Game Boy mystery (part one)

[@neilcic]

Broken gameboys are much cheaper and usually come in lots, like the box of 20 I bought on ebay for this video (nobody really sent in GBs, though I did get some messages from people who wanted to.)

[@georgelopez5755]

George Lopez loves you

[@picklesnail29]

69 likes, nice

[@chocomilkling]

Man that would be cool of actual people sent you Gameboys

[@DuckandRed1625]

Iehydihwvdubssoheydvrudhdiebsjdcyehbwkdbdichebshdyisjwhvduchehsisjhehdbduebidbd *onion*

[@S0DDA]

nell cittern ray

[@tux1468]

This video is oddly terrifying, I keep thinking that something bad is going to happen when I least expect it.

[@Truttle1]

Oh hi tux

[@russschaub1468]

you found that missing missile chip that the bad guys in home alone 3 were looking for. i hope your parents are around.

[@stonechaisson8156]

Spoiler

[@MonitoMR]

Spoiler alert for a 20 year old movie?

[@sackydzNG]

wow old comment

[@coolduder1001]

Oh my god u are officially the person who has created everything on the internet. I remember when this video was popular and I remember seeing other videos like it.

[@LoydAvenheart]

King trying to find Neil to get that pumpkin pie recipe.

[@octangula7914]

Aww Neil looks so adorable

[@captainjirk9564]

I wanna pat his head

[@shmoopitty1314]

What the fuck

[@ciderella]

why .

[@jishyjishy2359]

😟

[@puppygirlasuka]

He looks like a butch lesbian in a Netflix Original sitcom here idk what you mean

[@PikminandOatchi]

Holy shit - I remember watching this when it was a day old....

[@notpsicoh2107]

29gish yeah, all four years ago...

[@surroundgatari]

+PSIcoh That's like two centuries in internet time

[@xboys_archive]

Me two it was a week old for me

[@syn9908]

says Benny Boi 2 years ago

[@gokinezula1689]

You should watch it now

[@alexkuhn1904]

I want my fucking Gameboy back now. It's been several years and the note I sent even said that I'm LOANING my Gameboy to you until you figure out the mystery. Give me my childhood back.

[@Gunslingerwashere]

+Alex Kuhn This comment is a lie.

[@TheLostGamer]

Stop lying dude. He said he bought a pack of 20 broken game boys to use for his video.

[@alexkuhn1904]

I figured he bought them in bulk, I was just messing aaround :p

[@bruhnisher5454]

God he's still got your gb

[@shrap_assassin7625]

@@alexkuhn1904did he ever send you back your gameboy? Can’t believe neil would do that 😭

[@xINVISIGOTHx]

wow, how many free gameboys did you get from this video? ;D

[@-splatmad]

18

[@Nemzal]

In these comments: People who don't watch part 2 of things.

[@survivorstudios]

I miss Neil with comically large glasses

[@snookinatr]

he's literally so adorable in this video his voice also kinda makes me sleepy

[@arcade3198]

yeah it's like asmr!!

[@snookinatr]

@@arcade3198 EXACTLY he should do asmr with a nice mic and all that he has a rlly nice voice

[@arcade3198]

@@snookinatr god i agree

[@Alex-zf9il]

Chuu ⁉️⁉️

[@kokonue]

@@snookinatr listen to the spirit phone commentary, I think it's pretty close to asmr lmao

[@neilcicieregaripoff7656]

poor grandpa. he doesnt understand...😭

[@ChickenTenderBender]

He brought his Gameboy or whatever to the table..

[@evilpossessedcat9572]

Do you understand?

[@-splatmad]

@@evilpossessedcat9572WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS MEDICINE

[@Doodles4sure]

I don't think he understands

[@Froji]

he lost me at "i dont know much about electronics"

[@koi.crossing]

the more i hear neil speak the more he sounds like the voiceover in a 6th grade math practice problems website

[@barrelroll_poopoopeepee]

Holy crap i havent watched this in forever

[@Meow-bc9nk]

Barrel Roll ikr

[@Vorronin]

you should watch it now though

[@Dontrel3030]

wasn't there a video where you took apart a gaming console or something and found like 4 tablets, a psp and a gremlin that guarded one of them, or was that somebody else?

