The first Pokemon SNES Multicart

[@BelowAverageGaming]

If you like this kind of content then maybe you'll like this massive Pokemon glitch video I made! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqvMeYBpmamDfMUsi=RkECwMk2fQrI6Fza

[@rayojordan2838]

Man the colors look so nice on the Nes.. It is wild😅

[@tomyyoung2624]

Yes tropics:

[@davidhowell1415]

Where can I buy one?

[@DrEmmettBr0wn]

This is so ilegal. This is one of the reason why video game companies fail to make good games. Anyone can pirate their work.

[@MikeSandersonVideos]

Been waiting so long to see someone do this

[@drfdfdfdffae]

Super Nintendo system link

[@SavingPrivateBob]

Whoa, it's dope how you can trade between the two cartridges while they're in the SNES. It reminds me of when I was a kid, I really wanted Alakazam so I traded with myself lol I didn't have much back then, so I appreciated those moments so much

[@AndrewBlechinger]

WHAT. Dude, this could be so awesome.

[@ben949]

"Always scares me when I see that pride flag within my community, then I see it crossed out and I'm relived. Cool story, I know" SavingPrivateBob, 2023.

[@ben949]

"My IQ is 144, borderline genius. Not that I care, but you brought it up." SavingPrivateBob, 2023.

[@ben949]

Don't remember where you left those comments, but those two screenshots have lived on in infamy in my friend circle.

[@calebfox1584]

This is awesome! I love how you chose a black cartridge, as that's the color you'd get from mixing all of the other colors together. Keep up the great work!

[@thunderwolf5277]

White is actually the color you get from mixing all colors together

[@calebfox1584]

@@thunderwolf5277 For light, yes. However I was thinking of paint, as the three original NA games are the three primary colors (Red, Yellow, and Blue). Then again, the three original JP games (Red, Green, and Blue) are the three colors of light.

[@thunderwolf5277]

@@calebfox1584 that could be true. That was just what i was told in school

[@WindsorMason]

​@@thunderwolf5277 yeap, mixing all primary colors of light (rgb) gets you white light, since it adds together, while mixing all primary colors of pigment (cyan magenta yellow) gets you black since each subtracts together. :D

[@thunderwolf5277]

@@WindsorMason that is definitely interesting

[@MegaManNeo]

The black shell makes even a US SNES cartridge look decent. Technically you can keep your save from the GB cartridge or emulator on that SNES cartridge too since it's an EverDrive which is pretty nice.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

That's what I was thinking when I made this, it's more practical

[@ChicagoMel23]

Our carts always looked fine

[@silversonic1]

This is the most practical version, honestly. But I feel like not having easy access to the micro SD card is a bit annoying. For the record, I would probably slap this into a portable SNES just for the hell of it.

[@greenprotag]

Excellent! Yes the multicart I think was the way to go. I think it's also a better use of the original super Gameboy hardware because you sacrifice ONE and then you grant access to any game/ rom you want to run. From an "art" standpoint I do like that you made functional SNES pokemon carts with colored cartridges as a project, but functionally I suspect one multi-cart will do the job.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Not to mention you could ditch the pokemon idea and just make it a literal sgb ever drive

[@greenprotag]

@@BelowAverageGaming indeed. I prefer this solution to an aftermarket solution like a retron, especially since the super Gameboy has full Gameboy hardware and those beautiful bezels.

[@KasaiWolf07]

I've got to say, a SNES game that can trade from six different Pokemon games is truly a work of art.

[@funkyscott47]

These videos are awesome! :D

[@DarioRguez]

The cartridge is awesome but it looks even awesomer on top of that rotating display 🤣 Great vid, mate.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Thanks man!

[@RAPTOR948]

If that means the Pokemon games won't lose their save data, I'm sold!

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Nope! It saves to the SD

[@RAPTOR948]

@@BelowAverageGamingSo it saves the data to the SD card? Ever tried one of these GB multikarts with Pokemon Stadium on N64?

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Correct, and no I haven't actually. Would be interesting to see

[@RAPTOR948]

@@BelowAverageGaming Well, it'd be interesting to see. I would just be happy to have my GB and GBC carts modded so that the save data isn't dependent on the stupid battery. Have it save on a GB cart like it does on a GBA cart. And yes, Fire Red and Leav Green do not use batteries for their saves.

[@halotalim]

Now if you had crystal, the tcg, and pinball on it. Just go all out. The ultimate pokemon cart.

[@therealbradmo]

Thought this would be clickbait. I'm glad to have watched the whole vid. amazing job man. Honestly some really cool s#!%! I'm very jealous.

