PocketSprite - $50 Miniature GameBoy Unboxing!

[@blankpage9277]

Is there a normally-sized version? The built-in wif-fi and easy rom download is really awesome!

[@TurboPikachu]

The lack of a headphone jack had me really worried at first with its tiny speaker, but the built-in bluetooth eased my fears, as I've got more than a handful of wireless phones/buds

[@davebirch2543]

There are tonnes of different models built with raspberry pies inside gameboy cases kicking around. All you need is the wifi transfer app on a pc or a spare thumb drive and you're good to go. I plan to build my own but I'm also an olympic grade procrastinator.

[@daijoubu4529]

Odroid go uses probably the same ESP32 chipset but no such functionality implemented yet

[@danielasuncion1896]

@@davebirch2543 I laughed at this too hard lol

[@SonGayku]

@Daniel Asuncion I would too if I didn't know what a raspberry pi was

[@bentosoto6832]

50 pounds!!! There is no way that little thing weighs that much

[@jeremyaster7470]

Haha!

[@green929392]

DreamWolfy Woosh

[@FROEZOEN]

r/whooosh

[@cggcgg4612]

r/wooosh

[@MetaBinding]

woosh

[@stcojo]

How do we know you're not a giant?

[@GamerTrampz]

OMG.....My head.....

[@oldgoogleaccount1338]

I don’t wanna go *shrek*

[@medievalshadows2836]

uwuu

[@thealleffonseca]

That's what she said

[@uiopuiop3472]

q

[@sjm4306]

What is this ... a gameboy for ANTs?!?!

[@king-oreos4003]

Nah squirrels mate

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

I've definitely seen this comment before

[@memberberry6177]

You can buy it at a flea market!😀

[@AOLEnby]

sjm4306 A gameboy for ants? How can we be expected to play cartridges if they can't even fit inside the console? I don't wanna hear your excuses! The console has to be at least three times bigger than this!

[@arcticridge]

Antboy

[@DoRC]

Cool idea but that screen resolution is inexcusable. There are plenty of tiny moderate resolution screens they could have used that would have looked nice.

[@dominicpedrazzini6550]

Do R/C! True, but they might've chosen that screen due to it being cheaper to manufacture

[@evergreen7754]

Dominic Pedrazzini ドミニク ペッドソラのザ·の with that excuse however, it makes the 50 quid price mark very difficult to justify.

[@dominicpedrazzini6550]

OsoCrispp very true

[@PlinkyVR]

Like the screens used in smart watches for overkill

[@DoRC]

@@PlinkyVR If I understand what you're saying yes the resolutions in watch screens is overkill but I was thinking of what works be a good quality affordable screen in that size and smartwatch screens is the only thing I could really come up with.

[@LOCKEYJ]

I have one. Had it in my pocket when my wife went into hospital for an operation that ended up taking a really long time. Was glad I had it.

[@TheRetroFuture]

That's what they are great for! Hope your wife is well!

[@DeAnO327]

Ditto .

[@LOCKEYJ]

The Retro Future aah, didn’t see your reply. Yes she was fine. Thanks

[@mr_h831]

@@LOCKEYJ you are two years late with that reply... xD Good of you to reply anyway though.

[@MrSomeGamerdude]

Sometimes, Novelty items falls under the "just case you can, doesn't mean you should" category

[@TheRetroFuture]

Indeed!

[@frankyboy4409]

Intro: that shirt now has a burn mark...

[@ShadowSneak.]

Lol

[@guzzodavenport3263]

Exactly what I was thinking XD

[@vanessal7291]

Whot?!

