GBA CONSOLIZER plays Game Boy Games in STUNNING HD & ZERO LAG
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Developer Woozle teamed up with Game-Tech.us to make a console version of the GBA with 720p HDMI output, zero lag and tons of customization options. MORE INFO: www.game-tech.us/product/gba-...
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The Consolizer sounds like something Schwarzenegger would name his Game Boy.
lol I can hear him say it now
@@OOOAAAIII it would also be nice if the parts come from the great state of California! 😁
'Let's play the Colsolizah!'
Arnold Consolizer
@@danielthomas7193 , let me guess, you are one of those OCD "Made in the USA" types, right?
Now somebody will mod this with a screen to turn it into a Gameboy again. 😂
Don't forget to build in a battery and game pad!
@@sangbeta2043 Nah, it's like the Switch. Power cord and Super Nintendo control and a kickstand.
Homo sapiens are very creative organisms.
No, but seriously. Imagine putting a screen and a battery on the GBA Consolizer- it'd pretty much be a GameBoy Advance Consolizer Portable!!
Take it a step further- put D-Pad, L, R, A, B, Select, and Start built-in?
Would be incredible.
@@MiiMaker i hope you are not an alien 😆
Honestly. Out of every consoles, this is what I wanted. Sure, the new consoles are great but my era, this was my childhood and I find the greatest nostalgia from this
but in my era*
They make this for the game cube and its Nintendo officially licensed
Sandy Katz Lol, you are technically right but I am too. Nice try though!
Noah ramos Not in 720p though. It’s way different than the Gameboy Player.
Just download retroarch, or buy a retro pie and you have this x1000 for free.
I was getting so concerned because I kept hounding UA-cam for your next video to be posted! Awesome stuff!! I’ve become a huge fan lately and have watched a TONNN of what you have posted and learned SO MUCH. Thank you for everything you do!
Super sharp video out ! What a neat project.
Sounds so futuristic
like the gamecube controller.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Appreciated this video! I love older handheld RPG games and this was a beaut to watch seeing a way to enhance the classics! The difference, even slight, is awesome on the games displayed. Thank you!
Your editing looks great in this!
MJR! You are amongst the top tier best video game channels on YT. So many gamer channels turn into complete nonsense and don't have anything to do with gaming anymore whatsoever. It's great to see you continuously put out amazing, relative content. You truly kick so much ass my friend! 👍🎮🕹️🤘
You Know MJR I am glad that you got to review this ... however there are more than a few of us that are still waiting on he ones we paid for LAST YEAR.
That’s not a good sign, and will only be made worse by this video. If wait time is that far out already, Jason’s advertising will probably kill the company!
There are a few other options out there for consolizing your GBA, but this one looks really great! Thanks for sharing. :)
Thank you so much for this video! This item is right up my ally and I want to buy one to support it.
*crossing my fingers* for a DS or 3DS Consolizer sometime in the future.
Kudos for front loading the disclaimer. A pro youtuber
but does he get to keep said console?
MetalJesus I can’t believe you don’t like the power switch?!!!
It’s like firing up an Ampeg amp brother!! Lol I actually really like the switch
Right. He also says cheap looking. A rocker switch or click button looks not cheap!?
Yeah I guess it doesn't fit the styling of the rest of the device. Again, not a big deal either. I just wanted to point it out.
I like it, a good toggle switch is a lot more sturdy and long lasting. The only thing missing is a nice Red Swicth Guard over it.
MetalJesusRocks lol yeah I hear ya. I knew you weren’t overly upset with it but I just had to comment lol. I can’t wait to get ahold of one for myself!! Thanks for the reply sir! You’re a gentleman
Snootches Bootches it looks wicked! Very industrial-esque
Woozle! Thanks for your work. These look great.
excellent analysis and above all honest. I love your channel. and this type of content is worth continuing vienso. best regards
I wasn't initially interested in the Consolizer. But now, it might be a cool little addition to my games setup! 🤔
In my opinion no one reviews hardware quite as pleasantly and thorough as MJR.
