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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2023
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  • @TheRetroFuture
    @TheRetroFuture  11 місяців тому +18

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    • @RevolutionFalls
      @RevolutionFalls 11 місяців тому +1

      Not gonna lie Elliot, you without glasses shocked me at first.

    • @Zephfix
      @Zephfix 11 місяців тому

      We just going to not talk about doing a roll over with the nose/ear hair puller thing.

    • @Zephfix
      @Zephfix 11 місяців тому

      A roll over is shining something around you thumb

    • @JeffBezosLongLostBrother
      @JeffBezosLongLostBrother 10 місяців тому

      how do you like your balls shaved :)

    • @MichiganJFrog-dz8qm
      @MichiganJFrog-dz8qm 4 місяці тому

      Hey man, I've been looking all over for the joy parts and the water proof cases but can't seem to find them unfortunately. Would u happen to have a direct link or the words I have to search for?

  • @James_D.
    @James_D. 11 місяців тому +222

    Those accessories are so weird that Elliot needed to put his glasses away.

  • @apollolux
    @apollolux 11 місяців тому +62

    The waterproof cases looked pretty solid! Meanwhile, the DMG Game Boy itself was still rugged enough to withstand a literal bomb explosion and still somehow function by itself, albeit without sound, and that particular unit was on display at Nintendo Store NYC until recently. Apparently it's finally being retired since the screen is starting to give out or something.

    • @Butterscotch_96
      @Butterscotch_96 10 місяців тому +2

      I think it worked fine once they replaced the screen. Still amazing!

    • @benamisai-kham5892
      @benamisai-kham5892 8 місяців тому

      Awww :( I had really hoped to see it in person one day

  • @YeahRightMCD
    @YeahRightMCD 11 місяців тому +17

    I had a less janky version of the multi boy. Before back-lit Gameboys, that light was pretty amazing.

  • @PotatoPCStudios2399
    @PotatoPCStudios2399 11 місяців тому +9

    I genuinely couldnt believe the gba could handle 3d games like that

    • @CrustyHead2465
      @CrustyHead2465 8 місяців тому +1

      Dude i know. Thats seriously impressive

  • @Jackpkmn
    @Jackpkmn 11 місяців тому +14

    I used the rechargeable battery grips for mine a lot actually, mostly for the fact that it was a rechargeable battery not for the grip part. It was especially nice since if you plugged in the power adapter to the gameboy color or gameboy pocket (i never had an adapter for the original so idk) it would often reset due to how the plug worked. But with a rechargeable battery grip you could just plug it in any time with no risk. Unfortunately the absolutely miniscule NiMH batteries inside didn't have much staying power and weren't charged very nicely so they didn't last all that long mine was unusable after just a couple years.

  • @SlapNuts4Life
    @SlapNuts4Life 11 місяців тому +5

    1:05 if you need up to 90 minutes to trim your junk then you're gonna need a lot more than this product😂😳

  • @64-Bit-Gamer
    @64-Bit-Gamer 11 місяців тому +11

    The Konix GB Holster was released in the UK. And despite the looks, I liked it.

  • @Anthony-uz5tj
    @Anthony-uz5tj 15 днів тому +1

    as a kid i had tons of waterproof stuff cuz my family had a pool and always went to the beach. i would test everything by putting a paper towel inside the case then dropping it in the pool. you are one mad lad for testing it with an actual gameboy

  • @Kevin-zd5bi
    @Kevin-zd5bi 11 місяців тому +4

    8:08 I always wanted a BSDM suit for my gameboy.

  • @Tyc323
    @Tyc323 11 місяців тому +30

    Love your videos Eliot ❤
    keep making great content!

  • @futureartist9
    @futureartist9 11 місяців тому +10

    elliot has been hinting at this video all year. im so excited and i hope it does well

  • @Tofu3435
    @Tofu3435 11 місяців тому +4

    Btw the waterproof case was necessary in Japan because the people often take long bath in bathhouses, and some people probably used they gba there.

  • @glumada2
    @glumada2 11 місяців тому +2

    I can remember, I had (and still have) this Pikachu Light, but getting it's power from the link cable port I think

    • @TeruteruBozusama
      @TeruteruBozusama 11 місяців тому

      What I thought too, but it doesn't look that way? Somehow?

  • @lordferdinand85
    @lordferdinand85 11 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for sharing all these awesome accesories, loved your Japan trip series!

  • @omgubler
    @omgubler 11 місяців тому +2

    For Christmas one year, my brother got a GBA while I got a GBA SP (he wanted the GBA instead for some reason). I remember he used to have one of those big attachments with the magnifying glass and a light that he's have to constantly change batteries on and I would always just be sitting there on my SP wondering why the heck he wanted a regular GBA lol.

