Giving the Nintendo DS one screen for no reason

Today we build the GameBoy Macro. It was fun, I enjoyed it. But is there any point?
Thank you to Stuart for his tutorial at the end: / ashens
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[@TheRetroFuture]

Be sure to watch till the end 😉

[@Egyptianloverr]

K

[@dairhat]

I will, excited for I made the Wii U portable for no reason 😂🤣

[@RuixuanWangTechnology]

The Retro Future hi

[@Bravo_13]

you used to record nice & instructive videos but after watching your last videos, no reason to subscribe anymore..

[@CaptainRidley]

you should try to make a clear ds lite

[@midleno8364]

Now instead of being a DS, it’s just a S.

[@danandrei96]

technically you could call it S(ingle)S(creen), but I guess that's less advertiser friendly

[@Kalvinjj]

@@danandrei96 Chevrolet doesn't agree!

[@wsketchy]

@@danandrei96 o h

[@pawnshifter6435]

just Screen, after a while somebody doesn't know these kind of stuff asks say hey, are you having fun with your new videogame thing called 3ds or something？you say no, just S，for Screen

[@omnipossum92]

@@danandrei96 Shit, there goes my plans. The lighting bolt motif probably wasn't a great idea either...

[@randomuser8430]

Next on the Retro Future: "Giving the 2DS 3 screens with 3D Functionality for no reason"

[@thegooobley1993]

He'll find a way to put 4D tech in it somehow

[@archivushka]

And rgb mlg lightning

[@ant7517]

*Write That Down, Write That Down!*

[@Kirbycatcher]

Oh my god, duplicate the top screen and put them side by side so you can use cross eyed 3D with your eyes, call that the 3D

[@nugget4_]

Or just 3D screens

[@Skelux]

next you should take the top screen off a 3ds and turn it into an S macro, which serves no purpose except for displaying the home screen

[@niels4473]

SKELUX yes

[@kleann]

@@winningpluto8626 yeah

[@marianokaz1503]

@@winningpluto8626 How do you make them display on the bottom screen? I used an injector to play GBA games on my 3DS.

[@trevrr]

@@marianokaz1503 emulators

[@Zach.O]

​@Super Nostalgia there is no god

[@SailorLoonie]

Oh my gosh when Ashens came up I thought Autoplay turned back on and I missed one of his videos XD What a wonderful surprise guest!

[@WEE9]

Next up in the series: Giving the N64 64 cartridge slots for no reason

[@alolanpikachu7330]

😂 yes

[@pawnshifter6435]

perfect

[@garrett3055]

Yes please

[@garfieldandfriends1]

People with trypophobia : _oh no..._

[@aidancommenting]

Giving the 3DS three screens

[@mailouww9816]

“giving the atari lynx a smoke detector for no reason” - would love to see that one day

[@thatstupidthomasfan]

Oh Yea The Marlboro Lynx

[@ArtyI]

That's such an obscure reference I love it

[@AlmondNut]

Should I question this?

[@AbdAbdAbdAbd]

DUDE IS THAT A MFING SCOTT THE WOZ REFERENCE?

[@mailouww9816]

AbodyAbdalluh you know it ;)

[@thebigskip-e]

I can certainly see the appeal of this. It's a good way to recycle DS lites that have a broken top screen. I just feel that doing this to fully working DS lites is a bit of a waste.

[@ramz16k]

He used a broken ds (if you didnt notice)

[@garyaajones]

@@ramz16k I'm using a cheap £10 nintendo ds lite off ebay to do it cos I had a bit of money and I wanted to impress my computer science teacher

[@abominathan932]

I’m doing this with an almost perfect DS Lite, there is a few dead pixels on the top screen but I’m doing it because I have a perfectly working DS i and a 3DS so I have ways to play DS games even better, I have no way to play GBA games except on the DS Lite and I’d just rather have it like a Gameboy because its just more practical for me.

[@TyTystick]

So your one of “those people”

[@c08o.prkiua46]

Yeah as someone who repairs consoles like this, it's an interesting mod, but such wasted potential now that repair parts to fix it as a DS Lite are readily available.

[@Minecraft101ToonLink]

My old DS Lite was one of the unfortunate systems with a broken hinge, and I usually take good care of my stuff, too, even when I was a kid. I actually forget how it broke, but oh well, that was like about 15 years ago.

