Playing Nintendo Switch on a GameBoy Advance

[@RetroDodo]

Incredible idea 😂

[@markythompson]

You sure there wasn't any screen tearing, buddy?

[@skyprojectro]

@@markythompson Does it even matter?? It's too awesome!!

[@markythompson]

@@skyprojectro my point was that retro dodo has a tradition of saying "this product has some screen tearing" and then not actually showing the viewer the screen tearing.

[@SierraHarmony]

@@markythompson It may be that there is screen tearing but the device used to capture him playing, may not pick it up. Like looking at the moon compared to looking at it through your phones camera.

[@markythompson]

@@SierraHarmony it's possible. My theory is that he says it willy nilly to make it sound like he's well informed.

[@CrashFan03]

Finally a way to play nintendo switch games on the go

[@TheRetroFuture]

Hahahah

[@Valenslays]

nice 🤣🤣🤣

[@Valenslays]

all this time of searching for a way

[@christopher32074]

But in a more pocket sized way. The Switch and Switch Lite isn’t pocket sized.

[@tysonracicot7303]

i get the joke

[@officialroxxmusic]

This really makes me wish the Switch was a portable handheld :(

[@weezlewax6839]

It is, and if it’s too big buy a switch lite

[@LackOfO2]

Im pretty sure this comment is a joke lol

[@marksmangalactic9050]

I can't tell if this is a joke or not lol. The switch was marketed as a portable handheld, and the switch lite is literally only a handheld. Am i being wooshed?

[@dylexa3199]

Wot

[@KirboWurbo]

TheNight Angel yes sadly Wooooooosh

[@CRAZYGTASA]

"make sure its a 100% legitimate game because if its not it will still work" HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH THAT GOT ME GOOD

[@onyxx300_]

"Take your Bame Noy Adventure, and..." Elliot Coll - 2020

[@myroncolwell5531]

killed me laughing

[@leap123_]

*Bame Noy Gdvance

[@ZygardeCruiser]

Are you a furry fan?

[@onyxx300_]

@@ZygardeCruiser I'm not just a furry fan. I AM a furry

[@IscreamComments]

Abort that, He is not a furry fan, Thank you for the information.

[@RageElixir]

Haha the practicality of the setup 🤣

[@Sharkmouth]

Your here rage.

[@sixty502]

Oh wow I remember watching your Minecraft content as a kid! By the looks of it you still do Minecraft. Nice

[@mini-_]

Pro gaming monitor? nah. AGB-001? Y E S.

[@ungratefulmango]

@@dempstrr AGB-001 is the model number for the original (non-SP) Game Boy Advance

[@Handlethatwontbetaken]

Tylow Tylowvann1 botty bot bot

[@diarykeeper]

I instantly imagined this with the orange jacket guy imgflip.com/i/4d4xhh

[@TeamVRY]

Let's be honest as kids this is how we all saw our GBA games

[@mrericmendez5049]

For real 😂 I remember seeing ads for Mario Kart Super Circuit and never getting it 😭 it for sure looked like this to me

[@TeamVRY]

@@mrericmendez5049 ikr? Even the GBA Crash bandicoot racing game looked like the ps1 version to me lol

[@mrericmendez5049]

@@TeamVRY no no no you're right. That n tranced game looks like warped! That's one of the top crash bandicoot games of all time IMHO Just re-read what you said, but that makes more sense now 😂 I played nitro kart on my gba a couple months ago and it looked horrible and could barely see

[@onometre]

not for me. I loved my GBA but as a kid I dreamed of playing gamecube scale games on the go

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Yep

[@kiirabu197]

"Make sure it's a legitimate game 'cause if it's not it will still work" I absolutely love your sense of humour.

[@elliottyoder9383]

I haven’t seen the video yet, but this is a really cool concept. I’m excited!

[@Lefurmage104]

Me too!!!

[@elliottyoder9383]

Edit without an edit: now that I’ve seen it I was right! It’s awesome!

