The BEST $15 GameBoy you can buy

[@digidex4557]

I'm so glad it includes great features such as "can be put in the pocket", "pass security check" and "frivolous" 👌

[@MrBub-pp7re]

wouldve been a deal breaker if it couldn't pass security check

[@digidex4557]

@Mrsuperking KZbin631 I hear it feel as thin as paper 😏

[@SomaFlly]

TAKE MY MONIES

[@MikeRetroModz]

"This product is Frivolous" *Oh no.. they've become self aware*

[@MikeRetroModz]

Also The retro future if you're reading this, There's a weird gameboy sold on the G2A website, its called "Mars Gaming" goes for 60$ and has no reviews, could make for a nice video!

[@Jagdell]

very rare i laugh like i did reading this comment. gold

[@emreerel781]

Idk why but the "I CAN CONFIRM" for fitting in pocket feature was hilarious

[@Darkjade93]

The real test would be a woman's pocket... 🧐

[@ActualCharky]

@@Darkjade93 am women, have pocket, I CAN CONFIRM

[@dillonnichols3668]

@@ActualCharky 😁

[@Schxndr]

Not as funny as a feature being “worthless”

[@begbouldme5826]

Did I just buy this after watching your video? Yes. Will I forget that I bought this by the time it gets delivered on the 3rd June? Also yes. A nice future surprise from me to me

[@h-i-b-b-s4040]

Just done the same then saw June for delivery.... Will also forget about it.

[@AutomaticFailure]

Same! Was originally getting one for my daughter, then decided I need one too! I will also completely forget about it.

[@josuelservin]

Can you please check if you can add your own roms please?

[@AutomaticFailure]

@@josuelservin From what I can tell, the usb is only charging and there is no real easy way to add your own roms. From the small amount of research, seems this also goes under the name of 'Coolbaby RS-60' to which they seem to make a few X in 1 type systems. It led me to a Reddit post where people have hacked other models but appears you'd have to have a chip flasher to do it.

[@josuelservin]

@@AutomaticFailure Thanks for the info, I will research this for when mine arrives.

[@hitfan2000]

I bought one of these. The battery life is about 45 minutes! On the plus side, it uses NES-on-a-chip which means that it is not an emulator, but you’re actually playing NES games on bare metal hardware.

[@TomboyTommy]

$15 is too expensive, come back to me when its $14.99

[@JaredConnell]

No low ballers, i know what i got

[@Jojoswigobosh]

Lol

[@kurokoro]

"Best I can do is 4.99$"- Rick Harrison

[@PikachuYoutuber.]

Thats still 15 dollars 🤣 unless You're buying it without tax

[@evanonyoutube]

@@PikachuKZbinr. I know its crazy to think but.... HE WAS MAKING A JOKE 🤯🤯🤯 who would've known?!???

[@bluukk]

Didn't you hear? A couple months ago game boys were classified as blunt weapons and prohibited on planes and trains

[@TheRetroFuture]

I missed that

[@Alexander_l322]

A smart phone could be classed as one too especially when put in a sock then swing around. Or a laptop or something else

[@Tazerboy_10]

Wait, really? (2:48 - 3:02)

[@shadow306k]

Thank heavens, I recently served time in Jail because my 3DS was classed as a folding weapon!!!

[@calvinmiller3959]

I just got mine through a plane last week!

[@Astaroth73]

$10 with $5 shipping, Nah $15 with $0 shipping, *shut up and take my money*

[@bustergundo516]

Lol

[@MobileDecay]

But what if it was $13. with $2. shipping. 🤔

[@bustergundo516]

@@MobileDecay that could work

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

i remember those ebay listings where a cheap electric scooter could cost 5 bucks and 299 for shipping... but i have no idea if this is still a thing. guess it was because shipping was calculated differently

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@Omar Farooq i bet you don't even know how to cook toast

[@shoy]

I feel like the color of the system was chosen just for you!! Ahaha.

[@julien2983]

Saw this comment while the ad was playing and thought "is it aquamarine? It's aquamarine isn't it?"

[@KezVanBeck]

@Zed-kun Ch shocking advice

[@FoxyDrew]

Ah $15 is a great price, but don't know if I can look past the offset screen and giant GAMES POWER logo.

