Yeah he should make it so the cpu gets guaranteed voltage of at least 3.3V from bats until they are nearly empty. It does look like as soon as voltage drops then it will bootloop for another 2 minutes. It would be better to see crt dying first and get another minute out of it lol
Never in my life have I seen a DIY project that just looks like someone holding a bomb......for the love of god, never bring this thing to a convention
I think if I ever bring any of my creations to a public event they’ll have to be left off 😂 nothing I make will pass any kind of public liability scrutiny
Don't worry, the logistics of getting something like this as an individual outside of Aus is positively apocryphal. It's either super expensive, takes ages to get anywhere, and/or no one is going to let this through anyways.
Hearing James say “It’s modification tiiiiiiiiime!” with the roar of the angle grinder kicking in at 13:27 is a great way to instill primal fear in me, thanks James!
This channel makes me realize that those cartoons and soft sci-fi stories where the genius character makes a gadget out of junk or by mixing two obviously incompatible technologies aren't as unrealistic as I thought they were.
They actually kinda have mass produced them but not usually for consumers to buy. Most of these were made for companies to buy, and unfortunately no one decided to make a pip-boy.
Most channels would 3D print a custom enclosure for their project, especially when working with something as potentially dangerous as a CRT. You chopped up several Game Boy shells and hot glued them together haphazardly. Needless to say, you’ve absolutely earned my respect.
It's fine. I've removed the HV lead of an operating CRT television, and not one of those "modern" ones with silly features like "implosion protection."
@@linhero797 It takes a lotta voltage to power them and a long time for that voltage to fully dissipate. Needless to say, not being careful around the back end of one can lead to a one-way trip off the mortal coil.
Who the hell wakes up in the morning and goes "Im gonna make a CRT gameboy today" and the proceeds to make a CRT gameboy. I am honestly really really impressed by this and the state of it at the end was hilarious.
Wow! What a slick mod! You can't even tell that it's homemade. The case, wiring and boards are laid so cleanly that it seems as if this is not a prototype, but a finished product from the Nintendo assembly line.
idk, my pi pico in an absolute mess has made it through strict airport securities multiple times despite even my own parents saying it looks hazardous. for your knowledge it has about 20 wires, beeps loudly and plays flappy bird and snake and stuff
Gleefully singing "it's modification time!" while starting up an angle grinder at 13:27 is what made decide you are definitely mad. Everything up until that point was just slightly unhinged.
@@Games_for_JamesJust keep using at least quality eye protection, flying shrapnel from unruly exploding discs cutting your eye open is not a fun time at all. (Guy lost that eye, docs had to remove it in the hospital)
How am I just discovering this channel?? This video was absolute perfection… From the idea, to the “aww shucks” but incredibly skilled execution, to the fantastic editing, to the hilarious commentary. A work of art through and through. Thank you
If you want the same level of chaos but with cars check out garbage time run by wade from Dankpods with James. They used pepsi as coolant and nutella as engine lubricant. It went exactly how you think it went
I've just subscribed to the channel, based on the great sense of relief that I felt as I realised that I'm not the only guy who makes things fit by sawing bits off and glueing stuff together. Not having a 3D printer, I cannot design a new case for something, but have to go through my spare parts box and select items that could be cajoled into serving as part of the new thing. I have done this many times and it's why I have so many items that are 'gravity sensitive'. P.S. Suggested modifications: Li-Ion cells.
Cutting up two Game Boys with a cutting wheel carries the same energy as the Medic from the Team Fortress 2 commercials, yet somehow manages to be more disturbing. I love it.
