The ULTIMATE GameBoy Color Build!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- It is time to build the ULTIMATE GameBoy Color. Using the most up-to-date mods available. Kindly sent to me by RetroModding, although not sponsored.
IPS Screen - bit.ly/2NFaKDs
Shell - bit.ly/38iW0SO
Silicone S&S - bit.ly/30yi9dj
Button Contacts - bit.ly/2twRLnY
Buttons - bit.ly/3aoLWK0
Glass Lens - bit.ly/2uYKiyd
EVERDRIVE - bit.ly/2uh5Ype
Tools -
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Soldering Iron: ebay.to/2Flc89T
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IPS Screen - bit.ly/2NFaKDs
Shell - bit.ly/38iW0SO
Silicone S&S - bit.ly/30yi9dj
Button Contacts - bit.ly/2twRLnY
Buttons - bit.ly/3aoLWK0
Glass Lens - bit.ly/2uYKiyd
EVERDRIVE - bit.ly/2uh5Ype
Big thank you to RM for sending me this stuff. Buying all of these things is very expensive so when companies send me things it allows me to create more content. Thank you!
Does this kit work with an Advance SP?
Nice
What colour buttons are those in the video “orange or “clear orange” ?
@@beavisx32 Solid Orange.
Anyone who hates on UA-camrs who get stuff for free and disclose that fact are 100% just jealous. It’s the youtubers who hide the fact that the items were free and try to say their review is unbiased.
That being said, I do appreciate you telling us and I’m glad you got it for free! You deserve it AND more! Thanks for the video!
Nothing warms my nasalgic 90's childhood then seeing a transparent GameBoy, cuz if you were a kid in the 90s, it wasnt cool unless it was see through
Its "nostalgic"
@@JA11206 Crawl back into your cave.
I have a seethrough gameboy color :)
I just bought a bunch of High Quality Replacement Labels for the Game Boy Color Console in this video from a seller on eBay named Game Boy Color Man. He has every single replacement label for every Game Boy, Pocket, Color, Light, Advance, Advance SP, Micro N64, and SNES! For this Game Boy Color, he has the Battery Door Label, Serial Number Label, PAL European Serial Number Label, Made in Japan Console Label, Made in China Console Label, Pokemon Center Gold Console Label, Special Pikachu Edition Console Label, Special Pikachu Edition PAL European Console Label, Game Boy Color Light Console Label 10th Anniversary Serial Number, and Bar Code Label. He even has a bunch of custom Game Boy Color Man Console Labels and a really cool Pokemon Center Brooklyn one. And they are top quality American Made! Nothing like the toilet paper quality you'll find from other sellers that sell Chinese labels. The dude is awesome! The labels look fantastic and fit perfectly down to the millimeter. The packaging is amazing, and the dude also threw in a whole bunch of free kick ass Dishwasher Safe Die Cut Stickers! Check out his store if your Game Boy looks beat up and needs new labels! Or if you just need a smile put on your face. Honestly the coolest eBay purchase I ever made! He ships to all 50 states and Worldwide to the Entire Globe!
Look at this on eBay
ebay.com/usr/gameboycolorman
@@stevesteve9246 wow... this comment reply didnt feel like a placed add at all 🤔
I guess the GBC mod has finally reached it's final form. Nice colour choices. I think I'd go for a panda look myself.
That would be stunning!
I won’t accept “final form” until the screen fills as much as the lens space as possible! Obviously going to require a glass lens with much smaller bezels but I think one day it will get there
It may have just reached a new level with the OSD version :3
The OLED mod is the final form
Oh thank god no tiny ass screens. I’m happy I didn’t build a back lit one already. I’ll use this one instead
Good idea!
The black clear case and the orange buttons look sooooooo freaking good!
I always appreciate the transparency in your videos on top of everything else. It was great that you added a note about it being tough to fit everything in the shell correctly at first; it’s definitely easy for someone not as experienced to run into a problem like this and think they’ve ruined the whole project. Cheers, Elliott!
the color saturation is INSANE on this gbc.
Stunning my friend, simply stunning. I would really love to get my hands on one of these bad boys!!
Thank you!
That gameboy is flawless. The touch sensor is a stroke of genius
this is probably one of the best gameboy color modding videos you've done so far. beautiful screen, sick shell, vibrant buttons, a CASE, which i don't see very often with a gameboy, and a sweet tool kit that i wish was sold in my country.