[@RevrenD23]

I would love to see a nice front loader written specifically for this cart and specifically for the Pokemon games.. That would tie this all up really nice.. Wonderful work, my man!

[@GimmeTOKYO]

Seeing the two supergb connected on two tvs reminds me of the Pokémon Summer Mall tour in 98. They had areas where you could battle gym leaders using two n64 with their version of SGB for N64 connected to two projection TVs. It was wild

[@rakim126]

That is fire. Peak 90s

[@user-lw3wl4ps7z]

By SGB for n64, do you mean the Transfer Pack? I remember my mall having a Pokemon Stadium tournament in probably 98 as well.

[@razorx2024]

for the flashcart to correctly save the game to the sd card you need to press the tactile switch on the flashcart in order for it to reset and then save otherwise it won't work, for that reason you'd probs want access to that tactile switch externally.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

I didn't have any issues with saving?

[@razorx2024]

@@BelowAverageGaming depending on the game it will save but it won't transfer the save to the sd card from what i recall so you can run into issues so it's worth doing.

[@michaelwhitacre8499]

I bought a SD Cart for Gameboy a while back with the sole intent of running it on my super Gameboy. I really enjoy being able to play the old games with fully custom palettes.

[@BrianBorkowski]

Getting a GBA Consolizer or GameCube with a Gameboy Player is way easier

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Wish I would have known that before I made this

[@BrianBorkowski]

Doesn't mean what you did isn't cool. Great job

[@penguinjay]

dang dude, this was a pretty serious project, it came out well. I didn't know that clock fix was available for the super gameboy.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

The clock fix has been out for quite some time! Pretty sure Voltar and some other covered just the install for it years ago

[@AloeEmporium]

Hate seeing Super Gameboys mangled for these Pokemon carts all the time.

[@ErockOnTech]

Another banger! Great job bro!

[@YouTubeGaveMyHandleAway]

2:34 the fish going from one screen to the other was unintentionally cool.

[@PastPresentFutureEndofTime]

This is cool would be nice to have one for the Zelda games to and each of every other in it's own category. Black cartridges are nice since they help the label pop out more.

[@epyon078]

Unreal.

[@christianarnold7550]

Turned out great, dude!

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Thanks!

[@justingambino2186]

Ayyyy! Love the pokemon vids. makes me want to get a super nintendo just as my dedicated Pokemon machine 🤣

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Then you can enjoy the enhanced color on certain games 😏

[@peepers30008]

This is a really great idea and I'm glad its now shown how to make it yourself, but the biggest nagging question I would have is..... how long would that trade cable plug hold in place? I get that being careful you can use it for a long time, but it is just being held with some glue, how long will it hold? How many times plugging and unplugging would it take before eventually you push the plug into the slot for it to dislodge inside the cartridge!!!! Not that I wish for that to happen, but if done poorly it will happen to alot of others. So wouldn't mounting the board be a better option with the screw coming in thru the back that you would cover with label?

[@BelowAverageGaming]

I haven't had any issues, You can use the screws if you want though

[@Itachi52496]

I still can’t get over that this channel isn’t “Blow” Average Gaming, and in the best way possible lmao 😅

[@gamegeekx]

That cartridge looks so dope! I miss the old school ones where they cartridge is colored red, blue, green, or yellow. And Gold and Silver with silver or gold glitter holographic colors on the cartridge. Crystal with transparent blue that looks like a crystal. Also looked so cool.

[@Smurtehmurph]

dude that was some clean soldering

[@LidiaVTuber]

I remember seeing these at video game swap meets in kitchener area

[@Tiralful]

Guarantee 99.9999% of people won't notice 2% but sure? Totally....noticable.

[@edgardeitz5746]

In addition to Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Gold and Silver, there are Pokemon rom hacks you could put on there; one would be the "Orange Island Quest", or the rom hacks "Black", "Brown" and the like. Also, somone should get around to hacking Yellow to create the fabled Pink Version of Pokemon (special Jigglypuff edition) so you could add it in, as well. List of suggestions - Pokemon Red Upgrade (hack of Red) Pokemon Green Pokemon Blue Enhanced (Hack of Blue) or - Pokemon Blue Upgrade (Hack of Blue) Pokemon Yellow - debug menu (hack of Yellow) Pokemon Aqua (hack of Red) Pokemon Lavender (hack of ???) Pokemon Brown (hack of Red) Pokemon White (hack of Blue) Pokemon Black - Special Palace Edition (hack of Red) Pokemon Orange Island Quest (hack) Pokemon - Factory Adventure (hack) Pokemon - 151 (hack of Red) Pokemon - Amsterdam (hack of Red) Pokemon - The Johto Journeys (hack of Red) Pokemon - The Next Generation (hack of Red) Pokemon - Dark Energy (hack of ???) Pokemon - Revolution Pokemon Gold Pokemon Silver Pokemon GS Gold - Spaceworld 1999 Demo Pokemon GS Silver - Spaceworld 1999 Demo Pokemon Bronze (hack of ???) Pokemon Diamond (GBC hack) (hack of ???) Pokemon Jade Pokemon Topaz Pokemon Obscure (hack of Gold)

[@JulioChavez-e8d]

This can be such a cool gift.

