The GameBoy Pocket Color Mod
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2022
- Without a doubt, the most STUNNING GameBoy I have ever built.
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I like the way you always show the errors, breakages, problems. It makes me feel so much better about my own experiences.
Yeah it helps so much!
Oh HELL noooooooooooooooo
@@igjirijrfnugrn9295What's the problem?
I felt actual pain at 5:47. Broken screens are a complete nightmare.
and COSTLY......
Note to viewers, Boxy Pixel will not replace a broken screen for you if you put it inside a shell (even if you don't use the adhesive) or solder the touch sensor. Do a screen test on the table with the bare minimum. I ended up having to buy a replacement elsewhere.
Wow. That's kinda sucky. I mean, I get it, it's so easy to destroy it by yourself, but still.
That is bs bruh! Deal with funny playing directly their customer service is top notch! iIcracked my shell after opening and closing the thing like 10 times, took a picture and emailed them, they sent me a new shell, free! The next day. I was blown away.
Congrats on this build man. Looks modern with an exquisite feel, and and the reflective feeling is nice!
Honestly, I'd prefer something plastic. Also that proud cart in the back is a deal breaker.
can order a metal standard sized color shell instead from boxy pixel.
Yeah that would annoy the crap outta me
the cartirdge sticking out is a no deal for me, everything else seems real nice (minus your broken screen haha)
Absolutely beautiful mod. My biggest gripe I think is the fact that you have to completely remove the IR from the GBC.
Nice build, shame about the cart sticking out, this actually puts me off doing this build as I was looking for a metal shell build next, but this won’t be it.
Nick offers a metal Gameboy Color, where the shell and cartridge sit perfectly flush.
I would recommend the slate, the back isn't metal sure but what you mainly look at is metal and sp is just a good system
@@liamsmith8518 Slate's cartridge port is on the bottom, so even worse lol.
@@tailsinge it's the exact same thing as a normal GBA SP I'm sure it's kinda annoying with GB and gbc games but for GBA (which is probably what will be played most of the time on a GBA) it's perfect
Couple of the small criticisms! Like the giant hump on the gameboy's back. The Quasimodo Boy
Two gameboys are two completely different things?
Looks beautiful. Wish I had the soldering skills to be able to put it together
Yeah, I've had no luck with soldering. Other people make it seem so simple and easy. It's fiddly work.
Flux is your friend. Just keep at it SeBz.
And just to get your feet wet you can practice on any random electronic board you find. I started on home stereos where components were spaced out and easy to navigate.
Thanks mate. Tried it in the past with no avail and is a skill i admire people that have it. Thanks for the reply 😊
Man how are you that skilled with that gameboy stuff? The gameboys were big part of my childhood but I can't do anything with them except playing on em. Keep going man
That sweep across the desk with the Mac Studio was so slick. Great video!
His zoomed-in B roll shots are amazing, aren't they?
Man. I'm fairly new to the Gameboy game, currently making my GBZero, but the Gameboy Color with the IPS mods are seems to be truly amazing devices. Tickles my must to have bones. With this shell it's the best it ever gets.
The pocket is the best design, Whith the color features, is a dream come true.
Hope you show another vídeo with the final screen.
The top bezel kinda looks short, maybe because of overall bigger screen frame, which makes it look rather disproportional than gbp
Yet this shell is still beautiful
I love the silver, it has a nice look to it
Damn, looks aboslutely amazing! Wish I was as skilled as you at modding!
It's lego buddy...
@@PaulChabot indeed, soldering isn't difficult to pick up.. just need to buy and use the right things
@@cidkramer the right tools make all the difference.. I thought flux was a luxury at one point.. it's necessary..
@@PaulChabot the right Flux is even better :) I've seen people use pipe soldering Flux and it didn't end too well for the circuit board
Welcome back, Elliot! Very glad to have new content. Hope all is well with the house and bike. Cheers!
I bet it has a satisfying weight to it. Love your videos man. Super calming and awesome content about Gameboys and anything else you want to review. Can't wait for whatever you do next.
I think I enjoy the videos a bit more when something goes wrong, kinda shows that not everything is perfect and that those kind of things can happen
That is really a work of art great job on the build!
This is gorgeous. Was my fav model as a kid for a long time. Cuz was a huge upgrade over the og before color every existed.
Your solder work is so clean
just managed to dig up my old gameboy pocket! definitely want to mod and refurbish it, this is great inspiration
Great Mod and great video Elliot! The gameboy looks so awesome!
the red and black buttons looks so nice, a great build!
