The Game Boy Light

I take a gander at the often forgotten Game Boy Light.
Edited by Dominic Mattero and Scott Wozniak
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[@kit7une_]

Scott's history lesson was crazy, didn't know the crusades had so much to do with the release of the Game Boy. Best 8 hours of my life I've ever spent.

[@xp8969]

Nintendo causing the Spanish Inquisition was a fact that I was COMPLETELY shocked to learn... But nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@okra_]

the sack of constantinople in 1204 was really the catalyst to the creation of the game and watch series, it all makes sense now

[@TheEpicWolf64]

​@@xp8969Right? I did NOT expect the spanish inquisition!

[@Rocco049]

@@okra_ and the decline of the Byzantine Empire due to the development of the L button? Easily my favorite bit of history in this video

[@okra_]

@@Rocco049 and to think that the permanent split between eastern and western church after the Niceian empire retook the city from the crusaders was the main inspiration for super mario land 2

[@UnknownG2000]

This had a transition and everything! Scott really is wozzing on the second channel!

[@lifeislove130]

Only a matter of time before the Blue Border takes over.

[@nopmund]

Wozzing where no Scott has ever “hey all”ed before

[@14bj337]

It's Wozzin' time!

[@mateuszhodgson4370]

“That’s an ass” is a quality quote Scott only knows comedy gold.

[@Gaminghj]

Scott's Stash=Everything Scott wants to talk about that isn't big enough for a video on the main channel and I love it. The video's have been awesome

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Ironic, given the lengths of some of these videos.

[@nopmund]

It was brave of Scott to release an 8 hour history video just to talk about the GB Light. But I think it will pay off.

[@sine730]

Scott, the GameBoy Light and SP-001 have a *front* light, not a backlight. The distinction being that the light is on top of the screen instead of behind it. Backlights generally provide a better picture, while frontlight displays don't suffer from washout in direct sunlight.

[@cube2fox]

Hi sine730, do you know which kind of light it was? I think Lynx and Game Gear actually had an incandescent light bulb, which needs tons of energy, resulting in a terrible battery life. I would guess the Game Boy Light instead had a CFL, which is much more efficient. Today white LEDs are used as backlight, but I don't think they were already invented back then.

[@Gamefreak924]

He probably knows this, but backlight has just become the defacto term for anything that has a light built-in

[@rhen1215]

The gameboy light is back lit

[@JH-zb5xq]

As someone who has repaired a Gameboy light, I know for a fact that it uses an electroluminescent panel for backlighting, not cfl.

[@rhen1215]

@@JH-zb5xq yes like the old Casio watches!

[@Hawksomatic]

"Listen, you either get one with a backlight, or one with color. No, you can't have both"

[@Nerdtendo6366]

I’ve always wanted a Scott the Woz episode to take place in nearly pitch black, guess this will do!

[@Giozize]

Now I want a Scott’s Stash episode on the extended uncut history of the crusades and their relation to the Gameboy

[@Mesoon-hs9pc]

I will add, depending on how long the backlight is used, it can fade over time, so on higher-mileage Game Boy Light's, the backlight can appear MUCH dimmer. A more vibrant shade of green is a clue to a healthy backlight! (It's an electromagnetic display, same as they used to use in some digital watches!)

[@Swinsl]

I always watch Scott when I eat dinner, so thanks for uploading literally right as I finished cooking, haha

[@leighdappa]

What you eating?

[@bishopmedia4580]

@@leighdappapronoun sandwich 🥪

[@PotionMaster21]

I now watch him while eating a bowl of cereal. if you know you know...

[@Rocco049]

@@PotionMaster21I tried to think of something clever to respond to this but nothing came to mind. They were all edging on being too corny because my mind is a hub of bad jokes

[@Swinsl]

@leighdappa I had a chicken dish that I made up, don't really have a name for it. it was just Chicken, garlic, onion, jalapeño chicken broth (not spicy, just for flavor) in a crock pot, along with collard greens and potatoes (not in the crock pot obv)

[@Brione30]

Scott’s Stash is quickly becoming my favorite Woz-flavored KZbin channel

[@kekchanbiggestfan]

Huh? It’s Stash-flavored

[@digitalgamer457]

The one thing that we never got but needed so badly.

