GBA SP Game Changer - Why?

Hate carrying 2 additional small games around with you? Too lazy to switch your games out? Struggle to grip onto the GBA SP? Well heres your solution.
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[@TheRetroFuture]

Only a few of you saw yesterday’s video! I have found possibly a prototype GBC - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHqvl5Kqg7-jmpY

[@Kurinji-san]

I like to watch and comment on your videos because you actually like my/there comments 😂😂😂 so anyways like the vid 😎😎😎

[@Tailslol]

the good part is,now one of the slots are good for gyro games

[@ShiggitayMediaProductions]

I saw it!

[@kimmerlingal]

For the dual screen GBA SP you should put the screens back to back instead of above it.

[@redneckboys5308]

Hi

[@EXT4NT]

Funny you ask why that exists when you added two screens to the sp

[@shocknawe]

*added one screen to the SP. Ge didn't add 2.

[@G4M3GL4R3]

@@shocknawe Yet* SSSP when TRF?

[@suicide19915]

@Beasty ro try the 3 screen DMG that plays all gameboy games and DS. @haihaisb

[@Shadow77999]

Lmaaoo

[@KesorodaBlk]

This would be the the comment where he says "touché"

[@RockMcLuckle]

Put an Everdrive in each side, one for GB, one for GBC and the last for GBA

[@RedNocturne]

This man knows what he’s doing.

[@jackstar.official79]

YOU'RE A GENIUS!

[@thatonepokemongamer9420]

Gg

[@AnnoyedArt1256]

but there should be 2 everdrives one for gb/gbc and one for gba

[@Semaze]

He's speaking the language of the gods, such as Chad Linus.

[@thepibbster1130]

“Is that a Gameboy Advance SP with Gamster Gamechanger in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”

[@zacri9434]

Both

[@zeroset7402]

Take my like

[@zLennii]

oh no

[@Humbsnubs]

😳 i hope this wont (GAME)change the way you think about me

[@YoshiLightStar]

I get what this is referencing nice one(this is referencing a cracktro on the GBA btw)

[@solarwalkman]

I've ALWAYS WANTED to change between GBA Video SpongeBob Volume 2 and Pokemon Sapphire!!

[@suicide19915]

Now you can!

[@renakunisaki]

You could have all three Pokemon GBA games!

[@Mr.Carrot]

What about gba video Shrek, gba video shark tale and gba video Shrek 2?

[@Humbsnubs]

Saaammee bruhh

[@cargoesbrrr3707]

Wow the possiblities are ENDLESSS!!!!

[@MuchWhittering]

I really wanted one of these back in the day. My mum told me it was pointless and a waste of money, and you know what, she was right.

[@chamoo232]

back then you cursed her for being mean but now... now you know she was the wise one.

[@Remspamton]

No

[@griffj8546]

Funny how often that happens

[@adamant2166]

Well yeah sp is a waste

[@dreamcastdazia4753]

@@adamant2166 ?

[@MisterRorschach90]

Oh my god. If you don’t mod this thing to be able to have two games playing, one on each of the dual screens, I am going to blow up the earth.

[@emory6027]

is that a threat or a teaser for what's to come in 2020?

[@blankpage9277]

Please don't.

[@JumpyKaput]

Benny it’s not a threat, it’s a promise

[@emory6027]

@@JumpyKaput well, i do love the sound of impending doom

[@No_True_Scotsman]

But only one set of controls. And he has to beat two different generations of Pokemon at the same time

[@Synthwave89]

Just a warning to anyone who uses these: do not put games with saves in them. I lost my Megaman Battle Network and Pokemon save data thanks to it. For other non-saving games this thing makes it convenient and comfortable to use the SP.

[@Domestick_Coffee-Man_Bill]

My brother and I purchased these from Blockbuster back in the day, and I do vaguely remember him having save troubles with Pokemon.

[@Overly_Hydrated]

Third party + Nintendo hardware = corrupted saves :(

[@athought1110]

I want a 3rd screen for the SP

[@thisthingmint250]

Same

[@nicolocetto]

What about a double Advance?🤔

[@laurinneff4304]

Better idea: put a DS in too, 2 screens GBA, 4 screens NDS

[@daleanguiano6780]

4 screens. 2 besides each other and another set on top.

