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Good idea!
The black clear case and the orange buttons look sooooooo freaking good!
I always appreciate the transparency in your videos on top of everything else. It was great that you added a note about it being tough to fit everything in the shell correctly at first; it’s definitely easy for someone not as experienced to run into a problem like this and think they’ve ruined the whole project. Cheers, Elliott!
That gameboy is flawless. The touch sensor is a stroke of genius
the color saturation is INSANE on this gbc.
this is probably one of the best gameboy color modding videos you've done so far. beautiful screen, sick shell, vibrant buttons, a CASE, which i don't see very often with a gameboy, and a sweet tool kit that i wish was sold in my country.
Stunning my friend, simply stunning. I would really love to get my hands on one of these bad boys!!
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Buy a cheap dremel tool, its awesome for cutting and grinding small things, such as GameBoy case
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Bumper210 probably should...
@ky-gp4sz
4 жыл бұрын
Rabbit with a sun tan he could just mention that other methods work but take longer. People can figure out how to use a knife. He doesn’t show the cutting that well anyways (not that he needs to), so people already need to just do it themselves anyways.
@HypocritesExposd
4 жыл бұрын
The Retro Future dremels can be had for cheap, but I do recommend you practice before using it on your precious electronics. They can slip easily and damage your stuff plus you’ll need a steady yet firm grip on the dremel
@SneakerD84
4 жыл бұрын
My dremel has saved my ass so much time over the years!
@ekim613
4 жыл бұрын
if you trust yourself with fire, heating the plastic a bit with a flame can make it easier to carve out the case with a knife. And using a warm soldering iron to smooth it out works too for a cleaner finish
Just decided to start modding last week. I love old, classic gaming and I need a new hobby! Dope video.
Thanks for this fantastic video. I just completed this mod for my OG gameboy color and could not be happier with how it came out, thanks for the amazing guidance
maybe i shouldn't have spent so much money on the freckleshack mod, oh well
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Still a damn good mod!
@elModo7
4 жыл бұрын
+999 although fs is great for indoor/outdoor situations, and uses quite less power than this one, overall I'd rather have picked this one up.
@shadeymcbones6707
4 жыл бұрын
freckelshack is also a lot less power consuming. You can get 15-20 hours with freckleshack but IPS displays tend to be powerhungy
@kr4t0sg.28
4 жыл бұрын
No the freckle shack is the best choice. Its all around better then the Chinese knockoff screen like the one he used on this video. Freckle shack is all quality.
@alvareo92
4 жыл бұрын
It’s more expensive for a reason
Looks AMAZING! Definitely a mod that I will looking into! Oh and I love the fact that you’re adding pricing to these types of vids, it helps a ton!
I found your videos yesterday and they are so good might be a bit addicted
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Ah thanks!
just finished building mine last night and i must say WOW that screen is amazing!
Full disclosure, there is a line of pixels on the right of the screen that can have artifacts on some models of CGB on certain games that use the double speed mode, usually some 05 revisions and the 06 revision should be fine.
Literally just finished this mod. Sooooooooo dope. Playing Metal Walker rn and it’s like playing a new game. Thanks TRF
I appreciate you being transparent about your sponsors!
The new layout of the channel is much better. Good job with the game boy colour!
Cool. I know myself though, I would play it for 3-4hrs and spend the next 5 years in a drawer.
@abominathan932
3 жыл бұрын
Same, I wouldn’t own enough games to get my money out of it and I’d get more enjoyment out of a similarly priced emulator I could use for all kinds of systems.
@MinkFickle
3 жыл бұрын
@@abominathan932 just use an everdrive.
@legs6626
3 жыл бұрын
@@abominathan932 wait, your spending money on emulators? i reccomend retropie, which can run on pc and rasberry pi for builds
@abominathan932
3 жыл бұрын
@@legs6626 Oops, I meant a system built for emulation
@yamyam_1978
Жыл бұрын
I brought one 10 years ago for £20 - Red GBC. Fingers are knackered right now due to arthritis & temper (smashed my hand off a door at work). I'll play it again some day
Loved the macro photography on this! Nice build!
looks great, awesome job you have earned a sub my friend. G'day from Australia.
Hot damn; that makes Link's Awakening look even more awesome, almost like it were made for the GameBoy Advance. This would absolutely be something I'd want to have...
