The NEW GameBoy Micro
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2021
- Without a doubt the coolest GameBoy that has been made since the GameBoy Micro. This is a passion driven project that has been croud funded. 3 Years since it begun its journey, the FunKey S is here! - www.funkey-project.com/
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Already three years ago when the Keymu prototype timidly showed itself on UA-cam you somehow found it and were the very first one to show your enthusiasm Elliot !
After all these years, our passion project finally came to life to find the same unfaltering enthusiasm from you and that's beyond everything we could have hoped for!
Thank you for taking the time during your house works to show our little console in such a light!
The only detail we can add are that like you mentioned, for legal reasons the FunKey S cannot be sold with commercial games included. It however comes filled with the greatest homebrew games we could find and adding games is very easy, a simple copy/paste from the computer like on a USB key.
Thank you for sending me one and for making this a reality for the community!
I know what I wanna get I've always been after something like this . Just was looking at the atomic purple ones.
Did wanna ask do you know when next batch would get sent out has was thinking for a birthday present
This looks so cool, what can I do to get one for influencer price ;)
Cant wait to turn mine into a keychain
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That's what she said !
Ding dong
_Badumtsss._
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Make a video about it BAHB!
The real reason Elliot likes this so much is because the screen is so small you can't see his placing in Mario Kart: Super Circuit
8th
Ok can we address the elephant in the room here? Those controls look way too small for any sort of long-term play. That and, I don't care what he says, that screen's way too small. People already complain about the size of the SP controls.
With all that said though, I will agree, it's a remarkable piece of engineering. Just not practical at all.
@@arnox4554 does that have anything to do with this comment
@@WLMapping Yeah, he's talking about the small screen. I'm talking about the small everything.
@@arnox4554 Well I just want to play FFTA and Tactics Ogre, plus it has a zoom for small fonts etc. So I'm good. Depends on what you're playing, for sure.
Gotta say, you sold the HELL out of this thing. I need it.
Just ordered an OG purp & a retro style. Should be in by June
@@mrericmendez5049 same, the original site? Mine said May.
Carai ate o izzy ta aki pirando com esse portatil uahsushsusu quando ele botou o gran turismo 2 pra rodar elee vendeu na hr, fiquei impressionado
I’m currently saving up for a gpd xd+
@@GamerKeags_YT what’s that?
If I ever end up in jail this is coming with me smuggled in my prison wallet
The Apple Pippin comment, and the delivery of that comment, absolute rock awesome. You made me laugh out loud, and that happens rarely...usually I only have an internal smirk. heck, I think you even managed to power up a twinkle in the old ocular devices. Thank you! We need more smiles all around. Great review as well! Cheers :)
I love it. “The cost? Your first born child.” SOLD.
it's actually a benefit
I'd sell my first born child for one of these. But then again, I'd only buy one of these for my first born child, so... Gift of the Magi intensifies
"Hey bro can I get some gameboy advance?"
"Only a pocketful!"
Pulls out comically small gameboy advance*
Furfäg
@@gh0stbn356 your music is bad. It's not even the good kind of bad. It's just... bad
@@toceeno874 I don't make music what
@@toceeno874 that's from when I was in middle school lmao, watch my horror short film or something geez
@@gh0stbn356
watched it.
Not that good but also not that bad.
8/10
yesss this style of video was hilarious
best intro on the channel yet
Hahah glad you liked it
100% yeah. Also let's not forget 'WHO'S READY FOR SOME CHOONS' lol
Yeah more please. Subtle but no cringe 😘
“It’s so small, it fits....” lololol
If I had this as a kid, damn I will be one of the coolest kid at the school.
“You can put it in the pocket in your pocket”
*Women watching in disbelief*
you don't actually need to use a savestate when closing the device or leaving the game.
it'll quicksave so it can resume whenever you want to play again, and if you close it with a game running it'll immediately resume the game when you open it again.
Like a DS! :O
That’s actually a neat feature and makes me want one even more. :V
@@LifeBulb but the ds doesn't use a savestate when you close it... if you cut the power it'll reset completely without it saving anything
Yeah, I was wondering if he would mention that. And even if you quit a game, it autosaves so you can jump right in.
I'm very happy with mine so far.
@@chrisakaschulbus4903 Well yeah, I was referring to the fact that you can resume the game after you close it, but you’re totally right once it dies you can’t play your last closed session.