Hey MJR love your videos. Discovered you on this really awesome podcast called Game Blitz and thought you were Very Cool. Keep up the good work man!
Awesome review MJR! This looks like a great project.
>170, 350 for a fully done version
shit I can buy a gamecube, gchdmi, gameboy player, and a flash cart for that price
yea thats nuts itll never sell for that much there out of there mind
@@stevenedwards1572 To be fair though, you also have to consider the manual labor to put one of these together (probably done by hand), as well as the R&D it took to get it working well.
I can buy an HDMI cable to hook my PC up to my TV for $5. Even better.
@@Tubular1845 I actually tend to agree with this, but apparently there are a lot of purists out there that prefer original hardware truly running the game like it used to. But for most of us, I think emulators are probably a hell of a lot better.
@@XtremeConditions I like to play my games on original consoles too but this seems inferior to emulation for my uses. Also if MJR doesn't notice the input lag from VSync that's fine, but I totally do. I prefer RetroArch where you can get less than native levels of input delay. I mean lol, he used the retron5 as an example of emulation when PC emulation is more advanced and more accurate.
*shrug*, just seems like a waste to me.
I preordered this months ago. I can't wait, dude!
where can i buy this
@@godslayerbiotch43 www.game-tech.us/product/gba-consolizer/
@@godslayerbiotch43 just Google it... 🤦
@@BLKBRDSR71 just don't be a douche
@@BLKBRDSR71 i already got it thanks
Thanks for what you do Metal Jesus, I greatly enjoy your channel.
Great work Jason!
In further news, what is not mentioned in this video, along with the base $170 price tag and wait time for pre-order, is that you must separately go out and buy a GBA yourself to supply your own board!
Tim Walden yeah I’d just emulate it on my pc and buy a controller which it seems like they didn’t provide anyway
Yeah why go out and murder a perfectly good AGB when you can backlight mod it for cheaper and have enough left over for a game or 3
ALRIGHT!!! I can’t take it anymore! Subbing now....
Awesome work Woozle !
This is fantastic! Since I use my Wii as my Gamecube so I don't have a Gamboy Player. As an older gamer, my eyes are not what they used to be so having the option to take some of these great GB and GBA games from my small GBA and play them on my big screen in HD is outstanding. Thanks for the video. I really hope this guy gets some additional funding and/or support to be able to sell ready made units because he has tapped into a market that no one else has.
should've compared it with the gamecube, gameboy player, hdmi out combo
I agree! Compare with the Gamecube Gameboy player with Gameboy Interface (GBI) and an OSSC (hardware line doubler) @ 960p!
exactly what I was going to say.
hes not MLIG
@@siskavard Haha, I know. :P I use an OSSC with GBI and run my GBC & GBA games line doubled to 960p at 1080p on my decade old 42" LCD TV. It looks very good!
Hell, even a component comparison would be nice.
Friggin' awesome. I love GBA and this is the logical upgrade.
This device is fantastic. I can't wait to get my hands on one!! Thanks for the vid. Metal jesus u definitely rock!!!
I love scanlines on games , cool video Metal !
This is really cool. I’m tempted to order one, it looks sweet.
Looks like a great product that I'd be very interested in if only I could justify paying a price of 170 for it.
It’s the controller port that deters me.
You have all the coolest new gadgets. Great video!
Very nice! This looks awesome ☺ Awesome video. I hope you're doing well!
I was one of the original lottery winners. I still haven't received my unit. Of course, Metal Jesus gets one....
Did u get yours yet?
Detroit FettyGhost I placed an order about 7 months ago and it just shipped. Pretty hyped. There have been delays with some of the case options (colors and plastic types) depending on the manufacturer.
The rich get looked after and the poor wait,today 101.
DID YOU GET IT YET?? lmao
@@Mike_Wazowskii7 LOL! Yes, I finally did! They've probably only made less than 1000 units and there are a lot of people waiting in the queue...