You can really make a load of money modding Gameboys like this! I'm impressed by this mod 🙂
I dont know, the price of parts, and time and effort barely feel proportional anymore to the price people are willing to pay for a still 25yo handheld.
Masterpiece! Love the color combination.
Great job with the mod Elliot. In the past I've criticized your soldering but I'm glad to see you've improved a lot. Keep it up mate!
Fantastic video and mod. Perfect length, nice details, some shared disasters and peeves - ending with a great joke. Master class for aspiring UA-camrs.
Really loving your videos keep it up 👍🏻👍🏻
While I may not have said anything, this was the video I have been waiting for. Thanks BoxyPixel and Elliot!
I love your videos. It’s so relaxing to watch you do tinkering with these amazing stuff. Your videos help me relax lol. Keep up the great work as always!
This has to be the best gameboy of 2022
Well done my lad
Me: Wow, that’s so cool!
Nintendo: Wait, that’s illegal…
Wow that looks awesome!
What a beautiful video and very good mod, Keep up the good work Eliot!! :)
By the way, the white glass looks honestly good for me personally!
Great work Elliot as per usual.
❤
I love my boxypixel SP, so well machined,and feels so premium in the hand.
On another note,I purchased some ifixit tools yesterday, I'm impressed after your recommendation.
👌
Also looking forward on an update on the C90.
🙂
It looks amazing.
Nick Rose of Boxy Pixel really knows his stuff, and I look forward to his new aluminum DMG shell coming soon!
looks sweet. I always loved the pocket and thought it was such a shame the color didn't have the same body. I ordered the red casing with black buttons because my friend had that OG gameboy when we were kids and I was always jealous
I did mine in anodized black with the purple buttons a month ago when they first released Easily my favorite game boy of all time until you own one you won’t understand how heavy and quality this shell feels in the hand it’s next level
FYI given it's Japanese those screws are probably JIS screws not phillips. JIS cross point screws are slightly different and using a phiillips screwdriver with them makes it more likely to strip the head.
Nice job. Beautiful gb.
beautiful in a lot of ways!
The Pocket is definitely the best form factor of the GB lineup ⭐
great as always mr retro
Love that spin just adds respect ✊ love the vid man so cool I learned how to mod and fix gameboys from watching your videos :) great days to you man
I really was looking forward to see a Aluminum Machined Classic Game Boy after I saw the unhinged Advance SP.
Also there's something called GB operator which is basically a good Cartridge reader(sort of like Save-The-Hero, but it is compatiable with all generations of Gameboy cartridges(yes, that includes the camera cartridges) and it's on meet_epilogue, since no body uploaded a lot about it, I thought you can do it since your videos are mostly about Gameboys.
What you do inspires me to do things to game consoles. Among those things you’ve inspired me to make is a Switch PC known as the Switch Nite that me and my team is building. Thank you, Elliot!
(Also, I will buy a 3DS Panda shell if you have a spare.)
(You probably don’t have another, just thought to ask.)
OMG, that tweezer wedge, never thought to do that before!
Compared to existing GameBoy Pocket Color mods, at least this one doesn't require you to trim your PCB to fit into a Pocket shell. Nice one!
looks sick!
I want to give him my Gameboy colour and mod it to hell too lol
Looks incredible!!!
Very cool! I want to do this now!
The pocket is the most Beautiful design. I would love to see it in a color LCD version
I’ve just spent £100+ on mods for my GBC, can’t wait for them to arrive!
Using your tweezers like that was genius! IDK why I've never thought to do that.
This is sick!! Love this
As much as I love this mod, I wish it came in a plastic version. I know it's more premium to have that aluminium finish but it's gonna be a nightmare to replace in the event something goes wrong like a bad drop.
The metal adhered to the glass also seems like a questionable choice with thermal expansion being a thing, and the glass used in the Q5 laminated display has had a couple concerns over its strength.
Dang those battery terminal wire colors are so nice.
Hi Elliot , thanks for the video, I was actually wondering if I'll buy it or not but thanks to your video, I have decided to save a bit more and arm myself with patience and order the Analog Pocket, thanks again and keep up the good work :)
I know you said it's not really a fair comparison to the Analogue Pocket, but with those prices, it's kinda hard not to. Both seem like very pricey endeavours.
Though sorry that your screen was broken. It's a total bummer and it can happen to best of us. Still, for what it's worth, you did great mate!
Hope everything's been looking up for you, King.