[@crescentfresh8001]

Yeah, if it weren't for that, it'd be a really attractive clone, I'd buy it.

[@Jdbye]

Yeah, that really triggers my OCD.

[@1MikeTakesAHike]

Yes that also annoys me af

[@ActualCharky]

The black part is just a thin sheet of plastic stuck on, you can pull it off and even replace it if you want.

[@vice.2324]

The games power could have been put at the bottom to give the screen more space...

[@imkyolet]

Just take this thing back to the 90s and every kid's mind will be absolutely *blown* away

[@Th3OmegaPoint]

"Passes security check" Terrorists: finally something to pass the time during those long hijackings

[@ChrisLeeW00]

They tried to come up with good things to say about the console and thought "it's not illegal!"

[@stefanobaretti8948]

@@ChrisLeeW00 or to smuggle this product in jail...

[@analogmatrix1442]

@@stefanobaretti8948 it’s compact for sure, but does it fit in the “prison pocket”? Please check Elliot and get back to us.

[@nicolaidisnicolareis4839]

@@ChrisLeeW00 r/technicallythetruth

[@kaizer3000jp]

Lol... 😂🤣

[@OtaconEmmerich]

That "screen tear" is normal for NES, the CRT overscan covers it up normally. Seems decent for 15$ would be better if it had a better set screen and no logo...

[@ss4kaioken295]

that's very superficial though

[@MrJ0mmy]

i have a cheaper device that runs nes games cost me 11.93nzd free shipping and is better then this

[@ss4kaioken295]

@@MrJ0mmy if so why not provide a link

[@MrJ0mmy]

@@ss4kaioken295 look on aliexpress it just keeps giving me error when trying to post the link

[@doktormerlin]

it even exists on the Nintendo Switch Online emulation of SMB3, the screen tear is normal SMB3 behaviour

[@RSK412]

Ok, Agent 47 your options are: - Piano Wire - a hidden land mine - a Gameboy color handheld choose wisely...

[@bustergundo516]

I was thinking this too

[@uTubeNoITube]

But no earphone jack? :( Still not a bad little thing if you want one to just haul around and not worry *too* much about scuffing up or whatever. :)

[@TheRetroFuture]

Yeah absolutely!

[@icedlain]

Also no select button... Wtf

[@imclearingit4149]

@@TheRetroFuture I noticed the USB charging on the side, do you think there may be people online trying to root and/or jailbreak it either to add/change games, or update from NES to SNES /GBC /GBA or etc?

[@NISHIAKI]

@@icedlain Select is more than likely mapped to either the X or Y button. It's an NES clone device, so those buttons have no use otherwise.

[@icedlain]

@@NISHIAKI X and Y buttons are mapped to "Turbo" or "Rapid fire" A and B.

[@nafion112]

I think by "frivolous", they were trying to say that it's cheap and disposable (you can drop or loose it and not really mind, just buy another one), but the idea got a bit lost in translation.

[@ChadWSmith]

"Expendable" ... *Grunts in Stallone*

[@nafion112]

@@ChadWSmith Yes...that.

[@crimsama2451]

Honestly if they got rid of the scammy sounding marketing, this would be a very attractive emulation device. Seems like a great gift too tbh.

[@peachjackson3856]

I love seeing reviews of these little things! Even if I’m not buying one for myself, they do make great stocking stuffers or just random fun presents. Nobody here can say they’d decline something like this if someone handed them one for absolutely free. Just a little bit of fun 😁

[@dirkhardpeck9879]

"Now I've seen paper before." I lost it 😂

[@karlkastor]

Poke Tetris (also known as Pikachu) is a bootleg Tetris clone featuring Pikachu, made for the Famicom by an unknown developer sometime in the early 2000's.

[@emilydixon3886]

Wow. Thank you for that nugget of knowledge! :)

[@mason0190]

if by "screen tearing" you mean that color business at the side of smb3, that's normal behavior for that game, don't remember why but most TVs of the day overscanned that part off anyway

[@cartoonhead9222]

Nah, there's screen tearing on it, watch the edges of the background blocks on SMB3. It's not vertically synced up. Best place to see it is at 5:42, pause the video and repeatedly press the full-stop/period key on your keyboard to watch the diagonal line going down the brick stairs of SMB1.