While it's cool, I think for a kit $170 is quite a steep price. I'd probably consider it if it was $100, but this is too expensive
xXfzmusicXx this was exactly my thoughts. It looked on the video like the body was made with a 3D printer. You could see what appeared to be filament lines. I could be wrong. But for a Kit, where you must solder and put together, plus I assume, provide the gameboy, this is way too expensive. You are approaching territory of a used switch. And could certainly pick up a used GameCube with the officially licensed accessory for less. No thanks...
@@themonkmanmarlkalone6963 You're totally right though: there's no way that case isn't 3D printed.
Especially when you have to put it together yourself.
Might as well just buy a raspberry pi
@Jamie Smith A raspeberry pi would be emulation though, in which case you introduce input lag like in the retron 5.
Omg that gave me tears watching that spiderman one my favs when i was a child! Great review!
Whoaaaa I’ve been waiting for this for a long time 😮😄
I'd love to buy this pre-made and it's the perfect console if they can sort out the audio issues across the board!!
I have no idea why Metal Jesus doesn't use 5x for GB/GBC. That fills the screen perfectly vertically without any interpolation. I don't think MJR realizes that settings are seperate between GB/GBC and GBA. Use 5x for GB/GBC and use either 4x or 4.5x for GBA. 4.5x for GBA will fill the screen vertically but interpolation is added to slightly soften the pixel edges to reduce shimmering.
For other people reading this the reason why 5X is perfect for GB/GBC is that the vertical resolution of these consoles is 144 pixels and 144 x 5 = 720
The GBA has 160 pixels vertical, 160 x 4 = 640, so it doesn't fill 720p, however 160 x 4.5 = 720 so by integer scaling 4x and then linear scaling to fit 720 you'd end up with a fill display with good pixel ratio and no shimmering (as the transition point between pixels will be linearly interpolated).
So the ideal image, as stated by charvelgtrs, would be scaled 5x for GB/GBC and 4.5x for GBA. If the image is being cut-off at the top/bottom then your TV display has poor over-scan and needs adjusting in its settings (I'd be incredibly surprised if Metal Jesus hasn't already done this - but if he claims there's image being cut-off then it may very well be the case that his television is not set-up for gaming).
@Xilefian I'd only recommend 4x for GBA for those that want to use those scanline features. The scanlines might not line up correctly in 4.5x mode. Otherwise stick to 4.5x mode.
@@charvelgtrs Yeah if the LCD grid mode is done as a simple darkening of a single pixel then it could result in not lining up or being mismatched in 4.5x mode, however if it is done as a shader that darkens fragments based on distance to the edge of the LCD cell (how it should ideally be done) then it will visually look fine.
My main concern for 4.5x is having the image trashed further with 1080p displays stretching that final 720p image. 1440p (2x) and 2160p (3x) would be fine.
@@Xilefian My 1080p Plasma handles 720 signals really well.
@@Xilefian For 1080i/1080p signals, my Sony TV has a "Full Pixel" mode, but 720p has to be scaled up and there is a slight overscan.
This looks really cool, thanks for sharing this.
I love to own this one for my own personal collection.
Game Boy Advance is one of my favorite platforms if it comes to Game Boy Retro Gaming.
This is a great option hardware mode for those with a nice collection of GBA Carts. For our Let's Plays we tend to stick to ripping out own carts and just emulating them as we can bring it up to full 1080p for as much quality as possible. We've done things like Metroid: Zero Mission/Fusion, Sword of Mana, etc doing that and were very pleased with the quality of the results. Awesome video MJR \m/
~Shade
I think i will just have to buy this, ive wanted to play Golden Sun on a good screen ever since i was a kid! now is my chance!
"stunning hd pixelated games" yes this is what we needed..
Awesome video! Glad you are seeing and feeling the input lag I've been telling you about. I also still feel you need to try the GBI software with Swiss for the Gamecube Gameboy Player.
You always show your love for the mighty Neo Geo Pocket! This company needs some help to mass produce this console. I have all GB/GBAs in my colection, but having something like this!! Wow!!
