Someone Just Did, What Nintendidn’t

Someone Just Did, What Nintendidn’t
This Holiday Season check out iFixit for the perfect Holiday Gift for that special Retro-Refuber or DIY-Enthusiast. When you purchase a replacement part, get an additional 10% OFF a holiday bundle like the Gamer Bundle! Use the Link Below to Check out all the great deals at iFixit:
👉 ifix.gd/machonacho
Episode Description: BucketMouse does what Nintendon’t. In this episode of Retro Renew, we take a look at BucketMouse’s custom Game Boy Pocket motherboard that integrates Game Boy Color functionality as well as other other modern tweaks making this, in my opinion, the ultimate Game Boy Color!
Where To Find BucketMouse and the Pocket Color
► STORE: www.etsy.com/shop/MouseBiteLabs
► GitHub: github.com/MouseBiteLabs/Game...
► Instagram: / bucketmousebite
► Twitter: / bucketmousebite
► Discord: / discord
► DMG Color Video: • Putting a Game Boy COL...
Pocket/DMG Color Builders:
► ko-fi.com/jackvmakes
► / codyw1ck3r
Misc. Parts for Pocket Color Build: Save 10% with coupon code TITO (Affiliate):
► IPS Screen: retrogamerepairshop.com/colle...
► Shell: retrogamerepairshop.com/produ...
► Screen Lens: retrogamerepairshop.com/colle...
► Buttons: retrogamerepairshop.com/produ...
// Support Macho Nacho:
► PATREON: / machonachoproductions
► eBay STORE: www.ebay.com/usr/machonachovi...
► MERCH: machonachomerch.creator-sprin...
► WEBSITE: macho-nacho.com/
► JOIN our DISCORD Community: / discord
► The Tools I Use (Affiliate): www.amazon.com/shop/machonacho...
// Follow Macho Nacho On Social Media
► Twitter: / machonachomedia
► Instagram: / machonachoproductions
► Facebook: / machonachoproductions
---
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
3:25 Parts Used
6:44 Installation Tutorial
19:36 Features
21:19 Pros and Cons
-----
// SAVE MONEY at these Retro Gaming Stores! (Affiliate Links Below):
► SAVE 10% by using COUPON CODE: TITO on any purchase from CASTLEMANIA Games here: castlemaniagames.com/?ref=tito
// TOOLS AND GEAR I Use For Video Game Console Modding (Soldering Equipment, Flux,
►All other stuff I use: www.amazon.com/shop/machonacho...
-----
// These stores provide fantastic GEAR and MODS for RETRO CONSOLES! If you use the following links below, I received a small percentage from sales at no cost to you. This is a great, free way to support the channel (Affiliate)!
○ Stone Age Gamer (Flash Carts and other great Retro Tech)
► stoneagegamer.com?afmc=MACHONACHO
○ eBay (Second Hand Retro Gaming Gear and More. It’s where I buy a lot of the consoles I mod!)
► ebay.us/NCwNkl
○ Sendico (Proxy Service to bid on Japanese Auctions. I use Sendico to get great deals on Retro Consoles directly from Japan!)
► sendico.com/referral/MachoNacho
-----
// Intro Music for Retro Renew Series by Matthew McCheskey:
► matthewmccheskey.bandcamp.com/
-----
Disclaimer: This video is only for entertainment purposes. Any injury, damage, or loss that may result from improper use of tools, equipment, or from the information in this video is the sole responsibility of the viewer and is to be used at the discretion of the end user/viewer and not Macho Nacho Productions or Tito Perez. If you are uncertain about any step of the process or feel unsure about your skill level, seek a more authoritative source.
Affiliate Disclosure: I get a small percentage of each sale that uses an affiliate link or coupon code. It’s a great way to help SUPPORT my channel at no cost to you so I can continue to make these videos for all of you, everyone wins! And as always, thank you for your continued support of my channel!
#GameBoyColor #GameBoyPocket #MachoNachoProductions

[@Alien_Bob]

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they Nintencould, they didn’t stop to think if they Nintenshould.