[@tigereeman5924]

Well now you know what to make 😂

[@thegooobley1993]

Ok, first we had a Gameboy SP with two screens Now we have a DS with one. EVERYTHING IS WRONG

[@wummii]

T.D.L LMAO

[@musicoelmartin]

No no no only the tables are turning

[@AtoManPL]

Some people have modded a GBA and DMG so they have no screen, just sayin'

[@Kalvinjj]

Let's make a foldable DMG too and vertical GBA SP that doesn't fold to make it all a mess (yeah I know the non-folding vertical GBA is easy as heck)

[@AtoManPL]

@@Kalvinjj there was a version of GB Boy Colour that had GBA SP form factor, but it was on the marked only for a short time :/

[@randomdudeonyt1204]

Its evolving just backwards

[@UkeofCarl]

Swampert Gang Gnivlove.

[@Supeay]

Floor gang ??

[@creamxsoda]

@@Supeay floor gang!!!

[@missingno2401]

is this floor gang

[@heckno15yearsago]

devolving?

[@smolmuffin]

Me: Oh hey I finally have a use for my broken old DS Lite! *realizes that I need specific tools and knowledge to keep the sound* Me: oh *also realizes that I don't have any Gameboy Advance games and the only two I had, I lost or my cousins stole them* Me: Oh no

[@jakep7996]

Buy some games on eBay and snap your DS in half

[@_downyblue]

actually, there is a no solder option! as long as your ribbon cable is intact youre good. and, you can get an r4 card and emulate gameboy games instead!

[@BecomingNearPerfect]

@@_downyblue how can u get the r4 card screen on the bottom?

[@_downyblue]

@@BecomingNearPerfect do you mean the menus or the emulator itself? usually it depends on your firmware, but most of them have customizable settings. you’d have to set them on a full ds first though.

[@BecomingNearPerfect]

@@_downyblue i mean like how when you use a gba game u can choose if you can view it from the top or bottom screen if there was an option as so for an r4 card

[@flashbash2]

“I don’t think it’s necessary” At the end of the day, what really is? Fun is the operative word with MOST, if not all projects like this. There always is an easier, though less fun, way to do things.

[@lennon4710]

Thank you for keeping us sorts of people happier

[@TheRetroFuture]

😂

[@denisdeseneaza1724]

Fun fact:you like takanashi kiara

[@jimhalpert0]

I turn fully working lites to macros hahahha

[@PromoCraft-rz3vz]

In the future when the switch is retro tech I can’t wait for his 4K holographic mod for the switch!

[@_MJ07_]

And for nobody to turn it on just like the 3D on the 3DS...

[@retardgames1658]

Why wait

[@armyofninjas9055]

The switch IS ancient tech lol. Nintendo uses old trash tech. Always have.

[@tennamrinchen9904]

Army of Ninjas the switch is great and it isn’t made of retro tech if it was retro tech people would be making them for less than 300$

[@PromoCraft-rz3vz]

@Army of Ninjas I recently got a switch and I love it, I don’t think I’m ever gonna get an Xbox or PS4. If I cared about specs I would just get a gaming pc. Expensive but it’s the better option.

[@samwellscott111]

Rate the ashens appearance at the end the mans a national treasure😂

[@AlexanderEmashev]

At the end I thought it was autoplay kicked in. Thanks for the cameo!

[@jakubjanicki4090]

I didn't know you could do backflips

[@megakoni1]

It's fake. He did a front flip and played the video backwards

[@Andrew..J]

@@megakoni1 wrong, he just jumped and stayed in the air and the whole planet revolved around him.

[@EtanMarlin]

@@megakoni1 wrong but ok

[@alolanpikachu7330]

@@Andrew..J yes that is correct finnally a logical human

[@royalkritz.2840]

@@megakoni1 wrong, he did a roll on the air molecules.

[@Vahzkez]

i never knew how much I needed an Ashens cameo in a Retro Future video until now thank you

[@Swux]

1:52 oh I just realized I was in this video while rewatching it

[@skinner7675]

I love how you instantly regretted saying "get filling, yo!". Personally I think you did an excellent job, to say you are not expert in filling and spraying.

[@DanB95]

And then there was me, learning how to rebond the plastic and salvaging new hinges from something else to keep my original DS alive 😂

[@Drkhan345]

The backflip was impressive, really good form and completely caught me off guard 👌🏾😂

[@coop_0128]

I absolutely love the beat you have been using for these videos, and the content too of course!