"Premade kit"
Heck yeah!
>$350
Hahaha... no.
Yeahhh it's a bit to rich for my blood thank you very much
Yeah I would’ve bought for a hundred but treefidddy? Cmon smh
Where can you buy it premade?
Agreed. This didn't age well. 75 for retro cube
Ouch! Cost more than a Nintendo Switch and it's not even assembled!
MJR sure is praising this thing pretty high when it's not even worth it, unless you have money to burn.
I'd rather buy a Retron 5 and be satisfied.
1:09 how funny i was just playing that game a couple minutes ago! :) FFTA is suuuch a great game
Do you happen to know what game was that at 1:24?
@@ahmedp800 Iridion 2
@@gillaxian Thank you!!!
Great video. Love watching.
If you had both consoles plugged into the same tv at the same time it’s possible that the retron input lag you were feeling could be due to it not being in the priority HDMI slot on your TV, there’s usually one slot that outputs higher Hz and reduces input lag, but anyways great vid as always and this is some really cool tech!
$170? You could get a cat piss stained Game Boy Color and Pokemon Crystal with the label torn off for only $100. It truly is a buyer's market at the moment, take advantage while you can.
Or run a emulator on your phone or pc this shit is a ripoff 😭😭
curious how the gameplay looks compared to how it does on a Game Boy Player with the Eon GCHD adapter.
Thats what i wanted to see
@@mrlucky793 agreed, that's what I was hoping for in this video.
@jesus barrera He is talking about GBI (Game Boy Interface).
@@mrlucky793 , where can you get this homebrew thing that you speak?
@@paxhumana2015 You can run "homebrew" with an action replay disc and an SD media launcher (memory card emulator). Then there are things like Swiss that force 240p output and stuff. I'd check out My Life in Gaming's video about Gameboy video output.
This is so cool! I'd like to get my hands on one of these for sure.
This makes me want to build one of these so hard...! And I'm absolutely in love with their "scanline" overlay -- I usually hate those, but this one makes me mega nostalgic and I want it.
This looks amazing, I just don’t have the time or patience for a DIY kit anymore though, especially at nearly 150 dollars. You can get a GBA for 20 or less, you can’t convince me that a cheap looking case with a wonky power switch is worth 130.
This thing in my opinion not only is ridiculously expensive, is ugly as hell.
This is pretty sweet, so whens the PSPolizer coming out?
VitaTV and PSP go already did that
You can also get a PSP slim, and a device to use controllers
@@NeoTechni you can't use controllers on a PSP slim, you can however on the PSP go
@@NonsensicalSpudz yes you can, as I just said "You can also get a PSP slim AND A DEVICE TO USE CONTROLLERS". I have 2 such devices.
PSW-303
sites.google.com/site/neotechni/Home/playstation#TOC-PSW-303
Wildfire
sites.google.com/site/neotechni/Home/playstation#TOC-Wildfire-Gaming-Dock
A bit of a bummer that some assembly is required via kit. Great video as always, would have loved to have seen the build of the unit as part of the review but I’m assuming they sent you a pre built one of course.
I want to see what’s involved in building one so including that in a review video would have been essential for those unsure of what is needed to install this. Thanks for the video!
Mass production!
I need it!
Just heard about an earthquake in Seattle... hope alls well by you (I think that’s near you - and the crew, anyway).
I hope so too. Fortunately it was just a 4.6. Not having an earthquake would be better, but at least it wasn't as bad as the recent California quakes
This case looks like some kind of dev kit 😂
well these mostly are after all, you can't easily and cheaply produce plastic shells outside of 3D printing after all. Milling plastic is an option but you waste tons of material, and asking for injection molded plastic shells like actual retail consoles cost A LOT. And I do mean it, they are cheap to produce once you go mass production, but the tooling costs for producing plastic shells is hella costly, the initial cost for 1000 units (usually yes, no less than that much is sold at once for injection molded plastic stuff, custom LCDs and so on), goes for some few thousands of dollars. That is, initial cost NOT counting the 1000 shells, just the cost for the engineers to make the molds for your plastic part.