[@yattalog]

Man, I want a multi pokémon cartridge, but I have no skills for doing It... Can I buy It anywhere?

[@mike1024.]

I watched both videos. Very interesting! From a technology standpoint this would be a very different task, but I think it would be amazing if it could switch between games while another runs in the background. In particular, if you could trade pokemon from within the same cartridge, you'd fulfill the dreams of so many 90's kids who wanted to get their Alakazam or similar without having another friend with pokemon and a link cable.

[@ElsoNunes-k5g]

I dreamed about a cartridge like this my whole childhood

[@rakim126]

Back when pokemon was strictly Gameboy I always dreamed of playing it on a big TV with a controller. I bet there were ways to do it back then but my 9 year old self didn't have the wherewithal to make it happen. Pokemon xd for gamecube made me go yesssss this is what I dreamt of as a wee poke trainer

[@Oasys18]

I feel like the cartridge should be like a chestnut brown color, but the black looks real clean. I would of absolutely loved this growing up!

[@Hatchmatic]

Federation mouse spotted! Anyway, what a cool idea! It's nice to have actual hardware to put your games on, for that experience of gathering around the SNES to play.

[@pukalo]

Sometimes when I wake up in the morning I release a massive fart that feels like my whole lower body deflates.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Same

[@LagunaShirogane]

Dude, you could make a killing off manufacturing this for people by selling this online. I know you're making this for others to make their own but there are some of us who are not as savvy with working with that kind of stuff to make this. I would consider that option :D

[@BelowAverageGaming]

I would probably get sued by Nintendo lol

[@LagunaShirogane]

@@BelowAverageGaming Yea maybe so. But not like you cant promote through other means. In a way, its no different than what you did here with this video. And Nintendo doesnt sell SNES or anything related anymore and hasnt in about 20 years. Only thing SNES related they've made was through the Nintendo Switch under the virtual rom. And people sell reconstructed game cartridges on Amazon all the time and local game stores resell older consoles and games all the time. And people create custom content, such as Power Rangers and Dragon Ball Z all the time that all tense and purposes should have permissions by the original creators but dont. But hey its a thought.

[@intarz]

I wish I could buy something like this somewhere

[@TearlessGosling]

Only change I would make, would be to mount an sd card extension that is easily accessible; just in case you did want to go back and throw some more games on it at some point. Otherwise nice job.

[@kozinc]

Now all you need is a prettier rom selection screen at the start :P

[@kickflipdemon]

the superfamicom super gameboy has the link cable slot built in and are cheap and easy to find and region free as is the gameboy

[@BelowAverageGaming]

That's the super gameboy 2 you're thinking of. A nice one will cost you about $50

[@xarchist]

At 6:19, there is a hair on the top of the cart. You can see it from the side view.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

I think it's actually some residue from the hot glue gun

[@Covarr]

I'm half considering doing this to the Game Boy version of Space Invaders. It has a whole SNES version of the game on the cartridge that you can play using a Super Game Boy. It's nearly identical to the actual SNES release, but having both versions on the same cartridge with some bonus SGB features is such a cool and unique use of the hardware that it seems almost like a match made in heaven for a mod like this.

[@vahn_legaia]

I think a black/charcoal-esque transparent cartridge would look dope. I just google image searched 'transparent snes cartridge smoke' and it's a nice color.

[@HighSaiyanZ]

This was so fun to watch! Thanks for sharing!

[@RobPizza]

Awesome! A lot of great work went into this

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Thanks!

[@F3L3453]

New sub here this was an awesome build

[@unclegoose3864]

Honestly i would not go modding super gameboys in the style as the years go on there are fewer and fewer of them out there.

[@Nokia_editz]

I always preferred playing Pokemon on gb Tower in stadium 2. Mostly for the speed up and ease of trading using oaks lab between two transfer packs

[@nabdo7258]

Dude!!! That is SUPER COOL!