[@Kalvinjj]

Hell make it a "GameCube SP" and make 6 screens arranged in a cube

[@xMegaVideos]

"Switch games without removing cartridges" Ah, you mean a flash card?

[@seanocansey2956]

😂😂😂

[@wiiremote7976]

Imagine playing 2 different games on your 2 screens

[@Garaktys]

And then change which screen is using the buttons using with a switch

[@joselu90]

You can do it with to motherboards and interconecting the buttons. What you can do is a siamese twin.

[@RamenCupBMG]

pokemon sapphire on one, pokemon ruby on the other. same inputs from one motherboard. shiny hunting machine

[@wiiremote7976]

@@RamenCupBMG Lmao that'll be awesome

[@joselu90]

Better... 3 gameboys and one input. And the switches can be manipulated just on the border's gbas. All buttons interconnected you can use the d-pad on the left and the a b of the right GBA. If you just want to play a game you can leave the cardige empty. And if you want you can play the same game introducing the same copy. The problem is when random events on games happen...

[@lttrickster5643]

He’s wearing the game watch thing he repaired

[@Soupus__]

That's dedication

[@d.vargasm]

I'm sure as a young 2003 child you would had cargo shorts. That would have definitely fit in those.

[@weirdosheep619]

Oh god I remember those days. You could look like a Kingdom Hearts character AND carry all the GBA games you were sure to not play the entire time.

[@duffman18]

Yeah, kids don't care about fashion or looking good, they just wear whatever their mum buys for them. I kinda wish cargo shorts didn't look terrible and immature, because they're really useful.

[@wisteela]

I was thinking it would fit nicely into my army trousers.

[@ProtoMario]

I thought it was a game charger at first 🤣🤣🤣

[@GSEleven]

BUT PROTO!

[@artifexvigen551]

I'm embarrassed to admit I did too.

[@tripleo4255]

I'm sick of seeing your goddamn comments everywhere.. are you the new Justin Y.? Or just utilizing your check mark to hopefully get new viewers to click on your name? Sorry if you're a nice guy I just wanted to let off some quick steam

[@jotarokujo7136]

@@tripleo4255 I haven't heard Justin Y. In a while a long while

[@kleann]

Sex.

[@MusicLover-km3xq]

when he was opening the packaging with his knife in his hand, i was starting to get a little nervous. one slip and... oof

[@Kalvinjj]

Reminds me of the Mailbag videos on EEVblog, he used (dunno if still uses) a gigantic knife to open it, like something straight out of movies

[@sojannedos]

I used to walk around as a kid with that grip game changer on my gba sp in my pocket like a boss lol. I also used to break off pieces of plastic off a dvd case and would put it on the groove in order to press the switch in the gba sp to play gbc games lol. It actually worked.

[@No_True_Scotsman]

What do you mean? Doesn't the GBA SP play GBC games naively? I know the Micro didn't but I thought the SP did.

[@sojannedos]

@@No_True_Scotsman I know, but as a kid, I wanted to play kirby's Tilt N Tumble which needs the game to be facing up, but the Gba sp holds games upside down, reversing the controls. It also gives it a better grip.

[@No_True_Scotsman]

@@sojannedos Ah sorry yeah I get it now, hadn't finished the video yet

[@TheGolux]

@@sojannedos I'm amazed someone else mentioned this, the thought of this is actually why I came to the video.

[@IamR3D88]

@@No_True_Scotsman the gba does play gbc and older natively, but the cartridge is a different shape and when loaded, pushes a small switch to tell it to boot to gbc mode. It won't play them in gba mode.

[@OmoiSenpai]

Every Older Brother who had all 3 pokemon games had one of these.

[@queenbiscuit311]

And he wouldn't let you play on or with any of his stuff

[@paulcarmi8130]

@@queenbiscuit311 I was the older brother, and I was forced to share. It made me a better person lol.