[@SpiderInStockings]

I remember that! That was Daneboe. Classic KZbin for ya.

[@frozenlicks]

its a vcr player.. i remember that too hahha

[@FloppyRodrigo]

Daneboe's VCR video with the marshmallow troll

[@SlyHikari03]

Yeah! That’s the kinda vibe I was getting from this. But nothing cool was in this.

[@davidhh-rb9nm]

dude i haven't seen this video in years and i had no idea my favorite meme music maker fuckin made it... what the fuck.

[@Jacob_Hingst]

The dorky glasses make feel like neil can see me

[@chocomilkling]

Dang, I like his voice... it just sounds so nice :V

[@pomegranateman6000]

he has a band called lemon demon!

[@ctso74]

I'd love for this to be the start of an Alternate Reality Game, something really spooky and weird.

[@OPBaNaNa49]

Maybe its a tracker that they put in random gameboys, seems shady.

[@Jarryyys]

Watch Part two!

[@OPBaNaNa49]

Jarod Barrow o

[@Yetoob8lWuxUQnpAahSqEpYkyZ]

DirtWormGames slim shady

[@redthirteen9813]

thank god for part 2. glad you figured it out. really interesting conclusion

[@scheddoc]

lol the people in the comments who don’t realize this is the comedy lord Neil Cicierega

[@guitarsrule1223]

"because i dont know much about electronics..." HA

[@Soup69God]

Oh wow, I remember watching this when I was 11 and being terrified. What a great video.

[@PointsofData]

Oh wow! This is in mine too! I didn't notice there was an antenna though, I thought that was just something to connect it to the other parts. Huh. I see there's a part two so I'm going to check it out; maybe you figured out what it was?

[@GracelessDementor]

Neil, thanks for always makes interesting videos. You're awesome!

[@lz2344]

I re member watching this when it was less than a week old how has it been 8 years already

[@muhammadnaqvi6076]

8 years? It's more than 10 years! I feel old.

[@HaiderKhan-hj3xb]

I remember watching this a LONG time ago. I don't think it was 2011 though...

[@MattBeardless]

It's a tracking device that they originally installed for the early gameboys to protect them for theft, it was a beta that never worked properly but it's basically anti-theft :3

[@StaticLakes]

(in the tune of Two Trucks) ITS NEIL, BEING NEIL. ITS NEIL, BEING NEIL. OH YEA MAN! OH YEA MAN! ITS NEIL, BEING NEIL.

[@keithlarsen7557]

My guess, its part of a cellphone that fell into your gameboy at the production plant.

[@hristaki99]

Cellphones in 1989 costed thousands of dollars. No way they were manufactured in the same factory where Game Boys were.

[@Moniak]

Watch part 2

[@keithlarsen7557]

I did, but thats what I thought when I first saw it.

[@podyjr101]

@@hristaki99 you know how jokes work, right?

[@maysun1317]

I remember whatching this years ago all parts lol. Good times...

[@cerberusfetch3122]

After watching the second one, I can say you got me. I didn't think it was a spy device or anything, but you fooled me in that you made me think you thought it was one, and you fooled me into thinking it was actually something that came in a Game Boy. I love where you took it at the end of the second one!

[@ob_stacle]

The GameBoy _has_ an LCD screen.

[@Quate32]

Neil, what is the serial number on both of the Gameboys? Figuring out which came first would be a big help in figuring out whether that component was added later or removed later.

[@GiraffeBox]

oh my god I adore those glasses

[@hydrus77]

Well I do know what it is, its 16gigs of ram, and it also transmits or helps police and other emergency services. No one noticed cause it didn't interrupt gameplay. They were also used to triangulate car phones as well. They didn't have a strong enough network back then so that helped magnify the signal.