@@LifeBulb the ds seems to be more like sleep mode for pc's, where the ram is still powered. while this device works more like pc hybernation, where it's stored elsewhere...
or something like this, i'm no expert :D
Just 20 years ago this tiny thing would have sound like witch craft, so impressive
It STILL seems like witchcraft.
@Back from the Deadpool I've been uncovered.... Run!!!
Not really. It would have been easy enough to make an NES system of this size back in 20 - but the battery longevity would have been crap, because it would have been NiCad - it would have an NOAC (NES on a Chip). Certainly wouldn't be emulating anything. It would have cost a small fortune too.
Small screens are a thing now, back them, people would have been frustrated by something this tiny.
@@fuzzywzhe So what you're saying is you could have done it easily enough 20 years ago, so long as you cut 95% of the functionality, had a crap battery, and cost a ton?
@@shrike6243 Oh, NOT easily - NO. I'm saying this COULD have been done 20 years ago - but it would have to be scaled quite a bit back.
A NES of this size (not a simulator, but a NOAC) would have been _possible_ in this form factor, but nobody would want to purchase it.
We had LCD screens of this size, batteries were small enough, but NiCad.
10 years ago, yeah, this would have been easy to make. Chips (like this system uses) haven't gotten significantly faster in the last 10 years (they have gotten cheaper), LCD screens were easily available in this size in 2010, and the simulators existed. Again, nobody would want to have purchased it, it would have been too expensive and too small.
This toy is a novelty. I wouldn't want this today other than as a conversation piece and honestly, I wouldn't want it.
I had an GP2X Wiz years ago. That was a more appropriate form factor for actual use, but they used one of the first AmoLed screens, they were fragile.
1985: We'll have flying cars in the future!!
2021:
Super fun video. Glad you enjoy yours! I'm excited to get one. Haven't been into mobile gaming in a while, but this should bring me back haha.
Reporter: "Would you tell us a bit about yourself?"
FunKey S: "So basically I'm very smol"
“smol” I love that word 💀💀
Smol is the cutest word 😣
@@lightningandodinify I know, right? 🤭
Me who gets hand cramps with New 2DS XL: This funkey thing is looking interesting
My thoughts exactly lol
🤯 Epic, I am definitely getting one of these! Excellent review pal👍🏻
0:23 had me lol'ing love this dude! I can't wait to try this, hopefully getting one at some point!
Rf: the cost? Your fist born child!
Me:deal!!
People don't realise how annoying children are when they use them to barter
Same
Yep
Broken rubber?
Just realized the channels initials are RF... so retro lol
The most impractical yet cool thing I've seen in a while.
With the clarity of the screen, surprisingly practical.
Keep it in my shirt pocket.
A little pricey, but still, very good.
@@weaponizedemoticon1131 only if you have baby hands
@@LemonRush7777 nah but if you have stubby fingers you got and issue. My hands are big but I have slender fingers.
@@hangry3102 At that small size, playing it will be hardly ergonomic. A novelty at best.
@@LemonRush7777 1.5 inch screen or something... why don’t more reviewers be upfront about this thing? Yes it’s cool, but it’s just too small for anybody over 25 to use for more than 5 minutes.
Thank you very much Elliott I love this review im definitely grab one. Your channel is growing and I think this is absolutely huge u deserve all of this! (: u are doing so much work and put alot of effort into your videos.
I backed this on kickstarter!! It now goes everywhere with me and I love it.
Definitely adding this one to my collection! the skits at the beginning are awesome lmaoo
wait rage ?! didn't expect you to be here i would love to see if you can play final fantasy 7 on it i recommend that game
Shush your channel died
@@z00kz garbage logic
@@RageElixir lmao it worked you replied 🌝 i was jk i used to watch your mc pocket edition vids and your minecraft on psp video
@@z00kz stfu douche, his channel was never good enough to die.
An ergonomic nightmare, but it’s insane that you can get this kinda performance in such a small package. So cool!!
Right? I'm amazed something that little can play Gran Turismo. Looks uncomfortable as hell though lol.
I've even seen online videos of smartwatches playing gameboy roms but I don't know if they are fake.
@@snackler6102 why? Why would something like this need hdmi out?