[@ExaltedUriel]

Actually insane that the US never got a GameBoy with a backlight until the GameBoy Advance SP.

[@lonecom685]

I remember fighting with my friend because of this thing 😂 We were kids and Nintendo nerds. But back then there was a lot to learn about it (this was before I started to memorize every single Game & Watch, for example). There were lots of lies going on too (DS era kids know what I'm talking about). So when my friend (who knew a lot about these things because his family is japanese and had acess to these things) came to me and said that there was a GameBoy Light I called him out on his "BS". The guy wanted to kill me over not believing him and I was a prick 😂

[@ToxynCorvin8008]

My family worked at nintendo and told me about the n64 sequel, the n65 🙃

[@snichelsticks8653]

@@ToxynCorvin8008 no way really!

[@StarkMaximum]

"I can't talk about the Game Boy Light without talking about the history of the Game Boy." Scott, you did a whole video about that! You technically did two!

[@saruthecat5105]

its so weird to me that this never got released outside of japan because it would have sold alot.

[@MizunoKetsuban]

Would it though? The Game Boy Color was out by that point.

[@UndeadCollector]

Same Idea with the Game Boy Micro. It was released after the Nintendo DS was already out. Today ppl want it, but back in the day, many ppl just think "who need this??"

[@SeleDreams]

Tbf that's what the color should have been. In color AND with light

[@okagron]

Very much doubt it would have sold alot. The Gameboy was losing steam by 1998 and the Gameboy Color was around the corner.

[@Mimi.1001]

​@@okagronDidn't the Gameboy kinda have a second life by 1998 because Pokémon came out in the West and sold so insanely much? It probably moved a couple million units by itself (color or not) regardless of the decade old tech.

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

“I CAN SEE THE LIGHT “ - Gameboy

[@lollollolskeet]

Lmao I love this

[@2ndbleak]

Interesting note; both this one and the Gameboy Pocket drain save batteries from cartridges faster than normal for some reason - this is the reason why they’re not popular in the 8bit/chiptune music scene

[@cube2fox]

Do chiptune musicians store their tracks as battery saves?

[@tezcanaslan2877]

@@cube2foxwhy shouldn’t they? Maybe they want to listen to them.

[@maffioli14]

I felt that “oh” at the end. I have one with a fried screen and no battery cover that was a “deal” for 78$ like 6 years ago. Still ain’t scrapped a gb pocket to repair it in all this time

[@paprika89_]

No way I'm this early to a Scott the Woz video. It's always nice to see a video from you on this channel because they're as entertaining as a normal episode on your main channel and I assume these take less time. I can't wait to see more of these videos on your channel. 😄

[@DE-GEN-ART]

scott cant see yur comments hes legally blind remember?

[@snowthearcticfox1]

​@CLIPPASCLIPS ? Even if that is true text to speech exists dummy

[@e7193]

this isn’t scott the woz, this is scott’s stash. i can understand your confusion, however, since you’re obviously a child

[@greggdogg]

says the person with dream as their pic lmao@@e7193

[@paprika89_]

@@e7193 bro took it personally 💀(also I'm not going to go out of my way to go back and edit it to say "Scott the Woz", because it's not like a different person runs this channel. And if you do happen to care so much about my "mistake", deal with it)

[@AlfredFJones1776]

I was about to turn off my TV and this popped up on my feed. This does put a smile on my face.

[@Rammy_Latin]

In terms of GameBoys with a backlight, the GameBoy Advance SP AGS-101 is easily the best one out there. So happy I got that one :)

[@cube2fox]

I never knew backlit version existed until much later. For some reason it wasn't released in Europe. A bit strange they went with the front light in the first place, given that back then all the mobile phones had a backlight instead of a front light. Maybe the front light was a bit more power efficient? Though this doesn't explain why it wasn't used in phones.

[@MrNacho03]

I really like how despite being a secondary you put effort into editing, really amazing!