[@fmotlgreen6814]

My older brother never let me play with his, and it inspired the grind to afford my own, it made me a better person 💚

[@FennecTECH]

Yeah. No he didnt. This wiped my pokemon saves lol. I returned it immediately.

[@GreendayversusU2]

Honestly I would have loved this as a kid for going on long trips with the family. I had other means of storing games, but none as convenient as this. Would have been especially useful when I just got my SP, since I only had about 2-3 games.

[@amuzulo]

Walty Ramone but I bet you'd rather have had 1/2 of another game than this...

[@thesinnohtrainer]

@@amuzulo Half of a game lol

[@Primucron]

"No capital letters anywhere." H: am I a joke to you?

[@LOCKEYJ]

Hahaha good spot

[@thecaptainnoodles]

Mind Milk D20 HaHaHa

[@r1gob]

Time?

[@JessicaFEREM]

Moral of the story: It's 2020, buy a flash cart, they'll last longer, and they're smaller, and hold more games.

[@justsoup3726]

I'd get a better deal, but I like the feeling of having the real cartridges. But I only have a few games anyways so bringing them around isn't really a problem.

[@TeamBelmont91]

Buy three everdrives, put on the entirety of the GB, GBC, and GBA's libraries onto each of the everdrives, put them into the game switcher in your GBA, and boom. You move, sherlock.

[@justsoup3726]

@@TeamBelmont91 holy shit

[@kurokoro]

I have a bunch of gba cartridges, I like to collect games, I use my psvita for emulation but some games are nice to have physically.

[@suicide19915]

Not everyone wants a trash card.

[@ProfMannion]

It’s still 2000’s cool. I remember the DS with an advanced slot was so cool because I could carry 2 games at once.

[@dannyman5751]

I did a pocket test once and my jeans can hold my new 3ds xl, my I phone X, and my switch.

[@alolanpikachu7330]

Mens pants?

[@ylondes9927]

@@alolanpikachu7330 woman don't have pocket's, that's just simply ilegal!

[@Kalvinjj]

@@ylondes9927 it's just assumed they carry purses all the time it seems, and then comes mom and asks me to get something from her purse. Problems: A) Which one... There's like 5 of them she uses frequently enough and you can bet what she wants is on the 8th one. When asked, something like "the black one"...OK, down to 3; B) The thing is a damn warp hole. You can find anything in there, in any quantity, and; C) Having that much stuff inside, on the many divisions of it, prepare for quite a search.

[@froggylord655]

All at once?

[@dannyman5751]

Yesss

[@A-ID-A-M]

I just realized, could you use this for like a "kirby tilt and tumble" to play it correctly? as the cartridge would now be facing the right way?

[@DarkLink1996.]

I had that exact same thought

[@l33k10]

Imagine the pokemon shiny hunting on this thing

[@johnwest6690]

Thatd be sick. Imagine if you could have 2 games on 2 screens, and flip a switch to change between which game you're controlling. Rip cpu and all that but yknow. Lol

[@reddoesstuff7553]

If there is a mod for that dual screen sp that let's you play diferent games on diferent screens

[@Bleagle]

Do you mean the game changer? Because that doesn't give you any advantage, the games don't run simultaneously

[@AGhostOfSorts]

I didn't like this video, then he added the dual screen SP. Now I like this video.

[@3Zleda]

When you find out where Retro Future gets their games: 😳

[@skolped-7781]

Where?

[@3Zleda]

@@skolped-7781 if you look at the back of the cartridges, it has a price and a Facebook page on it

[@3Zleda]

@boppin jap 9:37

[@LRM12o8]

This is puzzling my mind: It's called the game changer, yet doesn't seem like a game changing experience...

[@KieranAPB]

I think they called it the game changer because​ it allows you to change the game your playing.

[@fitnesswithsteve]

Oh, it is literally a “game changer.” I wasn’t expecting that...

[@night377]

This was one of my most important accessories to have back in the day. Even as a kid the SP was too small for my hands so having this one made it more comfortable for long hours of gameplay. The fact that I didn’t have to worry about losing those tiny cartridges along the way when I went on vacation or long car rides and just switch anytime without taking out a cartridge made it very convenient.