“But first we’re going to have to do some *careful* modification of the case” *immediately pulls out the most careful kid-friendly tools that money can buy*
@@koolaid33 nahh, just kidding around. I wasnt around for another 10 years during this era of the console wars, but I now own both systems. Honestly, from a technical standpoint the GameGear, or even the Atari Lynx, completely decimates the puny GameBoy and its puke green screen. But the GameGear draining a single battery almost 7 times as fast as a GameBoy will never not be funny to me
Having owned the holy Trinity of Gameboy Lynx Atari And game gear The game gear with the tv cartridge I can attest will flattern batts before you find a station
Just some advice for hot glue shenanigans. Isopropyl alcohol weakens the bond of hot glue so if you make mistakes or want to reposition something IPA works wonders.
@@ffwast Depends on the project. I've seen people use it as part of extreme overclocking/extreme fluid cooling projects. Though ultimately gin worked better.
@@koolaid33 LCDs back then sucked. The Atari Lynx and the Sega Nomad used those screens and they ate batteries up no problem. The Gameboy outdid all of them in battery life and size (believe it or not)
"I Made a CRT Game Boy" No, you made a mess out of hot glue and electronic parts that somehow seems to resemble a working gameboy. (It's amazing and I love it)
James is an electronics artisian, there is an elegant yet precise and and seamless quality to all of his works. If you looked at a picture of that gameboy and didn't know any better I don't think you could tell it wasn't stock
normal people: buys filament and 3d prints stuff james: lets grind my gameboy shell into plastic and injextion mold it into a custom case I made from clay
“It’s got…at least a *couple* of minutes of battery power?” Terrible battery life was the **one** thing the Game Gear was king at in the 90s handheld console market, and even this, you take away. James, you monster!
Having made a very VERY basic CRT as a part of one of my physics classes in Uni, The thought of putting one in a hand held is equal parts hilarious and Terrifying!
This channel always feels like a crazed yet calm sorcerer doing arcane magics on mundane things and coming up with entirely new horrors beyond human comprehension and I love it.
Not even the original developers of the Gameboy could know what pin does what anymore. There are like 4 different chipsetsbin it which do jot want to play nicely.
Voltage converters that raise the voltage are generally called boost converters. That is true even for -20 V boosting to -24 V, so boosting is relative to the circuit ground (common (zero) reference)
My first video I've seen of yours. And I must say the tenacity at the beginning was admiral. The arts and crafts wizardry to get it all stuck together was the cherry on top!
I never thought something could be fun, educational, and painful to watch all at once. Shoutout to the poor Gameboys massacred to give us this whatever you'd call this.
Even though im broke, i want to send this dude a dremel. I just dont think he would use it over his grinder. You can kinda tell its his go to "do all" tool. Everyone that tinkers has a few. People will offer a more fitting tool, but we go to what works best for us, heh. Keep the spirit, man and the grinder love.
This is why I watch James Channel because he is the only Mods channel I know that is willing to take something and find a way to MAKE IT LOWER TECH! Keep it up James your a real one.
Yeah I'm not sure that was the proper way of making the screen automatically switch to CRT! All he had to do is extracting the firmware from the screen kit, load in it a disassembler like Ghidra, debug the firmware and patch it so that it automatically start from CRT... Maybe he was scared of this solution because he doesn't know anything about programming? Who knows... 😆
this is the most frankenstein's monster handheld project I've ever seen, and I've watched some ancient videos where people casted their own shells to make a portable N64. The results I've seen from this channel so far have been absolutely bizarre, but I love the dedication put into making these projects fully functional. 😂
Its funny becauss i remember when i saw james on wades channel he seemed so reasonable and normal, and then i started watching this channel and half of his videos are him making things that would get me shot if i had them in my hand
Not knowing who you are and what you're about then learning through this video has been a delight. Your keen eye for detail and ability to tastefully modify the original casing to fit the crt whilst still looking OEM is an incredible feat. I'm subscribing for more!
This is my first James video. After all that electronics fiddling, I was expecting him to design and 3D print a nice shell for the thing. What I witnessed was SO much better!
