Trying to fix my childhood GameBoy

[@TheRetroFuture]

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[@bluetoad07]

Nooo don't give into that God awful company

[@mrhund9256]

Plsssss Nooooo

[@AidenYTP]

Hello! It isn't really my business, but next time I would advise you decline a sponsorship from Temu unless you desperately need the money. Temu's parent company is being investigated by the FBI because they had some form of Spyware in a different app they made. Do whatever you wish with this information, it is not my business what sponsorships you accept and the ones you decline. Have a nice day!

[@Shadow-Silver-Edits]

temu scam

[@TheQuinn50]

@@bluetoad07 yup did not expect him of all people to take a temu sponsor.

[@hiro_mcfiro5218]

I love the drawing of toon link on the shell, I thought is was a Nintendo design!

[@vice917]

Me Too

[@Orphi_Cubing]

same

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

This is a very beautiful drawing of Link. Nice nostalgic trip.

[@RC32Smiths01]

Well, as the saying goes: A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Those childhood memories we have with consoles are just too strong to let go indeed.

[@mobigama8919]

💯

[@Stixbits]

Hey I’m 53 years old and stumbled across one of your videos 3 years ago when I was looking to play retro games and discovered cheap emulator handhelds from china, I was looking for reviews and yours on the powkiddy v90 popped up, I enjoyed your video so much I watched more, and since then I’ve refurbished a game boy dmg, game boy color, Gameboy sp, and I’ve made a gamegirl for both my daughters who now think I’m the coolest dad and they are in there twenty’s, just wanted to say a big thank you, I learned a lot had great fun refurbishing old gameboys and gave up on the emulators, I now use a Gameboy micro with a flash card. Thank you so much you can teach an old dog new tricks.

[@TheRetroFuture]

That’s a lovely comment. Thank you!

[@Flying_Coon]

Wow 53

[@jpmiller9385]

I've always felt a deep appreciation for you as person even more than just as a "game fixer" in the videos. This video kinda shows me why. And the ending: cinematic masterpiece.

[@canonogic]

YOU DREW THAT WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD? Its well bloody good

[@HARVEYMASSEY-q6g]

Can I have it pls I am nine

[@JuniorChurchill-kj4wd]

That’s what I was thinking like it was genuinely impressive I thought he brought it from an actual retailer

[@Chipmunkboy]

I thought the art was official until you said it wasn't, well done

[@YeahRightMCD]

I hope you find better sponsors in the future. Someone who sells useless cheap plastic crap doesn't associate well with someone whose entire channel revolves around expensive, well-made plastic stuff.

[@Jonathan-Hack]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@evdoge820]

was looking for this comment. its sad to see cool creators sell out to shitty companies but i guess this is what he does for a living.

[@Cade_The_Squirrel]

​@@dcurtiniElliot is much bigger than I'm likely to ever be and I wouldn't stoop that low.

[@extremecaliber2662]

I did the same thing for my PSP! I loved seeing it in the best condition it could possibly be, same with your own gameboy

[@indinogo8506]

I received my first 3ds at the age of 7 so I know how much nostalgia and love you have for your Gameboy.

[@mattsretrochannel]

It’s always a treat when the next Retro Future video appears in my subscriptions tab! Especially on such a nostalgic subject 😊

[@RukaIXR]

I think your sponsorship choice was as well thought out as your idea to remove the working link cable port on your gba for no reason

[@Bludgeoned2DEATH2]

Yeah the Temu sponsorship really fucking sucks.

[@TheRetroGamer-327]

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[@Shalyn-ln9tu]

That's pretty interesting that a foreign company scamming is worse than the people who are Native to the US have been proven to scam users, but no one puts thought into them. Logan Paul for example, or anyone promoting bitcoin. Amazon and other retailers use the exact same products

[@simtitan1]

Temu is actually great. I've ordered lots of little things from them and everything was delivered in under 2 weeks.

[@TheRetroGamer-327]

@@simtitan1 rip they have your personal info

[@cncgeneral]

Your soldering technique has improved massively since the early days

[@AtherisMods]

Lovely video dude 👍 I’ve auto-piloted port replacements before, and removed wrong ports once or twice. You aren’t the only one.

[@jettesides420]

ugh, same here. lol.