[@lifeandstuff6885]

This is really cool! Would you ever be interested in selling the multi cart? I think my brother would really love this

[@WesleyF1993]

Crazy smooth. Class mate

[@guilhermecaiado5384]

You should make superboy cartridges instead of destroying it. at least find someone that makes them. You are picking some rare stuff and making it ever rarer. It already costs as much as a new fridge in the third world. As long as i like the content, it started to grind my gears. like the logan paul gameboy table.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

I get what your saying. But I disagree. The super gameboy is less rare than the super gameboy 2 which already cost a lot. The SGB 1 only cost $15 maybe? If you buy from Japan even cheaper. Now the SGB was in a sense a failure which was the reason for making the SGB2 (corrected clock speed and trading) I would argue I improved it with this method. I will give you the first pokemon video though, it doesn't make much sense to use single cartridges. If you wanna be mad at retro gore go take a look at all the people doing ips swaps on the gameboy. Wait till those prices rise when they are already high. Also if it cost as much as a fridge in a 3rd world country I would argue they should be buying the fridge instead.

[@guilhermecaiado5384]

@@BelowAverageGaming thats my case, i live in Brazil and gameboys prices have been sky rocketing latelly. importing is even harder because of taxes. Not talking about the value of the money. A US dolar costs 5x Real, so 15 dollars is actualy 75 Reais. besides more 20 dollars shipping its 175 reais, when it arrives here (if it arrives) its 60% taxes on total 280 reais (its 1/3 monthly salary on minimum wage) to get something that crossed half the world, could been broken on transport to arrive 9 months later. So its quite hard to get those around here.

[@ZippletTech]

@@BelowAverageGamingIPS swaps in a gameboy are not "retro gore". I'm one of those in the gameboy community that repairs old consoles so I'm very familiar with it. Most of the time people are doing this to consoles that have bad screens and would otherwise be unusable. Even when this is done to consoles with good screens it does NOT detract from the experience of being able to play your gameboy - it makes the screen easier to see in low light. Terrible comparison imo - what you are doing destroys super gameboys by making them only play a single game (or a single flashcart). An IPS mod does *not* destroy a gameboy.

[@guilhermecaiado5384]

@@ZippletTech You are distorting the issue. Im not talking about ips screen on a gameboy. Im talking about destroying for good a supergameboy cartridge, that could be used as is to play any gameboy game on the snes, is now stuck inside a custom cartridge dedicated to a pokemon game. Dont read me wrong, i aprecciate your work, but believe that a supergameboy could be redone, replicated for this use (or others) not one original destroyed, maybe the first one, just to engineer it backwards, but not one after the other. This way soon enough there will be no cartridges left.

[@YoISkate90]

You guys need to let this man live lol Anything that changes something from its original form should be seen as "destroying" it which this didn't do lol especially if it can be reversed. Just like how you can swap your screens, he can also put the 32 pin connector back in just as easily as it was taken out. He already said he kept them. so how is that destroyed? It is a waste for just 1 game. But if your main concern is the prices for this getting more expensive because of this I disagree. Him owning or anyone for that matter owning more than 1 SGB would take things out of circulation. Modded or not. Lastly, it's the dudes own personal property. If he's free to leave crap stored in an attic or basement like half of retro tech then he's allowed to repurpose something for his personal enjoyment.

[@sandovalsoares1520]

That's awesome mod! I really enjoyed it but where did you find this flex cable?

[@Gregnolaa]

You deserve more subs

[@kleineraus]

I'm not sure if you are aware of the SD2SNES/Everdrive firmware updates as they implemented a super Gameboy 1/2 in there cartridge emulation now, i have SNES and Gameboy roms on the same SD cart but organized in different folders. Also plays the hacked roms 😁 Would it be possible to outfit these with a trading port?

[@ladanivadriver1578]

Cool 👍 any link cable racing games to try with that set up ? 🤞

[@NihilistSolitude]

I would have gone with a white case as white represents all the colors

[@gamerforever5105]

i wanna buy the all pokemon games in one ,how much is beautyful

[@franciscoguzman2742]

I wish I could just buy the game off you I could never do all that work 🥺

[@Jcommer91]

Honestly, This is incredible. I am wondering, how to transfer to Pokemon Stadium. Im completely behind the project honestly and you could trade between. But I always push for more.

[@mimivrc4148]

the next step would be to make a new PCB that combines the super gameboy with the parts for a flash cart to make a sleek 1 board design!

[@orest395]

This is awesome

[@thedoorsman]

This is brilliant, you should sell these

[@frieza619]

Was Pretty Dope And Noltagic Man lol Bavk then Pokemon Trading Was Epic On GBA

[@Andrew.Holmes.Official]

i would buy this now...

[@RC-nq7mg]

do the bootleg everdrives have an RTC so day and night will work in gold and silver?

[@Brandon1213]

This is sooooo cool man where did you learn how to solder ?