Hot damn; that makes Link's Awakening look even more awesome, almost like it were made for the GameBoy Advance. This would absolutely be something I'd want to have...
Just decided to start modding last week. I love old, classic gaming and I need a new hobby! Dope video.
Buy a cheap dremel tool, its awesome for cutting and grinding small things, such as GameBoy case
Bumper210 probably should...
Rabbit with a sun tan he could just mention that other methods work but take longer. People can figure out how to use a knife. He doesn’t show the cutting that well anyways (not that he needs to), so people already need to just do it themselves anyways.
The Retro Future dremels can be had for cheap, but I do recommend you practice before using it on your precious electronics. They can slip easily and damage your stuff plus you’ll need a steady yet firm grip on the dremel
My dremel has saved my ass so much time over the years!
if you trust yourself with fire, heating the plastic a bit with a flame can make it easier to carve out the case with a knife. And using a warm soldering iron to smooth it out works too for a cleaner finish
Full disclosure, there is a line of pixels on the right of the screen that can have artifacts on some models of CGB on certain games that use the double speed mode, usually some 05 revisions and the 06 revision should be fine.
I found your videos yesterday and they are so good might be a bit addicted
Ah thanks!
I am so glad that this mod has evolved so that it includes a lot less chopping up of stuff
Got my email notification today that my screen is on its way, I can't wait to do this to my gameboy too!
Man...you could sell finished versions of these for some serious cash. This guy would buy one in a heartbeat. So beautiful! Well done, sir!
I love Transparent consoles and the game boy looks great like this, greetings from Chile
El problema es que cuando lo cortas, quedan las marcas :(
Screen mod kinda reminds me of that taobao backlit GBC that everyone was talking about before ags-101 mods were a thing.
The new layout of the channel is much better. Good job with the game boy colour!
I thought it looked ugly from the thumbnail but watching the video in full, its amazing. What a beauty.
I appreciate you being transparent about your sponsors!
just finished building mine last night and i must say WOW that screen is amazing!
Literally just finished this mod. Sooooooooo dope. Playing Metal Walker rn and it’s like playing a new game. Thanks TRF
Love those clear black shells man, the old school clear purple just never hit the spot
maybe i shouldn't have spent so much money on the freckleshack mod, oh well
Still a damn good mod!
+999 although fs is great for indoor/outdoor situations, and uses quite less power than this one, overall I'd rather have picked this one up.
freckelshack is also a lot less power consuming. You can get 15-20 hours with freckleshack but IPS displays tend to be powerhungy
No the freckle shack is the best choice. Its all around better then the Chinese knockoff screen like the one he used on this video. Freckle shack is all quality.
It’s more expensive for a reason
Thanks for this fantastic video. I just completed this mod for my OG gameboy color and could not be happier with how it came out, thanks for the amazing guidance
My brother made me a custom GameBoy color with the color light screen cleaned authentic shell and all the works. The color light is really nice man
The way I cut out plastic, which by no means is the best way, is by first heating my box cut knife on the stove. Then it glides through plastic much easier, you do have to constantly reheat the knife.
@Big White Duck Thanks, We I see them I will buy them.
WHOA!! Electronic screwdriver?? Stepping up that retro modding game son!! Thank you Eliot I was waiting to see you do a GBC mod with the RM materials you acquired. I bollocks'd up trying to do a frontlight mod on a teal GBC a while back but I wanna drop an ips display in for the cleaner, sharper picture that it produces. Excellent work as always!! 🍻🍻🍻
looks great, awesome job you have earned a sub my friend. G'day from Australia.
Watching this video for the 10th time, finally pulled the trigger and bought the IPS screen, followed this as a guide. Thanks for showing it with the Krikzz X7 as I have read that there could bee issues with the additional power draw from a combination of the Screen and the cart, glad to see there isnt any issue as this was a concern I had.
Excellent!
Cool. I know myself though, I would play it for 3-4hrs and spend the next 5 years in a drawer.
Same, I wouldn’t own enough games to get my money out of it and I’d get more enjoyment out of a similarly priced emulator I could use for all kinds of systems.
@@nathanstoff just use an everdrive.
@@nathanstoff wait, your spending money on emulators? i reccomend retropie, which can run on pc and rasberry pi for builds
@@legs6626 Oops, I meant a system built for emulation
I brought one 10 years ago for £20 - Red GBC. Fingers are knackered right now due to arthritis & temper (smashed my hand off a door at work). I'll play it again some day
This must be the ultimate Gameboy color! I shall buy it! Thanks, Elliot, now I will have the ultimate Gameboy color. Can't wait to see this happen to the original DMG.
