The Best Game Boy Nintendo Ever Made: Game Boy Light

The Game Boy line of consoles is much beloved by our generation, but it's one major flaw shouldn't go unrecognized. Luckily, Japan had a solution...
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[@StrikerXL_BE]

I owned a Game Boy Light (gold color) when I was little. My uncle bought it for me and my two nephews when he came back from his trip to Japan.

[@variationsofnoisev.o.n422]

me too! but for it was my crazy travel godmother :) i still have it and love it... just the battery cap is missing.

[@04dram04]

Dang, that must have tripped all the other kids out

[@TymekSoad]

"Playing only when the street light passed" That is exactly how I remember playing my game boy 😁. This and flashlight in the middle of the night trying to catch all Pokemon's. Jeeez those batteries were expensive 😅

[@jaredl8524]

Yes, I immediately knew what he meant when he said that. Memories...

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Lucky me, I had a street light outside my window as a kid :)

[@lovelyspringweather]

This was so great to watch. My family visited Japan when I was 8 back in 1998 and my Dad bought this for himself as a souvenir. Like you said, it was exclusive to Japan - I remember waiting for this to come out in the states and it never did.

[@unkono]

Japan keeps all the good stuff to themselves

[@BigTrees4ever]

What’s weird is that I knew a kid who had one of these when I was in 1st-3rd grade before both the gbc came out and he switched schools. He said his dad got it on a business trip to Japan though. What a cool GameBoy.

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

Yeah it came out 6ish months before hand

[@NinjaxShadowXx]

Import shops in LA and New York sold these in their games section back in the 90s also I remember seeing them sold in international airport gaming stores so definitely some people outside of Japan had access buy them

[@otterdonnelly9959]

I agree but cities/shop owners wanting that product were anomalies. Very rarely would a kid stumble across these in America somehow and not know it was something special.

[@PixelGameSquad]

A bunch of channels put out regular content.....and sadly....many of these are crap content. You guys keep it rad and keep the quality up ✔️

[@WulffDen]

this is the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me

[@tqbfjotlddltojfbqt]

Quality over quantity!!!

[@DUB_87]

@@WulffDen-Is it an Advance SP? What? If it's not Advance SP then it's not the best GameBoy.

[@DUB_87]

@@WulffDen-OK. I stand corrected. Just the OG family.

[@TheRetroFuture]

That hurts!

[@1985mtv]

the light was the best thing I have ever owned. This is literally the most golden.

[@BurgundyBurnouts]

Why do you keep making videos on things i didn't know that i wanted to see

[@jbuggyps2]

Bob just knows man. He just KNOWS.

[@WulffDen]

you're welcome

[@shuntarofurukawa5577]

Bob is phsycic. Bob is alakazam

[@TimothyTimPSP]

Chicks dig my Gameboy.

[@gasser5001]

it brought a tear to my eye when you said 'or when your parents were driving and a streetlight went by'. oh, the struggles these generations wont understand. looooooooooool

[@HollowRick]

I know Haha it was hell when you think about it now days everything's backlit aha

[@senormojorisin]

I just bought the limited edition, Japanese, Toys r us exclusive, yellow see through, Gameboy Light. And I am not ashamed.

[@jbuggyps2]

I bought a modded original Gameboy advance off the internet. Uses the backlight screen of the gba sp. Love it. Thinking of getting a modded gameboy color too. And yes Metal Gear Solid for the Game Boy Color is an amazing game

[@gamemaniac22]

There are two types of Modded GBC, front light and back light. Front light will cost less but just like the original SP, doesn't have as great lighting (although i've seen some pretty damn good ones). Back light GBC use the AGS101 screen (or chinese knock off) and can cost $200+. Those are much more difficult to mod, therefore the higher price tag.

[@polar-star64]

I've been really thinking about doing both, I've been wanting to get the Pikachu GBC and give it a backlight, and get an original GBA, give it a backlight and color it to look like a Super Famicom

[@buttholeChecker]

You should consider the GB boy color, its a gameboy color knock off that is backlit and is actually pretty good. Costs about $50

[@GrecoCalabrese]

I have 2 of these, and in my opinion these are the best way to play monochrome gameboy games. Its more comfortable to hold than the SP and it can be played Both in Direct Sunlight and total darkness, that makes it unique because SP ags101 and later lcd are hard to see in daylight.