[@harysehic8711]

That Link looks really good

[@RetroGamerAdy]

I stole it off him ! that right there is a true brotherly moment, me and my younger bro often had these incidents .... we still do ! XD

[@lespaulpanhead025]

Hello from the USA Elliot. I feel I must say that your videos are consistently brilliant! I got my brother into watching your videos too, and it inspired him to start modding things like joycons and old Gameboys. When my grandmother passed several years ago I was lucky enough to get her old DMG and my brother found it, “borrowed” it, and modded it. He took it apart, cleaned the motherboard, and did a shell/button/backlit IPS multi color screen mod to it. He surprised me with it for Christmas in 2022. Then a few months later I bought 2 used GBA systems, new shells, new buttons, and IPS backlit screens, and my brother did two amazing mods to the GBA’s. I say all that to say this: we had the ideas and inspiration from your channel,seeing all the amazing mods and repairs you do. Sincerely, thank you for creating an awesome channel and continuously putting out interesting and inspiring content! You’re great Elliot, you inspire so many people!

[@Garthock]

A few months ago I actually did a small repair job on my very first handheld I got as a kid. The atomic purple gameboy color. The LCD screen had somehow gotten shattered over the years, but everything else worked fine. I could hear the game playing when I turned it on. So I just replaced the screen, which was way easier than I had expected for some reason. It's hard to ever justify getting rid of it or selling it. I'm not even really into handhelds that much, but something is really special about that gameboy to me. Hoping one day when I'm an old relic my son might be even remotely interested in having it as a keepsake.

[@kramerzombiez]

Absolutely incredible 💯❤️ I would buy a UV printed shell with your art on it 😁

[@NostalgiaForever100]

I have always admired people who understand something about microcircuits and repair them 😱

[@happymatt2013]

A very nostalgic video; you certainly dug into the photo archives to find that old photo. I was still a teenager in 2003 - yikes! Such precision engineering and soldering of the tiny electronics of the gameboy, a neat job, well done Elliot

[@eragons1894]

I'm 22, and recently i've also had a huge nostalgia trip when it comes to my old Gameboys, so i decided to take my old, beat up Gameboy Color from the toy box i still kept, and try fixing it. I've actually had this thing since i was 4. I remember always taking it with me to kindergarten, and playing Pokemon Silver. At that time Golem was my favourite pokemon (even though i could never get it myself because of the trading barrier), and i remember also making paper cutout Geodudes and giving em to other kids in my kindergarten group... good ol times... Anyways, it turned out the buttons weren't working at all, and the speaker was pretty quiet. Also the battery contacts were really rusted and mangled. After doing a bunch of research about taking apart gameboys, refurbishing them and ordering some replacement stuff, i got to work. I managed to clean the board with IPA, replaced the old turquoise shell with a transparent one, also replaced buttons, rubbers under them, and battery contacts and... now it looks almost like new (buttons also worked, button contacts just needed a good cleaning)! I also ordered myself Pokemon Crystal in good condition because sadly i've lost my Pokemon Silver a long time ago. I've also had to replace the internal battery in it so there's that. When i finally got everything to work, booted the Gameboy up, and started playing, all the memories suddenly started flooding in... it was an amazing feeling. I have the Virtual Console Pokemon Crystal on my 3DS but it just doesn't compare to playing it on the device it was supposed to be played in. I'm extremely glad i decided to give my Gameboy a second life!

[@TheGameboyNerd23]

Great video mate, from someone who’s gameboy means a lot to me, I’m glad you were able to fix your Gameboy that started it all

[@SandyRegion]

Well done with replacing the volume slider. I have had a couple attempts and always took off the pads! Plus better to go with the original sliders than the aftermarket ones as they don't fit well. A heat gun like yours is much better for this job than a soldering iron for removal.

[@stdoval]

Lovely work. I restored my Pokémon edition Game Boy Color from when I was 5 years-old as well a couple of years ago. And I plan on doing the same to my SP (which looks considerably worse than yours). You're an inspiration. Please get a better sponsor.

[@llamax1138]

Just learning how to solder myself and working on a practice kit atm. I hope to one day achieve such smooth and clean soldering as Elliott does.

[@popgas3821]

Wow, this is the first “repair” video I saw which involved video game console. Beauty of this too is you didn’t use any background music which makes for a nicer watch.

[@takaya9162]

please don't take a sponsor from temu, they are under investigation for child slavery. love the vid tho

[@Omega11998822]

That top case is awesome, love anything creative like that.

[@speedwaynutt]

Ok I'm a grown adult who still can't draw as good as Kid Eliot Damnnnnn that is a wicked drawing.

