GAME BOY CAMERA MINI - what it could’ve been from the beginning!

[@RevolutionFalls]

This is beyond cool. Also, if you have transparent red, blue and green sheets of plastic and take identical pictures through all three colors, you can make put a colored filter on them in Photoshop or Gimp and combine them for colored pictures!

[@littlemodshop]

Thank you! I will give it a try! 😊

[@DexrexxMedia]

@@littlemodshopjust a note in photoshop you’d wanna put each respective photo in their respective rgb channel you can’t just jam them in different layers

[@ashens2]

No micro SD card slot was a huge missed opportunity.

[@davidc7763]

Just want to note that this is not an oversight, but not present due to technical limitations.

[@Zanpaa]

@@davidc7763 it would technically be possible, the PicNRec AIO from InsideGadgets is a GB Camera with space for 18,000 pictures and a USB port. Not quite an SD card but similar. However it uses a full size GB Camera cart, it would probably be harder to miniaturize into this size.

[@jacobmartincontreras]

They just copied all of the electronics from the original one so it works exactly the same. They would have to make a brand new design to do that

[@tribeofcam3762]

Make one with a sd card slot

[@raphaelboichot8972]

There was a project to add SD support into the custom camera rom but it also required a PCB modification that never happened.

[@Tanookicatoon]

At first I was like "Ohh good idea" but then immediately said "But then you lose the selfie option the original camera had!"

[@jorgearre1266]

Pretty much. 6/10 no self-portrait option

[@GirlOnAQuest]

So turn it around??

[@Rayjacker]

@@GirlOnAQuest But then you can't see the screen to change settings or see what you're pointing at.

[@Deebofreebo]

Google Facening Scan (フェイスニングスキャン), there’s a selfie camera for DS, you plug it into the GBA slot. 😮

[@georginaraven1691]

Not that you can't solve that easily. Out of the many-many solutions, the one I would recommend is a weird thing called a "friend" (/frĕnd/ noun: A person whom one knows; an acquaintance who can make proper photos of you.)

[@WarriorZ676]

This looks like a nice project, although it does remove the ability to do selfies... It's a shame it still requires parts from an original GB Camera, but I guess this project would be good when certain parts are broken, to try and bring back a Game Boy Camera back to life.

[@Re-Crix]

This is interesting as hell! I really think you're a massively underrated channel and it's always neat to see these little technical deep dives. Keep it up!

[@littlemodshop]

Thank you for your kind words! 😊

[@Lorenzo-wh4wc]

I love to see a gameboy color camera! Thx for the video! 🔥

[@bearnaff9387]

The imaging chip in the GBC was also unusual in that it was the first attempt at integrating a CMOS sensor with a microcontroller. IIRC, some very simple visual processing could be performed in-camera by the imaging sensor itself. These abilities were not used by the GBC as thy were intended for the chip's intended market as a secondary sensor for security systems. Again, it's been over 20 years since I looked into it, but I think the intended use was to wake up a more powerful security camera (and bring the feed from that camera to the attention of the system.) I believe that the two main functions it could do were to note when more than a certain number of pixels changed from one captured frame to the next and perform some kind of outlining function for separating foreground from background. If I am recalling these abilities correctly, the GNC sensor was a very neat chip and surprisingly advanced for the time.

[@Linus_YouTube]

Super tolles Video! Vor allem das Intro fand ich super, wunderbar gefilmt, gefällt mir sehr. Ich wünsche dir alles Gute mit deinem Channel!

[@RinkuSonic41]

Wasn't one of the selling points that you could rotate it to take selfies?

[@p529.]

Wouldn't a metallic strip on the back of the cartridge allow for that as well? Add a metallic strip so you can your reflection, and then just press a button?

[@Doyle69]

Tip for removing components with multiple legs close like the sensor is: Cut a piece of copper wire (solid if possible, not the usual strand wire) thats a little longer, place on top of the legs, apply solder and all legs will melt at the same time allowing you to lift one side. You can also make the wire longer and make a U shape which can heat up all legs and remove as one :)

[@littlemodshop]

Thats a good tip! Thank you for sharing! :)

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

A thin piece of zip ties also works :)

[@ArticTiger]

Should have used that PCBWay sponsor to get the transparent print to match your awesome GBC ;) very nice project and great video! liked and subscribed :)

[@littlemodshop]

Can’t agree more. You’ll get way better print quality with a service like pcbway. But i wanted to show off what is possible woth the resources i have. :) thank you and welcome 😊

[@PCBWay]

@@littlemodshop

[@Igloomoto]

Finally a video about this. I have been wanting to make one of these but no one is covering this. THANK YOU!!!

[@littlemodshop]

Glad you enjoy it. :) as soon as i saw that project, i knew i need to make a video about it. 😊

[@fiffy6572]

man, this feels like it really could have been a real thing!! Amazing work and great passion!