This is one of the best reviews I have seen in a long time.
Really? He missed out on details such as price and the fact that the kit doesn’t include a board, which you have to get on your own by buying GBA yourself, separately.
@@SumDumGy Cant please everyone.
Wow the color really pops!!
Can't wait to get this so it can sit in a drawer with my mini snes and mini nes that I never play..
I feel ya. Broke my toe in November so I was sitting in my ass all day and I bought 9 games on eBay and I played and beat one of them
2:48 *Coughs*...Kinsey
Been watching them build this on there channel looks awesome
dang that was really cool. I'm so getting this!
Ah, Game-Tech.us. Home of crazy expensive modded consoles...
Good place for individual parts but I could never justify paying what they’re asking for a pre-modified console. I know it’s a niche market and time is money but damn.
Cool product but $180 bucks I think I will save it for the switch lite.
My only gripe with the Switch Lite is there's no video out. Nintendo trying to double dip consumers again.
@@jango_2319 yeah I agree with you on that it's Nintendo being the paranoid jerks they are with all thier products how much more would the switch lite cost if you added a HDMI port Rasberry Pi's have them and thay cost less than 50 bucks.
JJdaFox X that gives less reason to buy a normal switch. I personally think they did a smart thing with the switch lite and if your complaining then just get a normal switch
@@pokemonquartz04 Yes smart for Nintendo it's not very consumer friendly.
@@jaymuckbang8144 I also wish it had an HDMI out, but really what would be the point of the thing? It would not be practical for Nintendo to release. It'd just be an awkward switch with less convenience. It would make more sense just to reduce the switch price by $100 than engineer and produce a new product that was functionally the same.. It's for people who want a portable system and don't care about or want the console functionality of the switch but still want to play it's games. Like the 2ds, for people who don't care about the 3d. Or the Wii mini that didn't connect to the net for people who don't care to play online games. Nintendo know what they are doing and who they are making it for
Awesome review thanks! :D
I bought the pocket go this week especially because I wanted to play gba, since the super retro cade was not playing most of them nicely, mainly the audio like you mention. I didn't knew they would release that console in the same week. I hope the pocket go will do great for gba emulation.
170 bucks and it's not even put together for you? Good luck with that.
Smartass. @Lord Tourettes
Why would I spend money on this shit when I can legally download roms for GBA games I own? I have a $35 Raspberry Pi with a $20 NES retropie case with 1080p HDMI, and a SNES USB controller. Plus it emulates everything from NES - N64 perfectly, and can render stuff natively in 1080p rather than upscaling.
@@JoeOG input delay
@Lord Tourettes Someone already made a GBA consolizer, called a Gameboy player for the GameCube which I have which is hooked up to a 35 inch CRT via S-Video so I have fantastic picture quality with zero input lag. I even own the rare component cables for GameCube if I want to hook it to a HDTV. However that's pointless since I use Retroarch most of the time to play GBA on one of my 3 computers or my phone attached to a XBOX One controller when I'm away from home. Yeah I am a pretty smart guy. Smart enough to realize that this product is way too damn expensive for what it is and even more ridiculously expensive if you want them to build it for you which costs a mind blowing $350!
@@Digitalbooty You realize emulation for older consoles nowadays is virtually devoid of input lag? If you really need to have the original experience because you are a hardcore enthusiast then go ahead and spend ludicrous amounts of money on hardware mods. 99.99% of the population is fine with emulation.
Thank you for comparing this to the Retron 5
This looks really cool!
Great video as usual. What sucks about the consolizer is that you have to assemble it yourself. Outside of that, its fantastic. Keep up the good work MJR!
And you have to buy a GBA to get a board for it.
As i grew older the Nintendo ds lite screen became smaller and smaller, this will solve that problem!.
Wow $170 and you have to put it together? Nah i got my gba player
To be fair, you need a Gamecube, a Gameboy player, an SD Media Launcer, an SD card with the Gameboy interface and an Hdmi modded Gamecube or an Hdmi box like the GCDual to achieve similar results to the GBA consolizer.