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Here on KZbin! I've been watching plenty of other channels just like mine for years. Mr.mario2011 has a bunch of great videos I learned from

[@rozasupreme]

I'd love to get one of these if I can get it working on Retron

[@masterx1907]

I would so buy this

[@breakfasthole3851]

I've tried the same kind of flash cartridges with a PAL SGB and also SGB1 and SGB2 for SFC. I found the screen always looks grainy (picture noise) compared to using regular GB cartridges. I'm guessing this the difference in power consumption since they aren't quite the same as a regular cartridge. Did you get the same results making this?

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Everything seemed in working order to me! But also i haven't done a full playthrough of every game either though

[@breakfasthole3851]

@@BelowAverageGaming Thanks for the reply. I've tried two different kinds of GB flash cartridges with the same results (one worse than the other) and it's immediately noticeable on the SNES. I don't know how Krikzz GB cartridges compare but I could always sell it if the results are the same.

[@3ractnodi]

I've found that these flashcarts usually don't have a functioning clock, which makes them pretty useless for gen 2 IMO.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

It actually mentions that in the description that it doesn't work before I bought it. There are ones that have it though!

[@nightwing179]

The everdrive GB X7 supports real time clock for the gen 2 Pokémon games. Definitely recommend it. Make sure it’s the official one by Krikzz.

[@metroidjones122]

Super cool.

[@RhymeMastaMasse]

Thats awesome! Im wondering why you didnt include Crystal tho?

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Crystal is a GBC game, GBC games don't work on the super gameboy

[@RhymeMastaMasse]

@BelowAverageGaming aww, that makes sense!

[@7ctony]

Really cool stuff 👍

[@Iliketrains1.0]

Just amazing

[@sunxnes]

Why not use the super gameboy 2?

[@BleachFan2007]

kinda want a sega genesis version of this so i can play it on the nomad

[@CommanderGreyFox]

damn, i wanted to see how switching the games works

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Turning off or resetting the console unfortunately

[@CommanderGreyFox]

@@BelowAverageGaming ahh, so it just flips through the games based on power reset. Got it

[@rcoghi1]

Put the Pokemon Gold's ROM header into Crystal's ROM and the game will run on SGB2.

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Source?

[@rcoghi1]

@@BelowAverageGaming I read this information on reddit years ago. I've never tested this, but it would be interesting to try.

[@ADHD_Sam]

a snes lan party! :O

[@pithecusprime8645]

Finally someone I can relate with ❤

[@JeanPierreLihoreau]

@ifixit sponsor this guy already

[@roneyalessandro8558]

Why not put best romhacks too? And some final fantasy and zelda games?

[@Akina-vh5by]

What would change with the sgd2? Ports would be way inside the cartridge?

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Yeah that's about it

[@IdealIdeas100]

Why slow it down? If its just for playing old Pokemon games, id welcome the slight speed increase, walking is painfully slow

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Trade will NOT work if you don't fix the speed

[@IdealIdeas100]

@@BelowAverageGaming would trade work if you had 2 of these but running at the overclocked speed? I figure they cant trade if both ran at different speeds, but they should if both ran at the slight overclocked speed?

[@IdealIdeas100]

@@BelowAverageGaming Honestly it would be cool if you included a built in switch to switch between slight overclock and normal speed then you maintain full features. Even better if you had a 3 way switch for Normal, Dodou and Dodrio speeds

[@BelowAverageGaming]

@IdealIdeas100 nope, only works with corrected speed to my knowledge

[@FryGuy67]

Did I hear Pokemon All⭐Stars? 👀

[@keaton718]

I wish I could afford these and CRTs to play them on and a friend to trade with.

[@marvelman862010]

After making these are you gonna sell them for profit as well? I would totally buy this from you.

[@Mauz_G]

can you do a pokemon emerald snes cartridge

[@BelowAverageGaming]

🤔

[@diglettunnel.kaneko]

id use this to get gold berries all the starters and both mew and mewtwo in crystal

[@nfapeng187]

How many super game boy's have you gone through or own ? I owned 1 at one time but i cannot seem to find it.

[@danderson6290]

Man I would so buy that

[@majinnaibu]

DON'T DO THIS. You're just driving up the price of the hardware. Just buy an FXPAK/SD2SNES and put your gameboy roms on that.

[@radg0090]

My thought, this is such a waste of material.

[@ChaosTechNet]

I think it was just a "for fun" project.

[@mike1024.]

​@@ChaosTechNetmy thoughts exactly. He's not selling these, so the average price of the hardware will be un-/minimally affected.

[@Ziggurat1]

Great finale of your project, but next time use more flux