[@Pridetoons]

Nice 😂

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

"Don't let's ask for the Nin. We have the mods." from "Now, Game Boy Color"

[@pwnedd11]

Wow, you deserve an award for this one!

[@natebragg]

Today the best comment on the internet award goes to you sir 👏

[@thepaper888]

Brilliant

[@maddoggaming1171]

I loved how insanely durable the Game Boy Pocket was. My family couldn't afford to keep buying batteries, so we got an AC adapter and had to stay within a couple feet of an outlet. I have a lot of siblings so it wasn't uncommon for someone to accidentally trip over the cord while we were playing, and it would rip the system out of our hands and go straight to the floor (wood we didn't have carpet) sometimes with enough force to shoot the cartridge out across the room. The screen never broke, the system never stopped working, just had a lot of scuffs in the end. Amazing system!

[@IVIUT3D]

my grandfather had a charger for all sizes of battery. regardless of the make we would recharge them using the outlet and that adapter, it elongated the battery game for us, I used to have 4 on with 4 in my Og brick.

[@tinkertheprol]

You just reminded me of doing the same with my Sega Gamegear. I forgot handhelds used to allow an AC adapter to play without batteries!

[@rockapartie]

@@IVIUT3D I've always been wondering why people kept buying non-rechargeable batteries. A charger + 4 batteries was one of my first purchases with my pocket money.

[@Drgoldthumb]

I spent many any evening tethered real close to the wall with my ac adapter plugged in for my hand held… why didn’t we have more ubiquitous extension cords in those days???😢😅 Damn you gamegear and your 6 aa batteries!!! Damn you!!!

[@locobrown]

@@rockapartie I'll tell you why and with wholesome resentment ... Our "Boomer" parents considered rechargeable batteries a "novelty" and a "unnecessary" expense. S4.99 for a charger and $1.99 for a pair of batteries in hind sight today it was a steal. We would be subjected to guilt trips like, "oh this month I will be short with the mortgage, and could lose the house", or "those bags of chips or action figure will not allow me to make it to work today". That's the kind of B.S. our boomer parents subjected many of us, so my siblings and I always grew up worried. A 16 pack of garbage "Rocket" batteries, you can imagine the laughing stock we were, they tears of joy that rolled down our cheeks. My siblings cried of being thankful at the expense of our sanity. A life time of examples i can post but the battery one came to mind. If we knew now what really happened behind the scenes, it was gaslight manipulation by narcissistic parents of mine. Your wondering about non-rechargeable batteries made relive suppressed memories. We are better than that, survivors, due to those experiences. I'll send them a birthday card printed in monochrome for their birthdays with magazine cutouts of potential gifts. I am thankful for giving us life, but the wounds are too deep for it to heal that being so far away is best.

[@ConsolesAndCasks]

I love that it's open source too - lets us do stuff like make a version to put it back into a Game Boy Color shell if you like that form factor better (or maybe even a Game Boy Light shell) with most of the upgrades, or reintegrate the IR sensor

[@flying-carrot]

who would ever do that though? :^)

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@flying-carrot as said in the video, it's a way to harvest components from broken game boys so the more types of shells they can fit the better Also someone can make a new shell or shell mod with the IR sensor window

[@ConsolesAndCasks]

@@marcogenovesi8570 - @flying-carrot making a joke - he knows that I've been working on that exact thing for a few months

[@zerodeadbit]

since you have the hot air reflow station, you should look at getting solder paste, you can use it solder all the surface mount mounted packages without a lot of effort or worry about bending leads. It would also open you up to do replacements of parts with BGA in the future. Don't worry about need solder paste masks, most of it comes in a syringe and you can dose it out on all the pads by hand. Another bonus is the paste has flux in it so no need to add additional flux.

[@AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf]

Exactly what I was thinking. Much quicker and more reliable. Especially for ICs that are in short supply.

[@KPocket98]

​@StottisTheIndiWerWlf I just thought, bet someone just commented what Im thinking , doing it like he did is just a waste of time

[@doq]

Man, the Pocket is probably my favourite Game Boy form factor, and giving it the Colour treatment is so cool. Well done BucketMouse!

[@MachoNachoProductions]

Totally agree!

