Building a new SEGA GAME GEAR in 2021! | Reverse Engineering And Making It Better + GIVEAWAY!

Building a new SEGA GAME GEAR in 2021! | Reverse Engineering And Making It Better
In today’s episode of Retro Renew, I’ll be showcasing the work of Mathijs Nilwik. He has completely reverse engineered the Sega Game Gear motherboard and in the process, made it better! I’ll show you all the improvements he made, and install it into a new shell! This is truly a Game Gear that has been made in 2021 using all new parts and very minimal parts (only 3) from the Original Game Gear. Let’s take a closer look! Also, watch until the end to find out how to enter the Giveaway!
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[@BenHeckHacks]

This is awesome! I've considered doing similar with the Atari Lynx.

[@MachoNachoProductions]

OMG! Hello Ben🤩! Long time fan of you! I was an avid watching of the Ben Heck Show! Loved watching all you portable console mod videos! Totally agree, Mathijs is really doing some really amazing stuff with the Game Gear! Yes, both the Atari Lynx and turbo express could benefit from something like this 👍 Thank you for watching the video 😁

[@batman200]

@@MachoNachoProductions I see one flaw with this game gear recreation that I wonder can be solved what happens when the you either run out of the required older chips or they die etc. is there a way to recreate those chips?

[@Stout936]

@@batman200 I'm sure something could be done with FPGA's, but those are pricey, and power hungry

[@batman200]

@@Stout936 so chips he mentioned can only be taken from old game gears and when they run out fpga recreations are the only other option?

[@Rich77UK]

Do it Ben!

[@PatrickThomasBrady]

This may be the most incredible project to come from the retro community, I never even considered the possibility of reverse engineering the motherboard and then engineering an improved motherboard, and for this to come from one guy blows my mind, it’s the engineers and modders like mathijs that makes this community so great, and the modders and KZbinrs like yourself macho for shining a light on these projects and then being able to dumb it down to be easily understandable and simple enough for anyone to get into modifications, so thank you mathijs and macho, can’t wait see what’s next, I’m hoping this leads to reverse engineered boards for other handhelds

[@MachoNachoProductions]

Thank you Patrick!!

[@GrandmaSledgehammer]

I think someone has done something similar for the GBA, in case you haven't heard about that

[@PatrickThomasBrady]

@@GrandmaSledgehammer iv seen the consolizer and another project that allows video out but I haven’t seen a re-engineered board like this

[@francesarpaia]

That new sound board is huge, I always love when a vintage handheld gets a pro audio out. Would love to see Mathijs tackle the Nomad in the future. That's a handheld that could use some more love.

[@ellaquin]

I am working on the original gameboy, I am hoping to make it in a horizontal form factor, like the GBA, however, using the same aesthetics, such as the big rounded edges of the original DMG, so far, I have succeded in making a brand new PCB of the original Gameboy, and it works, so now I am working on puting it on a horizontal form factor.

[@cyphid]

@@ellaquin wonderful! I'm very intrigued!

[@ShoRyuKen154]

I think a built in Mini-HDMI output would be pretty cool.

[@absalomdraconis]

Requires signing an NDA or something. Not fond of Apple, but you can at least use a useful subset of DisplayPort without signing onto anything like that.

[@kanesmith8271]

@@absalomdraconis Are the HDMI council people really still anal with their HDCP crap?

[@JerryCrow]

@@kanesmith8271 Only if you call it "hdmi"

[@UberPwnage22]

What an amazing mod. I've actually just started exploring mods as I found my game gear. As for improvements for the design, looks like alot has been covered. But something like wireless charging, Bluetooth, display out would be great. Amazing work and am excited to see future projects.

[@supertoadmods]

I would love to see a new motherboard like this for the Gameboy DMG, I know they have the front boards like this already, but the actual motherboard does not seem to get much attention. Great job to Mathijs!

[@garethfairclough8715]

Not just the DMG, but the pocket and colour too! The sound quality on mine is awful, especially through the headphone jack. So hissy!