[@sirsavagethe21st56]

Next Video: i made a curvy game boy SP

[@Kalvinjj]

demonetized

[@fuitbythefoot]

;)

[@caffeine_headache]

*EXTRA THICK*

[@CeeJayThe13th]

T H I C C

[@Kitsyfluff]

When i was a kid this was helpful on trips when i didn't want to lose a set of games for the trip.

[@PurpleKooIAidMan]

I’m so glad you did a video on this! I had one of these when I was a kid and I had Pokémon Emerald, Sapphire, and LeafGreen at once. I went to the Pokémon Center in Rockefeller Plaza for a distribution (I think the Ho-oH/Lugia event) and the employee there said he never saw anything like it. Nowadays I use it for when I use the gameboy player, it’s a really great grip to use original gameboy controls on the GBP. The only problem I have is that it WILL scratch the living hell out of your gameboy after repeated use. Mine was already like that from when I was a kid. I would only use it on a scratched gameboy or an aftermarket shell.

[@samuelallen6494]

"i just seems really pointless to me" says the guy who gave a gameboy two screens

[@gelidgenteel]

that SP reminds me of the handheld game used in Johnny Test to warp himself to a royalty free version of Pokémon.

[@Civilian08]

I looked it up, and it's basically just a GBA SP. I don't know what makes it look more like that than any other GBA SP.

[@Cyranek]

I watched just cause I was curious how it stopped you from switching games while on

[@russiancheems2275]

Don’t think it does

[@strayiggytv]

The only advantage I could see in having this is you'd have two lose that gigantic chunk of a device which seems harder to do than loosing 3 little cartridges.

[@Kalvinjj]

I've seen some of those game holding cases for the SP that you just put the cart inside the case, way smaller but honestly, way less cool as well. BUT does the job on less volume.

[@thecaptainnoodles]

Have to

[@alolanpikachu7330]

You should put 3 screens on the Gameboy and then hook up all 3 games too the different screens

[@dark2koneko]

This would be a crazy pokemon setup. Reminds me of when i played both x and y on two different 3ds units at the same time. Grinding was definitely a thing.

[@damianliak]

Thank you I needed to know about this

[@Dunkelwald_]

i love your sense of humour and your comedic approach. the scene where you dropped something and cutted the scene perfectly cracked me up. you are amazing :D

[@erenaydilekci2334]

'Gah' (cartridge flies off) 'oh shi-' GIVE THIS MAN MORE SUBS

[@CeeJayThe13th]

Perfectly cut screams

[@thisthingmint250]

Put a ds into one of these dual screen things

[@Underestimated37]

A doubleDS!

[@mr.shtinko983]

Wouldn't fit

[@Underestimated37]

He seems to be good at making things fit

[@WigWoo1]

I have a version of this that is just the grip no game changer

[@volcanhacks]

10 months with no replys on a verified person THATS A SIN

[@ragusause3506]

I love the way you do something that relates to the thing your doing that day. In the beginning of all videos

[@AdvancePlays]

This isn't super on topic but I just wanna say mate, I thoroughly enjoy all the wee acts and bits of personality you add to the videos cause it really makes it your own style and channel. Keep the vids coming!

[@TheRetroFuture]

Thank you!

[@kafeimewtwo2410]

You gave the GBA a second screen for no reason, now you should try it for the switch Clam-shell switch gang

[@matthewdavenport9549]

Your next project now should be making a three screen gameboy with 3 separate motherboards, all wired to a single on/off switch and a single set of buttons. So, if you have 3 copies of tetris, you can play all three copies of tetris at the same time and try to avoid losing in any of them. Or, if you want to soft reset in pokemon, you can do it three games at a time.

[@CraigNelsonT]

Thank you for not having a loud obnoxious intro video. Quite refreshing!

[@theinterstellarpodcast7252]

I only discovered your channel 2 days ago and im very glad i found you xD

[@stdoval]

This makes the 3.5mm minijack inaccessible so it's a no-go for me.

[@BlueYoshi]

Mid 00's accessories in a nutshell.