It is still impressive to me that we figure out how to shoot electrons on a vacum tube to make video-images first and then we made LED's , like one its just RGB pixels that are on or off, CRT , SHOOTS electrons.
this is one of the best videos that there ever was. it just is. don't listen to the haters who have never had fun in their lives. listen only to the sound of the hot glue gun.
i feel like this channel is essentially an alternate world where Sid from Toy Story was Australian and never gave up on his love of frankenstein-ing toys like a sick experiment
When he desoldered and lifted the pin, I was thinking... ok, he's gonna solder that to 5V directly so the chip is ALWAYS being told to output to AV, nice! And then he did the opposite, and disabled AV, exactly as expected.
Irwin is a common brand in the states too. In fact, they were founded in Ohio and invented vise grips. Still an American company, though they're owned by Stanley Black & Decker these days
@@gamemeister27 not to detract from Irwin's accomplishments, but for the record, Vise-Grips were invented by William S. Petersen in De Witt, Nebraska, in 1924. The Petersen Manufacturing Co. designed, built, and marketed Vise-Grips from 1934 through the mid-1980's. In 1985, William's grandson, Allen Petersen, consolidated the Petersen Mfg. Co. with several other holdings and established American Tool Companies, Inc., which merged with the Irwin Tool Co. in 1993. American was eventually bought by Rubbermaid in 2002, and officially was renamed Irwin in 2003. Hope this help ✌
20:18 - "It even has a constant buzzing noise coming through the speaker, regardless of whether the volume is up or down. IT HAS SO MANY FEATURES!" XD XD
"So first, we're gonna have to do some careful modifications to the case." Please hard cut to the angle grinder against the Gameboy [cuts to the angle grinder against the Gameboy] YESSSSSS.
I was thinking this one was less chaotic than normal... then came the angle grinder
With the right mindset, the angle grinder can solve any problem.
i expected it alongside the hotglue and part clipping
You’ll get used to it
That part hurt my soul. =/
"It looks a bit janky but I'm sure he will 3d print the shell any mom... oh wow"
You brought it back from the dead. Then cut it in half.
You're a goblin engineer.
And I love it.
He's a Technomancer
Yeah he should make it so the cpu gets guaranteed voltage of at least 3.3V from bats until they are nearly empty. It does look like as soon as voltage drops then it will bootloop for another 2 minutes. It would be better to see crt dying first and get another minute out of it lol
He would be brain Boyz if he is in 40K.
Luckily you didn't say tinkerer. That would give me Terraria flashbacks.
He's got big jawa energy.
Ever read "children of the Jedi"?
I love how James is at a constant state of “fuck it we ball, fuck it we ball, fuck it we ball” even when in the middle of such a hot mess
Everyone: “You’ve ruined a perfectly good gameboy”
James: “Incorrect! TWO perfectly good gameboys!”
And a Super GameBoy! (Temporarily.)
The second case came with the lcd kit?
He used the LCD kit shell and the original shell for the Game Boy he gutted. One wasn't an original Game Boy, the other was pretty ugly and worn.
@@koolaid33 Yeah but The Simpsons quote wouldn't have worked if I said the actual thing.
Always been “Game Boy” now. Mandela Effect.
"My potentiometer is full of engine oil"
Hate when that happens
Same, happens to me all the time! So annoying!
Why do I get the feeling that Wade was involved in this happening...
@@adiarka4543 Do you think it's from a nugget car's oil sump? 😂
@@gentle285 LOL that's one of the infinite possibilities from these two nugget enthusiasts!
Okay i see you EVERYWBERE panqueque. On so many channels i will just see your name and pfp pop up
James spending hours and days getting his circuit to work, only to pretty much immediately angle grind the board in half, is a vibe.
I am legitimately surprised the "portable" SNES project still works and isn't just a blob of half melted tape glue
Let it cook...
@@thewolfin it is cooking itself yes
@@krell.1415 Duct tape really doesn't hold up over the years IME but at least it's not (usually) in direct sunlight!
it looks like the c4 from counter strike.