Yo!! Congratulations on Hitting 400,000 Subscribers!!
That is the best freakin build for Game Boy color. Awesome work man !
Wow, this turned out great! Nice video!
Thank you!
Looks fantastic and I totally get why the screen is oversized. We're getting ever closer to the perfect replacement screen, I love my Freckleshack one but I think I'll keep holding out for the perfect one, as Roy Walker said "aye it's close, but it's not the one" ;) Top build though chap great shell/button choice works well.
Hey! I am going to take apart my Gameboy Color and clean the shell, all thank to you! you have entertained me so much
and made me try
Yesss another game boy build I love these 👍😁
Good to hear!
Finally! A screen of 2020, that is making a difference for a machine of 1998! It's about time people, its about time...
Got it in my recommendations
Hooray!
This game boy looks very fresh. Damn retro future. Wicked cool.
Loved the macro photography on this! Nice build!
Mate, I understand that the mod makes the screen better but the original is always the best
Just my opinion
I think it can't get better than this by now. Great mod overall crazy it looks so slick. It doesn't look like it have an open shell wich most of these mods at first had. I think u doesn't even need to cut out some edges etc wich older mods needed cuz screen sizes etc. Amazing
I think it'll get plenty better if you didn't have to cut into the shell. I just wanna replace my screen without having to potentially mess up my case.
Great work!! Did not know such a fantastic mod exists until now.
Thanks for the guide, I'll use this for my own GBC soon!
Looks AMAZING! Definitely a mod that I will looking into! Oh and I love the fact that you’re adding pricing to these types of vids, it helps a ton!
I know this video is 8 months old. However, by just trimming post solder you can fracture the solder joint which can cause a walking wounded situation where you won't see a connection issue immediately. You really should reflow each joint after you cut to fix/prevent a cracked solder joint.
just did this mod. working perfectly. thank you so much. awesome guide and my go to channel for all things mobs :D keep it up
I've been wanting to mod 2 of my gb so but man I've been waiting for ever for my screen from retro modding
*_This is my most favourite mod ever_*
*_I love the Gameboy Colour_*
*_I love the see-through design and the buttons_*
*_You sir are amazing_*
I just bought a bunch of High Quality Replacement Labels for the Game Boy Color Console in this video from a seller on eBay named Game Boy Color Man. He has every single replacement label for every Game Boy, Pocket, Color, Light, Advance, Advance SP, Micro N64, and SNES! For this Game Boy Color, he has the Battery Door Label, Serial Number Label, PAL European Serial Number Label, Made in Japan Console Label, Made in China Console Label, Pokemon Center Gold Console Label, Special Pikachu Edition Console Label, Special Pikachu Edition PAL European Console Label, Game Boy Color Light Console Label 10th Anniversary Serial Number, and Bar Code Label. He even has a bunch of custom Game Boy Color Man Console Labels and a really cool Pokemon Center Brooklyn one. And they are top quality American Made! Nothing like the toilet paper quality you'll find from other sellers that sell Chinese labels. The dude is awesome! The labels look fantastic and fit perfectly down to the millimeter. The packaging is amazing, and the dude also threw in a whole bunch of free kick ass Dishwasher Safe Die Cut Stickers! Check out his store if your Game Boy looks beat up and needs new labels! Or if you just need a smile put on your face. Honestly the coolest eBay purchase I ever made! He ships to all 50 states and Worldwide to the Entire Globe!
Look at this on eBay
ebay.com/usr/gameboycolorman
nice colors on the shell and buttons. I saw not too long ago a blue grape shell (like you used to see for the n64) with yellow buttons. very nice.
Loving these ultimate mods! Keep up the awesome work
Thank you!
"plus $20-$30 for you Gameboy" is no longer hip to the times 😭 thanks covid
amazing, gbc I cherish the best memories from
my childhood
Greetings from Ecuador my friend.
Hi!
Looks gorgeous. I can't wait to mod a cgb. I've reshelled a gameboy pocket. But I want to get a back light kit for it.
You just earned yourself a new subscriber.
I have never owned a handheld device because my parents never bought me one when I was a kid. But this stuff is very interesting, especially modding devices to your liking.
Thanks!
I know I will only play it a few times for good times sake but the process of building it would be a blast. Decisions decisions...