[@RetroDX]

My cart finally made it to the big time! Thanks EC, I appreciate the shout out 👍🏻

[@Tony-yk3pj]

meanwhile i couldn't even get my ds lite to turn on after replacing the shell

[@Kalvinjj]

My suggestion to that is checking the top screen ribbon cable. It might be lose/badly connected or downright thorn. Some people say you can just take the screen away and do no solder mod to the board and it works, but from what I've repaired DSses and 3DSses they don't even boot up if the screen isn't present, or if the backlight isn't detected, which happens with a thorn ribbon cable. On the 3DS it thankfully happens more on the cheapest of the ribbons, which is the speakers, backlight and 3D slider ribbon, there's freakin' 3 ribbons on that hinge, cameras and screen being rolled inside the backlight ribbon so it sort of protects them a bit more. On a DS Lite tho... it means to replace the dang screen.

[@noTTYLer97]

my shell had extra plastic that had to be removed first. Mine initially broke my battery slot. The thin gold color contacts/wire sheets got bent weird from forcing plastic into it. I fixed it after noticing what happened.

[@lillievonleipzig4728]

I “accidentally” snapped my DS lite in two, it won’t turn on now

[@Matthew_MBG]

@@lillievonleipzig4728 LOL

[@otoyatakechi]

@@lillievonleipzig4728 I tried to do the mod as a kid and my ds didn't turn on again :(

[@squallneko5004]

Well done in creating your Game Boy Mirco. I hope you had fun making it

[@LolitaLaceCotton]

Olay the ending threw me off xD I thought Ashens video played after yours -lmao that was very wholesome to watch. Thank you so much for the video.

[@ramenbuilt6411]

I wonder if this is what every kid thought before they ripped their ds apart in 2009.

[@Mizzinno]

No, no I did not.

[@Jerry-pk8tj]

@@Mizzinno so then what were u thinking when you ripped your ds apart in 2009?

[@xatoor]

@@Jerry-pk8tj wait what?? Who ripped their D's apart??

[@Mizzinno]

Something like "I want my right trigger button to work again"

[@EeYahe]

I actually though "no I can't play Lego Star wars!!!"

[@jamalthagod5527]

You always makes such interesting videos and are just a lot of fun to watch keep up the good work you’ll be at a million in no time !

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thank you!

[@alexstrom62]

“Giving the switch 0 screens for no reason” - I want to see this

[@SiMBol10]

This is the most energy I've seen you having and it's refreshing!

[@edgelord8337]

When I was younger I actually broke my pink ds 's top screen and for awhile I could still play gba games until the screen started acting up. The hinges on my ds's would always loosen up and break.

[@hamdanahmed8751]

ffs edge lord, you came here too

[@ninjacell2999]

Yeah and that leaves the ribbon vunerable

[@Kalvinjj]

A broken top screen ribbon makes the DS Lite (and 3DS for that matter too) to just shut down suddenly. It's about detecting the backlight being present, or else it throws a fit, hence that resistor he soldered. Could it have been what happened to you?

[@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou]

The og ds didn't suffer from this?

[@tan_nerd07]

Ah, yes. The Nintendo S. My favorite.

[@tropicofcancer3495]

I think your general content quality has gone up recently. (I mean your videos have always been great) Keep up the good work. You always have one extra subscriber.

[@jeremyc6188]

Dude I don’t know how you do it but you always get the coolest most chill music on your videos. Almost look forward to the music selection as much as the actual videos!

[@migolas8222]

Next vid: *Turning an actual boy into a game boy for no reason*

[@kleann]

yeah

[@AlanIsAkira]

New content format? Big fan. Loving these projects Elliot!

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thank you!

[@spei.9000]

Cool! Was thinking about doing one of these mods one day, this video will be helpful!

[@EpicFail1945]

I love the new case mod projects...its a hard skill to learn and your doing awsome

[@ghostlycheeks]

THE FREAKIN BACK FLIP

[@Sierranahi]

Next on TheRetro Future: How to do a standing back tuck (tutorial)

[@kaitie648]

That’s such a hard trick!

[@shadedcycle]

Giving the DS the ability to do backflips for no reason

[@Sierranahi]

MitFlake Productions now that’s the quality content we all subscribed to

[@deku_man_x]

FINALY, have waited for this mod from you. Thanks a lot 😊 👍

[@suspeh]

i remember when u tried to paint a gold gameboy and the paint job wasn't the best, but now, your work is amazing, great saw the improve

[@Th3OmegaPoint]

"Today we will be removing 3D function from this Nintendo 3DS, making in 2D only - a 2DS if you will."

[@FMHikari]

That reminds me, is there enough space to replace the 3d and volume sliders by wheels?