[@Lefurmage104]

@@elliottyoder9383 I tink the same

[@TDGalea]

The flickering on KZbin will be caused by DRM. HDMI has anti-recording measures that corrupt the stream to any "recording" devices.

[@bland9876]

Some people are terrible jerks

[@danielmiyahara9089]

Funny firestick with KZbin doesn't when connected to my VCR and have that connected to my Mini TV, literally have hours of content recorded, even from streaming services lmao

[@TDGalea]

@@danielmiyahara9089 It's far from perfect - it has to be careful otherwise it could end up corrupting the stream to a standard TV, and that wouldn't go down very well.

[@LeoTakacs]

This is insanity. I love it.

[@821Drifter128]

This is the most convoluted and unnecessary thing to do with that many items hahaha this is exactly why i love your channel!

[@Motscoud]

Seeing that glitching makes me think that the HDMI - AV adapter is having issues with HDCP. I wonder if you run it through a HDCP stripper (like what needs to be done to capture PS3 footage), it'll work.

[@joaquindayrit5746]

I second this

[@ericfolsomjr]

Yeah since you can see the switch had a message trying to kick him out of KZbin. I’ve seen it do that when I connect my switch to my capture card. So maybe?

[@Kalvinjj]

dang beat me to it by 1h, same thing I though.

[@tenowano4291]

Maybe if you access the Internet browser, you can watch KZbin on it?

[@ericfolsomjr]

Teno Wano lmaooo

[@RockMcLuckle]

"Huh, didn't expect to see emulators for Switch on this channel" *sees thumbnail* "Oh.."

[@alolanstarboy]

Lmao I remember seeing something like this on Austin Evan’s channel where he daisy chained a bunch of adapters to play PS4 games on a game boy micro

[@michaelschumer4065]

Sauce?

[@alolanstarboy]

Michael Schumer it’s this mystery tech video that he did. He covers a bunch of stuff in each video so it’s probably somewhere in the middle kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6K2gHSpbLB2Zqc

[@everythinggreataboutpokemo3144]

I’ve seen that video

[@markcordova8126]

It’s the Nintendo switch advance

[@faselwesen]

You are the winner of the comment section for me LOL

[@Nintentoad125]

Kinda unrelated, but you should do a video on the game "Where is my body?" when it comes out. It's a gameboy game, that's coming out this year!

[@mrericmendez5049]

Whoa whaaat leaving the video now ty!

[@twoleftshoes6493]

When you lied to me about the further waffling, not gonna lie... I was hurt.

[@ramonnario8309]

what a surefire way to secure someone's attention on the video tho elliot being brilliant

[@soorya-ignatius]

It's awesome that you never do clickbait, I always get what I expect with your videos! :D

[@RAD_ss]

About time, I’ve always wanted Android on my GBA.

[@conicthehedgehog9166]

Using Android in Nintendo 3ds/ds

[@rileydyck261]

You do things that are so unique and I guess weird they're not even imaginable thats why I think this channel is so special

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thank you!

[@rileydyck261]

Your welcome

[@mattaskham1606]

That worked a lot better than I was expecting it to! You should try this using a GBA Player and a Gamecube to make the most convoluted way to play Switch ever!

[@ToxoRetro]

Using a GameCube as an RF demodulator - good thinking! Could be a realistic option for an Atari 2600 or the ilk.

[@eDoc2020]

@@ToxoRetro If you're using this setup like that don't forget to plug the N64 RF modulator into the GameCube to continue the chain.

[@HitnRunTony]

I remember seeing a TV Tuner like this for the SP or the DS that came out in Japan and thought it was the coolest thing ever

[@attaleacornell3362]

This is the question I wanted answered.

[@romanbeard4834]

I think GameCube or an original Xbox would be kinda neat on that screen tbh. Great Video!

[@Sharkmouth]

1:07 so we're allready up to 6 bat trees in total.

