I made a left handed GameBoy for no reason
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- For all 10 - 12% of people out there who are left handed. This is for you. Even though you probably had no trouble playing the GameBoy whatsoever. This is still for you.
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That's epic elliot
Respect ✊
Stay safe
Good to see you're helping out.
The Retro Future awesome!
"When I had two equal squares, I cut them out with my glue gun" 😂😂 Classic
Brandon Morley yes I do that everyday
I didn't get it
I thought I was hearing things
He was dremel-less for so long..he might have a problem recognising his tools now
That's called dremelslexia
I think
From the Gameboy's perspective:
Oh, Elliot's walking towards me.
I bet he's doing another modding video.
I can't wait to be backlit!
Why does he have a Dremel?
O H N O
*glue gun
Gameboy"WHYYYYYYY?!
what's a dremel?
@@Nemesis_Slime The cutting tool he used in this video.
@@MundaneMuser
Joke
🙎🏻 you
I’m left handed and this still physically hurts me to imagine playing
Im left handed aswell and I used to play skyward sword just fine with the controls inverted ( nunchuck on the left and wiimote on the right) so I this doesn't seem that hard.
I'm a proud lefty who would never want this as well.
@@PUDINHED lol Yeah it isn't really needed but as fun project it is ok.
I’m left handed and I don’t get how people struggle with playing a gameboy
@@roguecraftstar9251 I think it was just sarcasm.
Ned Flanders and his store The Leftorium would be proud of you Elliot :-)
Hahah thanks Vince
Well thank diddly for the save there materrino!
Oh hello
@@stpidstuff General Kenobi
@Omgguy General Kenobi.
Haha, gotcha!
A Gameboy for the most oppressed minority: left handed gamers
Rye soup
My friend is left handed and he plays normally
@@HelixAdamOxford I'm left handed and I'm the same we just have to adapt by no choice of our own the world is right handed which is a shame.
Despite am right handed, but i do get used with the arrow keys on the right and the action buttons on the left on a keyboard with whether a nes or gameboy emulator,mmm.
Once I downloaded some dsiware and it had no left hand mode, couldn't use it. Pay your respects when you're ready
Suggestion: “I downgraded a GBA for no reason”
Specifically, you put the guts of a Game Boy into the shell of a GBA.
I don't think that's possible
Architect here. Working on a house now where I had to mirror the entire house after working on it for a week. Had a headache the whole time I was reversing it. This has done the same to me. Your a sick man and I love you for it. Keep doing you.
Select all > mirror
Super cool! This is actually how games were intended originally in arcades back in the 70s/80s. But arcade owners wanted to make the games more difficult for people (so they would make more money) so they swapped the controls and the idea of joystick/d-pad on the left became the norm ever since.
1:16 “I cut them out with my glue gun”
Jokes
indeed
Using glue gun cuts the price very well.🤫
'together, like we should all be doing as humans'
I only have a passing interest in retro gaming but I keep watching your videos because you have a great personality
Next: I gave the Gameboy an OLED screen and made the battery last 5 weeks and made the shell steel and encrusted the buttons in diamonds and then made it play Gameboy colour games and then made it play GBA games too and then made it 4mm thick and then made it left handed and then made it taller for no reason
That'll be too powerful
And second, holographic screen for ds and 3ds games.
@@WiiUniverse Give it a Pentium 2
@@lbsiuk what about a Pentium 3?
@@evelin1006 No. It needs an i9-9900K.
"It's like driving on the wrong side of the road"
... coming form a Brit.
I love your channel, keep it up!
As a lefty I appreciate this, I'm not sure if it's beautiful or painful to look at
Great job
All these GB improvements is putting a smile on my face during these crappy times. They are truly the best videos coming out right now. you are answering questions i never knew i had. Thank you for your service to mankind!
Ideas: Giant Gameboy, Turning gameboy to a home console, Double sided gameboy (screen and buttons on front and back)
Put the gamboy board in a Game Gear case. The Ninsega Gear Boy
Game gears are getting scarce, and one day will become rare, as more people throw them away
A horizontal one like the gameboy advance
Make a DS lite without a hinge, similar to the 2DS but using a DS lite with game boy advance compatibility
I actually really like this. It's pleasant to look at it because it's different. I'd love to play it. Great idea. Well done.