[@NinGamer01]

Wait Elliot actually lives in Japan now? That’s awesome

[@Luigi64]

He visited Japan, he lives in London now iirc (moved from Jersey) (not New Jersey)

[@NinGamer01]

@@Luigi64 oh coz he said “live in the country I’ve always wanted to” assumed he meant Japan

[@MrJPEZ123]

@@Luigi64 Brighton.

[@nameruse1817]

Eww a Temu sponsorship. I'm deeply disappointed in you for endorsing a blatant scam that's currently under investigation.

[@frozencatcake]

same 😢

[@Brandon-ez6ej]

Yep sad he even try to sell this off to us especially with that awful knock off gameboy sigh

[@theincrediblegeneral5135]

You got me into a lot of Gameboy stuff man! Thank you!

[@apollolux]

When I was in high school, I traded my Play It Loud clear DMG Game Boy for a used frost some color GBA (it’s in storage right now, and I don’t exactly remember which frost color it is). While classic Game Boy is still classic, GBA and GBA SP are just better in every way _and_ can still play the few classic games I still have.

[@bdillmore40]

Very cool video to do Elliot! I must I'm very impressed with that drawing of Toon Link you did on the outside shell of that GBA SP! Well done!

[@icarus7102]

I love the blooper that was kept in at 4:35 😂😂😂 so goofy

[@vitaminjuk]

Ideally in this situation you wouldn't leave it in But it adds character

[@HeyItsKora]

Ello Elliot, I'd say I'm a pretty big fan of your channel and content, I get such feel-good vibes, and your videos are my absolute favourite to watch first thing in the morning with my coffee in bed. Basically, yeah, big fan. The Temu sponsor.. Bro.. 😔 I do appreciate the ehm... "tone" you used during the sponsor segment, VERY CLEARLY taking the piss/being very sarcastic, and it was funny to watch you basically roast your sponsor, AND get paid for it, but, it's still Temu, they're EXTREMELY spammy, and they use straight up lies in their advertising to get as many people as possible to download their junk app with the promises of 7 USD Nintendo Switch OLEDs (spoiler: you don't get a 7 dollar Switch). I get the angle you took for this sponsor spot, but you still promoted a very shady, dodgy, scammy Chinese store, and in doing so you're recommending your viewers to use the app, and you're vouching for the legitimacy of Temu. Bare in mind stores like Temu have AWFUL customer support, so if any of your viewers place an order and don't receive it, or encounter troubles in the process, and cannot get a word from Temu (effectively getting scammed), you may be held partially accountable for using your reputation to promote such junk websites. Like I say I'm a really big fan, this comment comes from a place of genuine concern and maybe even a wee bit of disappointment (though your sarcastic and piss-taking angle definitely makes up for it a bit haha, only gullible people wouldn't get that that sponsor spot was a massive joke just to cash in some of that sweet Temu money lmao, I do get that. I mean "do you have wet-neck?!" hahahahaha oh man... it's a miracle Temu veto'd that hahahahah) Anyway.. I hope you read this and, well, obviously who the hell am I to give you advice on who to take as sponsors? Well, I'm nobody, but, I am also a concerned viewer who holds you and your content in extremely high regard and affinity, so I'm just coming from a place of love as lame as that sounds lmao

[@LyonKnight24KX]

Man this legit had me in my feelings. I prefer handhelds and have a small collection today cause my OG Gameboy and GB Color meant to much to me growing up.

[@NathanialLackey]

4:31 Reminds me the struggles of college life, working on a deadline.

[@Chilly_C00p]

why are you advertising temu, ITS A SCAM!!!

[@MatthewBill2]

Money🤑

[@shadowblack1987]

It's not a scam, just junk lol

[@PleaseDontLeaveMeHangingReply]

He tryna get bread bro

[@KristopherOnAir]

Not a complete scam. My parents get their items every single order, it’s just very shady. I heard another shopping platform owned by the people who own Temu that was Chinese had been shut down for spying on people through their mobile app. The deals are completely possible, too, they just take forever to finish, and sometimes cannot BE finished. Mostly luck.

[@andreasoberg3530]

that Link artwork was super nice! lovely😃

[@sinixsinix1843]

I really admire your dedication and nice drawing!