@@snackler6102 And where would you fit an HDMI port while keeping the almost certainly cramped internal components in there?
I love the smallness of this device but at the same time, it's too small for me. I prefer something that's at the actual size of the Game Boy SP. Anyhow, I did recently grab myself the RG350 so I'm good to go with these retro console games.
You’ve got great comedic timing ...nothing came across as disingenuous or cringy like some other YTers sometimes come across as when they’re trying too hard. Or maybe I’m completely wrong and It’s just that your accent is like a cheat code to my American brain and everything becomes awesome when said using it. Either way this thing is siiiiick
I had to check my calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1st
Honestly, so did I.
@june_da_jeweler
I just found this video on April 1st and I had to double check the video release date.
@@bobbusc hehe me too
*seductive voice* This isn’t just a GameBoy... this is a funkey S GameBoy...
This isn't just a comment, its a youtube comment..
@@zooshehooshespreadonlyposi8031 this isn’t just a reply, it’s a UA-cam reply.
@@BILLYBOBERTJOE Lol 😆
@@zooshehooshespreadonlyposi8031 this isnt youtube its a subscription S
Good luck on the move man this video was great
Love the hilarious intro! You should do more of these!
And the device is pure gold too!
"The cost.....YOUR FIRSTBORN CHILD-"
That caught me off guard
The intro was the best, Elliot, I would definitely be happy if that type of intro became a recurring thing moving forward
This looks brilliant and I am going to have to add this to my collection
Just ordered one. Super excited. Would love to see N64 added to it.
Probably impossible. Or at the very least unlikely. N64 is significantly harder to emulate than the PS1 because of its hardware design, and a lot of the games require the analog stick to function properly alongside taking advantage of all 6 face buttons and the Z trigger and R button. Even if this had the power it doesn't have the right inputs.
@@NiGHTSnoob True, N64 is a nightmare to emulate. Heck, the Nintendo Switch can't run it properly without overclock. The inputs tho would be the most limiting factor, PS1 is already on the edge if the game needs R2 or L2.
Oh hello Mori!
It already runs n64! Retro dodo made a video on it as well, and it played mario 64 almost flawlessly!
@@enchilada1792 It doesn't; Super Mario 64 is a native port made possible by the game's decompilation and subsequent PC port.
man I remember being bored in high school and imagining tiny handhelds that can play a myriad of games while having virtually no footprint on your person, the fact we can play full 3D games on such tiny and very clear displays is not only a show of where we are today in computing, but also how far we can push the worst way of playing intense titles towards a practical solution.
A 64Mb processor is nowhere near modern computing, my dude.
@@queenb5049 *Look at how smol it is you moron*
@@queenb5049 Its comparable to the original XBox in terms of RAM, and it beats the PSP by a long way in terms of performance
@@queenb5049 I fail to see the argument here.
@@phonewithoutquestion80 You're creaming yourself over, "where we are today in computing."
If you think this is modern computing, you'd flip your lid at the specs behind modern fluid simulation and supercomputing universe generation.
I never knew something the size of a pea could be so cool
Allow me to introduce myself
The sound sounds awesome on this. The amount of work that it took to get rid of the interface from these components so close together is amazing on its own.
you've been in my feed for a few days. I started watching the vids. great content. subscribed. you can thank youtube....
Mine didn't come with any pirated games. You probably didn't get yours from the official kickstarter store. If you buy it form Asian marketplaces, they may have already loaded some roms onto it.
Funkey has a pinned comment up top, in their comment they state for legal reasons they cannot sell it with licensed games loaded only homebrew games. You will have to load the games yourself to get what’s shown in this video, they loaded this one for demonstration purposes.
Mine didn’t either
@@flygti03 They specially loaded this one, AND sent it to him on request, gratis. It should have been made clear in the video that they effectively sponsored this advertisement along with SquareSoace.
This seemed so cool that I was wondering if it was already April 1st.
I was honestly expecting it to be one of those little consoles that has that “1001 games in 1” type of thing with a bunch of bootleg random games but it has genuine Nintendo games from different platforms. Impressing!