[@Purzify]

Console: $0.01 Box: $49.99

[@alphonsesmith4617]

Its cause the website is designed to take u to the deluxe version of the console and not the one he bought lmao. Gotta love website design

[@pierson9728]

that was the most disgusting game of tetris i’ve ever witnessed

[@Jhud69]

It depends what you want to pay for. This is pretty cool for collectors of either consoles or functioning miniatures (I hope the "Museum of Functioning Miniatures" guy sees this once he's back from hiatus!), and for sure developing a technology this small is no small feat. Most of the price probably goes to the creators rather than the cost of manufacturing or actual intellectual worth of it.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Agreed! The price reflects the quality for sure. I feel like if it was any bigger it wouldnt be as impressive but they could have used a bigger screen.

[@StinkyBlack1]

Viktor Chmiel yea its a novelty no doubt but it looks top notch!

[@bababooie9420]

Owned one for a couple months now, often wear it around my neck as a necklace pendant, sometimes play Tetris and SMB Deluxe on the go, occasionally play Pokémon Silver but sometimes I can’t see the text. Besides that, it’s pretty playable for me cause I have smol fingers :> overall, my inner geek is satisfied.

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

They should have put a better resolution screen. Surely there must be some at that size.

[@mortimermouse3086]

It would be very expensive, those oled screens cost only a few dollars at retail, anything higher in resolution would cost much more.

[@RobbySauce]

PERFECT FOR MY TINY HANDS!

[@TheRetroFuture]

If you say so!

[@zewasplays]

@@TheRetroFuture bro this reply 😭😭

[@strike171]

This is more like a thing to show to a friend at school and say, “Hey look, my keychain plays games!” Don’t buy this unless you have too much money on your hands

[@janabroflovski2572]

True

[@AtticSnacks]

Y'know, when I first played Doom on a Sansa Clip+, I never thought "oh, I wish I had a gameboy in this form factor" But someone else certainly had that thought.

[@Helladamnleet]

Huh, I distinctly remember having games on my Sansa Clip and thinking it was kind of a stupid mod because the screen was hard wired to be blue and yellow lol

[@RandomizationShow]

Retro Future: 50 pounds! Retro Future’s Link: *200 Dollars*

[@RandomizationShow]

UwU v2 that’s why the 50 had a dollar sign next to it

[@destruxandexploze2552]

illegalizesand501 That’s because you’re looking at the Deluxe Version not the Standard Version you swine.

[@destruxandexploze2552]

UwU v2 You aren’t really this stupid right?

[@AiOhto]

My boss showed me this the other day! He was a backer hahaha what a coincidence, as you can guess, instead of working the last hour I played pokemon red and struggled to read it, but it was fun!

[@heythere9120]

r/thathappened

[@youfellforthebait2555]

hey there r/gobacktoreddit

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

The powerlight is actually just a portion of the screen that is covered by the lens but is has a hole in it for 9 pixels to shine true! Crazy!

[@ArcNeoMasato]

I won't lie, for as cool as this is, I'd still expect better visual quality for that price. Easily a case of "could" being disconnected from "should".

[@ThePotFather]

id pay 20 for it, but thats max

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thats fair to be honest.

[@NGEvangeliman]

I wouldn't pay a penny for this useless device.

[@cine-ish]

@FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN That's because you're not very smart

[@axrinek]

5 max

[@edstar83]

25 and we have a deal.

[@RCfromtheNYC]

A cute unit, but I think it's too tiny for the average gamer.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Agreed!

[@Thinkofsomethingnew]

Haha you might be on to something

[@TheOfficalAndI]

what makes you think it might be too small?

[@seanocansey2956]

Don't think it's for "gamers"

[@realeyes1141]

Hmm really never thought of that

[@bananachild1936]

You could bring this to class and everybody would think it's just a regular non functional gameboy keychain

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

Gonna try this. Wish me luck boys

[@dnai2153]

@@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 Did it go well?

[@mortimermouse3086]

I crowdfunded this, and it is actually really playable for me. I can see and read everything just fine and the buttons aren't too cramped for me. It is all part of the charm of this device, being so small. I understand its not ideal for playing games, but it's great to put on a keychain.