[@holzwurm_hd7029]

Actually one of my friends had that... until now i thought my memory was messing with me... (his dad was working overseas) It was like 2007 and im from germany. Im really glad to see that my childhood memories aren't fading. I also exactly remember my aunt gifting me my red gameboy pocket with Pokemon Yellow ❤️❤️❤️

[@El_Dorado19]

I had pokemon yellow AND a yellow gameboy

[@TheIzzyNobreShow]

I was gonna make a video like this when I got mine. This is what I get for taking too long :(

[@WulffDen]

i would have asked for your input but this video idea was conceived at 11pm lol

[@arthurcollector4002]

Homem galinha

[@crf1096]

Thank you for making a video on this obscure device! It’s my favorite handheld I own, and every other documentary or handheld history video glances directly over it, quoting obscure brands and competitors, but never the light.

[@baroum.]

Love The GB Light, ordered from japan at launch ! Still pristine with the box 🙂

[@BlueAtlas1996]

06:25 That would so work on me, as I am a big Nintendo nerd 😂

[@customfantasyhotwheels]

Why do people use the word "nerd" so loosely? A nerd is a student in school or university who excels in academics. Maybe the word you meant to use is "geek"?

[@danieljimenez1989]

The screen on the pocket is a TN screen that is vastly superior to the STN screen on the original gameboy. To say it didn't address the screen issue is just wrong. Also, the AGS-101 doesn't have 'a front light and a backlight', it just has a backlight.

[@Bro-cx2jc]

I like best how the Pocket fixed the ghosting issues somewhat and also gave the games a proper black and white color rather than the original pea soup green.

[@kylewynn3147]

Respect for not drawing the video out to 10 minutes, Bob. Respect.

[@WulffDen]

thats how we do

[@jcarro5892]

I think some of the confusion comes from the fact that the original gameboy(large carrying case edition set) came with a "gameboy LIGHT" it was literally a huge attachment that had a magnifying glass and light on it so you could play in the dark. I found this set at a garage sale in mint condition many years ago.

[@Kunio]

Gameboy Light and modded Gameboys/Pockets/Colors/Advances is SO good for stuff like Kirby Tilt n' Tumble and Gameboy Camera. Don't have to deal with turning your GBAsp upside down when taking pictures, nor worry about reverse controls in Tilt n' Tumble

[@newbleppmore7855]

i remember gameboy colour screen was easy to see the advance near impossible

[@CharacterDesignForge]

I love the look of the Light, agreed tht it has that nice Blade Runner 80’s tech look that’s lost in later gens. I recently grabbed a mother 3 translation cartridge and all the stuff to refurbish my Advance SP. and make it purple.

[@OnGod1007]

I finally got my Game Boy light in the mail today that is the jewel of my collection. The speakers a little bit low for my liking but nobody outside of a brain surgeon is going to be opening that device up. It is an original Game Boy light with the battery cover and I love it like it's my third child

[@letthemfight3160]

I have one of these but it was the hardest thing in my collection to get a hold on, alot of them are broken in some way or another so its my holy grail

[@brianflores2380]

6:22 - 6:28 XD I just love your comedy side to your content XD. Like, I am always here to cool Nintendo content, and you never fail to dissapoint.

[@newphilmz3605]

I know what you mean with everyone nowdays acting like they're common in the states. I asked a game store about them and the guy was like "Yeah they're pretty common". Me surprised by what he said, I told him they were only in Japan, and he was like "No they were here in the states too." And of course they didn't have one.

[@pixelgames9765]

In 1989, Nick saw a trailer for a game boy. He loved the concept of playing NES games wherever he’d like. He begged his parents day and night for one. Finally, in Christmas of 1990, he got a present that his parents said, was video game related. Excitedly, knowing what it was, he ripped open the present. 100 likes for part 2.

[@PaperBanjo64]

How about 1 like? It's been 7 months

[@johnaziz4464]

Never owned it or played on it, but I did see it available for sale as an imported item here in my local game store in the UK. It was very expensive.

