Making a Game Boy Color Game in C!
5:40
Make your GBC buttons Light Up!
13:24
Adding USB-C to Game Boys
12:41
2 жыл бұрын
Repairing Game Boys for New Projects!
17:03
Fix Aftermarket Dpads Easily!
4:47
4 жыл бұрын
The Game Boy Development Board!
16:19
NEW Game Boy Color Shells!
17:24
4 жыл бұрын
Giving the Game Boy Color Two Screens
10:55
BennVenn DMG 3" LCD Install
22:53
4 жыл бұрын
Why You Need a CRT for Retro Gaming
12:19
Making Custom Game Boy Buttons!
28:22
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@ronin7561
@ronin7561 13 күн бұрын
Please speak up.
@Fu9280
@Fu9280 17 күн бұрын
Nope Jpn cartridges were not coloured!
@JWRDAT-li9go
@JWRDAT-li9go 18 күн бұрын
It’s all fun and games until we hit run.
@josejose1221
@josejose1221 22 күн бұрын
what's the name of the device to transfer GB camera to computer?
@niplob
@niplob 29 күн бұрын
I love how your mic makes this disassembly sound like a horror game with how loud everything is
@steveothehulk
@steveothehulk Ай бұрын
does the gameboy color screen fit on the gb boy motherboard?
@Botini_
@Botini_ Ай бұрын
Is it possible to do in a GBA game? Like pokemon Ruby?
@davidpallotti4502
@davidpallotti4502 Ай бұрын
Hope your doing well brother, miss your videos. Your one ofbthe reasons i got into GB mods a number of years ago.
@nintendawg9283
@nintendawg9283 Ай бұрын
I love what you've done, and I wish I had the time in my life to do more photography in general- this at least once! I appreciate that you knew the official color names of the GameBoy Color variants. Very cool, man.
@RetrofIex
@RetrofIex 2 ай бұрын
Do you still do any retro gaming these days? If so, what do you typically play if time allows?
@jeffersonspyplanemusic
@jeffersonspyplanemusic 2 ай бұрын
What’s the device for the sd card called?
@jeffersonspyplanemusic
@jeffersonspyplanemusic 2 ай бұрын
Pretty cool stuff
@THEORIGINALMEMEHUB
@THEORIGINALMEMEHUB 2 ай бұрын
What does an English one look like? Not us
@Starfox-xy7zb
@Starfox-xy7zb 2 ай бұрын
Spinach green is the only acceptable color for a Gameboy!
@LiaThePenguinologist
@LiaThePenguinologist 2 ай бұрын
thats so cool, it really enhances the images :o would have been awesome if nintendo had been able to program the color combination into the original hardware, they could have sent out little color filter cards for kids to use
@hollywood3695
@hollywood3695 3 ай бұрын
Do they have the option for a NES controller? Sense it's only 2 button on the gameboy color.
@FixItViggo
@FixItViggo 3 ай бұрын
got me jamming in my chair with that intro lol
@cecillewolters1995
@cecillewolters1995 3 ай бұрын
This is crazy! Awesome stuff man, thanks for sharing :D
@timothycartwright8361
@timothycartwright8361 4 ай бұрын
I am the owner of this now. The guy I bought it from sent me this link. Still works great
@Reman1975
@Reman1975 4 ай бұрын
I'm not exactly a fan of packing the charging board in with the battery. Those TP4056 chips can get pretty warm when charging a battery from flat, and while it's unlikely to cause the Li-PO to catch light, having one spot constantly getting toasted is likely to reduce the batteries overall lifespan. On the original pocket there's just enough room to fit a TP4056 on the other side of the board between the D pad and B button. You need to chop off the middle motherboard mounting post, but it still works fine without that, and this also gives you that screw hole to feed the 6 wires neatly through to keep them away from the button contacts (A small amount of heat shrink tube around all the wires at that location is a good idea). To mount the charger to the motherboard you can just use a couple layers of car body double sided trim tape to lift it up away from where the button rubbers fit. Putting the charging board there is also pretty cool if you have a transparent case because you can see the charge indicators through the front of the case. I'm pretty sure this same approach would work on a GBC.
@rrafal
@rrafal 4 ай бұрын
You should have put a solder blob for the ground of bivert mod instead that silly cable. Also two cables for backlight can just be shorter.
@mariorivera7969
@mariorivera7969 4 ай бұрын
Is it possible to change the chip that stores save files on these games?