[@brandogg]

*Color. They don't call it "Game Boy Colour" anywhere in the world.

[@doq]

my b. prolly seen too many bootlegs that I got confused

[@DonutTPOTer]

​@@doqEurope moment

[@otterdonnelly9959]

⁠​⁠@@DonutTPOTerpossibly a Canadian one too

[@mikinard]

Don't let the music fool you. Tito listens to some heavy metal while soldering. Dude is a legend.

[@alicevioleta3184]

i jam to Whitesnake while coding or working on hardware too. it gets the blood flowing

[@numberoneappgames]

I'm happy to see people producing parts for these older consoles. :)

[@FullaEels]

Man, it must be so satisfying to do all that work, tighten the last srew and see all your hard work come together when you boot it up. Thanks for showing this off!

[@MASF_]

This is one of the coolest projects ever made. A GameBoy Pocket Color is something me as a child thought would be impossible, but here were are in 2023 will proof that it can be done. Much respect to BucketMouse, an absolute legend.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

There are literally a gazillion handheld machines from China that run Gameboy and 1000s of other retro games. My mind was blown seeing a handheld run Ps1 Dreamcast and N64 games.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

Not only that but the systems sold by Ambernic and Retroid are quality built.

[@robertzendejas8349]

Given the budget sizes for GenY and Millennials, combined with their computer/programming skills their passion projects won't largely be rebuilding a 60-70 era or early 00's-15 muscle cars. Nope they're going to literally make their teenage dream machines into reality. Impressive in it's own right. And with a little luck and timing, they might very well be able to make enough money to be able to do the muscle car rebuild with their son(s). I know, this is done for the passion and not to cash in.

[@ryan02s2k]

Your solder skills are even more on point than usual in this video 👌Fantastic job!

[@MachoNachoProductions]

Thank you 🙏

[@lathamhardee]

@@MachoNachoProductionsany soldering irons you recommend? I have a cheap one from the hardware store that I use for replacing cartridge batteries. Would love to tackle this mod but want to make sure I have a suitable iron.

[@rolandleyco573]

@@lathamhardeeget a pinecil with different tips. I can also recommend a 60w usb c charging brick will get you easy soldering

[@wrentubes1886]

As someone who has done SOIC drag soldering, I appreciate the pain you went through to accomplish this mod @MachoNachoProductions

[@tokin420nchokin]

​@@lathamhardeeI repair consoles/handhelds in my free time to sell, and I use a solder station. I am using a more affordable yihua setup with really great results, has pid temp control which you will want to keep things in the right heat range. Also has a hot air station on the other side for smd work. Honestly I would at least want hot air available to use if you need it because when you need it you absolutely need it.

[@hawkfeather6802]

5:11 literally the size of fruit flies 😮 You definitely need to be a soldering master to do this mod! Nice work

[@tasa4904]

it's much easier if you use a solder reflow oven, but sheesh, placing them isn't easy

[@hawkfeather6802]

@@tasa4904 what's a solder reflow oven?

[@tasa4904]

@@hawkfeather6802 You apply a solder that's in paste form instead of wire form onto the circuit board pads. Then you use tweezers to plop the tiny components onto the right spots. Once you lay everything down, you toss into an oven and let it bake. The heat melts the solder and natural forces align the parts to the board. A solder reflow oven is a better toaster oven. Some of its advantages include evenly distributing the heat so that you don't have hotspots inside. Accurately calibrated thermistors so that your oven doesn't just shoot past the target temperature and cook the chips. Finally, the ability to schedule temperature over time. You want to get the board up to a certain temperature, then zap it quickly with heat to melt the solder paste without damaging the components, then let it cool slowly so the board doesn't warp. Quite frankly, you can just use an oven or a hotplate, but the solder reflow oven takes a lot of the guesswork and monitoring out of your workflow.

[@hawkfeather6802]

@@tasa4904 sounds interesting and complicated. I think I saw something like that on tv,on How it's made. They were assembling a vacuum and slid the motherboard through a long metal tunnel that soldered all the components on. What you can do with technology is really cool!

[@adonian]

love this build. that intro music is always my favorite... so soothing, yet exciting.