@@kraktJOE somebody needs to mod this fucking thing onto Gmod Workshop right now XD that is too funny not too
Never in my life have I seen a DIY project that just looks like someone holding a bomb......for the love of god, never bring this thing to a convention
I think if I ever bring any of my creations to a public event they’ll have to be left off 😂 nothing I make will pass any kind of public liability scrutiny
Don't worry, the logistics of getting something like this as an individual outside of Aus is positively apocryphal. It's either super expensive, takes ages to get anywhere, and/or no one is going to let this through anyways.
bring it people into moding will be both amazed and disgusted at the same time :D
@@No-mq5lware we talking about the CRTGameboy or James
@@philipbarton3456 Unless James also performs DIY surgery on himself to save money, I don't think anyone is going to confuse him for a IED
Hearing James say “It’s modification tiiiiiiiiime!” with the roar of the angle grinder kicking in at 13:27 is a great way to instill primal fear in me, thanks James!
This channel makes me realize that those cartoons and soft sci-fi stories where the genius character makes a gadget out of junk or by mixing two obviously incompatible technologies aren't as unrealistic as I thought they were.
LOL + THIS
Like the old saying goes what is One persons trash is another Persons treasure
It is actually easier with this older technology. The game boys motherboard is a lot more approachable.
The man has point & click adventure game trousers.
Learn how to solder and read PCB diagrams and you too can become the MacGyver of electronics.
> Okay, so I need 5v here to make it work
> Dissconnects to get 0 volts
> Doesn't work
> Unhappy
Yeah, I'm confused why he didn't try connecting it to 5 volts
Probably had an internal pullup within the chip and was pulled down externally by whatever MCU
@@ShankMods, which clearly wasn't the case when he unsoldered it
More like ??? volts since he left it floating
yeah, noise Volts :)
Portable mini CRTs?! You're telling me a Pip-Boy 3000 is entirely possible and nobody has mass produced them? Now I'm just angry.
yoooo
They actually kinda have mass produced them but not usually for consumers to buy. Most of these were made for companies to buy, and unfortunately no one decided to make a pip-boy.
the shock and horror that appeared on my face when he pulled out the portable snes
Thats not snes thats abomination 😂😂😂
@@bouzaziayoub3980 watch his video on how he made it
@@bouzaziayoub3980No, it's a Portable SNES.
This video brought me equal parts entertainment and pain
Hey I know you!
Literally the perfect summation of the video. 👌
Honestly yeah
It's called paintertainment.
Shankmods +dankpods = james buy games
"What's wrong dear? You only played your GlueBoy for about two minutes."
The screen quality is definitely superior 👌
The battery life is trash on the GlueBoy.
Most channels would 3D print a custom enclosure for their project, especially when working with something as potentially dangerous as a CRT.
You chopped up several Game Boy shells and hot glued them together haphazardly.
Needless to say, you’ve absolutely earned my respect.
It's fine. I've removed the HV lead of an operating CRT television, and not one of those "modern" ones with silly features like "implosion protection."
The absolute definition of the, "This is fine" meme
What would the potential dangers of a CRT be?
@@linhero797 It takes a lotta voltage to power them and a long time for that voltage to fully dissipate. Needless to say, not being careful around the back end of one can lead to a one-way trip off the mortal coil.
@@JacobHillSBD Ah alright that makes sense. That just made a lot of different jokes I have seen make sense.
Finally, fixing the only problem with the gameboy
...the fact that batteries *might* last longer than 6 hours?
Word
@@HardPourCorn probably not
@@Omabatfartsbruhtrue
I know! The batteries last way too long!
Who the hell wakes up in the morning and goes "Im gonna make a CRT gameboy today" and the proceeds to make a CRT gameboy.
I am honestly really really impressed by this and the state of it at the end was hilarious.
Wow! What a slick mod! You can't even tell that it's homemade. The case, wiring and boards are laid so cleanly that it seems as if this is not a prototype, but a finished product from the Nintendo assembly line.