[@MaesterMike]

I will always love the transitions with the Thomas the Tank Engine theme. I don't know why you use that, but I love it so much. Also, does anyone get annoyed with all that dust on the old Game Boy? My mind is scolding him to dust that thing off.

[@expendableindigo9639]

Thomas the tank engine? Where?

[@saffron2462]

​@@expendableindigo9639WDYM bro it's right there in the 8 hour history video about the Gameboy light

[@ehhorve857]

@@expendableindigo9639 One history lesson later

[@expendableindigo9639]

@@ehhorve857 thanks. Oh yeah, Caddicarus does it a lot too.

[@ehhorve857]

@@expendableindigo9639 y'r welcome.

[@couldibecolin]

List of videos we now need from Scott: 23 minute long video about the L button 8 hour history lesson connecting the crusades to the release of the GameBoy

[@TheDerpyDolphin]

“That’s an ass!” *So that’s why it’s so expensive…*

[@LynCubed]

I have genuinely learned more from Scott the Woz in the 6 years I’ve been watching him then I have in my over decade long school career.

[@cMARVEL360]

If you're trying to learn Facts, please watch something else. You come here to be Entertained, and to hear the Perspective of someone who came on to their own during the Gamecube Era. Something's he just doesn't get, and it gets put through his Filter and comes off wrong. But he is very much fun to watch though!

[@haydenk6459]

@@cMARVEL360did you not hear the whole history lesson Scott gave? Are you insinuating he isn’t an educational channel?

[@cMARVEL360]

@@haydenk6459 Of course I saw his whole video. I always watch his entire videos. I can tell you for sure his Perspectives, and how he delivered information about the Light on the Gameboy light was Wrong. And I made comments on the main comment thread about it. He is an Educational Channel if you don't already know anything. Otherwise he tries to give you information, but it's obviously through his lends. When I watch Scott, it's for the fun, and for his Perspective of things, not because I assume he is gonna offer up any actual hard hitting Facts. If I were to compare Scott's Programming to Cops or Reno 911. He is more of a Reno 911.

[@pineconesnowstorm]

bro did not pay attention

[@LynCubed]

@@pineconesnowstorm I in fact, did not pay attention.

[@gabrielwears1778]

I love just imagining Scott lying on his tummy with his feet kicking in the air while he’s filming these

[@crazynaut223]

I kinda wish the weird teal-ish screen color was one of the filters on NSO

[@DollyBoy_1923]

Thank you for covering the gameboy light! I love this console and am very grateful.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Remember when God said “Let There Be Light!” and than Nintendo made this? Good memories

[@CaptainJZH]

"Edited by Dominic Mattero and Scott Wozniak" oooh good on you for getting some help with editing these!

[@lazyavatar2479]

Very glad that Scott is putting more effort into the second channel (not that he wasn’t before) but still the second channel is really getting better and I am all for it

[@jordanhoughton1948]

If you want a back lit game boy at this point it's cheaper to mod in an aftermarket screen. They look super nice and some can even change what color of monochrome is displayed

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

This looks amazing!

[@frishdaw]

Shoutout to the Worm Lights for illuminating our gaming until the SP came out

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

So many great games on the Game Gear. My next system to collect for. Just cartridges though. A modded screen also helps the battery life substantially.

[@Yokokazuo]

6:27 This unlocked a memory haha. I was mostly playing on GBA at the time, before the SP, but I remember trying to use streetlights to see my game as I played it because I couldn’t turn on the car light. Maybe that helped me in the future too though. When my DS top screen broke (got cracked when it fell in between some metal parts of a fold out bed/couch), I played through Mario Kart DS by using the map on the bottom screen until I finally got a new DS.

[@jackcarlson384]

wow that gameboys so light

[@chao_the_goofy_goober]

what about the gameboy heavy

[@haydenlinkel3258]

@@chao_the_goofy_goober gameboy dense

[@juiceala]

The Game Gear library is a lot better than you give it credit for, it may not have been a big success in North America but this doesn’t mean it had a poor library, Sonic Chaos, Sonic Triple Trouble, Tails Adventure, GG Shinobi 1&2, Castle of Illusion, Ristar the Shooting Star, Donald Duck Lucky Dime Caper, Streets of Rage 1&2, Panzer Dragoon Mini, the Monogatari series, to name a few.