[@HarlanChernoff]

What is the name of the heat gun were you using?

[@Sampsonited]

LETS GOOOOOOO ty for making this video, chris deffo deserve the spotlight

[@littlemodshop]

100% agree! 🔥

[@orion2901]

A tiny mirror on the back like old digital cameras would be the icing on the cake

[@DPedroBoh]

I love how the software automatically makes a dithering pathern to show different shades of gray, it's pretty cool and convincing, all things considered.

[@lisastaudinger1440]

Maaaaaan this project is INSANE! Your video is a pure pleasure to watch - love your style, please keep it up!

[@littlemodshop]

🫡🤗

[@JonasBerg-d8k]

da kennen sich 2 Leute wohl. Haha

[@Okla_Soft]

I had a yellow GB camera back in the day for my clear (transparent) shell game boy. I was really wanting a modern Nintendo system before getting the Game Boy and couldn’t afford my own snes as I was a small kid, so the game boy was the closest I got for a while, and the game boy camera was one of those far ahead of its time products. It was a digital camera that you had at a time when basically nobody had a digital camera, they simply didn’t exist yet, so you knew that it was a special thing to have digital photos, even if they looked rough. That was the other major thing, the UI for the original GBC was so clunky and handholdy, even as a kid I could tell the UI was holding it back, and it would have been far cooler had they allowed it to just shoot photos and store them for later. That’s all we wanted it for. I mounted my game boy w/ camera on a Lego MindStorms Rover that I had built, and I had an autonomous roving Lego robot that could take photos, but controlling the camera was basically impossible without holding the GB in your hands. It was a super cool idea, and I was really into Star Wars at the time so my true dream/goal was to have a semi-functional droid of my own. I never got there but I’ll always remember the dream and idea that I could do it if I put enough engineering effort into it. Of course now as an adult I see the limitations of the LEGO format for building roving droids.

[@plateshutoverlock]

"I had an autonomous roving Lego robot that could take photos, but controlling the camera was basically impossible without holding the GB in your hands" You could (what I'm assuming) make the robot take pictures by having a motorized rod push on the button used as the shutter. That is, if the software didn't throw up all sorts of nag prompts and such. You did mention the UI was quite restrictive. :-(

[@Mobik_]

I get the compact form factor but... the selfie feature? I gues a bit of bump and a flip camera will be nice

[@whygee92]

I have a japanese version of the gameboy camera. Is it possible to just install the custom software to have a usable cam for non japan speakers?

[@kudratortikov1204]

A Quite interesting idea! it was so pleasure to watch how enthusiasts are creating something interesting. Well done

[@anthonyp2312]

Wow this is such a great project both hardware and software wise

[@esotericsean]

Hey, nice little channel you got here. Subscribed!

[@littlemodshop]

Oh thank you so much, i really appreciate it :) I also shouted you out a few videos ago, so i’m glad you found your way here ☺️

[@3DSage]

Very nice! I really enjoyed this :)

[@johneygd]

Wooow i must say that’s an interesting project, that gb camera with smaller cartride form looks sooo much better and the new added software on it makes me indeed curious about it’s extra capabilities added to it. This is what the original gbcamera should,ve been😁

[@PCBWay]

That's so GOOD!

[@claytonnoble568]

As a photographer id rock this 24/7

[@raphango]

Loved that!❤

[@TheArtofCalebRoe]

This is super cool! I always thought the gameboy camera was cool

[@ianbg72]

A huge missed opportunity was not installing an as card slot. Also this mod removes the ability of taking selfies like the original camera, so one possible fix would be having the camera just above the cartridge on a 180° swivel

[@JordanJWood96]

Okay so I love the video but bro I love the Munich warehouse tee ❤️

[@Linus_YouTube]

Ich hab kürzlich mit dem 3D Drucken angefangen und das schwarze Filament mit den weissen Punkten das du gebraucht hast gefällt mir sehr, wie heisst das?

[@littlemodshop]

That was Voxelab Galaxy Matte Black PLA if i remember correctly. ✌🏻😊

[@parkerazz4385]

It's just amazing what people can do with tech..

[@BenjaEstibill]

Did you make some for sell? I want one 🙏🏻

[@Oretal]

Shoutouts to the homie Chris for designing it! They did an awesome job! I gotta get my hands on one one day.

[@nhoenderop]

I made one out of an ESP CAM module with microsd but it didn’t work with the game boy it operated separately

[@japangamejunk]

such genius... i wish i had this kind of skill...

[@mecha417]

Perhaps in the future there could be a way to use off-the-shelf parts instead of slaughtering a working GB camera unit.

