The Future of Retro Gaming: Inside the ModRetro Chromatic

[@briandadude]

That Wario Land 3 game is FAKE! HAHA you got swindled.

[@msdyatt]

Well the fact that it says on the sticker 'Only for Gameboy Color' and then is in a Gameboy cartridge is another evidence.

[@iFixitYourself]

Who would have thought we'd get cheated on eBay...

[@briandadude]

It’s amusing because the authentic circuit board looks significantly different than the fake.

[@Sqwerks]

@@iFixitYourselfwas it listed as “new” if so you got scammed, buy used

[@sjm4306]

Yep def a fake. The original cart pcb looks very different.

[@SonicRainbow]

the nice thing about this taking AA batteries is that this will remain usable long after they stop selling the battery pack unlike the pocket where to this day you still can't buy a replacement for its rechargeable battery. on my launch pocket I'm definitely noticing the wear on its battery and wish it were easier to replace.

[@Felly117]

Your authentic game is an old school repo cart. The original has a much larger board.

[@leatherhidegaming]

Yeah the battery part also looks weird.

[@jjmcook]

A small thought on yet another fine tear-down and review: At this point aren't tri-point and pentalobe screws exceedingly common due to their widespread use in electronics and the resulting tools to deal with them readily available? Perhaps it's time to retire this particular gripe when doing repair-ability reviews/tear-downs?

[@MorningDusk7734]

While common enough in electronic repair, the average consumer likely doesn't have a tri-point bit without doing a separate purchase to do a repair, and many people associate those screws as ones they aren't meant to remove compared to a flat point, Phillips, or even Robertson screw types.

[@deadvikingtrolls]

The screen means we won't be modding this for other systems. Suits me, it's perfect for gb/gbc games. Thanks for the tear down. It's nice to see there's no battery in modretro's tetris so I can get attached.

[@NicholasKuilder]

I wonder how easily the insides of the ModRetro could be transplanted into an original GBC shell

[@TroyRubert]

Love mine. The screen really is amazing.

[@Anonymous-fw7tt]

Its ironic you're saying it's apparent how technology has progressed when showing the Modretro cartridge yet the other game you then proceed to show is a cheap modern chinese bootleg cartridge... THAT is not at all how an original GBC game PCB looks.

[@ericochoa4034]

The tetris cart looks like a modern gbc flash cart. Wondering if you could flash your own rom?

[@davidschaub7965]

Isn't the speaker contact more of a spring contact rather than a pogo pin?

[@danc3933]

No

[@aisback1990]

Impressive, I’ll stick to my pocket but I wish the pocket was this repairable

[@DannyP-dm1pw]

I got both and I must say the buttons and dpad on the modretro are so much better. May get the dock and turn the pocket more into a full on FPGA core thing for all old consoles.

[@overdriver99]

very nice video. thanks.. I was wondering what is inside.

[@justingoers]

The screen is amazing

[@gabest4]

Original: "so powerful this could land us on the Moon" Moden desing: "so powerful this could land us on the Moon" Where is the progress?

[@icyds]

We just need the screen!

[@matthewgragg2152]

My Chromatic has screen issues and doesn't want to play some of my games.

[@8bitnation419]

I have the Analogue Pocket and a modded GBA, GBC and an original DMG Gameboy. Yet after watching this video I now want a Chromatic. Also may need to reshoot the scene with Wario Land 3. That game is fake.

[@mike_wake]

Ah yes, the military industrial complex gameboy

[@USNEM]

Where did he touch you?

[@alfiegordon9013]

​@@USNEMright in my taxpayer dollars

[@xirxes]

Just a reminder that Palmer Lucky is a weapons dealer. Not a deal breaker for most, but worth noting who you're giving money to.

[@splatter5766]

Based,I'll order a dozen as soon as possible hopefully my purchase will come with a UAV or AR-15 assault rifle.

[@RogerEssigArtist]

Bolt-M & Ghost Shark are my favourites.

[@danc3933]

Nice disinformation, soyflake.

[@Brett_Aint_Dead]

No one cares , just a reminder all the tech in your life was made by slaves in China.

[@USNEM]

Irrelevant

[@icyds]

Fake Wario lol

[@Empty_Vima]

future it's MNT Reform v8

[@sennheisermxsennheisermx]

overpriced i choose analogue pocket

[@RogerEssigArtist]

The Analogue pocket aluminium sold for $500. You must think that was overpriced too.

[@SlickTater]

@@RogerEssigArtistdoubt it

[@djtomoy]

this thing has one of the worst names ever, it’s completely meaningless and instantly forgettable

[@RogerEssigArtist]

That doesn't matter. These devices are instant classics because of their AA battery power, magnesium alloy shell & custom 160x140 resolution screen.