Yes, I agree *Cough Cough*
Fat joke
@@RedFeather_Gaming *starts dying from hot glue fumes*
not a single thing that has been produced on this channel would make its way through TSA. marvelous
idk, my pi pico in an absolute mess has made it through strict airport securities multiple times despite even my own parents saying it looks hazardous. for your knowledge it has about 20 wires, beeps loudly and plays flappy bird and snake and stuff
It's obviously the snake that's keeping from alerting tsa @@cirkulx
@@cirkulxwell i mean everyone knows that bombs can't play flappy bird
Sticking a screwdriver into a powered CRT, even if its a small one, makes me super nervous lol
Gleefully singing "it's modification time!" while starting up an angle grinder at 13:27 is what made decide you are definitely mad.
Everything up until that point was just slightly unhinged.
Honestly yeah
@@TheTallCurlyOne James, The Mad Mechanic, lol
James is basically a Mad Max blackfinger but with electronics.
"it's modification time!" * proceeds to show actual gore *
Didn't even censor or anything!
I almost lost my lunch 😔😢
god, i wish i was that Gameboy...
this is a joke, please dont sue me
God, I love how you have the most whimsical ideas with all the aesthetic grace of Homer Simpson building a grill. All hail Le CRTendo!
Lord grant me the confidence of James with a circular saw
Modify classic cars for 15 years and you’ll be more confident with it 😂
Angle grinder*
(big difference)
@@UnitSe7en It is easier to achieve weight reduction with an angle grinder (by cutting off extra body parts).
@@Games_for_JamesJust keep using at least quality eye protection, flying shrapnel from unruly exploding discs cutting your eye open is not a fun time at all. (Guy lost that eye, docs had to remove it in the hospital)
@@Cinkodacs "Gentlemen! I have decided to lose weight... MANUALLY!"
I'm glad I'm not the only one whose desk turns into an absolute clusterfuck of parts whenever I mod a Gameboy.
How many Game Boys do you mod?
incredible knowledge, ingenuity and tenacity. your willingness and ability to solve novel and unexpected problems is genuinely inspiring
@@gloobark seriously, it takes a lot of know how to smash pieces together like this and have it work.
"The Game Boy's light weight? Lets fix that" James A(ustralian)VGN, 2024
Bruh
Australian video game nerd
Australian
Very
Genius
Ngineer
VGN stands for Video Game Nerd?
When James said “power on” my brain immediately followed up with “bluetooth mode”
The sexy Speaker will always be there
Powa on
Blew teeth mohde
Auxiliary mode 🥵
Scaaarlet
Fiiiiiiiire
Ok, so this is old mate James. Thanks for the confirmation.
How am I just discovering this channel?? This video was absolute perfection… From the idea, to the “aww shucks” but incredibly skilled execution, to the fantastic editing, to the hilarious commentary. A work of art through and through. Thank you
If you want the same level of chaos but with cars check out garbage time run by wade from Dankpods with James. They used pepsi as coolant and nutella as engine lubricant. It went exactly how you think it went
"Get down! He has an IED!!"
"No, no! It's just a CRT GameBoy!"
If i saw this on a shelf, i wouldve never guessed it was full of hotglue and trimmed with the grace of an axe wielding maniac
@@BlazingKhioneus an axe wielding *mechanic*
This thing chugs through about 1.25% of its battery life per second. That's a technical marvel.
thats not a Gameboy thats a GameMAN
Ya
the description says that
NOW YOU'RE A MAN, A MAN MAN MAN
@@thayeeboi890
nobody reads those
@@MDPToasterthats incorrect, i know many people who reads them
Finally, James here back again with Frankensteining old tortured game consoles into something more tortured and make it work
Wait is he Sid from Toy Story but for the video game world? 😮
@@jammin2575and cars
I've just subscribed to the channel, based on the great sense of relief that I felt as I realised that I'm not the only guy who makes things fit by sawing bits off and glueing stuff together. Not having a 3D printer, I cannot design a new case for something, but have to go through my spare parts box and select items that could be cajoled into serving as part of the new thing. I have done this many times and it's why I have so many items that are 'gravity sensitive'. P.S. Suggested modifications: Li-Ion cells.