[@retrogearcustoms]

What a great showcase of all of the work Mathijs has put in to creating this piece of work. Having used his work in my builds, I can honestly say the quality of his products are of the highest. Please help support Mathijs to create more Mods in the future. Thanks Tito once again for an absolutely amazing video :)

[@briangilmartin662]

It's great to see that someone has found a way to not only revitalize Game Gear boards, but also remove a lot of the clutter from them. It helps to simplify the modding process since the original Game Gear was a rat's nest of wires. I wonder if it would be possible to see similar boards for other handhelds or even consoles like the NES in the future

[@NordicDan]

Used to have a Game Gear, so this was great to watch. Like someone else already commented, it would be awesome to see a Nomad get this treatment.

[@ellaquin]

I am working on the original gameboy, I am hoping to make it in a horizontal form factor, like the GBA, however, using the same aesthetics, such as the big rounded edges of the original DMG, so far, I have succeded in making a brand new PCB of the original Gameboy, and it works, so now I am working on puting it on a horizontal form factor.

[@NordicDan]

How has that project been going? Would love to see a unique GB with the original DMG retro styling.

[@ellaquin]

@@NordicDan I had to end the project, because someone ended up making it a few months ago, and I dont want to violate their intelectual property. I had been hoping to sell it, unfortunatly, I also got a new project making a capasitive touch controller for someone with Neuropathy, which is actually coming along quite well, I have the buttons hooked into a SNES controller right now, feel free to email me if you want to have more information about this

[@sickregret]

This is the endgame of modding! We need this product for every handheld system!

[@coryb8136]

Thanks, Tito! The GameGear was my first handheld, and I’ve managed to hold onto mine over the years. I’ve watched and noted a number of your mods. This looks like the one I’ve been waiting for. Though I wasn’t able to get one back in the day, it’d be great to see what he’s able to do with the SEGA Nomad, and it’s electrical-appetite. Keep up the great work!

[@JamieKitchens6]

This mod is amazing and I would love to see other handhelds get this treatment as well. Keep up the good work Mathijs, and you too Tito of course.

[@hmdhm8702]

I grew up in the 80's and always wanted a Gamegear but never could afford it .. I was able to get a OG Gameboy & still have it today 😃 Love what you all are doing to keep this stuff alive! I am impressed every time I see a video & will always continue to watch & enjoy Thank you !!! 👍

[@Finakechi]

Honestly I'd love to see some other hand helds done this way, especially considering we're slowly losing stock over time. It'd be nice to see some previously thought dead GBAs, Neo Geo pockets, or some other handhelds be able to be brought back into use. Also isn't that TV tuner analog only anyways? I'm fairly sure those signals don't exist anymore (at least in the US).

[@SonicBoone56]

Make rare handhelds less rare!

[@froddobaggins]

Making a GBC from scratch would be pretty cool.

[@labnine3362]

This is is just outstanding. Heart warming that people are keeping these old systems and games alive. Hopefully someone will take the ball and start selling completely new models for a premium price. I would love to own one.

[@Sr.D]

That's exactly what I'm looking forward in the future, dedicated drop in solutions for aging boards, FPGA or otherwise

[@Cillo98]

It would be cool to see a reverse engineering of the SEGA Dreamcast VMU's!

[@SonicBoone56]

Agreed

[@Ayixlia]

OMG WITH LCD BACKLIGHT SCREENS!!!!

[@Ishizkos]

This mod will be great. they should consider working with the lcd maker and have a screen made for this board where both come with plugins on the wires to make it solderless. would make it so everyone can do it, and also more sales

[@braillynn4903]

Amazing idea!

[@bennvennelectronics]

Or perhaps our kit built into the spare area of Math's PCB?

[@SonicBoone56]

Agreed

[@Ishizkos]

@@bennvennelectronics Yesss even better!

[@ninopapalia1461]

Agree be awesome if it did come with the lcd already installed all you have to do then is mount the PCB into a Game Gear shell,plug the cables in and away you go

[@lordligt4034]

Hello, I want to congratulate you on your videos and I have seen many youtubers from the retro world, but the truth is that for me your channel is the best... the atmosphere of your channel, the music, the photography, it shows that there is a lot of attention to detail, congratulations, keep it up, no pairs of making videos

[@michaelambuehl6000]

This is awesome news. I have a GG that's been sketchy even after having all of the caps replaced. I haven't gone the screen route yet as I was waiting for a full IPS kit but I'm really happy that someone is improving the GG atmosphere as the GG is a handheld that I feel doesn't get the love and attention it should.