[@J0hnMarl0]

He sounds so hurt when he says, "I don't know who could've."

[@arcade3198]

clicking on this i knew it was gonna be a goof but it was so realistic up until "i don't know much about electronics"

[@eric-lu]

Batteries. You need batteries

[@_eternal.body.butter_]

oh man…. private messages on youtube… i remember that lol

[@kizuame]

It looks like a dreamcast memory card with an antenna attached :D

[@NicholasHere]

I am watching every Neil Cicierega video, I am now at 2011.

[@Fishwolfcrow]

Me too :D

[@coalminer5458]

this sound a bit dumb but could it be a tracking device?

[@kennethloung3422]

fucking i totally bought it in this part the second part i was like holy shit

[@leofromfortnite]

scott the woz

[@meli_lemon_real]

woz the scott

[@SaraHosseinii]

" and together well solve this mystery! Cuz it's freaking me out." LOL

[@MarkNESStarFox]

That's a neat Game Boy you got there! You look great with those excellent glasses...

[@PikminandOatchi]

.... wow. this video is 3 years old already?.

[@Lungoose]

:)

[@doctorbodacious2598]

Your comment is 3 years old already.

[@pawdragon1781]

8.

[@ShrubRustle]

is this a creepypasta

[@tigerfloof]

Watch the second video.

[@UNowen255]

neil omg😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@1stPersonNarrator]

why are the glasses so big I love them

[@mryoshi1221]

this was in my gameboy too

[@mattyb_thegod2497]

I used to work for nintendo in 1985 and they showed me the first gameboy they made and that little screen was supost to be a miny tv that you hooked up to your gameboy to watch tv and play but nintendo recalled it 1988 before we shiped the gameboys but when i was in the factory i stuck one in a random gameboy so someday people whould know. jk its probaly a goverment tracker!!!!!!!!!

[@MattCMG]

I watched the second video and just because he made a joke about it doesn't mean that the component was fake. I'm sure there was really a component like that in there he just decided to have a little fun with it (and all the GameBoys he received).

[@EasterWitch]

Don't apologize for the glasses Neil, they are adorable!

[@InkInkly]

this is ,, mysterious,,,

[@sturedenlure]

So basically, your Gameboy stopped working, and know you've created a scheme so that people will send you Gameboys. Ingenious.

[@Magestig]

I totally forgot this video existed!

[@Ballira]

@missamyhughson I think he meant if you're going to trash it. x3 A lot of people find these old ones and just toss them since you usually can't get much for them.

[@jakedavis5862]

It's a radio chip for model airplanes

[@killdoser666]

it is a bigger mystery than stop 'n' swap on banjo kazooie. we will possibly never know what it truely is

[@thadreazie]

it looks like the guts from the Gameboy TV peripheral; you could use it to watch B&W TV when you plugged it in to your gameboy. Why they marketted it, I don't understand, but from the way it's hot glued into your console, I think either some newb stuck it there cuz they were trying to look busy or someone just was having one of those creative moments that only excruciating boredom can inspire. BTW, LCD screens did exist in '89, there's one on the front of your Gameboy

[@llamallover1057]

In honor of my unit in ap world history on the cold war, I'll be watching these 2 videos

[@Aurora.exists]

What did you think

[@llamallover1057]

@@Aurora.exists they were the sole reason I passed

[@theincarnationofsin]

It makes me think either A.Gameboys were meant to have gps, B.They could connect to the internet usimg some component from what appears to be a phone,or C.You're being tracked by the NSA

[@Terriss0421]

Triangular head screws are common to many little toys, doodads and electronics. Producers use them because most people won't have triangular head screwdrivers (except those people qualified to work on said toys, doodads and electronics) and therefore can't open them up and tinker with them.