Cutting up two Game Boys with a cutting wheel carries the same energy as the Medic from the Team Fortress 2 commercials, yet somehow manages to be more disturbing.
I love it.
Another successful procedure
“But first we’re going to have to do some *careful* modification of the case”
*immediately pulls out the most careful kid-friendly tools that money can buy*
Wade has the 1 grit. James has his angle grinder. Truly, a dichotomy of all time.
What a masterpiece, and the battery lasts as long as the Game Gear's.
If only Nintendo knew about this little trick. Then the GameBoy might have stood a chance against the obviously much more successful GameGear
Okay come on, that's uncalled for slander. It's 34 years old guys, are we still fighting like toddlers over "WhIcH cOnSoLe Is BeTtEr?"
@@koolaid33 nahh, just kidding around. I wasnt around for another 10 years during this era of the console wars, but I now own both systems. Honestly, from a technical standpoint the GameGear, or even the Atari Lynx, completely decimates the puny GameBoy and its puke green screen. But the GameGear draining a single battery almost 7 times as fast as a GameBoy will never not be funny to me
Having owned the holy Trinity of Gameboy
Lynx Atari
And game gear
The game gear with the tv cartridge I can attest will flattern batts before you find a station
And it has the technical specifications of a Nintendo Switch!
Just some advice for hot glue shenanigans. Isopropyl alcohol weakens the bond of hot glue so if you make mistakes or want to reposition something IPA works wonders.
Not to be confused with the other IPA alcohol that makes your projects more fun but doesn't really go in them.
@@ffwastYeah that stuff is isopropyl alcohol alcohol - aka the stuff IPA drinks before getting to work on your dirty contacts and botched glue jobs!
@@ffwast Depends on the project. I've seen people use it as part of extreme overclocking/extreme fluid cooling projects.
Though ultimately gin worked better.
@@NetAnon see, this is the kind of information sharing that gives custom modding the chaotic potential it has.
"So first we're gonna have to do some careful modification of the case"
*pulls out a power saw*
This is an *_angle grinder_*
Local Aussie Engineer shows Nintendo why a Dot Matrix Screen was probably a good idea.
Better idea? LCD screen, that way people who like the Game Boy could.. see the Game Boy.
LCDs weren't how they are now@koolaid33
@@koolaid33 LCDs back then sucked. The Atari Lynx and the Sega Nomad used those screens and they ate batteries up no problem. The Gameboy outdid all of them in battery life and size (believe it or not)
@@JoshNotJohn0 and better on price!
@@koolaid33 too expensive among the other cons that other people said, there's a reason the Lynx and Noman lost HARD to the gameboy.
Not only is this a gorgeous build, but it's probably one of the most practical and beginner friendly gameboy mods I've ever seen!
"I Made a CRT Game Boy"
No, you made a mess out of hot glue and electronic parts that somehow seems to resemble a working gameboy.
(It's amazing and I love it)
James is an electronics artisian, there is an elegant yet precise and and seamless quality to all of his works. If you looked at a picture of that gameboy and didn't know any better I don't think you could tell it wasn't stock
*buzzsaw noises*
If and when James gets a 3d printer the handheld retro videogame system industry won’t know what hit it 😂
A more insane Ben heck
Yes, but the bits of Gameboy shells stick together with hot glue gives them character
But yes, please, a nice shell would be awesome
normal people: buys filament and 3d prints stuff
james: lets grind my gameboy shell into plastic and injextion mold it into a custom case I made from clay
The hot glue gun is basically an analogue 3D printer.
@@nanobass_I can absolutely see him doing that
“It’s got…at least a *couple* of minutes of battery power?”