[@dawng-schnurr4325]

Just bought a Gold GB light for, $60CND! It's become my favourite for OG Gameboy games. I mainly play Tetris, the best game, in my opinion. Also, I use my Krikzz GB Everdrive. Great combo

[@pastabilitieswithbenji5505]

In manhattan in the lower 90s (west side) we had a place called "cyber games" where they always had some import gameboys from japan. I remember owning an pink advance before they got big in the states and i deff saw some gameboy lights on the shelves as a kid. what a great video! now i need to try and grab one of these!

[@bsanchez3563]

Yeah I recognized that vcr sound @ 6:32 lol nostalgia

[@fromthisdecadence4022]

Import games and consoles were a HUGE part of every non-chain video game store I shopped at in the 90s.

[@newvirtue968]

some kids had a lite on my bus in school growing up but i live in hawaii. lots of kids had family in Japan

[@eyesrajones]

I have an original GBA that I modded with a 101 screen. It's amazing. You get to play every Gameboy game and the original GBA is really good ergonomically, and as I get older that is becoming more important to me.

[@Meschersmit262]

My aunt in the US bought me a game boy light and shipped it here in the Philippines. So no, they’re not exclusive to Japan.

[@AntyboyMD]

My dad bought me the game boy color and the Pokémon game with it, Idon’t remember witch one, but it didn’t matter. We travel through Texas for 7 days (yes is that big), and it’s one of the best memories I have. He even bought me the light so I could play in the night.

[@HunterPBrown]

0:57 guilty as charged

[@i.george2321]

dude, backlit GBC kit from BenVenn, ultimate gameboy experience

[@bloodsuckinflea]

I remember having some weird contraption that hooked onto the top of the gameboy, but there was a light and a magnifying glass so that the screen got "bigger" and there was light directly on it. It was weird but very effective. I wonder if I still have it somewhere?

[@DiscoJoseph]

Flea I had that as well for my Gameboy and Game Gear.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

That is called the "light boy". I have one sealed in the box.

[@deckofcards87]

Yeah that's Light Boy. An hilarious add on now in retrospect.

[@yobama9890]

i watched this channel from when it had about 40k ? i have watched every single video up till now. great stuff. keep it up

[@mymarci]

Never heard of this one before, and i think that this one is the coolest. Im considering to buy one, just to play old games from my childhood with an additional coolnes touch :)

[@FTB1776]

keep in mind that most US homes in 2018 use led and or "energy efficient" lighting which are "Dim" when compared to the 100w incandescent bulbs of the 90's go to the hardware store grab a good old 100W old school glass globe style incandescent and pop it in a lamp close by and enjoy that old school quality goodness

[@tomendacott3728]

6:20-6:30 a look into Bobs dating life

[@unklespooktober8511]

I prefer the colour because it gives this small nostalgic feel

[@Spintechfilms]

I remember my friend had one of these back in the day when we were in grade school, and the only reason he had it is because his dad traveled to japan for buissness almost 3-4 times a year Also its not hard to back light a GB Pocket so idk what your talking about

[@WulffDen]

im sure in the same eway it's not hard to replace a joy-con shell lol

[@AhmadStpats]

This is my first ever game boy. My parents got it for me when I was 7. In Singapore the game boy light was common. I did not know that it never arrived to the states

[@estrange9351]

hecc yes a new amazing video. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

[@WulffDen]

THANK YOU

[@Riniesya11]

HAHAHA that bus ride convo!

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Bought mine months ago, and now and again the novelty strikes back up and I play Pokemon Red again (even though it keeps losing its data) XD

[@rhice5395]

Best pick up line (hot girl sits down next to you) Yo I have a game boy light and I have all 151 Pokémon on Pokémon yellow😏

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Even better: all 152 lmao

[@vjallen75]

Crazy to think we used to play the gameboy color the way we did. I have the magnifier and light still for mine. I found the pelican rechargeable battery pack on eBay marching my color so I bought it. I really loved the gameboy. I played Pokémon red so much. Wish I still had my copy.