[@GBart]

Was this inspired by that string of videos of people taking apart batteries, like the one (parody) where the dude opens up like a 6-volt and "finds" a bunch of smaller random batteries inside?

[@AkantorkrilleX]

did you buy your gameboy used ?I think some random kid wanted to track his gameboy in case he loses it or something…

[@texal123]

HEy dude I love that harry potter stuff you make, but why the hell do you have giant glasses...

[@JolleSax]

The antenna and the old LCD screen remind me pretty much of an old mobile phone. Maybe some part dropped on the wrong part of the assembly line, and the screwmonkey in the sweatshop didn't know what else to do with it?

[@sega_ng1145]

good underated vid.

[@CoyoteReyne]

I wonder if it's in the pocket and color editions. I have an extra color I don't use, so I might check that one.

[@Jojo2011817]

Neil now holds the first cellular phone that has existed!

[@antiklaus]

That's a surveillance device. The face that the antenna is pressed against the copper plating is the clue. No idea *why* it's there... but that's what it is.

[@mjakes20]

Old gameboy? Looks in perfect condition to me :)

[@SparioVailen]

They knew you'd make BRODYQUEST so they tracked you.

[@MegaMitchZero]

Err... I found one of those chip things in a Gameboy Advanced, a Nintendo DS, a Wii, a Gamecube, a Nintendo 3DS and a sandwich... everyone send me...that stuff.

[@LisaMarieHalliday]

I thought this and part 2 was really funny, I found it convincing until the end of part 2 haha, but i don't understand why so many people are getting angry about this, it's only a fun prank, dude! no one was hurt get over it! :p

[@Mendozabmx]

That's for the multiplayer connection back in the day! U would connect two wires to each gameboys so you can' play with each other

[@morinthe]

Nope! Watch part 2

[@joeyclemenza7339]

good guess, but no.......watch part 2.

[@seoulkidd1]

Looks like a tracking device

[@fanaticanimefangirl]

That's so strange!!! I should probably find my old gameboy and look...

[@fadgeplaysgames]

dammit these ARG creepypastas always start off so well....

[@thematrixdll]

Wow, that was even less believable than those creepy doll parody TV shows about your local politicians (I think every country had one at some point)

[@TheShortGirl666]

I'd open my own Game Boy to see what's inside, but mine still works for now and I'm afraid to risk breaking it.

[@Sparta91627]

Nice vid~ But u actually bought a screwdriver from amazon? o.o

[@FoxRacer23TW]

Well, I can confirm to you that Gameboy Colors don't have strange objects in them.

[@MamboBean343]

Weird. I didn't have one of those components in my Gameboy either.

[@mkultrasoldier]

If I remember right the TriWing screws mean you are on a Dmg-07 motherboard or around that time.

[@lindseymarin6798]

Did you find that component in game if you did time for revloshon.

[@W00dland_90]

lol this reminds me of my friend who always tried to pass this kind of bullshit off to me because he thought I was gullible enough to believe it

[@Febreezey-E]

How, Alex! You just said the best comeback ever! Nice job, Droogie

[@MysticalGeek]

i think that almost looks like a tracking chip someone might be stalking

[@YOUMUSTEATSOMEPIE]

Actually, a speaker could prevent it from working because the electronics could be wired in series or it might have diagnostic checks on it. I suggest you re-solder the speaker and it should start up

[@ThePinkFloyder1000]

@satoz7430 That's how you fight a war. You don't go against your enemies with sticks and stones if you have the means to end it.

[@Dejavous9]

Don't be 9 years old, the Gameboy camera add-on was a lens on a Gamboy cartridge. Google it before thinking it.

[@crazyfan900]

Reporter: What do you think it is? Harry Potter: I think its a pipe bomb reporter: why Harry: because im harry potter

[@curtisbrown594]

It used to be possible to set your profile picture as a gif, but it was removed in an update. However, people who had already set their pictures as gifs still have it.

[@MechanicalGeneration]

They're watching you, Neil. Always watching.