[@bazzeil]

Tv's today still overscan by default, bugs the hell out of me, but that's why console games have you set a "safe zone" to make sure the gui is on screen

[@MrInternetPants]

@@cartoonhead9222 There might be screen tearing too, hard to tell from the video, but I think the effect you're referring to is actually shimmer from non-integer scaling

[@mason0190]

@@MrInternetPants no, the shimmer is pretty nasty too, but i can see the tearing now, it's diagonal and really slight but it would probably drive me apeshit if i played with this for too long

[@Radical_edweird]

The description of it on eBay says “takes you back to your childhood, makes you like a child again, and brings you many childhood."

[@sidpoole2k]

Will you do some tear downs on these? It would be good to see what hardware they are packing into some of these smaller units. 👍🏻

[@BodyByGaming]

Obviously just an noac epoxy blob. Same as every other famiclone. May or may not have an exposed flash memory chip with all the games

[@balls2bone]

I maintain that they're a useful thing to keep in a hospital go bag. If you're ever stuck for a few days, you've got something to play and it's not the end of the world if it gets nicked!

[@mushykiller782]

at 4:25 this effect is in every nes version of the game, its how the game is able to smoothly progress forwards and backwards through the level. its the sprites literally being placed down right infront of your eyes.

[@Facusblues]

The BEST Game Boy that can't even play Game Boy games!

[@trimthefat6354]

Okay, but has it been hacked? I wanna see this puppy play ALL of the games!

[@vlesmeries]

this right here. If this was hackable so we can edit the game list, I'd buy it but maybe Im expecting too much for $15.

[@bryede]

Yeah, I'm guessing we've got a Famiclone blob in there and not much opportunity to hack it, but you never know.

[@kito1san]

@@vlesmeries I am sure you can. There is a usb cable you can plug in to recharge and connect to your computer. Let the Hacked machine get Hacked.

[@ajpink5880]

4:21 that "screen tear" is just how SMB3 works. you'll see that on the OG console as well as long as your screen doesn't cut it off. there was a KZbin video somewhere about it but I can't seem to find it now. something about memory limitations making it so each new block that loads in on the right will briefly have the palette from the block on the left at the same height. then once that left block disappears, then the right block corrects it's palette. I think the video said this ultimately allowed the tiles to scroll both horizontally and vertically.

[@jasonmnosaj]

"At least you still have the security of e-bay" HA! Said no one ever.

[@KC-bg1th]

eBay has some guarantees which were put in place to try and compete with Amazon.

[@chromatiCityGame]

As a person who uses Aliexpress around 50 times a year, I do not get why some times I hear that they are not "safe"?? every single time the product gets lost on its way or the stuff is broken/lower quality then promised you can simply Dispute the order and money back 100% sure. You just need to NOT listen for sellers trying to screw you over in the process.

[@jesushchrist2567]

I think they were trying to say thinner than a deck of cards.

[@Cool-Spot]

If only it had gameboy roms in it, I'd definitely buy it.

[@cmbaz1140]

same

[@lyastrife]

There are tons of safe and great websites for roms

[@deemarteeno]

1:57 Thank you for confirming, i wasn't sure about that

[@TheRetroFuture]

You’re welcome. I wasn’t sure until I put it in my pocket.

[@averywavery101]

It can be fit in pocket *fits in pocket* “I CAN CONFIRM” 😂😂

[@VaporwaveTattoos]

3:05 the short burst of anger that filled my body when you went and ripped off that peely real quick!

[@VaporwaveTattoos]

😂 i ment this with love! You just goto do it slow! Enjoy the peely!

[@pholly]

I think you misunderstood the picture with the cell phone case, I’m pretty sure they were using it to make the device more comfortable to hold but holding it that way.

[@coltonbyu]

idk, the verbiage is "Can be used in a mobile phone case", which could mean what you say, but its a stretch.

[@MattGamesYT]

Reviewed one of these a while ago and the buttons genuinely are brilliant, all of the other Powkiddy and Coolbaby cheapo handhelds could seriously benefit from this style of microswitched 'clickey' face buttons because even on the £50+ models there's very few that feel this good!