Thank you so much for thinking of this idea, lol. I'm left handed, and sometimes it's hard to play games because of that.
I like the uniqueness of this Gameboy😍. Nice work Elliot very creative!
Putting a clear case on a advance sp while watching this!
I love this. I’m left handed and I love having the D pad on the left side. That’s why we notoriously hate the Atari joystick layout. But this, incredible. Just incredible, Elliot. Keep it up!
I think a left handed ds makes more sense for games that require a stylus and d-pad hahaha.
EDIT: remember having this struggle on my 3ds for Kid Icarus
Yes
Dude playing the ds was ao uncomfortable for this reason
Call of duty ds or tron ds anyone?
im right handed but i always use my left (right cant do anything) and in bowsers inside story its so pecking annoying for the giant parts bc you cant see the left side
yo mad respect for soldering wires to those tightly packed traces by hand without a microscope.
I feel like Elliot's sanity is slowly decreasing with every new video. xD
I’m left handed and it was physically impossible to play my Gameboy until this tutorial. Thank you Elliot!
Waiting for the left handed GBA or DS.
Left handed Switch
@@dannyman5751 just flip the joy cons around
Waiting for the left handed Vita
@@stpidstuff good idea I might actually try it 😂
😮
I never had a Gameboy as a kid, I emulated a few games like Zelda and pokemon. So this actually tracks with my own experiences of using the arrows on the right and CV on the left to play the games.
Next Episode: Upside down gameboy
Screen on the bottom 100% pro gamer move
Shawn Griffith screen on the bottom buttons on top
Ohh, that's GOTTA be done.
Left handed DS as well
Congratulations. You've somehow managed to unite left and right handed people in agreeing that this is a monstrosity. Great content as always!
"I'm not in any way struggling to play this game" - You have uncovered the reason left handed consoles don't exist
While us leftys have our left hand for the movement and that's pretty much all that's partly why i love the Wii
I really like these little experiments/projects you're doing! The long gameboy made me crack up because its so ridiculous its great!
Ow it’s giving me a headache looking at it
Same I looked at it and thought...
"Wait. That's not supposed to be that way.
What you guys talking about? It's perfect!(0u0)/
I wanna see a gameboy where the screen is at the bottom and you hold it at the top. xD
@@sanguinepub :0 upside down Gameboy for Australian people!! :0
As a left handed person, all my life I’ve wanted to play a game boy- but I just couldn’t. It was impossible.
Now, I finally can!
As I left handed person I didnt even know southpaw was a thing. Lol.
Southpaw is generally made so you aim with your primary thumb when playing an FPS, when playing platformers it makes most sense to have it default because it is already on the left side for movement.
As a left handed person myself, I have never experienced any issues with a Gameboy like this before. I didn’t know that was even a thing.
1:16 "I cut them out with my gluegun" .... hmmm, sure?
I really think this is the best series you've done! The "for no reason" videos are now some of my favorites!
Even my left handed friends said this looks uncomfortable.
Technically, it shouldn't be any different... Just have to get used to the buttons being on the opposite side of every other console, but that's just muscle memory and takes a few days to a few weeks to feel natural.
Bruh
The Wii remote an nunchuk is uncomfortable for me when the remote is in my right hand
@@pizza619 just switch hands, it's kinda designed so either way you can use it
It should, because this is a right handed gameboy.
I’m a lefty and always wanted to try the gameboy. Now I finally can! 👍🏻
As a left-handed person, this triggers my OCD.
@rockman fan
Probably the angle of the A and B buttons
The only problem would be the games that would need to be mirrored somehow.
@@kurokoro yeah, like it would its so weird for me when playing a handheld to have the D-pad be in the direction that my character is running to, on the right.