[@ehehehehe3684]

Omg I had this as a kid. I’m so glad someone is finally covering it

[@kasnov8956]

Always liked your videos always a nice guide for retro console

[@dotmatrixmoe]

Make the Nintendo the DSi into an i for no reason

[@michaelmijares5547]

I've never seen a gba sp game changer until now. Thanks for this video!

[@LinearCarp1209]

I literally asked for this for Christmas 2 years ago. It's great because I only have like 3-4 gba games I play, and it makes it much easier to hold. I love it.

[@s.murray7101]

I feel like this would have been something that was good for like, when you had kids on a road trip and didn't want to pack them a ton of games. It's just all connected to one thing. A younger kid when these were coming out wouldn't really have game carts most likely.

[@docagnt]

I totally had one of these growing up. Looking back at it now is pretty funny.

[@liebowslocker7928]

Love your videos Elliot keep up the great work👍

[@mayravixx25]

If the form factor were a bit smaller, for sure I'd consider this myself, I like to take my SP to work with me when I'm on break and I don't like having the games just hang about in my pocket with the SP since I'm always worried they can just fall out. These days though it wouldn't be worth it, especially since cartridges that let you store your GBA games on a micro SD card exist.

[@cheezit1427]

As a kid I loved mine. It rarely left my GameBoy and was almost always in my backpack. Never had to worry about losing the small games. Always had three games with me. It lasted for years before the power switch was wore too smooth on the inside to turn it off and on reliably. But that was like...5+ years of use easy. Quite durable for third party. We're also talking about something kids would use. I lost a game while at another school during basketball games. Nearest I figure it had fell from my backpack while pulling out something else and I didn't notice it. Sooo yeah, knowing all three games were safe in the GameBoy brought peace of mind. Sure looking at it from an adult perspective can make it seem silly, but it was quite handy when I was young.

[@Xanderboof]

I have one of those. It was the best for road trips, and I like the added grip it gives

[@HipsterBlackMetalOfficial]

I can see the appeal from back in the day. If you were a kid with 2000's cargo shorts, went on a long road trip and didn't want to lose your games, you bring your 3 best and bundle them up together. It was easier to misplace 2 games just bouncing in your pocket.

[@gadgetmadlad6691]

Very intriguing, cool video mate.

[@ryanwakebradtelle8682]

It's like a MicroSD card to full size adapter, if you break one of those open you'll find traces just making the pens bigger because they are identical. In fact if you're unlucky you can buy a full-sized SD card that is just a microSD card glued inside a housing with a sticker on it

[@thekraken8694]

You’re the best and definitely my favorite KZbinr! Thank you

[@awesomefaceprod]

I actually had this thing as a kid. I had to save up for every game I got so for awhile I only had like 2 or 3 games so this thing was perfect for me and made sure I didn't lose them. Plus I thought the bigger grip was more comfortable.

[@Matt-bh3gb]

As someone who had a Game Changer, (I still do, BTW) I think it’s best feature is the ergonomic grip. As for the large form factor making it hard to put the Gameboy AdvanceSP in your pocket, all kids in the early 2000s wore cargo pants/shorts. So that wasn’t a problem.

[@spontanioussponge]

I never knew there was a version of this that actually has a function. I have and still use a grip that is basically the same mold, the slots point inwards and are just storage

[@kaanyalim9086]

I never knew I needed something so bad thanks Elliot!

[@calebblasingame2921]

I remember seeing this ages ago, when I first started “collecting” (I was like 12 and the SP was the only retro thing I owned) and I absolutely wanted one of these for on cartrips

[@mrcool9090]

I kinda see a reason for this. Road trips. It helps not having loose cartridges if you are nervous of loosing them

[@SHADOSTRYKR]

I suspect the top "stick out" cartridge slot is for the one off cartridges that were larger or extended past the standard game boy advance cartridge size such as Drill Dozer or Wario Ware Twisted. Kinda actually a good design to think of those.

[@jeppemadsen5866]

As a kid I would have been frothing at the mouth at the sight of this thing. Even now, I get just a little bit of that tingeling "the future is now" feeling.

[@lucafraga95]

Stack 3 bottom GBA SP shells and mount this thing's slots on each one of them. Multicart GBA SP.