@Vendaar
@Vendaar 3 ай бұрын
yes, it is the big chip on the left side. It is acually SRAM which is volatile, thats one reason why the battery is needed. but when you swap it with an FRAM chip the save gets retained even when the battery is empty or removed. you still need battery or the real time clock wont work tho.
@willmoindrot
@willmoindrot 4 ай бұрын
Very useful video that I followed.One tip for others that I did not realise. I did everything but then found the inverter inverted image to be the polar opposite of what it should be, removing it corrected it. It turned out that I had put the polariser at the back the wrong way around - I thought I had put it in correctly to be dark, but I had tested it without passing it behind the original screen which is the only way to show the true orientation
@cinema6133
@cinema6133 4 ай бұрын
This is absolute comedy gold, and I don't even know if its a bit or not lol. Either way I fucking love this video.
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 4 ай бұрын
Haha it’s 100% real. Old KZbin.
@cinema6133
@cinema6133 4 ай бұрын
@@esotericsean it's so funny lmao! The long pause before your buddy starts talking about his DS 🤣 love it
@wolf1737
@wolf1737 4 ай бұрын
I've been thinking for a while to do this, but I was wondering if you can still trade with American/Japanese copies respectively, because that would be completely amazing
@Vendaar
@Vendaar 3 ай бұрын
gen 1 and 2 are notorious for corrupting savegames if you trade between japanese and englisch/other versions :(
@railfanningstuff8333
@railfanningstuff8333 5 ай бұрын
what id like to see is a DMG with game boy color back lite mod so that I have an easier to hold hand held console with the colorization of the original game boy while being back lit. the one true god of the DMG
@Mario-zi8wr
@Mario-zi8wr 5 ай бұрын
Cringe. HD TVs are better and playing on emulator on pc is free 😎
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 5 ай бұрын
Honestly, I love CRTs, but I do spend way more time playing using an emulator on an LCD. It’s still fun :)
@onthechair123456
@onthechair123456 5 ай бұрын
Still the pride of my collection.
@nemesisnine3297
@nemesisnine3297 5 ай бұрын
I fill the membrane circle with uv light glue and cure it then perfection
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 5 ай бұрын
Oh nice idea!
@hnidstx270
@hnidstx270 5 ай бұрын
Is this topic still a thing? I have a question! Is this possible to without soldering, like by connecting the cartridge to a pc and dump a English rom?
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 5 ай бұрын
Unfortunately no, these chips are write-only, so you can’t replace the ROM that’s on the actual chip. That’s why you have to go through this complicated process 😅
@hnidstx270
@hnidstx270 5 ай бұрын
@@esotericsean thanks man, I had hope to have a sick Japanese’s crystal version with German language. My Japanese language skills aren’t the best 😂😂😂
@adrian_veidt
@adrian_veidt 6 ай бұрын
If I wanted to play my cartridges, I would've just grabbed one of those modded GBAs or a DS. I never owned a gamegear or genesis. So I'm fine with software emulation. Retro handhelds like the RP3 plus(the 4 pro had a shitty QC right now) and AYN odin 2 are far more capable. Streaming, native android gaming, browsing the web, a wider and more powerful selection of systems to emulate. Lots of channels raving on the FPGA like it's the second coming of jesus. Well as an electrical engineer, I just don't see that huge advantage worth raving about. The pocket is just not worth all the trouble of getting it. Don't even get me started on the price.
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 6 ай бұрын
Some good points. I have a FunnyPlaying FPGBC too but it’s even less capable than Analogue Pocket. I think it’s important that someone preserves the actual CPU in an FPGA so the Game Boy (and other system) environment can be emulated in the future cause eventually all original Game Boy CPUs will fail. But software emulation is perfectly fine too and honestly that’s how I play most of the time as well.
@keaton718
@keaton718 6 ай бұрын
You've got the best hobby, having all these consoles and stuff.
@Aurora7
@Aurora7 6 ай бұрын
I want to back-light my gameboy colour but I have no skills for this :(
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 6 ай бұрын
New screens are super easy to do. Just open your Game Boy Color, take out the old screen, drop in the new one, and close it all up!
@janixh419
@janixh419 6 ай бұрын
Are these ribbons still available?
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 6 ай бұрын
I doubt they’re produced anymore. You might be able to find some leftover on AliExpress. Obviously there are much better and easier options now, but this was originally a great mod!