[@Vendzor]

3 years later, have you heard of the FunKey S?

[@hipsterdoofus1332]

The way to add games is a game changer. I hope they decide to make larger regular sized hand helps.

[@marschapel39]

Little did he know it came true with the game gear micro that costs $50 each for 4 games.

[@LilGamez21]

Next time I'm in Mexico I'll have something to play with when I'm bored in my grandpa's small ranch up on a mountain at night in a tent cold af, but I'll be entertain.

[@bigwendigo2253]

Where the heck are you finding an AGS-101 for 50gbp? In the US, SPs with the 101 screen are going for $100+ USD on eBay.

[@cmelft2463]

Cool to hang off your keyring and play the odd couple of times your waiting in line/at the doctors/ picking up food and it aint ready yet....saves your phone battery.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Agreed!

[@tommylambert]

Not worth me paying out 50 quid when I can't even read the text properly. Nope.

[@Fruggu]

Exactly my thought

[@tommylambert]

Duque Uvall in English?

[@redsyrup1138]

You could always add a magnifying glass to your key-chain loop.

[@SuperMario1005]

It's not seeing the pixels, it's that they're smushed

[@edstar83]

@@tommylambert A si, no hablo ingles senor Lambort.

[@mattbattmatt]

I got this reccomoned after the Game Gear Micro was announced

[@blue-slushy]

Wow, how did you get the Game Gear Micro early?

[@EmeraldUltima713]

Sega: That's cool. Hey, can we copy your work and take the credit? *Announces Game Gear Micro*

[@LRM12o8]

Looks like the screen actually has a lower resolution than the original. Otherwise the fonts would be legible under a magnifier and in the (optically) zoomed camera footage.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Two videos in one day?! First.

[@pieta9097]

Nice video

[@dannymason5119]

The Retro Future hi helloo

[@e1ghthree]

ESP32’s taking over the wooorld

[@GamerTrampz]

Badass :)

[@jaredsdad8361]

Last

[@retroke6560]

if this had a bigger version i will definetly buy that

[@cristoffer9024]

Lmao

[@rhomis]

I still think you are giant. And I want one of those gameboys as a Christmas Tree ornament, because it is still cheaper than a HallMark ornament that looks just like a gameboy.

[@Raventric]

I can only do 2 $ with an old wad of gum, and I'm already taking a risk here.

[@Wedeemgaming]

Well commercially made... Also isn't a Dreamcast Vmu about the same size or smaller and technically it was a console of it's own!

[@DeepFriedOreoOffline]

I wanna get one of these so bad! Then I can play it while I am out and about, and if anyone asks me what I'm doing I can say "Not much, just playing a little GameBoy." xD

[@davebirch2543]

It may well be the smallest handheld I've seen built yet, although I have seen a build using the shell from a Sega Dreamcast memory card. I don't have the dimensions on hand to compare and the page for the pocket sprite doesn't have that detail either. Crazy either way.

[@StinkyBlack1]

100 percent novelty, but i can see any big gamer fan really cherishing this and keeping it on their desk or on a shelf.

[@zazo5462]

Can you put a gameboy advance sp in original gameboy shell?

[@TheRetroFuture]

Possibly, but you can put a backlit screen into the GBA.

[@haktnpolat]

The Retro Future just use broken gbasp's display , I think u can found em in ebay

[@douro20]

The Pocket Sprite is ESP32 based, just like the ODROID Go.

[@timmydirtyrat6015]

Where on earth are you finding AGS-101s for 50 dollars?

[@corsinivideos]

Yeah i got one and i agree. Shame they didnt make it a bit bigger and maybe a clamshell design as i think its unlikely i will play mine much as its just too small.

[@over00lordunknown12]

5:37 If you wanted the opposite of (2D) Tetris, then why didn't you go with a 3D game instead? Such as "Medal of Honor Underground" (GBA) or a simpler 3D game like "3D POCKET POOL" (GBC).