@@autistichades5552 Yeah since the game is not mirrored going left to rigth would be a bit confusing at first, I think there are stages of some games that are perfect for this since they start from left to right.
kurokoro 28 you do realize the dpad is the same? It’s just moved position wise
Your skill level is way over 9000. This should have been a vibe back in the day🙏🏾Too awesome
6:15 - “I’m scared that I’m already used to it.” 😂😂
Such a cool concept. There is a way to get rid of the glossy spots where you put the body filler, though. You have to apply multiple coats of primer and sand them flat once the primer dries. Once everything is completely flat and covered in primer, the paint won't turn glossy like that.
1:16 "I cut them out with my glue gun." Thanks for covering my screen with spit, Elliot... 😅
I saw the thumbnail and immediately went to give this video a thumbs up. :D I love your projects!
Finaly i was able to play on a gameboy, thank you
Just wanted to let you know - You're awesome dude :D You have almost daily content :D
Alternate title:I made a Gameboy but it looks like when people draw the buttons the wrong way.
Please keep making these kinds of builds i love these crazy ideas.
„It’s like driving on the wrong road“
Say the British person
That is super cool! 😍 Best video on the internet mate!👍 And since i am left handed i must say i am glad someone finally recognize the struggle♥️
Please do a left handed long gameboy or a left handed double screen SP
Left handed double screen long sp with the buttons on the back and plays Nintendo DS games
This is awesome! Fantastic work!
I'm a lefty but i'm not using left-handed controls lol
I didn't even know they existed until recently and someone asked me if I wanted to use one. I was like heck no, I've been doing it this way since I was a toddler and not sure my hands would be capable of switching their jobs now anymore.
I barely even use the mouse on a computer with my left hand because I couldn't always switch it over on work spaces
Technically the "right handed controls" are left handed because of all the things the left hand is requried to do.
Such an amazing job!
You are actually really talented.
wellp, looks like were getting a back button gameboy! love seeing these mods and this guy is beyond talented!
Now THIS is a game changer!
Keep making weird gameboys man, I love it!
You are a genious mate! That took a lot of elbow greece and patients well done. As a lefty I thank you
Great video! You got me into gameboy repairs and mods. Keep up the good work! (:
Elliot you’re really becoming quite the content king 🤴 love it. Really interesting and creative videos you’ve been putting out 👏🏼
Thanks :)
The Retro Future Very welcome my lovely!
This made me think, it'd be kind of hilarious to have a complete mirror-image Gameboy - AB and D-pad flipped, screen display flipped, absolutely everything flipped so that if you played it in a mirror it all looked the right way around.
Do we reverse the speakers too?
As a left handed I would have love this during my childhood, the same way I loved the master sysyem II stick (when most of humanity hated it). In the end I got used to play videogames like a right handed, but as a child it really pissed me off.
i thought about this a few days ago, it is good that someone made it real! good job dude
This reminds me of all the times my friends got annoyed after I played their copies of Guitar Hero and forgot to turn Lefty Flip back off after I was done. The life of a left-handed person is not an easy burden to bear.
I was three quarters through the video when I wrote this, and then you mention it yourself.... Still awesome build!
The a and b buttons should be opposite in hight, if that makes any sense. Basically in my opinion the button layout should have been an exactly mirrored
As a left handed person who never got to experience the gameboy because it was literally impossible, I cannot thank you enough for what you’ve done. Can you please do the NDS as well?
If you are right handed it should feel quite normal for the d-pad to be operated with your right thumb. The funny thing is you have actually (inadvertently to you) made a right-handed Game Boy as they are left-handed by default. It all came about due to the early days of arcade gaming and developers putting the vast majority of players (who would be right-handed) at a disadvantage by swapping the controls.
This is crazy and I love it! 😅 To actually mirror the A B button layout, maybe you could split the button square vertically and then swap them. Keep it up Elliot!
I really love the slight aspect of comedy keep up the good work👍🏾👌🏾
I really like the way these more comedic videos, definitely got a chuckle out of me. :D
Unintendedly you're creation is actually more British and retro than you think! 🇬🇧 Before video games became popular, our (UK) remote control cars had steering on the right and forward/reverse on the left.