[@jacobthemagicalpanda]

I'm extremely interested in his work on the motherboards. with his knowledge and skill he could apply it to several different retro consoles. that would be a great step in the right direction for the modding community.

[@retro8087]

Love these reverse engineering projects. Always intrigued me to take things apart and see how they were built and what really makes them work. Project wise would enjoy keeping in the Sega family and something with the Nomad.

[@PKspectre]

I would love for Mathijs to give the GB this kind of love, it's absolutely outstanding what he was able to achieve here

[@natethebad]

Good luck to everyone entering the giveaway, and thanks to Mathijs and Tito for running it! I don't have any creative ideas for future projects, but I will definitely watch excitedly for future improvements to this motherboard.

[@AndersonPolaco]

That's amazing! Now I can see this type of work on every handheld console, it will be a dream!

[@Shawnbfromsd]

The overall aesthetic of this channel is top tier. Your videos are so relaxing.

[@bigmil87]

This is incredible. I used to run a small game store and I have around 20 or so game gears that are beyond repair. I love the idea of moving the components over and saving the GG. I'll need some time to gather funds to do this but I will fix them now. I would love to see him come up replacement DMG Gameboys. I have plenty of dead ones of those too. Great video like always Tito. You don't get the recognition you deserve!

[@agustinmoralesflores5235]

Tito, I've been on a marathon watching your videos. Amazing work, I love everything about them and I really like the fact that you showcase the efforts and incredible work from the modding community. I hope you get the recognition you deserve, love the videos, keep this amazing work up!

[@No1BRC]

Love this project! The GG seems to be one of the more sensitive designs with cals having to be replaced and tough troubleshooting. I'd actually love to see a design which makes it possible to keep the original screen(yeah hate me xD) . But just for that I refurbed and keep one of my GGs in original state- although I'm scared about replacing the caps again one day.

[@3089io]

This type of collaborative manufacturing, maintinence, and archival of old tech is really one of the best things that our interconnected world does. I have no real desire to play a game gear again really, but the work here is beautiful. Y'all are top notch guys.

[@konstantine_c]

Wow, this is great news! Really glad to see the Game Gear getting some love. Lots of mods for different versions of Game Boy (which I’m also a fan of) but Game Gear has been getting overlooked until more recently. Personally I’m just waiting to get an LCD mod with perfect pixel scaling for the game gear. Once one is available, definitely grabbing one.

[@lw2266]

I appreciate what you and others are doing to keep old consoles going and around for generations to come. (PS if I'm picked for a sound board I'd rather a "reroll" since I'm not into doing mods myself and my Game Gear is still working so I'd rather not tempt fate, just liking the content and commenting to promote the engagement). :)

[@an_ancient_gamer]

Another great video! Good luck to everyone in the contest... I think a good creative idea might be for him to include some LEDs into his new boards

[@jorgesantiago3380]

Fantastic video, Tito. The Game Gear is still my favorite handheld of all time, and I’ve upgraded my original quite a bit. It’s exciting to hear about this work. He is so close to completely recreating the OEM model that I’d love his future works to include recreating the remaining few OEM components (such as the chip required from donor consoles, not the LCD screens, of course!). So then no donors needed! I’d sign up for that preorder!!

[@MachoNachoProductions]

Thank you! Me too!

[@PabloAvilaEstevez]

This is incredible, much respect to Mathijs for his hard work on this project. I believe the NES has also been reverse engineered this way, requiring an original cpu and ppu to be transplanted to the new motherboard. I would love to see something like this for snes, especially if it could lead to fixing the blurry rgb output on non 1chip snes motherboards

[@Amadeus42755]

I love keeping as much original hardware as possible, and this seems like the perfect solution to any boards that have irreparable damage. I'd love to see other consoles get the same treatment. I have some snes boards I'm trying to repair that could definitely benefit from a more robust/improved board with less points of failure.