[@theanomynousguy]

To prevent damaging any IC's, such as the CPU that was removed early in the video, put some flux all the way around the chip to help get that solder moving! Won't have to hold the hot air for as long, heating up the chip.

[@shadow306k]

I've been praying that the Pocket colour mod became as simple to use as possible, and this might just be the step in progression that finally lets me get my hands on one without chopping up a PCB! BucketMouse is a legend

[@GapingSquid]

Check out Natalie the nerds version, it seems a heap easier but haven’t done either one so can say for sure.

[@Mr_Brainz]

Always impressed with how clean and precise your work is. Great job as always.

[@MrBoop4345]

Bravo BucketMouse 👏👏👏 I absolutely love all the brilliant people creating modern mods with such passion. Another great video Tito. Happy Hollidays 🎄

[@JamesJAKAZeldaboy14]

I recall someone did shove the parts of the color into a pocket model years ago. Tried to find the video but couldn't. good to see the idea wasn't left in the dust

[@djbawb]

your soldering technique is really refined. awesome job!!

[@jedewitz]

I think I saw a few on IG that were using Natalie's parts too. I love the cool things makers are doing with old hardware. Very awesome.

[@ClearComplexity]

The new amp gives a LOT more base while cutting back on some of the top end some call "sparkly." Would be interesting to hear that through headphones, the little speaker probably won't make a difference at all. The greatest benefit of projects like these is that it gives a main board replacement for damaged boards to save Game Boys. Most of the time the key components you need to salvage are fine even if the donor has gone through hell and back. The rest are already easily sourced (shells, buttons, membranes, etc.) so it truly gives a way for the "soul" of the damaged Game Boy Colors to live on if the board was fubar.

[@brandman546]

I have been waiting so long for you to make a video on a pocket color. Excited to watch!

[@TheShoe1990]

I primarily play retro games via emulation, but man do I love watching your videos. Perfect way to relax on my lunch breaks 😎 Happy holidays!

[@chrisagu28]

This is exactly what I have been wanting for so long. I have an extra gameboy color for parts ready for this! The best of both worlds with pocket form factor and game color compatibility. Btw been a fan of your videos for all these years, love your style and channel. ❤ The change of music caught me off guard. Like the change!

[@NPC_YouTube]

its incredibly pleasing to see the original gb shell working like new

[@3joseph7]

You have a really precise and stable hand, it's a pleasure to watch (especially with this relaxing bg music). A small tip for your ceramic capacitor soldering; you can presolder the first pad like you do, then instead of pushing from above with your tweezers, you can slide it in place. It is easier and more elegant this way.

[@ERey55]

I'm not into Game Boy world but I really enjoyed the good production and editing. It's a very nice and well executed video!! Ps. The intro alone gave me joy, it has that "Netflix nostalgic-documentary" vibe haha

[@PLEYOR]

Interesting mod, I have owned a DMG, Pocket and Color over the years, and have never thought about a Pocket Color! Amazing work.

[@pullingonthestrings]

UGH, I could watch your intro on loop for DAYS!

[@chocapic2373]

I gotta say I love how creative and hardworking the retro gaming community is in preserving the origins of gaming. Thank you for the video ❤

[@bluephreakr]

Novices might be turned off by the micro-soldering. For a long series of fine pins, drag-soldering can be your friend; have a bit of solder on the tip, tack-in, then once well-aligned drag it across on well-fluxed conductors. No-clean paste flux is also your friend for these things; it's lazy, but lets you avoid having to mind a mess, at least until you are finished if you wish to neaten things up for use in a clear plastic case. Y'know, in case you end up in prison or something.

[@Demon-ym1of]

most of the soldering I do is usually guitars and the occasional electronics. This makes me want to hone my skills and learn to do micro soldering and be able to do stuff like this. I enjoy your content and soldering skills. Cheers!

[@RuxUnderscore]

Great work BucketMouse! I'll definitely be having a go at this in the future.

[@xinyster18]

I too have been waiting for this to exist. Thanks for the heads up.