My friend told me about this recently and I ordered it on a whim. Glad to see your review was positive because I feel like you’re typically pretty fair. So excited to get mine soon!
how is it
for the longest time i thought this was a scam because every pic/vid they posted looked soooo fake i was like no way is this real
One of the few Kickstarters that were actually legit
There are links to the community Wiki and Discord server in the menu bar of the main FunKey S page. Both are filled with great people and tons of helpful information. :)
Also note: the unit only comes with a handful of legal, freely distributable games by default. (I think the team even went out of their way to contact the freeware game developers first before including them.) So unless you get your unit from someone else, you will need to add your own games.
Can I assume the wiki has good instructions on adding your own roms? Is it just drag and drop?
Thats not true. If they would contact Nintendo for adding the games to the console Nintendo would warn them not to add the games to this console.
@@Aqzaqa Yes, it's pretty easy. When connected to Your computer over USB, one of the options in the menu will cause it to appear as a USB drive. Then you can just copy your games to the appropriate folder, unmount the drive, and enjoy.
@@CralexKokiri that's pretty convenient
@@mattishida3067 They used homebrew apps, those are free.
Normally I don’t comment but jeez I laughed so damn hard with that intro especially when you had those random currencies that was solid. I’m absolutely looking the change up and comedy in the new intros
I want it but when the bigger display appears and little bit more space for thumb and be this absolutely perfect🔥
That is small! I am very impressed to see it play Gran Turismo, I was not expecting that sort of frame rate. From a TV, the Console, cables, controller, the power grid... To a box this big. Nuts.
Game Gear Micro: "Too Small!"
Funkey: "OMG look at how small this is, so cool111!"
....Game Gear Micro leaves the chat.... -_-!
The screen looks slightly bigger
the Keymu video is one of the first i added to my Favorites playlist, cool to see it as a full product!
wow. this looks amazing. just ordered one. thanks for making me aware of this!
The pocket bit of the intro is an absolute gem
Definitely you're wrong about game boy micro....this is a Game boy Nano,my friend! And so cool!
You were so funny in that intro. That one guy in the comments... OMG I had to watch that three times.
I’ve always seen your videos as decent. Something about this one and the intro though made me enjoy your channel more. I have now subbed my dude, nice work
I'm so glad I got mine. Personally, I love it mostly for GB and GBC games, for which the screen's aspect ratio is well suited (and because those were always low resolution platforms, they work quite well in the miniature form factor). Yes, the battery won't last all day - but since it's a small battery, recharging it really only takes 20 minutes.
+ The sleep function works.
+ It has auto-resume, so you can quit games and reopen them later without even bothering with save-states, if you don't want to.
- There's really only one negative, and that is that the very small controls make longer gameplay cramp your fingers a bit. I wiiiiiiiiiiiiish they'd make one actually about the size of a Gameboy Advance SP, since I really love how the device works, the bigger form factor would lead to longer battery life and a normal (i.e. Nintendo) sized control set would make this perfect. Still: I keep it charged and put it in my pocket whenever I leave the house, since you never know when you might fancy a bit of GB Tetris or Super Mario Land. :)
Now we need an aluminum enclosure for it.
Or anything that would stand up to jagged keys grinding against it in a pocket really.
7:21 Woe, that's when it hit me. Seeing that black and white super Mario, brining back that feeling of playing that for the first time as a kid, marveling at how amazing it was to have basically my Nintendo console in my hand. There was a time when that very first Gameboy was, in some ways, the biggest thing in my life. Lol.
I absolutely love my funkeys!! Got a brilliant little leather pouch for it so can just throw it in my work bag and not worry about it being knocked around. Just installed the latest update and it fixes all the issues I was having. Love playing GBC and GBA on it!!
Imagine taking this back to the 90’s
how does that small device play those games.....thats amazing
How many games do it have?
@@SoulforSale not as many as shown in the video. The retail version doesn't have any of the illegal games on it (like Mario or Starfox) , just homebrew ones. You can load them on yourself however. This version was specially loaded with extra games and a promotional version of the device was given to this UA-camr.
@@Naptosis thanks.
Mate this is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while!! This is like my childhood in your pocket 🤙🏼
They are really cool mate, would reccomend one :)
Ordered. Can’t wait to get mine. :)
im not buying one unless it plays the apple pippin
thank you elliot for your contribution
Can You Fix My Game Boy Elliot?
Can u fix my nintendo dsixl thanks 😊
Fuc-
Everybody says that. Including me
One day they'll make a GameBoy smaller than atoms
This console will fit into your pocket, or pocket dimension!
