Retro Gear Customs

Retro Gear Customs

This channel will aim to show you how to customise, mod and paint anything from consoles to toys and model kits. Specialising in 90's nostalgia but not neglecting the great things we have now (the future Retro).

It was 1991, I was 9 years old and I was given my first handheld console as a birthday present. To this day I still remember the unboxing of the SEGA Game Gear and Joy it gave me for hours on end for years to come.
Fast forward to today and I wanted to relive that experience and so bought a broken Game Gear and some capacitors and with no soldering experience I managed to fix it.
Straight after I wanted to customise it and make it my own, using skills I learnt from other hobbies I painted my first themed Game Gear in the style of a famous Coke brand. I loved the way it turned out, I wanted to make more.

In short. I want to share with you all my love for retro gaming and I how I celebrate it through customising and modifying.

I hope you enjoy my channel and help me grow.

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  • @almeidachannel7121
    @almeidachannel712110 күн бұрын

    Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! Love Retro Sega Games !

  • @MystiqEevee
    @MystiqEevee10 күн бұрын

    It shouldve fucken had AV out in the first place! biggest fail on segas part

  • @user-qu1lx3nq7o
    @user-qu1lx3nq7o10 күн бұрын

    Hello fron Paraguay my fotografíed in arcade jurasic park games

  • @ghostbombl8034
    @ghostbombl803411 күн бұрын

    People do not know how to use sclines in general. Scanlines are for filtering the jag edges and the crt mask wires goingvup down filters our rest jag that is why just using Scanlines will still have some jags because you do not have right size mask but the trick to get rid of all jags on a lot games not all is to prescaling the pixs to the scanlines.i keep my scanlines on lowest setting so you barely see them because it adds depth and 3d look like the crt .pixelcwas pixels but it did not look pixels on right crt in its native every thing states. I do not know why people believe that this games look pixel lated.😅 Yiu need to match your game refresh to your tv refresh do you do not need vsyn or triple buffer. You just using the tv native refresh matched to your game.most emulators can force low refresh games like 30 frames to 60 common old school refresh but not all can do that so you need vsyn.None my games use frame skip eather.real time rendering.

  • @thebasketballhistorian3291
    @thebasketballhistorian329111 күн бұрын

    Had no idea Game Gear modding was a thing. Looks amazing! Hopefully there is a rechargeable battery mod too.

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms11 күн бұрын

    Of course there is, this one has 2 x 2500mah batteries and uses Usbc to charge. Gives about 18 hours of gameplay

  • @SLICK8116
    @SLICK811612 күн бұрын

    Do you repair game gears on your website

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms12 күн бұрын

    @@SLICK8116 hiya, I do indeed

  • @r3tr0s1c
    @r3tr0s1c13 күн бұрын

    It looks so absolutely beautiful. 😍

  • @SLICK8116
    @SLICK811612 күн бұрын

    Youll never have 1😅

  • @Letofishy
    @Letofishy23 күн бұрын

    Where did you get the shell

  • @andrewhendrick8911
    @andrewhendrick891123 күн бұрын

    I painted it myself

  • @aaronbass6189
    @aaronbass618928 күн бұрын

    That looks great

  • @aaronbass6189
    @aaronbass6189Ай бұрын

    Is that game gear custom made

  • @andrewhendrick8911
    @andrewhendrick8911Ай бұрын

    It is indeed 💪

  • @scottdecowski4913
    @scottdecowski4913Ай бұрын

    Can't believe they didn't include either of the awesome Game Gear Jurassic Park games in the PS5 collection, both are better than the Gameboy versions

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustomsАй бұрын

    I completely agree! It’s a shame, I’d say the game gear version was the best. True underdog 🤣

  • @VideoGameRestoration
    @VideoGameRestorationАй бұрын

    That smell is the worst part!

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustomsАй бұрын

    The smell does take some getting use to for sure! The wife absolutely hates it when I work on these 😂

  • @raptorjake4415
    @raptorjake4415Ай бұрын

    Nice, own the SNES game.

  • @leobgoo6350
    @leobgoo6350Ай бұрын

    👍

  • @leobgoo6350
    @leobgoo6350Ай бұрын

    👍

  • @TopHat_VR23
    @TopHat_VR232 ай бұрын

    That is beautiful I never thought any one would make a custom Jurassic Park custom shell you earned yourseof a subscriber!

  • @TheLorenzoZone
    @TheLorenzoZone3 ай бұрын

    Is it me or was the vinyl at first correct? It should say 50 and not 05 right?

  • @andrewhendrick8911
    @andrewhendrick89113 ай бұрын

    So the 50 looked fine, but I was going for the 05 from the movie.

  • @Alteracious
    @Alteracious4 ай бұрын

    Great work :D

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 😄

  • @coreygray2338
    @coreygray23384 ай бұрын

    This is a work of art, one of the finest pieces of tech I have ever seen and I could not be more appreciative and supportive of your work Andrew! The attention to detail, the craftsmanship and love that went into this is so awesome. Thank you so much and cheers on making a 20 year dream come back alive.