WHOA!! Electronic screwdriver?? Stepping up that retro modding game son!! Thank you Eliot I was waiting to see you do a GBC mod with the RM materials you acquired. I bollocks'd up trying to do a frontlight mod on a teal GBC a while back but I wanna drop an ips display in for the cleaner, sharper picture that it produces. Excellent work as always!! 🍻🍻🍻
You're the Best pal, really looking forward for all your future projects.
Got my email notification today that my screen is on its way, I can't wait to do this to my gameboy too!
"plus $20-$30 for you Gameboy" is no longer hip to the times 😭 thanks covid
Man...you could sell finished versions of these for some serious cash. This guy would buy one in a heartbeat. So beautiful! Well done, sir!
I love Transparent consoles and the game boy looks great like this, greetings from Chile
@nashismox3
4 жыл бұрын
El problema es que cuando lo cortas, quedan las marcas :(
Great work!! Did not know such a fantastic mod exists until now.
Loving these ultimate mods! Keep up the awesome work
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Watching this video for the 10th time, finally pulled the trigger and bought the IPS screen, followed this as a guide. Thanks for showing it with the Krikzz X7 as I have read that there could bee issues with the additional power draw from a combination of the Screen and the cart, glad to see there isnt any issue as this was a concern I had.
@TheRetroFuture
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
Screen mod kinda reminds me of that taobao backlit GBC that everyone was talking about before ags-101 mods were a thing.
Wow, this turned out great! Nice video!
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Love those clear black shells man, the old school clear purple just never hit the spot
Hey! I am going to take apart my Gameboy Color and clean the shell, all thank to you! you have entertained me so much and made me try
Looks gorgeous. I can't wait to mod a cgb. I've reshelled a gameboy pocket. But I want to get a back light kit for it.
Love it man and i love your video's. Waiting for the time that i have the money to do a mod like this myself. This looks like the best mod so far and i love it. Coming at you all the way from Australia. Keep up the great content
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words.
Thanks for the guide, I'll use this for my own GBC soon!
Yo!! Congratulations on Hitting 400,000 Subscribers!!
I am so glad that this mod has evolved so that it includes a lot less chopping up of stuff
Yesss another game boy build I love these 👍😁
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Good to hear!
Looks fantastic and I totally get why the screen is oversized. We're getting ever closer to the perfect replacement screen, I love my Freckleshack one but I think I'll keep holding out for the perfect one, as Roy Walker said "aye it's close, but it's not the one" ;) Top build though chap great shell/button choice works well.
just did this mod. working perfectly. thank you so much. awesome guide and my go to channel for all things mobs :D keep it up
I love these ultimate GB builds. Please keep them coming. 👍
I thought it looked ugly from the thumbnail but watching the video in full, its amazing. What a beauty.
nice colors on the shell and buttons. I saw not too long ago a blue grape shell (like you used to see for the n64) with yellow buttons. very nice.
This must be the ultimate Gameboy color! I shall buy it! Thanks, Elliot, now I will have the ultimate Gameboy color. Can't wait to see this happen to the original DMG.
That is the best freakin build for Game Boy color. Awesome work man !
Fantastic work as usual Elliot, I always enjoy your content!
You just earned yourself a new subscriber. I have never owned a handheld device because my parents never bought me one when I was a kid. But this stuff is very interesting, especially modding devices to your liking.
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
My brother made me a custom GameBoy color with the color light screen cleaned authentic shell and all the works. The color light is really nice man
Great video! Really enjoyed watching your mods.
I think it can't get better than this by now. Great mod overall crazy it looks so slick. It doesn't look like it have an open shell wich most of these mods at first had. I think u doesn't even need to cut out some edges etc wich older mods needed cuz screen sizes etc. Amazing
@dittles
Жыл бұрын
I think it'll get plenty better if you didn't have to cut into the shell. I just wanna replace my screen without having to potentially mess up my case.
Thanks for the guide and review. Got mine have the same setup.
That shit is dope man!! Nice color scheme. Your videos are making me want to do mods. I guess I'll do a gbc and a gba here soon!
The way I cut out plastic, which by no means is the best way, is by first heating my box cut knife on the stove. Then it glides through plastic much easier, you do have to constantly reheat the knife.
@dbnpoldermans4120
4 жыл бұрын
@Big White Duck Thanks, We I see them I will buy them.