[@nobody2021]

even when i was a little kid i felt like the SP was cramped. it just feels bad in your hand, it's weird awkward square edges

[@gur262]

...is there a Bluetooth thing with a b and cross you could use with Android Emulator apps? That would be great. Youd clip it left and right or on the bottom

[@Mattboy300]

It's really cool. Don't know if I'd spend $50 for it considering it's more of a novelty or something to put on your keychain maybe. I did, however, just spend over $300 on building a Gameboy Zero so something like this is almost justifiable lol

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

Reminds me of trying to play Pokémon yellow on a £10 Java phone. It ran at about 20FPS and was barely readable.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Haha interesting!

[@AtanoKSi]

Dude, I have long nails and with the retromini my thumb nail already covers the screen, I can't imagine how terrible it would be for me to play with this BUT IT IS SO CUTE

[@daltononeill5026]

Tetris and snake would be the only game really playable street fighter and rpgs would be hard

[@TheRetroFuture]

Yeah I agree.

[@kodongo]

"'What? Zelda? No. My names Merial. You...' ...Did that say 'you twat'?" - Haha burst out laughing when he said that. So unexpected and deadpan.

[@trashcandatnoobwut2246]

*It should come with a magnifier attachment as a separate keyring.*

[@RetroPlus]

TrashCanDatNoOb Wut that would be really self defeating but I can see why.

[@Zekium]

Would be so cool if the screen resolution is the same as the Game Boy one.

[@gmcubed]

If they actually had every pixel of resolution in this form factor I would be interested, the text would actually be readable provided your vision was good enough. But this just doesn't seem worth the dough to bother with.

[@BILLTHORPE]

To be fair this is excellent!!

[@TheRetroFuture]

I know right! Awesome console, just not super playable...

[@redsyrup1138]

Finally a gameboy built for Micronians! Rick Hunter finally has something to do while waiting for Minmay.

[@dregsta]

Oi there mate ,got a loicense for that hand held console?

[@PlinkyVR]

*flees*

[@Gameboygenius]

The screen size is not the issue. The resolution is. The OLED display they used is 96x64, so the image needs to be downsized by more than a factor 2 to even fit. If that were not the case, it would be fairly readable even at that size. Also did you just swear in the sentence mentioning buying an EZFlash? Not that I mind. Just curious whether I heard that right.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Def not! I don't swear in my vids mate. Interesting about the screen resolution.

[@Gameboygenius]

The Retro Future That's what I thought. But I'm still unsure what you said at 7:34. "But you can actually buy a ??? EZFlash..."

[@RetroPlus]

The Retro Future Um, excuse me mister but it appears that you did say a no no word right about here! 6:14

[@gur262]

If youd do it with a GBA layout, but only the cross on Front, a and b being shoulderpads, it Could nearly be comfortable i think

[@SlipScope]

i never really apreciated how small it really was through the video till you said "take your thumb and look at the nail, thats the screen" that is crazy small jeez!

[@johnholland5017]

Cool, can you hack it into a drum machine like you can the old one's?

[@maximillianomartinez]

This reminds me of a similar project called the Gameboy Nano , but this is substantially smaller.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Ah cool!

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

How much storage is in this? They should have worked in a micro SD slot.

[@steveeparsonsjr7929]

A small magnification would be cool on that.

[@the_real_mrd]

I might actually buy this. Extremly portable and playing Pokemon on it is probably not the worst thing in the world.

[@DavidslvPT]

Does anyone know what are those white buttons at 0:57? I receive a GB with them on but can't find any information on them, they are soft buttons or some sort. Appreciate it :)

[@BackForwardPunch]

Old video, but ai’ve been binging your stuff. Reminds me of a pocket station or a Dreamcast VMU

[@bigemugamer]

someone saw the Dreamcast VMU console and said, "I can make that smaller!"