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    No worries, I love building these consoles and just want to get the underrated console of the 90s out there! Enjoy, it was great fun to build 👍

  • @digsducks
    @digsducks4 ай бұрын

    I love themed builds. I’ve got only one but plan on doing more. Looking forwards to more content!!!

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Awesome, I have a lot of theme builds, hopefully I’ll have lots more to come 😃 what have you done already? What are you planning?

  • @gary1728
    @gary17284 ай бұрын

    I’ve recently bought a game gear and came across your art work which is excellent. These videos are also great, particularly the recapping. Why go to the effort of widening the shell when you could get something like a Retrosix screen and drop it in - is the BV one that much better?

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Hi and thank you. The Retrosix screens and the bennvenn SD screen are both great drop in options. The reason I personally prefer the HD is because of the integer scaled pixels. Also the new on screen display with the use of a touch sensor to bring up the menu I prefer. The pixel density is much higher as well, going from 320 to 640. So very clean and crisp.

  • @Blehstor
    @Blehstor4 ай бұрын

    why did you remove the resistors and wired those cables for the GGFM? is this only needed for Syf board? I have a GGFM on an original board and didnt have to wire anything

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Going from the SYF website, there is a section where he suggests this for outrun to work correctly. I’d be interested to whether in your experience you need to do this?

  • @drivenbyfate
    @drivenbyfate4 ай бұрын

    It's for enabling PSG sound mixing, really only needed to SMS Outrun.

  • @Blehstor
    @Blehstor4 ай бұрын

    @@drivenbyfate does it have any negative effects? or it just adds compatibility for outrun and thats it?

  • @drivenbyfate
    @drivenbyfate4 ай бұрын

    @Blehstor Nope no negative effects, just adds compatibility for outrun is all. Really not needed if you don't plan on playing that one game.

  • @Blehstor
    @Blehstor4 ай бұрын

    @@drivenbyfate thanks for the info, what about original boards? is it also needed for them?

  • @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy
    @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy4 ай бұрын

    things to improve in your videos, the music is blasting too loud while I can't make out anything you are saying, a headphone microphone (that also have a foam protection to isolate noise and breath / air blast) could greatly help so we get constant sound of your voice and actually not only hear you but understand you, and yeah the music could be slightly lower gain with slight fade in and out so it doesn't blast our brains and ears out XD

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    All very good feedback, I have indeed invested in a microphone, just a small one. Hopefully you’ll see, well, hear the difference in the next video 😉 I do struggle with the audio mix for some reason! I’m learning though.

  • @veracityoffense2405
    @veracityoffense24054 ай бұрын

    So much passion in your work, looks great!

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Thank you, I try my best with ever console I paint or build.

  • @TecraTube
    @TecraTube4 ай бұрын

    looks really good bro 👍

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Thank you 😀

  • @hectorprojector
    @hectorprojector4 ай бұрын

    Very interesting. Thanks for all the work you put in making these videos. (Would really enjoy that tool links list.)

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    I may have forgotten that, I’ll do it now 👍

  • @hectorprojector
    @hectorprojector4 ай бұрын

    @@retrogearcustoms Cool, looking forward to the rest of the build!

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    @@hectorprojectortools are in the description now. Thanks for watching 😀

  • @riquealfonso
    @riquealfonso4 ай бұрын

    Curious, do you guys do the Nomad as well? *wink* *wink*

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Hi, I’ve not worked on a nomad yet, but in principle they are similar to both the game gear and mega drive.

  • @riquealfonso
    @riquealfonso4 ай бұрын

    @@retrogearcustoms awesome! Couldn’t wait.

  • @riquealfonso
    @riquealfonso4 ай бұрын

    Subscribed! Because I’m backing an order from you guys in due course!

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for subscribing, what are you thinking of ordering?

  • @riquealfonso
    @riquealfonso4 ай бұрын

    @@retrogearcustoms SEGA GAME GEAR - NOSTALGIA NINJA - BennVenn GGHGD

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    @@riquealfonso lovely choice, I’m honestly not sure how a game gear can better than this lol we must have hit peak by now

  • @riquealfonso
    @riquealfonso4 ай бұрын

    @@retrogearcustoms we appreciate custom retro and besides, you guys has magic fingers. It must be the heart and passion 🤩

  • @hectorprojector
    @hectorprojector4 ай бұрын

    Are there no new shells premade with this ratio for the screen hole size? (Love the tiny animated bits you put in there. So cool, man.)

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    There are no shells that I know of that are ready for this. The tiny animated bits took ages lol, glad you like them 😀

  • @hectorprojector
    @hectorprojector4 ай бұрын

    Cool, had no idea this was possible. Too bad SYF don't seem to have the PCB in stock anymore. Thanks for a great video.

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Might be worth reaching out to him to see if he still has these or can get some ordered.

  • @Gameboy-Unboxings
    @Gameboy-Unboxings4 ай бұрын

    What screen did you use on the gameboy? That green color is really on point.