[@lawrencelavalle240]

Seriously, Game Gear by far had the better portable games 1991-1996. The only reasons the GameBoy wins out is a 12 year lifespan and a more practical hardware design

[@thegreenhoodieguy]

I can see again!

[@briansilva3765]

I love the Game Boy Light box, the simple logos, the Japanese letters, the aesthetic of the picture, it feels very premium and simple at the same time.

[@pikmin4743]

sometimes the highway would have enough light to keep playing at night on drives home. but it was like a lame, slow, strobelight lol

[@Keykatriz]

In my day you could buy a Gameboy plug in light to use, but the secret was to find one with a pass through so you could plug in a SECOND tiny light.

[@cube2fox]

Why would you need two? 🤔

[@verybigboss]

9:24 Kinda awesome seeing the listing for the Gameboy Light that I purchased a couple of months ago in your video, Lol.

[@half-faust]

Thankfully my first handheld was the backlit variation of the GBA SP, having the back light just makes it so much better

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

5:49 Holly shit, I never knew the backlight was that horrible...

[@desperatedan3985]

Biggest mistake in my life was the selling of my original game boy, not to worry just treated myself to the Powkiddy V90 and I’m happy as Larry. Cheers🍻🥃

[@CosmizEve]

I love them more obscure gameboys probably why the Micro is my favorite

[@CaptainCat101]

Scott's second channel videos are so relaxed

[@hanktank45]

I always love hearing pokemon ost in the background even though Scott isn't a fan of the games I'm glad he enjoys the music.

[@Sparkymuffin]

I KNEW I saw this years ago!! Also in the late 2000s, but I never saw anything else about it.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Happy 25th Birthday, Game Boy Light!

[@randytyson]

Last time i heard of gb light was from the cgr days. I wantwd one just becuase the gold variant looks nice

[@MBXfilms]

So bizarre that they did the LIGHT but didn't do Color Light or even GBA Light either. I already had 2 GBAs from the L button wearing out so I never got an SP until recently. The Original DS was my first backlight handheld. Thanks for waiting SO long Nintendo!

[@benjaminshields9421]

So true bestie that is a light in a game boy

[@taionalmeida5337]

The last work of legendary Gunpei Yokoi, father of the original Game Boy, before being kicked by the company. The limited release of the GB Light was sort of a tribute to the contributions of Yokoi to the company more than Nintendo atacking some sort of market needs.

[@brytilaar]

It's Awesome Baby! Commentary When?

[@TheDoubleZTV]

I like the Game Boy Light, even if it was Japanese-exclusive (got one for myself on eBay). Glad to see that the handheld isn't region-locked, so that was a relief.

[@jammo7370]

The wozzler strikes again with a quality history lesson

[@IVR02]

The backlight reminds me a lot of an old digital watch, both in form and in color, and especially an old Timex Indiglo. Like, I almost wonder if they employ similar technology.

[@BrianQuest64]

My other Game Boy Woz Scott all along.

[@SergioPL]

In terms of screen size, the Game Boy Pocket have the biggest one. Second the Light, Original and the Color.

[@Megaman.ExE7]

I was always super fascinated by this piece of tech. Being born in the GBC era, I felt like I knew a special secret that nobody else knew. It also made me angry because we could've used a backlight when we were playing GBC in bed back in the days!!!

[@Ace0fSw0rds]

I like when Scott's hands talk to me for 10 minutes.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Wait, the GB light got discontinued? Sh*t, I never knew RIP GB Light

[@SuryaBudimansyah]

God Bless the Light

[@squeedles_1943]

I WAS HERE SCOTTY I WAS HEREEEEEEEEEEE

[@spongebobrocks1187]

Well, I know what I'm going to be watching for the next 9 minutes and 24 seconds.