[@Bro-cx2jc]

I incorrectly remembered the GBC as having a backlight, but was reminded of the harsh reality a few years ago when I bought one again. I'm not sure how I put up with no light in my childhood years but then again all the handhelds I played were like that so meh.

[@SlipScope]

the ags 101 only has a back light, not a front and backlight. but it has 2 brightness settings

[@SlipScope]

also the pokemon centre gameboy light is going for 1000 so i duuno what price you found but its probably a reshell. sorry to say

[@SlipScope]

also i did the gameboy pocket backlight mod and it is way better than a gblight, definitely worth the effort, or pay someone else to do it

[@gamemaniac22]

I agree. It's not too difficult so long as you have the correct tools.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

the color has an active matrix screen so it's not as blurry

[@dariusq8894]

"Yeah, I remember that version. I had that as a kid." "Either you grew up in Japan or no you @#%* didn't." Or you could have imported like I did. And yes, that was a thing even before the internet. =)

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Yeah, I kind of don't like how he said that. It's pretty dumb to just call a bunch of random strangers liars if you don't know for sure.

[@newphilmz3605]

I told a game store they were a japan exclusive, and the guy was like "No they're common and were sold in the US." I never saw one growing up as a kid. Imports weren't that popular

[@fromthisdecadence4022]

Imports were a huge part of all of the non-chain video games stores I shopped at in the 90s.

[@Prawduk730]

I actually owned a GB Lite back in the days.

[@puttputt524]

I had one! I’m Taiwanese and they have Japanese video games, but am from America.

[@supervegeta101]

I had the light accessories for every one of those. The magnifying light, the GBA bendy light one.

[@Flawlessxo_xo]

So i lived in nyc at the time and in the mom and pop game stores alll had the gameboy light .. i had one when i was a kid ! It was also region free cause i remembered renting gameboy games from blockbuster and i was able to play .

[@rumisosoup]

I started looking at the Gameboy and I started wanting it. Sad thing, I’m skeptical that the sellers will rip me off, and I’m broke.

[@ericg1149]

Ah memories of staying up late or riding in the back of the car with he worm light plugged in lol

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

I've always said, I would have preferred to have a gameboy light over the gameboy color I think. I did have a worm light when I was a kid. But it still just boggles my mind that one of the best selling consoles of all time had a screen that you can't even see. I mean try playing one today, it's just terrible. How much more would it have really cost for them to put a back light or hell, even a damn front light in the gbc though? The gbl literally used he same type of light as a watch so it could not have cost much.

[@3a.m.284]

Nintendo has always been historically behind the curve when it comes to even the most basic tech, really makes me wonder why they’ve always been so popular

[@RetroRockGamer]

The AGS-101 doesn't have a front light and a back light. It has a back light with two brightness levels.

[@Inaworldoflove]

I never liked Game Boy. Small screen. Black and white. No backlight. Game Gear was amazing and had a TV adapter.

[@Mindartcreativity]

6:15 thanks for destroying the little self-confidence I had left... :(

[@austinconlin217]

I used to have a gameboy light that my Aunt brought back from Japan for my birthday one year but i have since lost it and never found out what happened to it

[@enshk79]

Game boy pocket and lite look so awesome. Love that design

[@str8poisintv131]

Hold up i had a game \ comic book store near me that had like 6 of these when i was a kid and u mean to tell me it was exclusive to japan damn i wish i knew that because the game store near me always had imports but i never wanted to pay the mark up prices to get some of the japanes games and systems they had. It was the only play in my area where you could actually walk in and buy a neo geo...lol half of my friends didnt even know what one looked like

[@Kynareth6]

the best current option before the release of Game Boy Classic, is to manually mod Game Boy Pocket or Color by adding a backlight

[@deckofcards87]

These gameboys were available in Europe. Not sure if Nintendo sold them in those regions or people brought them back from Japan on vacation, but I remember my cousin had one when I visited Germany in the 90s, a silver one

[@crf1096]

Import then, they were never sold anywhere other than Japan. Still never seen one besides my own in the states!

[@MassMurderrer]

Correction, the ags-101 has a back light and no front light.

[@WizardClipAudio]

I have a blue game boy pocket with a light mod that I bought for 20 dollars. It otherwise looks exactly like the one I had as a kid.