[@officialroxxmusic]

“I am fairly well read in this subject area” 😂 Top tier British sarcasm

[@liamnaismith2390]

Really like your videos they gave me an urge of doing something myself and decide to get some game boy advance sp to repair👌🏼👌🏼

[@gervillus]

I made one of those some time ago, but a little different. I used the two speakers and made a few horizontal cuts for de sound (you have put the speaker and then you have close it XD). And for the light, I used a little clear lego block :) Good video man!

[@AMPISOUND]

I see what you did with that title

[@TheRetroFuture]

😂

[@kleann]

@@TheRetroFuture hi queen

[@spaceinvader2827]

12:26 use the spin dash mate

[@imapirateYT]

Now u have a sub

[@imapirateYT]

thx

[@ThatSavoieDude]

5:37 omg you have the exact same shoes as me. The stefan janoski SB Nikes.... I bought them because I thought they looked cool and I wasn't ever expecting to see anyone else with a pair. This is the very first time in 2 years that I've actually seen someone else with them. Very cool

[@HulksterHogan]

I've been waiting for you to do a video on these. You should also make a video on the front metal shell and screen lens that boxypixel makes, those look amazing and they actually make the macro look like an official console. I cannot wait until someone figures out how to take one of those after market ips gba screens and adapt it to work in one of these

[@travisiswin]

I'm here for all the "for no reason" videos.

[@Left-Earth]

*For Your Own Safety:* *Always wear a proper respirator face mask when sanding and painting.* _"Or when you're out in public in 2020."_ Stay Safe Everyone ✌️🤓

[@Drivenbytechnology]

I mist the piece where you used the dremel 🤭 Superb video! I love the honesty and modesty! Keep on makin these videos! I think I am not the only one that likes it!

[@dominikwolf1095]

I really like thesse kinds of videos. Keep going! and dont lose the mood!

[@geeyouknit0648]

Nobody: The retro future: t i n y s p e a k e r t h e f t

[@user-zangetsu1848]

“I don’t think this is necessary ” from the creator of the two screen gba sp and the extended gameboy. I love your vids btw why not try and make the ds lite play original game boy games

[@sc-935]

That in a darkish blue would have looked SICK! Good job, Mate!

[@Dededevastating]

I just wanted to say thank you, this is the video that got me into console modding! And now I can finally replay all my gba games!

[@jonasgrill1155]

"Oh no, it's a DSi"

[@hydradragon37]

Next Video: “Giving the Nintendo Switch 3D for no reason” Or “Giving the DS 3D for no reason”

[@kleann]

3ds

[@MrMegaManFan]

Your background music on this one sounds like a jazzy crossover hip-hop track by Macklemore. Diggin' it! The Ashens cameo at the end was hilarious too. :D

[@Kannamoris]

I would love it if some company actually made replacement shells like this. My childhood DS has a broken hinge and the display cable seems completely busted so something like this would be an amazing way to repurpose it.

[@IamR3D88]

They do. Not sure who, maybe "boxy pixel"

[@Rico-ic9ck]

5:35 *show off*

[@nene3hunna]

I used my soldering iron to poke holes for the speaker

[@Robborti]

Love your content, man. This was a great video!

[@coltenatkinson8355]

I’ve been here since before 2k subs. You’ve done a great job Elliot!

[@nikola7429]

Giving the Nintendo D(ual) S(creen) one screen. lol

[@dragonhd4573]

I has evolved into a Nintendo S(ingle) S(creen)

[@miguelangelavilesmanrique7850]

It's now a Nintendo screen

[@Dekross]

Oh so that's what it stands for

[@SarkarMotion]

DS stands for Dumb Sh!t

[@Alexandre-oc8jn]

@@dragonhd4573 effective

[@thehomie2721]

When I was little I had the DS Lite and one night I was playing Mario Bros DS and I kept dying to the dumb spiders from world 8 and I got mad and bend the top screen back really hard and it broke off. 😱😱😱 I started crying like hell and I showed my Mom and she was pissed. A little while after that I turned on the DS and the bottom screen still worked so I would play GBA games on it. The games I had were Spongebob Lights, Camera, Pants which is a really good game and LEGO Star Wars 2 the original trilogy. So my DS turned into a weird GBA which was kinda cool. A few days later my Dad saw it and threw it out cause the wires were exposed. And I started crying again :(. But don’t worry there is a good ending. A few weeks later my Mom took me to ToysRUs because I got a $20 gift card from my grandparents as a early birthday present. So we go to the electronics section and outta no where my mom buys me a DSi !!!!! I started losing my shit and freaking out at the store😂😂😂. And I bought LEGO Batman 2 with the gift card I got and got home and played the hell outta that game. It stinks that they removed the GBA slot for the DSi though. So whoever is reading this thanks for reading this long!!!!!!!