Terrible battery life was the **one** thing the Game Gear was king at in the 90s handheld console market, and even this, you take away. James, you monster!
"ill give it slight modifications"
*lobotomy commmences*
Mate, you created the GameLAD
12:18 "careful modification of the case" chaos ensues
Thank you Mr Channel, brilliant tinkering. That Game Man will put hair on your chest.
Having made a very VERY basic CRT as a part of one of my physics classes in Uni, The thought of putting one in a hand held is equal parts hilarious and Terrifying!
this fool never heard of a Sony Watchman
@@rocketsaladjust because they did it, doesn't mean it was safe
And oddly enough, it still has better battery life than both the Game Gear and Atari Lynx.
James's never give up attitude is really enjoyable. Persistence with reason is a good way to live.
12:47 "I guess I'll just be careful?" I LOVE that line delivery.
This channel always feels like a crazed yet calm sorcerer doing arcane magics on mundane things and coming up with entirely new horrors beyond human comprehension and I love it.
Not even the original developers of the Gameboy could know what pin does what anymore.
There are like 4 different chipsetsbin it which do jot want to play nicely.
Voltage converters that raise the voltage are generally called boost converters. That is true even for -20 V boosting to -24 V, so boosting is relative to the circuit ground (common (zero) reference)
My first video I've seen of yours. And I must say the tenacity at the beginning was admiral. The arts and crafts wizardry to get it all stuck together was the cherry on top!
I never thought something could be fun, educational, and painful to watch all at once. Shoutout to the poor Gameboys massacred to give us this whatever you'd call this.
Even though im broke, i want to send this dude a dremel. I just dont think he would use it over his grinder. You can kinda tell its his go to "do all" tool. Everyone that tinkers has a few. People will offer a more fitting tool, but we go to what works best for us, heh. Keep the spirit, man and the grinder love.
I’ve got a dremel!.. somewhere..
This is the video Nintendo shows to their glitchy, non-compliant consoles to scare them straight.
This is why I watch James Channel because he is the only Mods channel I know that is willing to take something and find a way to MAKE IT LOWER TECH! Keep it up James your a real one.
Modding to a downgrade
10:54
this an affront to god
16:48
i take it back, THIS is an affront to god..
this guy is the Tim Allen of "modification"
random guy : Hey, what's hardware gore?
me : sends this video
Too right. This channel is a confusing blend of "Huh..." and "oh dear god, what have you done?!"
These projects are the epitome of "work hard, not smart."
I love them.
Yeah I'm not sure that was the proper way of making the screen automatically switch to CRT!
All he had to do is extracting the firmware from the screen kit, load in it a disassembler like Ghidra, debug the firmware and patch it so that it automatically start from CRT... Maybe he was scared of this solution because he doesn't know anything about programming? Who knows... 😆
@@Alfred-NeumanI bet you're fun at parties
this is the most frankenstein's monster handheld project I've ever seen, and I've watched some ancient videos where people casted their own shells to make a portable N64. The results I've seen from this channel so far have been absolutely bizarre, but I love the dedication put into making these projects fully functional. 😂
Its funny becauss i remember when i saw james on wades channel he seemed so reasonable and normal, and then i started watching this channel and half of his videos are him making things that would get me shot if i had them in my hand
You can hear the friendship with dankpods in his voice 😂👍🏼
I am impressed and terrified by you skills. This all feels like I walked in on Dr. Frankenstein making his monster.
Not knowing who you are and what you're about then learning through this video has been a delight. Your keen eye for detail and ability to tastefully modify the original casing to fit the crt whilst still looking OEM is an incredible feat. I'm subscribing for more!
Burning engine oil? DON'T YOU LOOK AT ME TONY!!
Congratulations. You have managed to make something more battery hungry than a Game Gear.
He's so hectic and has no regard for explanation or thinking twice and I love it
Fellow Australian here, please send more hot glue sticks to Australia, we're running low
This is my first James video. After all that electronics fiddling, I was expecting him to design and 3D print a nice shell for the thing.