Super awesome man, I totally want to do an ips screen for my gbc now and then my gba
That looks really nice. I reckon I'll have a go at that at some point
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Man! Yeah you should!
Hi just wanted to say great video! Also I love that coloured hoodie you are wearing it looks great on you! Very appropriate considering you installed that ips screen lol 😁😁
This game boy looks very fresh. Damn retro future. Wicked cool.
That's the most beautiful Gameboy Colour I've ever seen wow
I think I want one just to play Link's Awakening DX, Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons in their full glory !
Nice work dude.....you very talented in fix a retro console
you can buy the same sceen in the size of the gbc screen, so there is no trimming necessary. And it's cheaper. And has touch sensor, too.
@HieiTF76
4 жыл бұрын
Which one/where?
Cool! I want that screen and glass.
My my, what a beautiful gbc
the colors are beautiful! thank you for this
This is the nicest GbC ive seen. Im building one as well
You always make this look so easy
amazing, gbc I cherish the best memories from my childhood
Outstanding work!
I've been wanting to mod 2 of my gb so but man I've been waiting for ever for my screen from retro modding
This is incredible. Really suits the game boy. 👍
Got it in my recommendations
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Hooray!
I know I will only play it a few times for good times sake but the process of building it would be a blast. Decisions decisions...
I know this video is 8 months old. However, by just trimming post solder you can fracture the solder joint which can cause a walking wounded situation where you won't see a connection issue immediately. You really should reflow each joint after you cut to fix/prevent a cracked solder joint.
I just ordered an ips screen for my GBA and got the precut shell bc even though I have a dremel, I'm too lazy to do all the cutting too lol
This thing is sick I really want one of these
lookin great prolly the best gameboy you ever did.
Your videos are amazing. Keep up the good work!
Looks awesome!
*_This is my most favourite mod ever_* *_I love the Gameboy Colour_* *_I love the see-through design and the buttons_* *_You sir are amazing_*
@stevesteve9246
4 жыл бұрын
I just bought a bunch of High Quality Replacement Labels for the Game Boy Color Console in this video from a seller on eBay named Game Boy Color Man. He has every single replacement label for every Game Boy, Pocket, Color, Light, Advance, Advance SP, Micro N64, and SNES! For this Game Boy Color, he has the Battery Door Label, Serial Number Label, PAL European Serial Number Label, Made in Japan Console Label, Made in China Console Label, Pokemon Center Gold Console Label, Special Pikachu Edition Console Label, Special Pikachu Edition PAL European Console Label, Game Boy Color Light Console Label 10th Anniversary Serial Number, and Bar Code Label. He even has a bunch of custom Game Boy Color Man Console Labels and a really cool Pokemon Center Brooklyn one. And they are top quality American Made! Nothing like the toilet paper quality you'll find from other sellers that sell Chinese labels. The dude is awesome! The labels look fantastic and fit perfectly down to the millimeter. The packaging is amazing, and the dude also threw in a whole bunch of free kick ass Dishwasher Safe Die Cut Stickers! Check out his store if your Game Boy looks beat up and needs new labels! Or if you just need a smile put on your face. Honestly the coolest eBay purchase I ever made! He ships to all 50 states and Worldwide to the Entire Globe! Look at this on eBay ebay.com/usr/gameboycolorman
Ok I just gotta say, been a long time since Ive seen a columbia river snap lock!!! Very nice!!! I used to work at a knife shop, so I can appreciate a cool blade :)
Great mod. Thanks for this video.
Here's a challenge, restore PSP 1000. That thing is full of flat cables, it's super easy to break and there are no good guides on KZread to disassemble and reasonable completely without jump cuts. PSPs need some loving too.
It’s really beautiful
Gorgeous! Great video
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Damn, it's by far the best gbc mod with that screen
I like the color combinations
Your accent is so addicting mate! Subscribed by the way ;D
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
This is beautiful.
Congratulations, it looks very good, specially the IPS LCD screen. Could it be that it keeps nearly the same aspect ratio from the original screen?
When I modded my GB advance I used a dremil to modify the shell. Worked very well 👌 safer than a knife too 😬 (be careful 🙈)
That’s one sick gbc
Clothing shock! Wasn’t expecting that
Amazing! Nostalgia.
Greetings from Ecuador my friend.
@TheRetroFuture
4 жыл бұрын
Hi!