[@Flying_Coon]

The temu sponsor Got me😂! It's so funny to see him sponsor Wish 2.0

[@Powsifu]

Hey Elliot, I just wanted to thank you for the videos that you post! They're very satisfying to watch and I like your personality, just a chill dude. Have a great one mate

[@SunChaserEUC]

I always forget that I had an advanced SP, even though I played it for countless hours. But this video just unlocked a memory that I took my SP apart to try and make a backlit screen for my BGC when I was like 12. And it didn’t work so I think I threw it away out of frustration

[@yeseeyye]

I cant express how happy I was when I realised that you would be keeping the zelda artwork! great video as always :D

[@vxbosskroniksxv6267]

I see what you did when you were younger! Ive done it before too, the plastic on the volume slider on some gameboys just slips off but some grip it, I have also had to resolder a volume switch after snapping the nub

[@FJFxGaming]

Ive used temu loads of times and had no issues, people didnt like wish or shein but look at them apps now 😅, this is your channel, your decisions so i wouldnt listen to all these other people complaining about what sponsorships you pick up, it all goes towards supporting you and your channel so keep up the work elliot and ignore the haters 😊

[@kazinwho]

That Link art you did on the back of your shell rules. Like it legitimately looks good

[@DreamDaddie]

I have no idea where my childhood gameboy is. Wish I could find it to fix it. Hopefully you can save yours, Elliot.

[@sunnybunny7053]

Your channel is like asmr for the eyes

[@meticulouselectronics]

You removing the link cable port has me wondering if there's a green plant you may have been smoking prior to the video. That really made my day. I mess up alot when doing stuff like this. But thankfully I can say have never randomly removed working parts for no reason haha

[@ravethefox]

i remember repairing my friends gba sp after he smashed it somehow. i carefully superglued the shell back together and reconnected the screen. didnt look too bad after id finished

[@ChunkyOF]

Retro future is your see this comments I would like to say is I want to fix game boy just like you and I want to fix people game boy just like you you inspired me to fix game boys that one time my game boy advance L and R buttons didn't work so i opened the game boy advance and cleaned it and the reason why I knew how to fix that was because I watched you fix games boys, retro future if your seeing this I hope you have a wonderful day

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

Linkus blinkus on the Gameboy is a nice touch.

[@ErikvsLenny]

My Silver Beyblade edition Gameboy - that i had always with me in my backpack - got stolen when i got KO´ed by KO drops at a House Party. along with my 500 hrs + Pokemon game that i also had since i was small....

[@Spellbound_Studios]

It's crazy how a single gba sp can change a man's life

[@Crash_test_idioit]

This brings me and nostalgia for no reason🍷🗿

[@penrar]

My brain is faulty these days too. Managed to fit two new tyres the wrong way round without noticing myself this week. I blame the magnetosphere, or lack thereof.

[@ElVatoLoco645]

when i think back the gba sp was my own first console i unboxed. the nes snes and other consoles in my family up until that point were handed down to me. even my ps1 which was all cool but it wasn't until this video i remembered this fact from my childhood. I remember going to walmart and picking the blue color over the silver. really wanted the red when i saw that at my friends house but old blue treated me well. i ended up trying a shell swap like you mentioned and i ripped the ribbon connector. embarrased and ashamed i never told anybody lmao. I wonder if my mom found it and threw it out

[@MarcPi]

I did almost the same with my old Game Boy, but the problem with mine was the battery connectors, so it was quite an easy fix

[@yarkiebrown6377]

It was funny, I was just thinking it seemed to be smoothest reassembly I'd seen you do, until it wasn't

[@jasonrichardson1999]

Rwally Temu elliott?

[@bloubear2557]

the brain fart with the ports is relatable

[@legendaryguzmaistheboss3486]

This was so satisfying to watch

[@MrWellyCollins]

That ending has true, sibling energy in it. I stole my brother's whole GBA!

[@VIRACYTV]

You should do a follow up where you clear coat the top of it to make sure no paint comes off.

[@maaki50]

That intro was wonderful

[@ls190v2]

Tiny Elliot is adorable.

[@syrdanxero]

you should put a nice matte clear coat on the art work so that it doesn't get icky.

[@Sacren365]

Funny, i just finished fixing mine yesterday.

[@centurioneyt9235]

stunning memories😂

[@kennybacchus1488]

Fixing. My. Childhood. Gameboy

[@CLC-1000]

Wish I still had my GBA Advance. 😭

[@pamcakes2172]

“Gameboy Advance Advance”

[@CLC-1000]

@@pamcakes2172 What do you mean by that? New model coming?

[@ShortMiao]

​@@CLC-1000Lmao I just noticed that you wrote GBA Advance so Game Boy Advance Advance lol.