*has a gameboy color in my pocket*
Elliot: "Is that a gameboy color in your pocket?
This looks great! Id love to do this when I am more skillful! Also, I think it would be fun if you could make or find a gameboy micro xl or a very very tall or wide gameboy micro! Love the videos! 👍
The pocket is my favorite body. This is perfect
Holy crap, what kind of soldering iron is that? I was looking for a small kit like that, but couldn't find anything like it.
Had the same question, so I looked it up; Adafruit sells it (item 4244, adjustable temp USB-C soldering pen TS80P).
God, that is stunning.
The nicest of the original Gameboy designs matched with a Colour motherboard and IPS screen? Tempting, really tempting, even though there's not really any games pre-Advance that really interests me
Got to say I always preferred the shape and size of the Pocket over the Color and that the quality was always a step down in terms of build quality. This mod actually not only solves it but makes it more modern too. May have to get one of these soon myself.
Yeah the Color almost looks like it’s for children (just my opinion)
I like the form factor of both, but aesthetically, the Pocket is more classic to me.
@@ShadeSlayer1911 yeah I agree
Liked the vid while the ad was playing before the clip.
Metal & Colour absolutely gorgeous 👍
Damn what iron is that. Very cool. Looking for a new good one. Can't get the cheapos to hear up and melt correctly.
Another cool and sleek build! Looks super clean! Also, I like your little soldering iron. Can you tell me what model you have so I can pick one up?
Love how this turned out! Personally I would rather have this modded GBC than the pocket.
On a totally unrelated note, my first iFixit kit finally showed up and I got about 13 Nintendo DS lites, 7 don’t work, about to dig into that for the first time ever.
‘Twas not a ‘Tactical Reload’ but a ‘Speed Reload’.
How many different mods can their possibly be?!
You see, this is a cool build, if anything is the coolest. and Boxy Pixel makes excellent builds! However, as far as I know they do not mix and match the color of their aluminum pieces. He did point out the buttons but the most expensive is the screen frame, which comes with the whole shell. I can relate with the screen mishap as I did messed up the screen on my first try. So if anyone that is not a youtuber wants to do this exact same build it will be (two sets of shells, two sets of buttons, IPS screen, USB-C battery, and two touch sensors ) approx. 250 bucks without taxes and shipping. I love the product but is definitely not a cheap for this exact same build. Hopefully Boxy Pixel allows people to do mix and match in the future.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Good Work Elliot ❤❤
Soldering lipos scared the crap out of me. That's why I have yet to switch my micro drone batteries to bt2.0 lmao. Beautiful build man!
When working with potentially firey batteries I keep a pot with a lid handy so I can dump it in there and take it outside should it start being firey.
@@sovietrussia3632 that's smart. I saw someone also use a bucket of sand too that they dumped the battery in. They were li-ion tho and they were attempting to make a camera battery pack
On those desk shots I spotted a Mac Studio in the background, was not expecting to see that kind of baller hardware sitting there 👀
Always enjoy watching these, hope things are going well! What soldering iron do you use here?
The Gameboy color pocket would have been cool if Nintendo actually made it.
Beautiful mod 😍
I've been watching your channel for a couple months and just love the content, kinda inspired me into repairing my old 3ds XL, any suggestion on where to buy the shelling and the buttons?
Thanks in advance, again love the videos keep up the great content!
"Is that a Gameboy Color in your Pocket, or are you just machined to CNC me?"
don't you love how the analog pocket puts four tiny, hard to use face buttons on it to play consoles which never used more than two?.. rather than, you know, putting on two big, easy to use buttons?
That screwdriver flick 🔥
Why yes it is, also I'm happy to see you.
Such a beauty.
This is what I've been missing. I get that you are trying to expand into other areas. But sometimes I just want to watch a build with some talking. Would love to see you tackle a wiiboy.
its almost like the poketsprite but bigger.
Might buy one
Very cool!
This should really be called the game boy perfect mod
that thing is beautiful, but the fact that the game sticks out on the top is a deal breaker for me
10 year old me is screaming. Imagine something like this back in the day! It would have been mind blowing.
As much as i like the Retro NT, it's just so much more fun putting together something like that yourself with your own hands to really personalize the device. I just really don't like that whole LiPo Battery thing… i would have preferred to use standard rechargeable batteries but i guess the Screen just needs more than the 3 Volts the original GBC needed. Love the fact that now it looks like a Game Boy Pocket always wanted to be, if aluminium cases would have been just as cheap as silverpainted plastic.