[@Abigart69]

That's a good story, don't thank me for reading it tho, you're the homie

[@thehomie2721]

Edward Reid thank you so much!!! ❤️

[@Notch1234]

Good story

[@thehomie2721]

Notch1234 thank you for reading!!!

[@timothy10583]

Nice. :)

[@CosmicGaijin]

The fact that you got Ashens was bloody brilliant.

[@kaanyalim9086]

i love this channel bruh ive just found my old gameboy from when i was 8 cant wait to mod it?

[@migolas8222]

"Giving atari jaguar *Jaguar Fur* for no reason"

[@ieattwiceaday4116]

Would love to see "giving the 2ds 3d functionality for no reason"

[@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou]

Wow that led light mod is smart it looks great and as if someone put extra work into it not less.

[@kurtbastid.cayabyab8669]

5:34 nice backflip tho

[@minater247]

This is the fastest I’ve clicked- first view! Haven’t seen much of the vid but this sounds cool so far!

[@dennisw100]

This reminds me when I expediently made my own game boy macro by braking of the top screen of my DS while I was playing Pokémon emerald on the bottom screen and to my surprise the game was still running fine unfortunately after I turned the console off and back on it was not able to start again the screen only flashed on white and that was it

[@casyhd463]

thats cause the DS dosnt start when the top screen is disconnected/not detected. Thats what you need the resisitor for, so the ds thinks the top screen drtaws some power

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Love that ending!!! Thank you

[@ravemon]

Don't know if this is a german thing, but thanks for making a 14 minute video and put no ads in it

[@drooco6649]

Next video: “Turning a nintendo ds into a nintendo switch”

[@OmoiSenpai]

This is not the last video I have wa---- *Gets Hit by random train*

[@ryanrdlps]

Beautiful work! Still keeping my AGS-101 SP. But its temping. 😃

[@FlowUrbanFlow]

Huh, didn't expect the back flip. My two interests combined unexpectedly (parkour+DIY tech) Nice technique as well

[@ssscout]

LOL of course

[@teamnz3561]

sc6ut you make good edits

[@kleann]

hi queen

[@itsohaya4096]

Cabbage

[@overbakedsoup4488]

Imagine playing sonic on this

[@charlesdrinkwater90]

Really like what you have been doing these few years

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

one thing that was great aswell, you could pick which screen to use for gameboy games. I only ever had two gameboy games though, crash bandicoot and something else

[@mickelplays9386]

My friend literally did this in a dumb way. He just riped off the top screen

[@Flutter_by]

so did the bottom screen still work?

[@mickelplays9386]

@@Flutter_by yea it did

[@alolanpikachu7330]

Why tho

[@mickelplays9386]

@@alolanpikachu7330 cause he wanted to turn it into a Gameboy advance

[@Kalvinjj]

@@mickelplays9386 Weird that it did, I haven't seen the DS lite even boot up without the top screen attached. Maybe some specific motherboards work that way, dunno...

[@beefy6747]

Cool build. Everyone needs a hobby and you definitely have a cool one.

[@nickyj539]

always loved this idea lol looks sleek man!

[@BlooJooce]

I literally just started working on this project. Hoping it goes nice an smooth

[@acethe0_0981]

3:23 THANK YOU Nice job with the mod

[@rikleons3984]

Love your channel dude. i love that it seems like you're bothered by your viewers lmao. Its refreshing as hell, keep it up

[@gmcnewlook]

That’s pretty good for a first try, it looks pretty awesome

[@paulstephens2861]

I'd have to say the most impressive thing in this entire video was that backflip. Well done.

[@powerchordgamer]

Something important to note about that EZ flash, is the cart itself has a built in gameboy emulator. so you can use that to play DMG and GBC games as well, plus It uses functionality from the SNES Super Gameboy to improve the experience some too.

[@kimzee59]

I'm always surprised when I see Ashens on KZbin because I've personally met him a few times as I live around 10 to 15 minutes away from him. He's been to a few cons that we have in my city.

[@abcbabb]

This is incredible! Amazing! Somebody should sponser you.

[@jramirez40020]

I love the sarcastic/light hearted vibe of this video....I can tell the quarantine is gettin to ya bro lol regardless, great work on the mod & video elliot!