[@CLC-1000]

@@ShortMiao Ah, no worries. 👍

[@CLC-1000]

I mean, I would love to buy another one, or an SP, but an AGS-101 is so hard to get these days, and so expensive. 😭

[@TrentonBlessWrestlemania489]

I wish I still had my original GameBoy Advance. I have fond memories of it. I’ve been working these past few years to reconstruct my childhood GameBoy collection.

[@crewealex1125]

I've never been comfortable using the ribbon cable clips. I always imagine that I'm going to destroy the cable immediately! It hasn't happened (yet!) thankfully but I always have to triple check how it works and that I'm ready to go 🤷‍♂️

[@MokyCho]

Love the stolen gameboy cartilage lore lmao. Me and my brother had an Sp as kids and got Pokémon Sapphire and Ruby respectively. About ten or so years later I asked to borrow it for some team building in Pokémon Xd on GameCube and he just never asked for it back even when it’s brought up in conversation so I can very much relate to the story. Luckily no name is written on it though haha :)

[@J007ack]

Hey, because of you, I now love gameboys

[@TheGentleCreepers]

Awww I wish I still had my original GBA to mod, but unfortunately my cousin borrowed it and never returned it to me. What's more annoying is that when I reminded him about it after all these years he just said that he didn't remember borrowing one. 😤 Screw you man, I ain't lending you my stuff anymore! Anyways, nice to see your original gameboy working again Elliot.

[@Chris-bz2rf]

Some thing similar happened to mine, I let my friend use it over the weekend and then when Monday came and he didn't bring it he said a bucket of paint spilt in their car, it was in the county side so I didn't question it, he said he'll give me another one but he didn't

[@Robbnlinzi]

That’s depressing. I met my wife in 2005. I feel vintage

[@andrasszabo7386]

I wonder why the Gameboy Advance SP was the first one to have backlight even though the former ones would need that, too, to be able to play them in ANY light conditions.

[@johannesviljoen9656]

the sponsorship here is like someone pulling out their photo album only for the neighbour's arse of a cat to do their buisness on it

[@Rynelan]

I'm also here for calling out on TEMU. It doesn't fit your channel. In the past you've mentioned to only accept sponsors that you have a direct connection with like PCB and Sendico. Although your message was a tad full of sarcasm though with the neck dryer and knock of gameboys. So it hopefully is a one of a kind because it paid well and you needed the money. You're one of the few I don't mind watching the sponsor part but in the future I might skip that part if these kind of deals keep happening.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Completely fair enough. Your suspicions are correct.

[@Rynelan]

@@TheRetroFuture Thank you for your honest reply. Appreciate it and that's why I enjoy your content. Keep up the good work!

[@Heymrk]

I slept in this morning. Just before I woke up, I was dreaming that I was messing with you. You were trying to film a video and when you'd look away, I'd nick something from you and you'd have to look for it. When I woke up, I saw this video.

[@jackfry]

4:32 editing mistake

[@ItsReallyGeo]

came to say the same, though it was a glitch in the matrix

[@motherpanic]

I was just going to comment the same thing.

[@lRlMlGl]

"Tomorrow is the day of retribution"

[@RisingRevengeance]

7:45 We've all done things like this sometimes, just your brain freezing and spitting out pointless actions.

[@RevolutionFalls]

Elliot, I have a 3DS that I need to fix. I talked about spray painting that 3DS on your 3DS Panda video, and now it’s reduced to only a motherboard.

[@TotoOh]

Amazing content as always !

[@KlaroNebulous]

4:30 You forgot to cut your Audio there Eliot :D

[@BradYeti97]

You know TEMU and its parent company are being investigated for being involved in slave labour?

[@DrMario_666]

Curious why you only had a few pieces of the childhood SP?

[@JevousGaming]

Very satisfying to watch as always.

[@jackson3389221]

Elliot self sabotaging just to extend the video lol, all love Elliot! This was a cool build!

[@clearcardinal]

Baby child Elliott was a sweet kid

[@whitesquirrel7779]

I don’t know if it is you or if my video is messing up but at 4:32 your audio repeats. Also wanted to say your videos have helped through a bunch of mods your content is great

[@Decipher13]

The audio doesn’t repeat, he just repeats himself. Basically he redid the line, but left first try in.

[@LaurenceReeves]

At which point does it become triggers broom??

[@rikotron1482]

That zelda is cool

[@coryengel]

TEMU?! Really? Your cred just went into the toilet.