  • @hectorprojector
    @hectorprojector4 ай бұрын

    Thank you, really integrering to see that. Would love a video of the install and test of the SYF audio board with premium speakers.

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    Should be easy enough. I’ll get it done 👍

  • @hectorprojector
    @hectorprojector4 ай бұрын

    @retrogearcustoms Come to think of it. I haven't seen one video with SYF power board with the Dual LiPo batteries. That would be really cool to see as well. That guy really makes some interesting products and there is not always a lot of information about them on KZread.

  • @VideoGameRestoration
    @VideoGameRestoration4 ай бұрын

    You gotta try the hot air method! You can decap a board in 5 minutes! Great work!

  • @drivenbyfate
    @drivenbyfate4 ай бұрын

    Or even the wiggle method. Just bend the caps back and forth until the legs break off, so fast to remove caps like that.

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    I’m not sure how confident I am putting hot air near caps. I made that mistake once and not too willing to try it again 😂

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    @@drivenbyfateI’ve torn a couple of pads this way, but it is a way to do it for sure 👍

  • @VideoGameRestoration
    @VideoGameRestoration4 ай бұрын

    @@retrogearcustoms 😂😂 that's fair

  • @Smanux
    @Smanux5 ай бұрын

    Nice walkthrough, thank you. Glad to see I'm not the only one to struggle with the power board 😅 What references of capacitors do you use ?

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms5 ай бұрын

    Oh man! The power board.. what is up with them? Worst part of a recap. When you ask for references, what are you asking for?

  • @Smanux
    @Smanux4 ай бұрын

    I'm wondering if you pick a specific brand

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms4 ай бұрын

    @@Smanux I use Rubycon for the mainboard and power board, nichicon for the soundboard.

  • @VideoGameRestoration
    @VideoGameRestoration5 ай бұрын

    Neat

  • @rpetersn
    @rpetersn6 ай бұрын

    Very handy video. It looks like you are taking 2mm off the left and right, and none off the top and bottom, is that correct?

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms6 ай бұрын

    Yes 2mm off each side and none off the bottom 👍

  • @user-wd2iz5rb8l
    @user-wd2iz5rb8l6 ай бұрын

    Beautyfull hello fron paraguay my fotografied arcade jurasick park and baby blue toy jurasick world❤❤

  • @elyea5928
    @elyea59286 ай бұрын

    Ian Malcom was right...

  • @leonboy9388
    @leonboy93886 ай бұрын

    Is something like this for sale?

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms6 ай бұрын

    Sorry, I missed this comment, yes I do sell these on my site. I’ll need to add the option to increase the screen size.

  • @Daniel-ne5ms
    @Daniel-ne5ms6 ай бұрын

    Se te callo el juguete

  • @alelauguz
    @alelauguz2 ай бұрын

    Do Not Speak Spanish

  • @matix9664
    @matix96647 ай бұрын

    So wait do you have 2 DMG game boys that are both Jurassic park theme? So cool.

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms5 ай бұрын

    I do indeed

  • @vaderdaddy9784
    @vaderdaddy97847 ай бұрын

    is this custom model?

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms7 ай бұрын

    This is indeed a custom I made

  • @vaderdaddy9784
    @vaderdaddy97847 ай бұрын

    @@retrogearcustoms respect u bro, nice stuff

  • @patsagonsaechin3006
    @patsagonsaechin30067 ай бұрын

    Man, with how many pieces there are, I'd go insane trying to paint this thing. Great job dude.

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms7 ай бұрын

    I think it’s over 800 pieces, and yup wasn’t an easy thing to paint lol

  • @GAACALORI
    @GAACALORI7 ай бұрын

    essa pcb tem o arquivo gerber ?

  • @naxstaxable
    @naxstaxable7 ай бұрын

    Nice build! Enjoyed the video. (:

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for watching, and thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed it 😀

  • @tarantinoish
    @tarantinoish7 ай бұрын

    That’s cool. I actually like Jurassic Park on the Game Gear much more. That game was my jam.

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms7 ай бұрын

    I agree Jurassic park on the game gear is possibly the best version of the game, very over looked. Better than any Nintendo version and more playable than than the genesis

  • @dab7465
    @dab74658 ай бұрын

    Nice work bro. Beautiful results

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms8 ай бұрын

    Thanks, it takes time, but worth it

  • @Venison_0904
    @Venison_09048 ай бұрын

    You make soldering the screen pins look so easy 😂 well done! Cracking job, can't believe how different the tech is; that screen is BEAUTIFUL! The touch controls are pretty snazzy too! Stereo speakers as well?! That's crazy! Amazing 😊 Great vid!

  • @retrogearcustoms
    @retrogearcustoms8 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it, it’s easy when you know how 😉 this is an absolute beast, it’s my daily player for now.

  • @Venison_0904
    @Venison_09048 ай бұрын

    @@retrogearcustoms I'm not surprised. 100% jealous, even though I already have my own beauties!! 😍🥰

  • @daitallica6467
    @daitallica64678 ай бұрын

    Vallejo FTW haha