I love these ultimate GB builds. Please keep them coming. 👍
you can buy the same sceen in the size of the gbc screen, so there is no trimming necessary. And it's cheaper. And has touch sensor, too.
Which one/where?
My my, what a beautiful gbc
Here's a challenge, restore PSP 1000. That thing is full of flat cables, it's super easy to break and there are no good guides on UA-cam to disassemble and reasonable completely without jump cuts.
PSPs need some loving too.
GREAT cleaning skills at 2:18
Where do you get a Gameboy Color for $30?
I got one for $50 on fb marketplace
This video is pretty old too
Ok I just gotta say, been a long time since Ive seen a columbia river snap lock!!! Very nice!!! I used to work at a knife shop, so I can appreciate a cool blade :)
This is the nicest GbC ive seen. Im building one as well
Like how he publishes this video at 6am in my time
You always make this look so easy
Nice work dude.....you very
talented in fix a retro console
That's the most beautiful Gameboy Colour I've ever seen wow
Cool! I want that screen and glass.
Thanks for the guide and review. Got mine have the same setup.
Damn that screen brightness option is pretty creative
That shit is dope man!! Nice color scheme. Your videos are making me want to do mods. I guess I'll do a gbc and a gba here soon!
Love it man and i love your video's. Waiting for the time that i have the money to do a mod like this myself. This looks like the best mod so far and i love it. Coming at you all the way from Australia. Keep up the great content
Thanks for your kind words.
Assuming you need a legit syringe lol not one for children’s medicine 😂😂
I think I want one just to play Link's Awakening DX, Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons in their full glory !
Honestly if people don't want a a lit screen it's pretty easy to change the shell. Ips screen alternative: worm light, everdrive alternative: multi game cart.
It would be cool for a german guy like me to mention the prices in euro as well!
Thanks for your educating content!
You are the best!👍💪✌😉
lookin great prolly the best gameboy you ever did.
You're the Best pal, really looking forward for all your future projects.
Is that Mario's Cement Factory on the top left? I managed to restore one of those.
Certainly is!
You should take the Supervision handheld and upgrade it with its own backlight and bivert mod, among other things to make it actually half-decent to play on.
Hi just wanted to say great video! Also I love that coloured hoodie you are wearing it looks great on you! Very appropriate considering you installed that ips screen lol 😁😁
This thing is sick I really want one of these
Really great mods, but it won't render the games at 4x the resolution. It'll still be the same res as the OG games, even on the much sharper display. Still the backlight makes a HUGE difference, aside from making games actually playable they look so much more vibrant. Great video :)
That looks really nice. I reckon I'll have a go at that at some point
Hey Man! Yeah you should!
Who in the world gave this a thunbs down lol. This was a awesome video thank man. You know what I'm doing next. 😀
Clothing shock! Wasn’t expecting that
yeah im gonna be a cool parent one day if i ever give my kid this for his birthday gift. i just hope he'll appreciate it
Great Gameboy color mod with IPS screen dude your alsome.
Instead of IPA in the potentiometers, use Deoxit Fader. It's brought many controls back to life without even disassembly. IPA around some parts can damage the carbon.
This is wicked youve inspired me to buy another gameboy color and mod it as dont want to mod my orginal one ive had since i was a kid 😂 bored of having to shine a light on the screen when im playing it laying in bed wish me luck 😂😂
Damn, it's by far the best gbc mod with that screen
Only thing I would add is a GBC internal battery, micro usb c, but other than that great job again...and a screen protector, not many people do that with portables for some reason.
Most mods like this recommend a glass screen lens. They display images better than plastic and wouldn't scratch easy so it wouldn't require a screen protector. That being said, you would have to be more careful because the glass screen lens would be more prone to crack or shatter than a plastic one. As for a recharge port, it could be seen as an upgrade. Being able to switch out rechargeable AA's on the fly might be more suitable in certain circumstances though.
@@VastDivide Then why donmost cell phones have screen protectors? Glass gets scratched pretty easy if you are using portables without cases.portably. It's a nice and cheap protection plan. The rechargeable battery was an option since it's called the ultimate, just saying. You're right with the battery's, I wouldn't want it myself, but for an ultimate build people tend to go with the best upgrades.
@@XXIIXIIIXXXIXXXIX I think he was trying to say plastic scratches way easier than glass.
@@PalmWavy It does. Hence why a screen protector is an even better investment. I personally use them on all my portables, and my screens never have a problem cause of it.
the color palette is very cool, why nintendo couldn't come one similar like this for their nintendo switch