[@madrazproductions5776]

Definetly copping one of these bad bois now.

[@twinkshoplifter]

2:26 The OG Gamebois

[@tom300]

5:37 has this guy never heard of custom gameboy shells and modding

[@cheesewheel]

I modded my Gameboy pocket with a backlight, bivert, and a rechargable battery with a micro USB port to charge. THAT'S the way to go. Then you can have a colored backlight to match your scheme, and no need to swap batteries all the time.

[@sean666999100]

Yeah remember playing battle city on a gameboy light ... Good days

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

Not gonna lie, next to my Delorean, my Game Boy Light paired with an Everdrive GB is probably my most prized possession!

[@Trekeyus]

The everdrive gb is a fantastic accessory for the Gameboy light

[@GrecoCalabrese]

I have this exact setup ;)

[@Bro-cx2jc]

But can your Game Boy Light go...88 MILES PER HOUR

[@foxsky4336]

Gameboy Light Gameboy Light Gameboy Light

[@Cornelius87]

I picked up my gameboy pocket the other day and I was surprised at 2 things. 1. That it still worked after at least 15 years since I last turned it on. 2. That the screen was so garbage, I can't believe I would play for hours. My eyes got tired after 10 minutes trying to figure out what I was looking at.

[@Bustard]

i wish i could have a gameboy color or a original gameboy advance with a backlit screen without having to learn to solder or spend 200 dollars

[@simbin.]

Certainly a neat a piece of history. Just not worth the price in 2018, when so many better options exist.

[@TheMikero]

Funny to see how long Nyko's been making weird-ass peripherals for Nintendo stuff.

[@BillyFrost1865]

i actually just got a dmg gameboy in amazing condition for about 15 bucks and yes, in 2019, almost 2020 im currently playing pokemon yellow on one of those thickbois

[@Mundus66]

You could get the gameboy light in scandiavia when it came out (not sure if it came out elsewhere in Europe) but definitely in Sweden as i've seen it on shelves with my own eyes. Might have been imported but yeah there where places that stocked them in EU at least so they might not be lying.

[@linux_doggo]

There´s a knock-off console called the GB Boy Colour which is shaped like an original GB Color (yes one uses American spelling and the other British), but has backlight and plays games all the way up to the SP, so basically the perfect way for collectors to play any GB(A) game.

[@s0ggy_flannel]

Bob, i used to not pay attention to tumbnails on your channel. But MAN your thumbnails are great. i guess it pays off doing this kinda stuff in college. And a question. What happened to the early video? its fine but i wanted to see the video before school.

[@WulffDen]

I MISSED ONE EARLY VIDEO ALRIGHT JEEZ

[@elmisa7820]

I had one n never been to Japan we had a lil Japanese run shop in Yonkers ny... no toys r us

[@04dram04]

ITS SO FREAKING WEIRD THAT THEY REMOVIED THE BACKLIGHT FOR THE GB COLOR AND EVEN THE ADVANCED

[@1yaz]

If I wanted an imported handheld I'd get a TurboExpress

[@karnagefails333]

Pretty damn cool. Thanks, Bob!

[@thehorsefromhorsinabout]

yeah, I'm gonna need that translucent yellow one.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Hey wulff den would you do a video of using the Gameboy camera with the Gameboy light? I think that'd be a good video idea. Doubt you would even see this comment though. 😣

[@mng2]

I wonder if Gameboy Atlantis had a backlight

[@GameLikeYouMeanIt]

Thanks Nintendo online. You helped me find an awesome channel

[@livefreeprintguns]

If I were this guy I'd legally compel Chris D'Elia to take a DNA ancestry test

[@5inque_wu]

I finally got a SF30 pro yesterday. I have to say, its D-pad is fantastic, now I have to throw away my switch pro controller.

[@WulffDen]

dont do that lol

[@joseduardo64]

I exchanged my Game Boy light for a Game Boy Color, I was so disappointed afterward I had to buy the game boy worm light.

[@RallyDon82]

and now with the original gba and a ags 101 screen mod that is the absolute best way to play all gameboy games.