[@MrMegaManFan]

Hey E, where do you get the protective boxes for your GBA SP models? I recently had the hinge break off one and I don't want it to happen again. Thanks as always for the content!

[@TheRetroFuture]

Jelly belly customs

[@MrMegaManFan]

@@TheRetroFuture Thank you sir! I'll give them a look.

[@ronald7378]

Kinda funny that it mentions “security check.” Recently got vaccinated for Covid and the vaccination area did not allow for use of cellphones(they didn’t want people taking pictures for privacy reasons). I pulled out my GBC to play some Tetris while I waited and a guard called my attention for using my “phone.” The look on his face when he realized it was a Gameboy cracked me up.

[@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029]

Yet the first thing I did when I got my covid jab was to take a selfie & post on twitter whilst waiting the 15 minutes to be released 🤣twitter.com/mattsmedley1974/status/1359204216078745601?s=19

[@snackplaylove]

Nice. Loads of listings of the same thing so picked up a slightly cheaper one through the ‘similar items’ tab (U.K.)

[@SpikerDragon95]

2:10 "Frivolous "Not having any serious purpose or value"" Elliot: ...

[@s3rth30]

Where's the teardown video?I want to see it's insides and whether it's a famiclone

[@zeomax9635]

I took mine apart. It is NOAC. So no emulation it runs the games on hardware.

[@kingspina1781]

@@zeomax9635 does it have sd ?

[@maedae69]

i love how on the intro the gameboy just falls from the ceiling

[@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029]

Thanks for the video, I ordered it last night. Will take a while to get here 🇬🇧, and with import tax it is touching £13. This will make a nice addition to my handheld collection. Have a good day 👍

[@DownAvenueWay]

After a few months of use How has this been?

[@twoscoop4932]

the word frivolous just sounded fancy and smart. that's the reason why I use words i don't know the meaning

[@TheToastedGoblin]

Can you add your own library?

[@bradkyrish8058]

And/or modify what is already on there?

[@atinysoftbean1645]

There's a reply by @Kyle Hankins to another reply with the same question: "3 hours ago @Josuel Servin From what I can tell, the usb is only charging and there is no real easy way to add your own roms. From the small amount of research, seems this also goes under the name of 'Coolbaby RS-60' to which they seem to make a few X in 1 type systems. It led me to a Reddit post where people have hacked other models but appears you'd have to have a chip flasher to do it."

[@AJ-po6up]

If you hack it, you won't pass the security check anymore, so don't do it.

[@atinysoftbean1645]

@@AJ-po6up xD

[@KITPUNK]

I kinda wish someone made a custom firmware for all these cheap handhelds that changed the interface and allowed for custom roms. They all appear to use the same "insert number here" games software, makes me wonder how much something like this can be edited or changed entirely.

[@Dawnshadow]

If I'm not mistaken, the "500 games" software IS a custom ROM. They used to sell them as NES-compatible pirate carts back in the day, and in the early 2000s there were bootleg consoles that were basically this, but bigger and designed to plug into a TV. (There was actually a kiosk in the mall we went to when I was in high school that sold them, which I'm honestly surprised they got away with.)

[@skins4thewin]

I honestly wish they'd make this in a way that allows it to play other 8 Bit titles via Emulation for just a bit more money. This would be a pretty dope form factor for such a device.

[@pdtheowl9292]

Therer's actually a version with magsafe shape magnets on the back, allowing it to stick onto iphone 12 and up and whatever devices with an add on magsafe shaped magnet configuration

[@bigfriki]

Finally I can play some retro games on the plane. Security always confiscated my game boy

[@AmaroqStarwind]

You should try to make a replica of the glow-in-the-dark Gameboy Pocket, using a 3D printer and a custom filament that uses Stuart Semple's LIT glow-in-the-dark pigment. Except instead of a regular Gameboy, you could base its internal hardware on the Gameboy Color (with a DMG-1 speaker) and grant it a transflective backlit screen.

[@HaruVibes_]

In love with how it looks. If someone was able to to make a higher quality version of this I'd be all over it.

[@ns-tech1304]

Yeah same.

[@tysonsaner2527]

Ah yes, I picked up one of these earlier this month on Amazon. I don't think it has save states but for 15-20$ I really wasn't expecting that. It is a fun little device that I must explore more. Cheers!