[@nightvisionnn909]

Babe wake up, scott just dropped a new video on the Gameboy light

[@melee9183]

This really wozzed my wee wizz

[@UndeadCollector]

I own 2 of the limited Game Boy Lights. Transparent Skeleton Edition and the "Osamu Tezuka World Shop Limited Edition" GB Light in Transparent Red with all kind of old Anime Characters printed on it (Astro Boy for example) There was also a third one transparent with an Astro Boy Head seeing his robotic insides, which was also from Osamu Tezuka World Shop. Really cool looking! (never had the chance to buy it for a good price.)

[@leeharris5135]

I sold my Gameboy Light boxed to a friend when I was a kid. He’s still got it to this day. I want it back! FFS 😢

[@GaIaxyxvr]

Luigi Approved

[@Cybercymbre]

Would the OG Game Boy be the "Game Boy Dark"?

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

Gameboy Dark AF

[@FocusSight]

Game Gear hatred breaks my heart…

[@larshiggs2514]

I ❤ Game Boy Light 💡

[@guymcperson9300]

That ending summarizes retro collecting in general for the past few years now. It's a harsh world out there, and I'm not wealthy enough to enjoy it.

[@popthatbeep]

The gameboy light was the hipster gameboy at that time. It's cool tho. Playing okemon on the bus at night during the school trip was such good feeling

[@01Zipang]

Man everything starts with the crusades, guilty gear and the game boy light

[@Theonebeliever]

I feel like you come to this channel for Scott Wozniak and you got to the main channel for Scott the Woz.

[@smittyvanjagermanjenson182]

Lol, first time seeing this one and the backlight just reminds me of when an old watch had that nearly useless "light" button. Thank christ, my childhood was the Gameboy Micro haha

[@expendableindigo9639]

The edit at 8:52 really made no sense because I thought it was saying the GBL was the best for people who didn’t want anything GBC or later, but then the edit shows the Pocket & OG from before the GBC & Light.

[@ToastedHeadcrab]

I love watching talking hands play with a box for 10 minutes

[@flumperflip2614]

I don’t think we’ll wait long until we find the border on these videos.

[@SmokeyEdits]

your diatribe about the gb light/ds lite naming scheme has me wondering if the ds lite started the whole thing on old app stores where the free versions of games and apps were called "lite" versions

[@User434]

True

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

One of the things that i am most regretful about is losing my childhood gameboy color, i was a dumb kid and i just lost it somewhere, i don't know where i left it, i didn't play it much so i only noticed i lost it long after it was already gone

[@NintenDub]

I always love ppl thatll say "10pm at night" Or "5am...in the morning" Ampm signifies it

[@cheesewombatTV]

Just came back from Japan and very bummed I wasn't able to find a Game Boy Light while I was there :(, did pick up the Famicom Game Boy Micro though!

[@MaxOakland]

I want one of these bad

[@EAE_Animator]

What is the music used for the transition??? Ive never found it but i hear it EVRYWHERE.

[@catguy5425]

"back in the late 2000s" Bruh, we still in the EARLY 2000s.

[@clydefrosch]

the gameboy pocket was probably my favorite version of the gameboy... i still feel bad about losing mine and while gbc was cool, the pocket just had this crisp image even without the light

[@hayden7525]

I love the light, its my favorite revision but they're so expensive, I had to sell mine to help pay for my analogue pocket

[@DCONightingale]

This is one of the most Scott The Woz videos on Scott’s Stash

[@mariokarter13]

"One of the most poorly timed console revisions out there." GameBoy Micro released a year after the Nintendo DS.

[@mrmacross]

I would describe the color of the backlight as Indiglo (tm). Indigo was a passing fad in the late 90s for digital wrist watches.

[@IaconDawnshire]

This is the one Game boy that's missing in my collection

[@carlosfer2201]

I saw one of these in a store in Tokyo a few years ago. They weren't even selling it, it was just bragging rights.

[@Thewaterspirit57]

The reason why the gameboy worked, was because color AND backlit screens went through batteries quick. So none of those meant the thing had an insane battery life. Then once the gameboy color finally came out, it was even better considering the fact the thing was twice the power, with color, AND had better battery life, that everyone knew Sega and Atari should’ve waited for color. Especially since Segas game gear is just a Sega master system but mobile…. So no wonder it took soo much power. A backlit screen for the gameboy color would’ve made it pretty much perfect.