[@brandicus]

Love it! I just bought a couple game gears to mod this is perfect timing. Id love to see Mathias branch out into similar projects for the lynx and ngp! Good luck to everyone entering the contest!

[@RufusValens]

Definitely hope Mathijs will create a two ASIC model motherboard. Have a GG with massive corrosion problem that would really benefit from one. The fact he's releasing some of his designs as open source hearkens back to a time when the internet was a better place, really respect.

[@robert_roland63]

Very fascinating video. Never in my wildest dreams I would ever see the Game Gear be reverse engineered to a better mainboard. I think he should try doing the Turbo Express because that system would be great to have something better than it was when it was released.

[@Hr0th9ar]

This board is beautiful and better functioning to boot! I would love to see Mathijs work with the Nomad!

[@Slamgod]

Thanks for the great content, Tito!! Man! I"ve been waiting for a project like this!! So happy someone jumped on the GG for a complete "resto-mod", if you will. And to be honest, now that rechargeable long life power is handled.....There is plenty of space in that there case to tackle HDMI out....Maybe? Definatly wanna try and get my hands on one of these boards!!

[@MachoNachoProductions]

Your welcome dude! Glad you’re enjoying the channel!

[@seanm1738]

Great mod!! A Turbo Express board replacement would be incredible, and the proprietary parts could be salvaged from other non-working NEC handhelds and home consoles from any region.

[@PrettyBlueThings]

Amazing work and amazing video! Thank you both :) I would love to see similar projects for other handhelds, this really can help us bring otherwise dead consoles back to life!

[@BashoStrikes]

Brilliant! This is very exciting to me as a retro game hack. For years now I've been imagining new boards such as this for both of the Gameboy Advance consoles. To reverse engineer this particular console and create a modern, better version is fantastic!

[@christopherjackson2157]

Amazing how much he was able to simplify the design and reduce the bom. Good job

[@Snowmation]

Have to say the engineering that went into this mobo is pretty crazy....I'm really impressed!

[@Nimmo1492]

The dedication of the retro gaming community never fails to astonish me

[@thelonelystagg]

That is truely a great way to give a new life for consoles, that otherwise would have been laying in a drawers forever, or (event worse) would go to the dumpster. Would love to see Mathijs make boards for other handheld consoles for sure, but for now can't wait until his full GG boards would hit his ebay market. Thanks for a video Tito and for this great giveaway!

[@richardtheblue6294]

I remember years ago, after seen a Ben Heck video wondering if this could be done. With none of the knowledge needed to do it myself I had to look to commissioning it from someone, unfortunately no one I thought to talk to seemed very interested and I ended giving up on it. Glad to see someone else with the needed skills eventually had the same idea. The thing I'd like to see going forward that I'd thought of at the same time is the main board being reduced in size and a new smaller more comfortable case being made with a larger single battery compartment and made with the new lcd screens in mind. If it's possible maybe include the power, sound & main boards all in one single board or maybe even a Bluetooth module for headphones.

[@blackishjustin]

This is absolutely fantastic. I'm so glad that people like Mathijs are doing this. I'll definitely be getting one of these boards in the near future to hopefully resurrect my dead motherboard from an early upgrade that I screwed up and made unworkable. Awesome coverage and another great video as always, Tito!

[@MachoNachoProductions]

Thanks Justin!!

[@TripleM24]

Even though I'll be playing gamegear games on my analogue pocket, I'm still and super excited about this and love to see projects like this born out of the passion for the original system and games.

[@bonim5217]

Great job, hope that all goes well and we can get a drop in place motherboard with lcd already built in in a near future

[@nothlur]

Would absolutely love to get one of these mainboards, hopefully it won't be long before they come back in stock. I've had a dead GG sitting in a box for years and would be stoked to finally be able to use it. And as for potential future projects, I feel like making an option with an LCD already integrated to be even closer to a drop-in replacement would be pretty cool, and make for even better value to the end user. (Hell, maybe even integrate power and sound onto the mainboard)

[@freezyeazy1697]

I’m so excited to bring my console back to life. I literally bought a new cap kit yesterday, but now I want all the new boards. I can’t wait to see what other boards he comes up with. This is great news

[@oscaralanmontero]

I’d love to see a sega nomad board with a lcd screen, it will be amazing.