[@ReclaimerTyphoon]

Should have kept the ability to do a selfie. Make the camera a separate piece that can flip up and over, kind of like Asus Zenfone 6, etc. Also, maybe it would have just been worth figuring out how to make an intermediary "middle man" cartridge that goes between the original camera and the system (like a Game Genie), to use custom photo software, instead of building a whole new camera.

[@imclearingit4149]

There is a middleman cart for the camera, the Inside Gadgets PicNRec to get video from gameboy camera has both pass through cart design and "all in one" design

[@trevor.mccauley]

I might have missed it but can you buy these premade?

[@joanschonne382]

Have you considered using a small soldering hot plate for removing the chips and sensor? I have a small one but not hot air gun and would be intrested in knowing if it might be a viable option, or to risky ;)

[@woopize]

This is so cool! I would love to do it but my experience with saudering is so little that I'm afraid that I would screw up everything ahha

[@timberthewolf733]

The chill tone and slight german vibe to this was really calming.

[@justinb3074]

i had the camera and printer.. this is pretty dope

[@AlexiBexi]

crazy mod

[@littlemodshop]

yooooo thank you! 🤯

[@DaarkCloud]

This is awesome!

[@inoahguygames]

Add an extendable, rotateable top for selfies and it's perfect.

[@david02129]

I like the idea, but as others have pointed out, you lose the self portrait option! Easy solution: you should make that little camera able to FLIP out!

[@MrBaskins2010]

lovely project if i had any free time or skills

[@DfknG85]

Im having a hard time finding the Iphone 11 1x lens array

[@pray4skylark]

It would have been nice to let the camera module flip to the display.

[@highfro]

Love your content!

[@littlemodshop]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@SjorsMaster]

no selfie mode is kinda sad to me, i use the gbc to capture meetings and memories

[@the5kyliner]

super cool video!

[@LuisMercadoorg]

Hopefully he start selling pre build units. This is very interesting!

[@myrmeko]

Hmmm... If you are doing custom software, how about a 2-shot panorama mode. Or a 4-shot "super resolution" mode, where 4 photos on a 2x2 grid would create a larger image. No need to show them on the actual Gameboy as a full photo (mainly because it would have to also compress the image to fit on the screen and that would take memory for no reason), but only in the PC software to be shown as a full picture Kirby Tilt&Tumble had an accelerometer, so a gyroscope shouldn't be a problem for the Gameboy to handle, right? Just think about how cool it would be. It would open up so many more artistic possibilities for the GB Camera.

[@dri_him]

Let's take this a step further and use a dedicated camera or a smart phone. The possibilities are endless!

[@myrmeko]

@@dri_him With a camera or smartphone you can't get the same effect. Maybe a close approximation, but clearly not the real thing

[@Nordlicht05]

I should make Fotos again with my camera. I have an adaptor which I think only works on windows xp for dumping the files. A while back when i used it again i backed up some Fotos from I think 1999. I put a date stamp on it. Was the neighbours cat.

[@LetsPlayKeldeo]

Klasse video !

[@g-ray15]

so do you need an original camera for this?? what's the point then…

[@VDOless]

I guess using a 3rd party camera module would not be impossible with today's modding capabilities but it would different circuitry and programming altogether

[@Alxasaurus]

From the thumbnail I thought it was a pokedex xD

[@littlemodshop]

Haha i can see it now too! 🤣

[@gawlikcreations6956]

Wow I like IT!

[@Space_Reptile]

darn shame you have to dissasemble a working GBCam for this, i was hoping it was a new one since the classic ones are getting a smidge pricy these days

[@nikola1499]

you are a genius!

[@Ultracrepidarian]

god damn this is so cool!!

[@holzwurm_hd7029]

You cant rotate the Camera so its somewhat worse.

[@williamjaggers4624]

“no micro sd card slot” YOU LITERALLY NEED A CARD RIPPER TO BUILD THIS

[@BowsettesFury]

Cool, now do it for the Switch 😂

[@robson_reys]

I would really like to be able to make one of these, but unfortunately I imagine it wouldn't be cheap with the taxes charged here in Brazil. I would really like to be able to make one of these, but unfortunately I imagine it wouldn't be cheap with the taxes charged here in Brazil.

[@kingpishful]

Desolder the camera sensor using chipquik. Less bother.

[@bkucenski]

Nintendo has always been ahead of the curve trying to make advanced tech available to a mass market even if the quality is that of a potato.

[@debranchelowtone]

Intéressant mais déçevant.

[@lolzer340]

make a video with it

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

What it should have been from the beginning? They didn’t really have the tech we have now.

[@littlemodshop]

sure, it would've been more expensive and also no "selfie mode" but it would be possible to make, even back then. the original was and still is value product.