[@TheToastedGoblin]

Can you access its storage? To say add/remove roms/saves?

[@tysonsaner2527]

@@TheToastedGoblin It's a great question that I personally cannot answer. There is no sd card slot, and i have not done a teardown on it. My guess would be...no? Save states would be a great thing to discover that this thing had.

[@PossumMedic]

"not a lot of travel on these buttons" "BUT THEY WILL PASS THE SECURITY CHECK!" 😂

[@peterdyers5807]

This is awesome man! I love your videos, it matches your colourway too!

[@form4li7y]

On that bit about passing a security check... Devices like laptops, handheld PCs like the Win3, and mobile phones can be subject to searches. If you refuse to let security search the device it can be confiscated. A device like this may not be subject to such a search or may not be considered worth messing with by security.

[@nickmystic_yt]

Yet i lost interest in retro stuff, i still love watching your videos

[@komoonkh]

One day, you will be considered retro by young kids too.

[@JadenMoon1475]

Analog Pocket. Aside from the lack of connectivity with the Interact PulsePak Color & Interact HandyPak Color, I want one of those SO bad!!!

[@DouglasFish]

I agree with you that you have a solid understanding how thin paper is.

[@TheShadowHatter]

If only it had a microSD slot to add our own roms in. I'd get it in a heartbeat.

[@JuJu11177]

The iPod classic body and screen with a D-pad and A B button too

[@linkab1678]

Love the actual style/build of this one, I wonder if it's possible to hack it and put your own stuff onto it instead of just the usual NES Roms + romhacks.

[@ariaseebold1485]

I like the design, although not interested in a device that only runs NES games, most 'retro handhelds' do the exact same thing

[@TheRetroFuture]

Yes you’re right, hopefully we will have devices at this cost which emulate other consoles.

[@shantidaslisi8844]

This Is perfect for a 6..7years old child who want to go into retro games..

[@LaytonxGyakuten]

if it can support gbc roms, itd be an instabuy for me

[@ZigZagGoon]

If the cost was 10 Chuckie Cheese tokens, I might've bought it.

[@Adventist1997]

At such a cheap price, you can't argue it's worth to people who love old school games.

[@2tall2slow2000]

£13.99 on Amazon. Prime as well. Just ordered coming tomorrow :)

[@mortmortmort8908]

That Glitch on the right side of the screen is just how mario 3 is, it's not tearing, that's usually covered up by CRT. It does that because of certain limitations of the NES and they had to do that in order to be able to scroll both vertically and horizontally.

[@meILM]

The screen tear is a part of the game, not the emulation.

[@GaZlovesGames]

Great stuff.. that's a solid lil frivolous device. I wonder its longevity and battery output. Good share mate.

[@aspieweeb4526]

Its actually not using emulation, its an actual famiclone, thats why the sound is weird, clone consoles like the retron have the same sound issues, the fact that its a famiclone also means that, in theory, you could wire a pin connector to the board and play cartridge games on it

[@MeleeKirby]

"Yeah, this definitely isn't fitting in *this* wallet... But I'll tell you what wallet it WILL fit into... This video is sponsored by Ridg-"

[@mrnuna4793]

Just bought one for my 3 hr ✈️ . Not expecting TOO much but should keep me distracted for a while.

[@epicalsarge3895]

I'm fully torqued and bought the blue one, thanks m8

[@jevawoah]

4:22 mario 3 always has that, or at least it does even on official nintendo emulators

[@imzimansvideos]

Thanks for the review on this one saw it on ebay and was wondering it was worth it👍

[@SMAAAASHTV]

I got an original DMG Gameboy from a thrift store about 2 years ago, for $10. It was listed as not working, but just had some corrosion on the contacts. I ended up desoldering the battery contacts and replacing them and now it works perfectly.

[@jss636]

Imagine living in a reality where Super Mario Brothers was the wrong title for the game.