[@marccaselle8108]

Very awesome video. I cant solder to save my life but you make it look easy. I so enjoyed the background music. The IPS screen makes a huge difference for a gameboy pocket / color / any gameboy 🙂

[@Evercade_Effect]

Very cool! Love the form factor and the nostalgic feel.

[@theretrocaveman]

Nice video Tito, I enjoy Bucket Mouse's work very much and he is a valuable member of our community. Personally I prefer the N64Freak MGBC Pocket Colors myself but the fact that Mr. Mouse has made his project open source leaves us many options for design and modification :O

[@aveoxus1139]

your soldering skills are making me think Im watching northridgefix! Very fun to watch, especially because of the end product very cool kit!

[@ThickpropheT]

As soon as I saw the word "color" on the back, I knew I needed this.

[@skibidi.G]

Brilliant clip, thank you so much ❤✌️😊

[@ClosestNearUtopia]

I was in love with my pocket. It was so impressive it could fit in your backpocket, and I was amazed how good its screen was compared to the og GB.

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Very clean work. I'll never own this, but the process was pleasant to look at.

[@Mchenrygames]

great project from BucketMouse and great skill display from Tito.

[@MrMaxeemum]

11:50 C45 rocked over after removing the soldering iron which means the solder under it was still solid The 2nd side near U6 is ok but 1st side nearest the crystal is either not touching or is a bad joint.

[@briangilmartin662]

Cool mod! I'm glad that there's an option for a rechargeable battery, too. 5 hours seems really short, especially if you're into RPGs

[@onigvd77]

Very nice man! I also really like the new background music, its better than what you used to use :)

[@kingmonday2918]

That colour pairing you've used of the blue red and black looks so slick.

[@themadhacker9376]

love your video! such a satisfying project

[@Cloud28693]

I don't know anything about soldering and I even don't have any idea of what tools and products use, but I really love the way you show this in your videos. I hope to learn one day and make something similar to make my GBC live again... In the meanwhile I am enjoying emulation handhelds (Retroid Pocket 2S). Thank you for this nice videos 😊

[@FatherMcKenzie66]

“For veteran molders only” Me, who never ever soldered something into my life: “heck it, I’ll do it”

[@GamerKiwi]

My kid self would have loved this so much

[@monkeyhammar]

Good soldering skills could be even better if you tin the pads first before dropping the CPU on. You'll find you get neater connections with fewer bridges

[@heroinpenguin666]

Great video as always; I liked the new jazz music.

[@Babihrse]

When he took off the ic chips i thought oh hes gonna have an impossible job putting them back on. And here he is lightly painting them back on

[@Blit_Wizbok]

personally my favorite gameboy is the gameboy advance sp. It had integrated lighting, folded so that it was not only small, but also protected the screen, and could play SP and regular gameboy cartridges. Being able to tilt the screen to several angles to find a comfortable position was also a nice bonus

[@gilgabro420]

I actually did that as my first project and it worked out fine!

[@ToastieStrudel]

I’ve been wanting something like this for years, I’m so happy it’s finally a thing

[@kaio0777]

I love the pocket form factor I had a green one back in the day

[@cybertiesje]

big fan of the soldering bg music in this vid 😊

[@AnonymousDuelist]

I draw the line at the capacitors. I couldn't solder that to save my life.

[@N8-TH3-GR8]

Tito your video and production quality is some very professional stuff. It may not sound crazy coming from a random person but i can tell a lot of time goes into these videos. Very nice work bro

[@gcm4312]

9:58 wish I could maintain my solder tips as pristine as this one

[@AnthonyTeasdale]

This is really cool in a way. Though it will likely be for a very specific person. I have bought many GBC and repaired and upgraded them, most have audio issues and need a speaker or volume wheel replacing. I normally fit a IPS screen too. Makes for a great console.

[@LocalTechDad]

The Pocket was my first own GameBoy too and I´d love to build a poco for myself

[@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

I like the advance form factor better by quite a lot.

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

Super cool. I like the GBC (and have a working one i really need to mod at some point lol) but just for preservation and longevity sake def always a huge plus to have Open Source board designs to help keep people from tossing shells or just losing the ability to play OG hardware. Pretty awesome stuff.