[@MrCed122]

It's using the original CMOS sensor and lens, the only major difference is firmware, nothing they couldn't have done then, the smaller size is basically a bonus and they could've have done it if they wanted to sacrifice the movable lens (which wasn't only for selfies, but mainly because you needed to look at the screen weirdly to even see anything, so that particular design here would be horrible on a original, unlit Game Boy).

[@andrealotito4412]

did you even watch the video? the mod recycles all the original hardware but in a much more space efficient layout, all the other functional improvements are software. The only part you can consider cheating is the bigger storage, but the proof of concet remains unchanged: all of the original GB Camera guts could be manufactured in a standard cartridge back in 1998 (along the more advanced exposition controls) if they watend to. Nowdays we perceive the bulky size of the GB Camera as sign of obsolescence but in reality it was mostly a design choice, not a tech limit (which this mod proves if only you paid any attention at all)

[@askedmarlin]

1:46 That lens certainly did not exist as well.

[@andrealotito4412]

@@askedmarlin that's because you can't just DIY a suitable lens for the look modders were going for. Nothing of the original GBCamera assembly existed until Nintendo had it manufactured either? Nobody's claim is nintendo could have made the GBCamera featuring specifically an iphone11 lens in '98, the goal is to fit the original HW in the footprint of a regular cart, the iphone lens assembly is just a workaround now that the assembly has a different focal lenght

[@chrismur2099]

so cool

[@MarioMania05]

I can't solder, But I want one

[@keaton52257]

To say it could’ve been this in 1998 is just untrue.

[@mainjune]

oh dear you said I can do it! but i can’t 😢

[@littlemodshop]

i believe in you! 🫶🏻

[@Yoshizuyuner]

Legally acquired *wink Very obvious what that is implying but you do you *wink

[@MrCrono2]

Has anyone gotten Photo! to work on with actual Gameboy Camera hardware? I have an Analogue Pocket

[@williamlee3890]

Can you sell these please

[@jjohnson71958]

give it wifi access and wifi chat features

[@danielfernandezaguirre]

this is greear mod and i appreciate the feat but i dont understand why would someone use the gb camera, its awful i would have put a modern sensor

[@TheRealLostfan78]

I have no skills in anything like this and my clumsy hands never will, where can I buy a already built one of these?

[@GeirEivindMork]

I was hoping someone made a modern camera to fit a gameboy, but they just repackaged the original in a smaller size. that's. well.. silly.

[@theinstigatorr]

Would you consider building one to sell? I’ve been waiting for Chris to restock and this is simply beyond my capability

[@AlKaseltzer87]

It's cool, but half the fun of the gameboy camera was being able to turn the lens around, taking selfies and messing up my face with stickers, at least for me anyway.

[@16driver16]

Where's the games???

[@agamer9347]

Bro do not use the wide angle for mids and close ups

[@RichardBousquet]

I'm completely interested in doing this, except for having to buy the flasher. I have ended up with way too many tools because I needed it for one project and now it just lives with me 😅 hopefully someone ends up offering a programming service.

[@cannawithkendall1872]

Did you just say so that I can make it myself? Who the f*** do you think I am?

[@gustavgnoettgen]

Implement the required components for a meme editor and online platform access.

[@PlainUmbrella]

Very ebic

[@Eddy_E.]

A Main point why the Gameboy camera was so successful was cuz of the selfie option, with this concept this feature is completely gone with no real advantage… So sorry but that’s just a stillbirth…

[@Vhs_potato]

are you german?

[@Shadoan18]

Making a replacement for the GBC Camera. COMPLETED. Next Challenge, COLOR PHOTOS!!! Master Challenge, HIGHER DETAIL PHOTOS THAT CAN ONLY BE SEEN ON PC, BUT STILL BE A PIXELATED MESS ON THE HARDWARE ITSELF!!!

[@kingbaard5395]

Look this is great and all but tech and affordability at the time mean that no, this is not how it could have been from the beginning. lol

[@16driver16]

But the whole point was selfies and inserting yourself into the games...

[@KiteMoonwall]

Graves is actually she/they, not him. just fyi ^^()

[@littlemodshop]

Oh sorry, i know, but there must’ve slipped a wrong pronouns in there. Not intentional ✌🏻😵‍💫

[@zUltra3D]

is this ironic? 😭

[@littlemodshop]

No, i rechecked the video since then and wrote a whole paragraph wrong. Thats on me. 😑 but chris seen the video before release and had nothing to note. I will do better in the future. 🫡

[@zUltra3D]

oh, perhaps I missed something

[@oscarpagliasso9113]

Dude we just want to watch the video. Lms is good at its job and no one will be mad about a wrong pronoun

[@raphaelboichot8972]

The PCB comes with a licence that really sucks. If you just dare evocating it in public, the author feels authorized to insult and defame you on internet. Better knowing it before jumping in the project...