[@esseferio]

So impressive! Wonderful work, Mathijs! Great video, Tito!

[@Sun-ut9gr]

The guy even took the time to stake down the little bodge wire at 12:12. Am impressed! Imagine what he could do with the MGB, or a CGB even! He could make the CGB fit in the MGB shell, or the MGB fit in the CGB shell 😂

[@PaulTheFox1988]

If I had a single asic version of the GG I would insta buy this, what an amazing amount of work. I'd definitely like to see a dual asic variant as well as a way to wire up 2 batteries instead of just one to double battery life, but as is it's still an excellent set of mods.

[@ratykat]

What an incredible job Mathijs has done. It makes me wonder what else could be squeezed out of our retro consoles by this approach. Another top notch video Tito, thanks for bringing this project to light! If this comment wins please reselect - as much as I loving winning stuff this would end up in unused as I am not a console modder, please let it go to someone who really is going to use it!

[@MrLurchsThings]

This is truly awesome. Well done Mathijs. Very well done.

[@killbot80k]

This is really cool. The Game Gear was my very first console as a kid. Didn't hardly know anyone who had one at the time (they all had Gameboys). It's really cool to see all the love the Game Gear gets these days.

[@jthespiceoflife]

Very interesting, I am trying to repair my GameGear by using RetroSix stuff and its my first time doing Electronic work like soldering. That was due to finding this channel and taking the plunge so thanks Tito!

[@stefantores]

Thank you for your videos. The quality of the contents is awsome. The Sega Game Gear is one of my fovorite console and I would like to see more videos on how to renew them. Every time I find one in bad conditions, I cannot avoid to catch it and try to give it a new life.

[@magnus87]

I love these types of projects, replacing the main board is a great way to preserve the console. I would love to see a version of the GameGear PCB designed to be a home console, it would be great to play SMS titles too

[@Danny.._]

This is so cool. Mathijs is amazing. Can't wait to see what he does next. A new motherboard for the 2-asic model would be pretty cool, but since he's already done one game gear it'd be cool to see him do something else, maybe something rare like the wonderswan or neo geo poacket.

[@Covnam]

That's awesome. I wonder if the region selection can be changed into a switch so you don't have to re-solder it if you want to change regions... I look forward to seeing what he does next. I'd love to see something that is just drop in without having to solder a new screen.

[@apollovi]

Cool mod! I'd love to see Mathijs collaborate with a shell maker and try to shrink the size of the Game Gear PCB as much as possible, basically creating the Game Gear Pocket that we never got!

[@jamesfreeman2758]

This is awesome. I’d like to see him make modern boards for NES with native RGB output or some similar projects.

[@chadmasta5]

That's actually what they used to do for the analogue nt. The original (not mini) units were made with parts harvested from damaged consoles and put onto a new board. I'm not sure why they stopped making them that way. Maybe it was just cheaper to use an fpga.

[@thedarkenspade]

Once again, you punch well above your subscriber count. Excellent high quality content and a project I'm excited to give a go myself!

[@BeeNitsua]

This is really amazing, and I think stuff like this is the endgame for game preservation. I'm very glad to see that it's open source as well. I'd like to see more motherboards like this made in the future for other systems, maybe with some options to use an FPGA to substitute in for the proprietary chips.

[@BrainSlugs83]

That's really cool -- I love to see replacements like this. -- Honestly, with all that empty board space, it would be cool to see Mathijs miniaturize it -- like to fit into a landscape GBA case or something -- so you could actually fit a GG in your pocket for once. -- That would be hecka rad.

[@StevenLeung101]

Exciting :D I just recapped my game gear with all solid caps

[@kurbeco]

That looks great, I recapped my Game Gear but it had been damaged quite a lot by the previous caps leaking. It does work still, but knowing there's a replacement board out there is reassuring!