[@DaddyGamerReviews]

This makes me miss this era of electronics where hardware and accessories got wildly creative with their concepts. Even just the idea of receiving a TV signal on a GBA is super cool and would have been something I would have loved at the time. Likely leading me to doing silly things like this with the motivation of "why? because I can"

[@uTubeNoITube]

And here I thought you butchered a GBA & Switch and stuffed the Switch components into a GBA. #disappointed. xD

[@janabroflovski2572]

Sameee

[@user-pq4by2rq9y]

Switch boy when

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Why I love your channel... you have so many awesome stuff to show 😄

[@x.y.z.gopeith9250]

The opposite direction, i.e. real GBA game on NSW, would be also interesting.

[@carsena1318]

your presentation is so professional and clean and pleasing to look at that i keep thinking you have 1million subs, you deserve it good content :)

[@Andoryuuu]

Amazing video, I'd love to see PS4 and Xbox One on this setup too, I know it'll be identical I just think it'd be funny to see Horizon Zero Dawn on a GBA or Forza Motorsport, lol.

[@IanC14]

Fall Guys on a GBA.

[@RadzKiram]

Every "goodbye" you end your video I replace with "peace" in my head.

[@apik4989]

I can imagine in your house there are boxes of random nintendo wires lol

[@TheJunky228]

that's so neat I had absolutely no idea the GBA had a Video input accessory!

[@TechHug]

Person 1: "Hey we should make a GBA capture card!" Person 2: "Good idea! I'll get right on it!" Some time later... Person 2: " I did it! Come look!" Person 1: "........................ That's not what I meant."

[@diarykeeper]

innovate tech would like to have a word with you.

[@TheOddybody]

That's neat. Loved doing stuff like this back in the day. With other consoles and monitors. Great fun.

[@Plantdandy]

Ah yes, my favorite gba game, Mariokart 8 deluxe.

[@NoshAbroad]

You can actually just hook an antenna to the RF out of a VCR. If you set your VCR to TV/Video it should pass through what ever is coming from the A/V in (RCA) on the VCR to the TV (RF Out) Now you may run into issues as I think you are in a PAL Region? Assuming the GB TV Tuner is NTSC? If it is PAL it should be able to tun into channel 3/4 whatever your VCR is set to. With just a cheap antenna on the RF out you should be able to manage several meters of distance. If you don't have the right VCR for the region of the GB tuner, just get a cheap RF Modulator. I'm on your Discord with the same name if you have any questions.

[@ModerateDev]

finally a decent portable gaming system xD

[@marvbloke]

I love how your videos are getting so many more views now. This one has overtaken 'Someone put me in a gameboy game' already ;-)

[@cooljonathan]

For audio, you could have plugged a 3.5mm to RCA in to the switch headphone port

[@sampound5638]

Super Circuit looks a lot better than I remember

[@JuicyJakeRepairs]

Thats an amazing idea! A portable nintendo switch, Nintendo should make one!

[@pelangimaharanisetiadi8506]

Nintendo switch lite?

[@Merrulas]

To play youtube with this adapter you need to set the tv résolution in the switch setting to 480p and it will work like a charm

[@hitnrun66]

Mom can i get a nintendo switch Mom: we have a nintendo switch at home *Nintendo switch at home*

[@ihatebees8775]

It’s better

[@slicy0046]

The thing is you need to have a switch

[@fgfhjfhjfbhfghf5771]

Now we wait for GBA online and finally we will have the true big brain way of playing Golden Sun: The Lost Age

[@pilot_aki]

Even if GBA Online somehow happens, it is very unlikely that they will include it.

[@leethompsonart]

I did that back in high school 8 years ago and played sega on my gameboy

[@julsbarracuda9892]

I'm early today! I was just looking at your post on the FB group and the the notification appeared, nice!

[@partypiggaming9344]

I'm more of a switch on the game gear kind of guy.