You do need a portable electronmicroscope and monoatomic tweezers to play however.
I like the black on the sides eternally reminding you that the screen is 240x240 and not a normal resolution, like 320x240 or 360x240.
Good thing it's so retardedly small it doesn't have a screen that actually supports the native resolution of 90% of the games it plays.
Omg different button choices!!! I'm considering because I LOVE color options like this
Was hoping you'd eventually cover this. Pricey but I def wanna look into getting one sometime. Hope they come out with more colours.
It’s so tiny and cuteeeeee
Is that pronounced 'cyut-eee' or 'cyuuuute'? Sorry I'm old.
Dude your videos have gotten AMAZING. Whoa!
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how are you not verified yet?
Tbh that display is very nice and seems high-quality. I like the sleekness and the shine for some reason haha
I so want this to add to my collection of small game systems!!
That is quite a funky Funkey!
I'm sorry.....
no need to be sorry
This thing is seriously awesome.
I was expecting the usual crappy Famicon ROM Hacks we see on some devices, but nope. Great emulation, you can load your own games and it's all open source.
I'm impressed!
I have purchased this waiting for it to arrive I’m soooo excited
wow that is just awesome man
Finally, something that can fill the tiny, Tiny tamagachi-shaped hole in my heart
As a Computer Engineer I literally had my mouth wide open looking at this beauty of engineering expertise
It's so cute ♥️🌱 there's no way I would be able to see that tiny screen, maybe they will go crazy and make a giant one 😀👍
FINALLY GOT MINE TODAY!! Only been waiting since march
Just ordered. Worth every penny. All I can think of though, is “when is somebody going to crack open the game and watch and move the internals of this into that? “
Same...I’ll bring mine to work when it gets boring 😂
"You can put it in your pocket" Neat.
"You can put it in the pocket IN YOUR POCKET" WHAT THE-
This video was insane, made my day
I legit thought you were having me on when you started listing the specs and all the devices this thing can emulate. I mean, holy crap, that is astounding.
I like it🥰
"Everything is on here, somehow"
*Nintendo ninjas want to know your location*
They're only on there as this was a promotion given to this UA-camr. Retail versions only have homebrew games. You can upload the Nintendo games at home. You must do it quietly to avoid the Ninjatendos however.
As for keeping it on your keychain or lanyard, one could easily make a protective sleeve for it. Toddlers grow out of socks quickly.
Sick! just ordered one
It's so small it's not even the size of an atom. It's so small IT'S NOT EVEN MADE OF ATOMS.
💀😂
its so small...
*I T I S T H E A T O M*
That’s what she said
Called FunKEY
Elliott: I don't like that it has to do with keys
It took me waaaaay too long to realize he was talking about house keys and not keyboard keys oml-
cant wait for mine to arrive!
My GameCube purple one arrived and yeah, my Retroid Pocket 2, RG350, my bloody overpriced GPD Win and every other retro gaming related peripheral is now collecting a thick layer of dust. I love this little critter so much I ordered a second Funkey S in OG gray. Thanks for the honest review young lad. Great stuff.
I didn't expect it to be able to run something like PS1 games. That's actually pretty impressive.
Crazy to think that maybe one day one of these will probably emulate dreamcast or something.
@@skycloud4802 Chill there. We'll never reach those heights.
It looks absolutely amazing. But having my gameboy micro as my handheld on the go for its small form factor, I just know this is a little too small for me, even if it's for just playing a couple of minutes. Double in size would have been perfect, which would still make it very cool and very compact.
Even so, it's amazing what they've achieved here.
Well there's no point if it's not small. May as well buy a normal gameboy if that's the case.
@@Nachtgeist. how someone's opinion can change over the months. I recently bought a miyoo mini and very happy with it :p
Awesome. Ordered one!
Thank you so much for this video 👍🏻👌🏻✌🏻
Lmao that intro
As adorable as this is it would be murder on my fat hands :
Think of all the dexterity bonuses you'd get after playing this for a while though!
love your videos
Oh man, as soon as I saw it in action I went and bought one. So many situations where you end up waiting for something and instead of endlessly fiddling with my phone on the same three websites I can just chuck this in my pocket and get some games on.
What are the 3 chosen websites?