I love this series of just building ridiculous gameboys
This was something that always freaked me out as a kid. Virtually every game console I had the direction buttons controlled by the left hand and the actions with the right hand. Then you would go to play a computer game (especially a 90s one that used the arrow keys) or an arcade game, and your hands have switch functions... but yet, it felt right.
I'm left handed and have been trying to play Pokemon red for months and it's just too hard. I'm so glad you made this video. It's made my life so much easier.
No joke though the ds is a pain to use.
I'm left handed but I'm too used to how it originally is! The worst thing for me to play is the atari joystick because of how the button is placed for right handed players so I'd love a left handed version of that! 😂
The wrong slope on the buttons makes sense to me, I always thought it was weird they sloped upwards in an unnatural way. Same with the NES dogbone controller.
Now I can finally get my brother a GameBoy
holly guacalefty you can change gaming forever you are a game changer literally
There you go leftendo I dig it! Like right and left twix very catchy!
These rediculous mods are my favorite thing. Love the channel!!
I'm left handed and own a gamboy but I would still love to try out this to see how it works. Just like anything you can teach yourself to do new things so for someone who has been using regular controllers my entire life it feels natural. The same thing happened with scissors for me because my school never provided a left hand variant. Still this looks awesome.
At first I actually thought you had built the mirrored one too! had to check again minutes later and only then noticed the flip because I was only focusing on the mirrored game boy :D
Thank you for thinking of us the outcasts!
it may not be mirrored but is way more ergonomic dude for those left handed ppl so you did a good job unintentional
“its not perfect” literally perfect
when you finally get your case mod game to the "next" level, the clear reason for all these "no reason" mods. What amazing thing are you going to do? --- I love these the most :)
As a left handed person
Thanks for recognizing this very important issue in our day and age. Can't wait to finally be able to play a Gameboy.
There's a difference between being left / right handed and finger movements. Everyone experiences gameboys and controllers in the same way no matter what hand you prefer writing with.
At first I thought you were just going crazy due to lockdown, but now I think that this is your artform.
this was my suggestion and i am so glad to see how painful it is to look at >:)
When repairing plastic with superglue, you can also use baking soda to strengthen the bond
Great work man very good they should offer this model as an option
As a left handed person I want to say how much I appreciate this. I've had a Gameboy for years and been able to play perfectly fine.... But THIS. Now I can up my game! 😂😂. Loving the weird Gameboy mods as always!
I'm sure it's been said elsewhere in the comments but I seem to remember the reason arcade controllers were stick on the left & buttons on the right was to make arcade machines awkward to play so you had to feed more coins in & the home consoles copied it. I had "standard" sticks for early home computers that was right stick/left buttons that I, as a lefty, found difficult to use.
I really like the content you make, 😄
see, most people, even left handers seem to shrug this mod off as a joke and not really having any reason to it
but as someone who plays classic tetris competitively and uses a technique called "hypertapping", having a d-pad on the right side is actually super helpful - i have a NES controller with a d-pad on the right and it's so much easier to tap with than if it were on the left. i like this mod
My big sister is left handed and she had a normal DS. Cant tell how painful that would of had been.
Depends on the titles. Some are much worse than others.
2020 year of innovations
Im lefthanded and all this years I watched with jealous how this right handed people playing their gameboys, but now, finally
I finally can play gameboy
Playing games in the arcade I always chose right hand for control stick, left for buttons if given the choice (I could fire faster with my left hand). This seems like a perfectly natural mod to me (wish I had thought of it)!
I've had a similar side-swap situation when playing the Syphon Filter and Resistance games on my PSP. These games use a conventional two-stick shooter control layout, but as the PSP doesn't have a right stick, it uses the 4 buttons on the right in the function of a right stick. As digital buttons are not particularly great for aiming, i swapped the controls (in the game options) around so I could use the buttons for moving and the analog stick on the left for aiming. As I was used to the conventional aiming style, this took quite some time to get used to! So it's interesting you were able to adjust to the mirrored controls so fast, but I guess it's also because the controls in Mario Land are much simpler than on a two-stick shooter.