[@ravendrow83]

I actually hand built one of these back when bucket mouse was looking for testers. Mine is an all purple board

[@JohnnyStashh]

u make modding look so easy, i love these vids!

[@adriansoh3892]

I also really like that BucketMouse added the ability to reset the console by pressing in on the rocker switch. No need to switch off and on the console or perform acrobatic button presses to do that anymore. 😄

[@mathieuberthalay21]

Thank you very much for the video ❤

[@djandcj]

try the drag technique so much easier in my opinion but i can definitely say hands down a much faster technique! ive been soldering for the aerospace industry for 12 years now. love your videos!

[@EmperorDank]

What a gorgeous device

[@HighDollarHobo]

I have my original color motherboard this is the perfect solution to bring it back to life 😊 always wished the pocket could be a color wowser!!

[@MachoNachoProductions]

Absolutely!

[@8bitbros]

Such a great board. Awesome project albeit time consuming. I haven't been able to remove a CPU successfully with my hot air gun from a board yet. Need to work on that. Thanks for the vid!

[@TheScourgeSouffle]

The secret is a lot of flux. Good luck!

[@hayden7525]

I just ordered the dmg version of this and am very excited to try it out

[@Wafflepants-dl8fk]

Oof that soldering

[@skins4thewin]

Yer a madlad doing those chips without any sort of magnification!

[@wilwyman451]

I am 48 and still enjoy my original NES from time to time.

[@devingonsalves5017]

I subbed for the music. This is so relaxing to watch 😅

[@James_D.]

That looks awesome! 🤩

[@ultimabear]

Thanks for the video, the product looks great. I could only watch half the video though as jazz is my kryptonite.

[@JohnnyKillerTech]

k2 chip slaughter on screen lol 7:30 I saw that xD

[@heatherartsy8944]

I would totally do this if I knew what I was doing….Thanks for the video!

[@ohyou_6599]

for something that small like the cpu, you should probably tin the pads. I like putting a heavy amount of solder on the pads, and the I take my ils size tip and go pin by pin with magnification. takes ages but it's foolproof and makes for exceptionally well done joints. good method for beginners too because no risk of bending pins drag soldering or making a big mess with too many solder.

[@StillTheVoid]

Thank God...and Bucketmouse...and Macho Nacho! 😁😁

[@luiscanifru]

your videos are always a pleasure to the eyes

[@Ben-ht5yf]

That's a really cool kit. I am only a little uneasy about the display floating in there without any sort of clamping or padding between the back of the panel, the control board, and the motherboard. Maybe a thin glue strip around the lcd to secure it in position?

[@urrich]

nice soldering skills!

[@lw2266]

🎆This looks like a LOT of work, I hope it does well for you and Bucket Mouse 🎆

[@syntaxzedex4316]

When you can use De-oxit Green. It contains a fader lube and can be used on pots.

[@davidgill7412]

You actual madman! You actually did it!!!👍😎

[@pbj315]

That's Awesome!

[@marcelofrau8818]

I wish to have the money needed to do all these types of mods.. now I feel sad.. but the mod is fantastic and very nice.. thanks for the video!

[@Loki-]

You did great solder work! (the caps/resistors left a little to be desired lol :P) I was hoping to see the drag technique for the big chip though. I know it's not really necessary, and risks lots of bridging, but I don't often see people do it. I'm not good at it so I wanna see people show off!

[@blzbfallenangel]

Hey Tito, I like you content. Have you ever considered using a vacuum pen to remove chips? I always see you using twizers but I think that tool it's much better and safer. It's way I use when I need transplant chips🤔

[@tomaswolsink7620]

Omg this is awsome! This is realy temptinf to try for my dmg gameboy !

[@purplecyanblack3805]

Impossible. Next thing you know, you're gonna tell me someone out-pizza'd the hut!

[@somewhere-else]

i like how fluid your flux is, what is it? love the vids!

[@dralithi]

Nice bass on the intro music

[@Legofan2676]

Imagine this in one of the boxypixel full metal shells.

[@fullautoshotty]

Awesome..personally, i'd love to see an internal rechargeable battery pack via USB-C