@@DanielAyy what about just buying a GCHD adapter if you have a GameCube with digital video out. I think that is a cheaper option.
Looking forward to getting one next year after I get back from being overseas. Agree with you about the switch, need's a rocker.
Cool! now we can see all those pixels in HD!
Really cool little system...170 bucks though is a little tough for me to justify
What about this compared to the GB Interface software using an HDMI adapter on the GameCube?
It's better. It's straight Digital out with the highest upscale. This is THE best your GBA can look.
Really kool great video like always
It looks sweet I’d want one already pre assembled
This looks cool but I don't like the idea of putting it together.
I just don’t want to use a SNES controller.
I’d rather see a sega saturn port
looks like they sell this fully put together for 349.99 plus shipping
Christopher Galloway that’s way too much money
@@jam237 I get it's not some mass produced thing... And only a select number of people would be interested in it. So it's bound to be pricy but yikes that's a lot just to play GBA games on a HDTV.
Not in HD but I still love my super gameboy ahaha 🤷♂️
We need another Picks of Video from you and Reg. You guys should do them every 3 months or so atleast they are great videos.
i absolutely want one of these, i have a HUGE TV and it would be sick to play something like pokémon ruby in full hd on it (and i have a speaker i can plug into the headphone jack if the sound doesn't work)
thank you for reviewing this, i had no idea it existed
This seems cool but gameboy player with Swiss boot loader is still king for me 👌
Whats a swiss boot loader?
@@Daniel6254 it's custom software for the gamecube gameboy player. (the disk that comes with it is not very good sadly) definitely worth a look if your interested in playing Gameboy games on a TV.
@@Antwolf Never heard of that. I still have the original CD with the Gameboy Player. I will check it out. Thanks
You wont regret it. It looks better and performs better. @@Daniel6254
170$ ? Hmm idk
I think that's just for the kit, you have to build it yourself I believe. Ya ouch on price. Might not have sound on the TV.. meh it's a pass for me.
@@absoluteclownworld 140 when choosing the lcd version instead of full enclosure. Which sounds even better to me since it means you can also use the gba itself as a controller, as well as play games like Warioware Twisted on it!
@@absoluteclownworld Agreed, that's a rather steep price considering this STILL needs soldering/installation. Honestly, you'd be better off getting a GCVideo HDMI adapter and finding a Gamecube Gameboy Player...unfortunate :(
AND you have to build it yourself. Fuck that.
I would buy one of these fully assembled. What an awesome product!
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GBA consolized. Nani ?
Technology is incredible.
Retron5 does that.
The GameCube Game Boy Player controller would fit better!
I've been wanting something like this.
That looks friggin' awesome
I'm curious what this looks like compared to GBP over component upscaled 5X on an OSSC
as to what*
@@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464 That's an unnecessary preposition; "what this looks like..." is a complement phrase and perfectly idiomatic.
lol $170+ for this and you have to put it together yourself with your OWN gba board.
Philip Keds ok then go ahead and build your own from scratch!
Total ripoff.
Yes, this is a rip-off! These Frankenstein retro console builds are getting out of control on cost....
Anthony I retron 5 plays all gameboy and nes snes genesis games for like 100 dollars
Anthony I your out of your mind if you pay $170 for this 3D printed moose meat
Hey MetalJesusRocks, that kind of on-off contact switch is actually hella reliable, even more so than most rockers or push buttons. They typically have heavier, more solid bases as well since it's usually a heavily soldered or wired contact connection. Sure, there's cheap ones, but check your arcade cabinets. Some of the on-offs (usually on the top or back of the cabinet) still have a nice solid click to them and work just fine, despite being installed in the 90's or even 80's in some cases. I'll take something heavy and sturdy, if a little bulky, if it means better build reliability. Kudos to Woozle, I'd love to see their workspace!
This is pretty cool. I'd get one. Love game boy/color/adavance games.