[@dosneygaming]

If I had a Gameboy advance I'd definitely do this. Maybe they make one for the 2ds

[@ShaneChandler87]

The KZbin thing has to be an HDCP issue. It's probably the HDMI2av, maybe try to find one that works with HDCP and see if that does the trick!

[@Jotom87]

Now if they can bring the gameboy line to switch we'll finally be in business.

[@Jotom87]

Also ds lite is a kind of gameboy. Do ds lite stuff.

[@rxgtv]

He made a Gameboy Macro but do you mean *_more_* DS Lite stuff?

[@veliquence]

Me on the phone with the police: “well... it’s not TECHNICALLY clickbait but....”

[@justjordan2478]

This video is the most funny way to keep it all about Gameboys lol. I love it.

[@MrMansurf]

Friend: Hey lets play some breath of the wild! Me: Sure **proceeds to whip out gameboy** Friend: Exuse me what the f**k

[@doogie2934]

would be a funny joke if their wasnt 4 zeldas on the gameboys

[@doogie2934]

actually 5 sorry

[@weezlewax6839]

Actually there was a Zelda game on the gameboy (and remade on switch) and another one made by capcom on the gameboy advance

[@doogie2934]

That's what i said. There was: The Oracle games (2) Links Awakening Minish Cap And Four Swords. Correct me if theirs more

[@NEWgoblin001]

Had one back in 2004, took it to school and hooked up my PS2 to it during a free period. It was hilarious having multiple people gather around the tiny gba screen playing multiplayer burnout

[@slushythecotton7150]

Con we have GBA at home? We have already GBA at home. GBA at home: wait, this is actually better than GBA I wanted....

[@gvcvbbhvbbccxcvn]

Nope, GBA > NS

[@secretpw8728]

Didn't even realize I was this early! Haven't watched the whole thing yet but it looks awesome so far! Keep up the great content!

[@mr.coolio4321]

Well this is a bit of a switch up.

[@DanMorelle]

I remember Blaze used to sell a sort of addon version of this which you replaced with the entire back of a GBA unit.

[@gamenfix2586]

So technically you can get any other console with HDMI or av to play onto the Gameboy NICE

[@KotoHayato]

I'm obsessing with the possibility of maybe using this peripheral on a Gameboy Player. That way, you would be able play your Switch Games on GBA, on Game Cube, on TV :')

[@miataisalwaystheanswer1356]

I want this where do I buy it? (Being for real btw)

[@austinm.2909]

This is really cool. You should also try this out with the Nintendo DS TV tuner cartridge

[@markcordova8126]

Austin M. YESSS

[@Roadent1241]

With the what now? What tech have I missed out on?

[@leap123_]

Meanwhile in 2030: "Playing Gintendo Nwitch on a Bame Noy Gdvance"

[@20thcenturydenzel_alt]

I absolutely LOVE the concept!

[@rxgtv]

Is that a custom Gameboy shell?

[@coolduder1001]

I saw that adapter like 10 or 12 years ago, and I never thought it would look so good with modded Gameboys.

[@karma-mu6pi]

i can finally play my switch games portably! wait

[@emiliotorres6329]

Ay man. Just wanna let you know you a really cool creator fr, and you been keepin me entertained during the worlds madness 😂

[@tremix4449]

This makes my brain hurt

[@julianx2rl]

Having those visuals on a portable was the wet dream of gamers and devs alike back in the early 2000's, what a time to be alive!

[@Larry.R]

Video's Title: Playing Nintendo Switch on a GameBoy Advance My thoughts before watching the video: "Okay, it's probably some weird adapter that you plug into the back of your Game Boy Advance through the battery port and it has a slot for your Switch game, as well as the ZL and ZR, and HOME buttons." My thoughts while watching the video: "Okay, so all it does is turn your Game Boy Advance into a TV. The title sounds *kind of* misleading..." *(confused screaming)*

[@yourhalf01]

I had one of those! I used it to watch TV while at work. lol. Nothing like collecting a few people whenever The Price is Right was on.