@janixh419
@janixh419 6 ай бұрын
@@esotericsean darn it! Guess it's back to the old worm light then.. thx
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 6 ай бұрын
@@janixh419 Check out the screens from FunnyPlaying. On their site or on RetroModding, RetroGameRepairShop, etc. they have some really easy screen replacements now.
@swiftxrapid919
@swiftxrapid919 6 ай бұрын
can i connect it to a crt tv?
@jansidlo
@jansidlo 6 ай бұрын
FPGBC for 69$
@GreenMachineXXII
@GreenMachineXXII 6 ай бұрын
You make it look so easy 😭
@RockyLikesPews
@RockyLikesPews 7 ай бұрын
How would this work with a rechargeable LiPo mod?
@MainHook
@MainHook 7 ай бұрын
Hi! I've been looking for this game boy cartridges (0:11) for roms that I work on and wants to play on gbc. My english is terrible so idk if I'm searching with the right words on ebay. Did you made this yourself? Do you have any place where I can find those and buy? Thank you!
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 7 ай бұрын
Try looking at InsideGadgets, they have some really good cartridges you can flash yourself with your own ROMs with the GBxCart.
@Reegareth
@Reegareth 7 ай бұрын
8:00 I know its obvious with this too but I've made the mistake of being a little too rough with this piece after the top cap has been removed and torn the switch contact pads and had to re do the traces with wires. I knew that after that top plate was removed the only thing holding it on was the pads but even knowing that I still managed to rip 2 off when I was cleaning the inside of the switch with a que tip.
@ShadowvailYT
@ShadowvailYT 7 ай бұрын
Realizing this is a few years old at this point, but still relevant. I don't think that the cause of this is always the D-Pad specifically. It can also be from a custom shell or after market housing. I've used stock D-Pads from OEM Gameboys in after market shells and this problem still exists. So in case someone is running into this issue and is actually using OEM D-Pads, the case itself is probably the issue and not actually the D-Pad.
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 7 ай бұрын
Oh definitely, there are a lot more types of shells now too.
@ShadowvailYT
@ShadowvailYT 7 ай бұрын
@@esotericsean Awesome channel by the way. Greatly appreciate what you do!
@Phoenixwizard77
@Phoenixwizard77 7 ай бұрын
I ordered one of these for my GBA last year, but I was still very new to soddering and chickened out on tying to install it. Now I'm a little more experienced and a little more confident with a soddering iron, but now my taste changed and I like my consoles to look more like the OEM versions while being deceptively modernized. lol
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 7 ай бұрын
Hah I know the feeling, it’s funny how our tastes can change so much within something like this.
@carlos2nice
@carlos2nice 7 ай бұрын
I don't see any difference on swapping the sticker to the other plastic.
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 7 ай бұрын
I just prefer the American design but it’s not a necessary thing to do!
@ZekeWatson
@ZekeWatson 7 ай бұрын
I wish you talked more about the camera firmware, and what they do different.
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 7 ай бұрын
Maybe I’ll make another video, there have been some pretty good updates to the different software!
@bengandolfi
@bengandolfi 7 ай бұрын
Super late to this, but what kind of solder did you use to remove the chip?
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 7 ай бұрын
Any low melt solder will work, but the one I used is called ChipQuik.
@bengandolfi
@bengandolfi 7 ай бұрын
Gotcha, thank you! Found a ChipQuik low melt removal kit with some flux included, I'm guessing that'll do the trick. Definitely plan on practicing before I attempt this though lol.
@vinnythechin69
@vinnythechin69 7 ай бұрын
Question on cable that attaches the LCD screen what happens if you break one of those pins
@esotericsean
@esotericsean 7 ай бұрын
It will be missing a data line so not all of the graphics data will be able to get through and you’ll get a weird image on the screen (or sometimes nothing on the screen at all, depending on which pin was damaged).
@vinnythechin69
@vinnythechin69 7 ай бұрын
What if you break one of those Pinge on LCD screen? Would it still work?
@pacmanfuzbearstoodioz2646
@pacmanfuzbearstoodioz2646 7 ай бұрын
well now you know!
@pacmanfuzbearstoodioz2646
@pacmanfuzbearstoodioz2646 7 ай бұрын
cat in the background MEOW MEOW MEOW
@PurplePhantom4
@PurplePhantom4 8 ай бұрын
Just built a custom but i accidentally burned and melted a small area on the pin cardtridge reader. Im glad i found your video because i didnt know that you have to de-solder all those pins.