What I witnessed was SO much better!
18:57 "no more mortal danger, probably"
saying "i made a CRT gameboy" in the era (over the age of ten) probably wouldve gotten you an express ticket to the psych ward
It is still impressive to me that we figure out how to shoot electrons on a vacum tube to make video-images first and then we made LED's , like one its just RGB pixels that are on or off, CRT , SHOOTS electrons.
Most UA-camrs: “So I 3D printed a custom case…”
James: “Hold my angle grinder.”
this channel is like the opposite of asmr I am stressed out the entire time and I love it
this is one of the best videos that there ever was. it just is. don't listen to the haters who have never had fun in their lives. listen only to the sound of the hot glue gun.
i feel like this channel is essentially an alternate world where Sid from Toy Story was Australian and never gave up on his love of frankenstein-ing toys like a sick experiment
When he desoldered and lifted the pin, I was thinking... ok, he's gonna solder that to 5V directly so the chip is ALWAYS being told to output to AV, nice!
And then he did the opposite, and disabled AV, exactly as expected.
9:26 RIP to that CPU, giving that Iconic gameboy ding for the last time before the screen became a garbled mess :(
Angle Grinder: The Desktop Electrician's Necessity
IRWIN is the most Aussie sounding name for a power tool
Irwin is a common brand in the states too. In fact, they were founded in Ohio and invented vise grips. Still an American company, though they're owned by Stanley Black & Decker these days
Irwin is the brand of cutting discs , that's a Makita grinder
Steve leaving his legacy everywhere
I have an Irwin squeeze clamp and an Irwin chalk line. Definitely a States thing
@@gamemeister27 not to detract from Irwin's accomplishments, but for the record, Vise-Grips were invented by William S. Petersen in De Witt, Nebraska, in 1924. The Petersen Manufacturing Co. designed, built, and marketed Vise-Grips from 1934 through the mid-1980's. In 1985, William's grandson, Allen Petersen, consolidated the Petersen Mfg. Co. with several other holdings and established American Tool Companies, Inc., which merged with the Irwin Tool Co. in 1993. American was eventually bought by Rubbermaid in 2002, and officially was renamed Irwin in 2003. Hope this help ✌
3:40 Buck converters take a higher voltage and lower it. Boost converters lake a lower voltage and raise it.
I've paused my Japanese VOD for seeing Australian Tech Wizard new trick.
16:57 Congrats, you've just built yourself a Geiger Counter 🤣!!
James would need JUST 120 energizers maxes to play 1 hour on the best gameboy ever.
I just would go with D cells at that point if you want to keep it old school. Of course you have lipo pack but would be to modernized.
I'm ready for James to do some delicate work using an angle grinder and a big hammer.
and hot glue
“Hot Glue 4 U” could be the subtitle of this whole channel
I love the end result, it looks like something you'd see someone fiddling with in a 90's sci fi anime.
You know how in Toy Story you get to hang out with all the mutilated toys? Yeah, that was shot in James workshop…..
James is not a monster he wouldnt mutilate toys (unless they had electronics inside)
@@tezcanaslan2877 Wasn't that Sid?
20:18 - "It even has a constant buzzing noise coming through the speaker, regardless of whether the volume is up or down. IT HAS SO MANY FEATURES!" XD XD
I haven’t saw or used a crt for so long forgot how big and chunky they were I love your channel
"So first, we're gonna have to do some careful modifications to the case."
Please hard cut to the angle grinder against the Gameboy
[cuts to the angle grinder against the Gameboy]
YESSSSSS.
Clearly the next progression here is to make it gasoline powered
„What could possible go wrong in bringing a combustion engine into a Co fined space?”
His potentiometer will feel at home
I like how you edited the video, skipping the boring parts and actually showing the enjoyable build experience
12:24 the grinding wheel nearly bumping onto that capacitor 😂 this is amazing James