[@wisconsinbuddah]

Great video! What brand/type of electric screwdriver is that? Did you get it on Amazon?

[@GRINACE]

Aww man I remember having this! Loved it so much, having sonic advance 3, pokemon, and megaman zero 2 in my Sp at all times!

[@jcht619]

I knew someone that had one of these when I was a kid, and it blew my freaking mind the first time I saw it.

[@pazu3979]

Great video. I have a completely unrelated question. Do refurbed 3ds from gamestop scratch easier than the oem shell that would have been on the device?

[@Larry.R]

I think I remember seeing one of these in the electronics section of Zellers (a store like TARGET that was popular in the 90's but closed down in 2011, RIP Zellers) but I can't remember how much it would have cost back when it was new. It doesn't matter anyways because as you pointed it out, it defeats the Game Boy Advance SP's main selling point; portability.

[@skyprojectro]

Nice! Elliot, you make some awesome videos!!

[@dark2koneko]

My brother and I used this grip. The big draw for us was the formfactor. The sp was just too small for our hands, especially if you were going to use those dinky shoulder buttons.

[@bryce7344]

Imagine if you added a gameboy link cable + a gameboy advance game that’s bigger than normal like that one yoshi game + an e reader

[@SonicFanChris4]

YOOOOO! Sick Tetris game watch! I have one of those myself and it's super dope.

[@Yukikazehalo]

Carried one in my school backpack for years, very convenient way to carry multiple games and never felt like it was thst huge.

[@SillySnowFox]

I had one of these too, I liked it mostly for the extra grip. I don't remember ever putting a game in the top slot

[@ssfbob456]

I had one of these when I was a kid, it was great for long car trips

[@jakekent5983]

Love your content keep up the good work

[@chamoo232]

Oh God that think reminded me of cd changers for cars. You could have 6 disc at once! They were in the trunk and basically had to go in there any time you wanted to change a disc.

[@cs5250]

I used to have an attachment for my SP that was a giant magnifying glass to make the screen look bigger. Also the surround sound speakers. Both were ridiculous but it was awesome when I was 7

[@moxheeuk2671]

I love your MADCATZ attitude towards older tech gems

[@rickhayes7424]

I bought one of these a few years ago and I love it for road trips and stuff. I just put the games or games and video cart in that I'll play and go that way I don'tlose anything. Plus I personally find the grip allows me to play longer just because it beefs it up a bit

[@Therandomness1235]

I got one of these for my 6th or 7th birthday and the only issues I have come across are the lack of classic gameboy game compatibility as mentioned here and how hard I have to press to get my gameboy to turn on. The "stickiness" goes away after a while... but it still works

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

I actually got this years ago and still have it. I liked the convenience of just loading in three games and being able to swap between them by flipping a switch, but the reason I never made much use of it was more due to portability, since I always carried my GBA SP around in my pocket. I kinda want to try and see if mine still works now, actually.

[@maximilianl5885]

Im interested if its possible to "transfer" saves between cartridges by switching games while its running. (Especially interesting between different pokemon games...)

[@fdottieforreal]

Do the games on standby power up? I’d be curious if they are powered up and “running in the background” and the switcher only switches the I/O pins for the game that’s selected

[@sogero2]

I had it back in the day, but I had big man hands that would cramp up with the little GBA SP. Baggy pants were also in style, so the extra heft didn't make a diff.

[@PLOGPLAST]

This makes sense for someone with mobility and coordination issues that might struggle swapping games on their own which also explains the back game sticking out a bit so they could have their fav games in the side slots then use the back one for games you might want to swap out every so often slightly easier. Not a great product for an average user but it would be a decent product for anyone with a kid with disabilities

[@sien423]

Hey, elliot. Would consider making a review about the 1 up game handheld console? I've been realy interested in it for a while and I am very curious what you think about it!

[@L4MEssb]

I think it'd be neat if you could integrate the Game changer into a standard Gameboy shell, to maintain form-factor and retain functionality of multiple cart slots.

[@ZacFirth01]

Awesome video! I was enjoy your content!