[@chickenbegaming8597]

Do you need some 20 A batteries for that gameboy

[@dedpxl]

screen looks about the size of the Gameboy Micro. why isn't it 1 to 1 resolution? It looks pretty bad. Nice idea though, apart from the screen resolution it's cool.

[@fiststicks851]

Nice but I think I'll wait until we can get one the size of a grain of rice .Can we do that ? Let's get a kickstarter going .

[@madwlad799]

It would be interesting, if the screen could at least have the same resolution as the GB

[@TheRetroFuture]

Yeah for sure!

[@atinysoftbean1645]

As someone who loves miniatures, retro gaming and computer electronics, this is an absolute want for me! :O

[@TheRetroFuture]

They are really cool!

[@R0xanneW0lf]

But does it have "blast-processing" ???

[@Raenaece]

I'm so curious to see it next to the gamegear micro

[@Daystalker0190]

Dang, and I thought the game gear micro was tiny

[@wndrmike100]

what game is 1:10? i played when i was a child and forgot that game until now that i see it again!

[@HGSSubStudio]

I think it's Gradius

[@RetroPlus]

Oh and wow your new intro it incredible, great work Elliot. You're on to something here.

[@jaysonnickols170]

Now, if they could build an Odroid Go sized device with the same wifi interface. That would be nice.

[@afish2281]

Isn't £50 more different than $50 US and Canadian?

[@matttattack]

This would be awesome if it just had a landscape design (similar to GBA) and a larger pixel density display

[@AnarickTheDevil]

Me: Fire Emblem Three Houses is impossible to read in hand held mode. PocketSprite: Hold my tiny ass screen.

[@ChrisKewl]

Nice your mum made a cameo. Hi mum!

[@TheRetroFuture]

Goad you enjoyed it!

[@ChrisKewl]

I was very Goad indeed. :D

[@AndroidFerret]

Nice... How many roms are there available? And is there really no way to connect this device to apc? Also will it play gba games like doom? Or NFS ug?

[@yakadoodledongywongy8718]

Almost exactly what I'm looking for if I could put an NES game on there

[@pilcrow182]

You can, actually. The apps at 3:08 are for emulating different systems -- gnuboy is for GameBoy and GameBoy Color, nofrendo is for NES and Famicom, and smsplus is for Sega Master System / Mark III (and Game Gear as well, IIRC). Unfortunately, downscaling the NES's 256x224 output to this 100x72 resolution would be nearly unplayable. It'd look something like this: files.catbox.moe/an8ico.png

[@pilcrow182]

Even if I'm wrong about the resolution, I doubt it's more than 120x90, which would result in that: files.catbox.moe/9f60fr.png

[@edybanciu7052]

Would totally buy if they at least doubled the screen size!

[@nickpavloff8977]

Can it hook to a tv so I can feel like I got a micro console

[@nerdlord2288]

you were so focused on if you could do it that they didn't stop to think if they should lol

[@devensega]

Where can I buy an AGS 101 for 50 quid?

[@2SINISTER57]

Ok cool but I have a question does it run doom?

[@trigger796]

I want it but I can’t find one for sale

[@Kyss007]

U can get a GB boy color and a aftermarket flashcard for the same price and youd have a way better gaming experience

[@librenglaro]

Dude stop bothering your mom! I'm too anxious she might burn the shirt she's ironing 😬😰

[@Hijynx87]

Idk, I've always loved the SP as a highschool student at the time. It was probably mainly the backlight, clamshell and rechargeable battery though. The DS I got day 1 (when it had no games) and just didn't play it as much......but I sold all of the GBA shit to buy it lol. The PSP I totally fell in love with (it launched with a ton of great games and they kept coming), but that SP had way more time put into it.

[@Sapphire200]

What is your phone case PLEEEASE?

[@wotsrobot]

Is this like a baby size console

[@nadhuvankaalan8475]

Can i know which platform you oreder that