[@demonhighwayman9403]

What a top guy trying to preserve and improve a console classic.

[@Celosia117]

I’d personally like to see more switch like mods to allow a dock for displaying to TV and using a controller. Always loved that about the switch and to see it be brought to old consoles would be amazing. Anyways, merry Christmas Tito looking forward to stopping by another stream sometime 🍻

[@crimsama2451]

The vision SEGA had for the game gear was waaaay ahead of its time. You had a full colour handheld system that you could even watch modern video entertainment on it using the TV tuner.

[@martlowe]

Looks great. Would love one fully made up with the lcd screen!

[@Rich77UK]

Seeing how well priced the sound boards are, I'm very keen to see this motherboard pricing. Fantastic job dude.

[@r1choc]

Real great work ! Can't wait for a 2 Asics version :) Nice giveway too !

[@Ayixlia]

OMG YOU FINALLY MADE ONE!! I left a comment on your Zelda GBA vid about making a game gear like you did with the GBA because I'm a SEGA fan and I have a blue game gear and want to get mines done by you or buy one. This is so awesome and thank you!

[@37Kilo2]

Awesome time to be a retro gamer. So many brilliant makers like Mathijs out there.

[@n0refuge]

I am so excited about this mod! I will absolutely trying to get my hands on one of his new motherboards.

[@ElcanaldeEspetero]

Mathijs’ work is incredible. I would like to see the two-chip version in the future, as well as similar work for the atari lynx. I will be careful for new projects!

[@daaa57150]

Awesome work, and with the new shell it looks so good ! I wish he would do that for the original DMG gameboy, with built-in usb-c battery, internal pro sound, and all the cool stuff.

[@GrrregDavies]

Very nice! Great to see the Game Gear still getting some love!

[@waldox4040]

Amazing work! Thanks for the video!

[@MatSpeedle]

This is amazing, I've got 3 dead GG's I've not been able to repair I could rebuild with these motherboards

[@johntorn]

This is so awesome. Honestly, I’ll be excited to see whatever he does next, but my dream would be to see something similar for Lynx hardware replacement parts.

[@LetsPlayKeldeo]

I love that its a real replacment and not just a "Put a Emulation CPU in"

[@andrewrobotbuilder]

That's amazing! I've got two dead ones that I've been trying to revive but no luck so far (tried replacing the caps with ceramic ones like in one of your previous videos), so if these boards become more available that would be great to revive them and add them to my collection. I'm wondering if some sort of FPGA chip that mimics the original ASICs would be more viable in the future - maybe that's a job for MVG and other coding/firmware experts? All the same, hoping to see more of Mathijs' work in the future, possibly in other handhelds like the Gameboy Advance. Thanks Tito!

[@MachoNachoProductions]

Glad you enjoyed this video Andrew!

[@KiwiKoNZ]

Born in the early 80’s and growing up in the 90’s, the Nintendo Gameboy and Sega Game Gear were one of my favourite things on the planet! Awesome vid my dude … what an epic upgrade! 🕹👈🥳👍✨

[@nickydunne]

What a great mod, been looking at modding a game gear for a while. Would love something like this for the GBA 👍🏻 Cool videos, keep up the good work

[@kol101101]

So excited to see new hardware!

[@guardianbeardizer6361]

I want one of these so bad. My original Game Gear my dad got me as a kid capacitors have leaked onto the board so bad it's not fixable. Having one of these would solve that issue & bring back to life a huge part of my childhood

[@DanielOliveiraViolao]

I was wondering why we don't see mods like this. That is amazing.

[@yashy2x]

Simply amazing ❤️ lots of love and instant sub

[@willsteinmetz]

That's really awesome! It was always my favorite system growing up. With the reduction of components, I wonder if he's thought about making the board smaller and giving the shell a redesign?

[@RayceARoni]

Would love to see these kinds of projects for both various Game Boy models, and the Sega Nomad (maybe with the triple bypass rgb mod built in).

[@sainrub]

I like what I saw. Would really love some GBA Micro reverse engineering. New power options for USB Type C and with no loss of features ie: link cables. Happy Holidays everybody!!