[@ToxoRetro]

I couldn't bear it... 😝

[@PinkKirlia281]

Haha! Why is the Chinese console calling the Bears Mario?! That's so random! 🤣

[@electricbill1664]

The only credit-card-sized console I know of is the Arduboy, but it'll cost you a lot more than £15 :)

[@AmaroqStarwind]

A few hardware mods I want to see you try with a Gameboy Color or a Gameboy Advance: - Replace the membrane button switches with mechanical switches of some kind (like on a mechanical keyboard, just smaller) - Replace the RAM chips with newer SRAM-based chips (I want to see if it makes it any faster) - Change the crystal oscillator for the screen so that it refreshes a lot faster (in the hopes that it would alleviate screen tearing in any games which exhibit it) - Figuring out how to combine a Gameboy Color with a Super GameBoy (I heard rumors of a few games having separate enhancements for both the GBC and the SGB, and I'd very much like to see what happens)

[@Wholelottaga4ngja]

It reached me so much about one of my favorite handhelds

[@jaredfloyd1429]

Have you heard of PICO-8? There are a lot of emulator guys trying to get the PICO-8 carts running on GB like handhelds, and I think you would be a fan of the philosophy that PICO-8 takes on.

[@RJayMrsReach007]

Hey man. I recently subscribed to your channel. i found myself going back to your videos and bingewatch the videos that caught my eye. Your videos are very well done. I love the unboxing and very odd gameboy showoffs you have. Im a retro console lover myself as i started collected only recently becuase i ended up still having old sega and nintendo consoles from my childhood. Now im collecting now gameboys nintendo favourites that i didnt own as a child and expanding my love for the console family. il be keeping an eye on your fute videos. keep it up :D Breathing new life in these old classics is a true blessing :D

[@SailingYachtZora]

ordered mine when this video came out, got it today :D

[@Derpderpson123]

"I've seen paper before" lmao

[@bryncormack]

I wish you could put your own ROMs on it that would be cool

[@ronaldporter2654]

I mean if it can only run nes it probably has all the nes games you could want already

[@darkwyngraym]

@@ronaldporter2654 but pokemon! ah id buy it if i could get GBC games on it too

[@NoxiousAlloy]

I just got one and I'm really excited! Thanks for the video!!

[@backudog]

Mine just arrived! It's surprisingly well made, got a bit of heft to it yet its so thin! I'm just charging it up now then I'll give it a go.

[@Meoiswa]

Any chance we can see the insides in a future video? It looks like it would be a great device to mod and throw in a more proper ROM than that crappy one it comes with. I'm willing to bet its just a famiclone podded chip with podded ROM, but maaaybe there are programing/debugging pads that could be used to overwrite the ROM?

[@popthatbeep]

I'm waiting for that form factor to be made for playing gba games. It'll be perfect

[@my-king]

So can this be altered? Like adding, removing Roms? It's a beautiful device and a great price... But I'd love to maybe add my own Roms and make it as I'd like it.

[@kingarthur7255]

I’d like to know also

[@Chris-kx5lp]

Yeah is there a serial connection?

[@keenhauberk]

@@Chris-kx5lp for other consoles exits several versions of hakchi, which uses the usb ports (for recharge) of the consoles to upload roms

[@iixorb]

It is a nice device, but doesn’t appear to have any ‘select’ button - so in some games, you can’t select the alternative game type. You can also only scroll forwards or backwards 8 games at a time, so getting to the game you want takes quite a few button presses.

[@hichammanseur8179]

Actually, 轻浮 = "frivolous" and also "light"

[@baraka6]

the micro usb slot for charging.. when you plug it in to the pc can you access storage on there to swap games and maybe try other consoles to see if it can handle it?

[@ZebbMassiv]

I ordered one because of your review. $18 shipped to Canada off the alibabas

[@DamianHorat]

The pocketsprite is 10 times as fun as that!

[@GrimmSC0]

I would love to see a breakdown of what's inside it :) seems very interesting

[@RetroZoltan]

If you look hard enough, there are a few repeats but only a few! Not too bad considering!

[@ZTFlames]

Its ipod housing case cut up for press buttons. Not bad of an idea.

[@bamhm182]

Just noticed something I thought was kind of funny. It "supports" Arabic, which is a right to left language, but it writes the characters left to right. Imagine reading all the words in english backwards. It would be doable, but hard

[@Pedro-bq7bc]

Hey eliot, in México exist a chinese console that cost like 480 mxn pesos = €25 and emulate gameboy advance, sega, nes, mame emulator. The name its "Game box sup" you will find it the one that says "2000 juegos"