[@blackhawkthepirate]

Ok, next step is to wire joycons into a GBA to REALLY play Switch on a GBA

[@Rebateman]

Now you can play through Kanto 10 times but on different games on the same console! (Including Gold/Silver/Crystal)

[@onometre]

"emit a frequency thing" No need to get so technical

[@silversonic1]

My Mate VINCE did a wireless one where the AV was fed into a VCR with an antenna on the coax output to broadcast the video to a portable TV. He's done a lot of cool stuff like that.

[@Fendera1]

No.

[@Metalpug79]

Now make a a Gamecube inside of a Game Boy Advance shell! Keep all the official Gamecube button shapes, and finding a way to get those analog triggers too! That would be awesome! ✌️😎

[@thecastiel69]

r/DiWHY

[@omegalite8788]

r/Ihavereddit

[@thecastiel69]

@@omegalite8788 Hello Reddit

[@exoMaster94]

Thanks bro, I’ve always wanted a way to play switch games wherever I go

[@dokegab_1950]

Nice experiment

[@tokyohanamura]

I got that exact same AV to HDMI box. Extremely useful for capturing gameplay of old systems & those plug n play ones like the Radica TV games

[@deklusa]

Can you give me a link to one?

[@HomeAwesomation]

Amazing. I had no idea there was a TV tuner for the GBA, I must get it now. You know, I did the same thing a couple weeks ago using my sega game gear. In my case I did it over the air using the antenna. There's a video of it on my channel. It ended up turning into a whole project. I have an app to simulate an old TV remote and a raspberry pi program to simulate over the air TV stations. Since you have the tuner you might want to take a look at my project.

[@sadtrooper7595]

Dude another amazing video elliot keep it up!

[@luisfelipegonzalez4423]

....Because you can....great video. I have the same HDMI converter device and Netflix dont recognize it as a certified HDCP device. it is sad. it's the only way to connect my shield tablet to an old CRT tv...By the way, great device..and cheers from Chile.

[@matpakgaming4278]

Kinda weird we can re-play links awaking on a gameboy again

[@Link56731]

Woahhh this seems like a sick video! I'ma watch it!!!

[@lunchboxt6502]

They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didnt stop to think whether or not they should

[@Oldgamingfart]

Still have one of these practically new in its box as it didn't get a great deal of use even when analogue TV was a thing! FYI: If you're really (really!) keen to use the tuner side and make it 'wireless', simply hook up that A/V connection to an old video recorder and then use a coupling adapter to plug a standard set-top aerial into the VCR's RF output (instead of the RF in), and hey presto! Your own little analogue TV station! :'D

[@ronyestrada3826]

Bro i just laugh my ass off. Good video, something that no one will try, but is quiet good tough.

[@digitalgravity3563]

This is great, I can finally play my switch on a trip like a portable system.

[@aksiyonbizde3016]

This is amazing! You have always great content and ideas.

[@paskyplays]

i think the reason youtube dont work through it its cause it has a HDCP lock if you wanna change that get a powered HDMI splitter and it should bypass

[@f4rr3r]

Next step should be to hook up the controls to the Switch 😂 Cracking video as always

[@adrthegreatball4596]

How is MyMateVince not in the comment section yet? This is 100% something he would love. He played fall guy on his Panasonic tv/radio recently. This is his cup of tea.

[@NDSOart]

It looks like your GBA has an upgraded screen, and I know the IPS V2 screen has like a 4:1 pixel ratio to the original GBA screen. Did the converter actually get the video running at that higher resolution? Some of the smaller text on the Switch UI was surprisingly legible, so it makes me think that this is running at 4x the resolution of the original GBA. It definitely looked great, but I am mostly wondering if you had the original screen if it would look significantly different (aside from being terribly dark). Love your channel, you and Odd Tinkering are responsible for my new ventures into GBA modding and repair.