  • @LelandHasGames
    @LelandHasGames 11 місяців тому +1

    I had a worm light for my Gameboy Color when I was a kid and, it plugged into the link port to get power from the Gameboy. I fondly remember playing Pokemon Crystal in bed late at night on a school night, and my mom was trying to make sure I was actually going to bed instead of playing my Gameboy.

  • @RetroPlus
    @RetroPlus 11 місяців тому +17

    Nothing can compare to the weirdness of the pedisedate, the only gameboy accessory that drugs you

  • @mostlyghostey
    @mostlyghostey 11 місяців тому +3

    I would kill for a pikachu light like that for different tech. Maybe a book lamp? Or for the switch somehow? Maybe not a light but that design is just too cute to leave back in the 80’s/90’s.

    • @PurplePhantom4
      @PurplePhantom4 6 місяців тому

      Yeah that was pretty cool I want one lol

  • @umbrellacorp.
    @umbrellacorp. 11 місяців тому +1

    The gameboy bags were really nice and the little led light were nice too.
    Great video, Keep up the good work.

  • @theemiyagi
    @theemiyagi 11 місяців тому

    This Is exactly what I needed after I get home from work, a new upload from Elliot, WHOO!! 😄🙌🏾

  • @timeline5303
    @timeline5303 11 місяців тому +2

    I love your videos you actually got me into modding Gameboys

  • @orinokonx01
    @orinokonx01 11 місяців тому +1

    When I was a kid, a friend of mine had a DMG GameBoy that he wanted the battery section cut off from because he wanted to mod his discman with a 6v power source (even though it needed 3v...). He said if I can cut it off, I could keep the rest. So I did. I hacksawed the battery section off and kept the rest of the GameBoy.
    I ended up attaching a small set of NiCD batteries, and wired up a small yellow LED over the top of the screen (literally sticking out the top of the case, with the wires bent in such a way that the LED faced the screen), and that is how I played Pokemon Blue for about a year at night in bed with the lights off (so my parents wouldn't know!). It was shockingly terrible, but the alternative was no GameBoy.

  • @_Riad_Haj
    @_Riad_Haj 11 місяців тому +1

    WOOOOO RETROFUTURE UPLOAD!!!

  • @ILOVEGOOOOOOLD
    @ILOVEGOOOOOOLD 11 місяців тому

    9:50 that transparent blue GBC is a beauty

  • @GameJunctionMedia
    @GameJunctionMedia 11 місяців тому

    Great video and love weird accessories

  • @NipplesTheEnchilada2323
    @NipplesTheEnchilada2323 11 місяців тому +1

    I remember having a GBA SP accessory that gave it a customizable thumbstick and raised buttons, similar to the GBA one shown here.
    One of the most useless accessories I've ever owned, since you can't close the SP.

  • @u0lucky
    @u0lucky 11 місяців тому +1

    I used to have that stereo speakers with a magnifier glass, but watching that screen was difficult back then

  • @andychiz105
    @andychiz105 11 місяців тому +1

    Elliot cosplaying Ness from Earthbound for this video!

  • @NeoSlashott
    @NeoSlashott 10 місяців тому +1

    That pokemon ぴかつとライト (pikachu light, or pikachu to raito) fits well with a Pokedex Red Gameboy Color at the end. 🥰 Extremely rare that it sold out.

  • @BeefJerkey
    @BeefJerkey 11 місяців тому

    I had a rechargeable handgrip thingy for the GameBoy Color when I was younger, but it was quite a different design. I also had one of those weird kits for the GBA with a screen magnifier and button extensions and stuff and that was actually a cool one, it looked a _lot_ better than the GBC one you looked at here.

  • @jamus9_games967
    @jamus9_games967 11 місяців тому +1

    I LITERALLY don't recognise this handsome man but he makes an excellent gameboy accessories video

  • @macclea
    @macclea 11 місяців тому

    7:57 i love that kinky rubber outfit for the gameboy colour 🤣

  • @JelloFluoride
    @JelloFluoride 11 місяців тому +4

    Oh shit! Elliot busted out the Driver 2 for this one! Never thought I'd see that played under water 😆

  • @michbegl
    @michbegl 11 місяців тому

    Love it mate

  • @GaffsNotLaffs
    @GaffsNotLaffs 11 місяців тому

    Title: “Japan’s Weird GameBoy Accessories”
    Thumbnail: *the most chill and normal GameBoy accessory I’ve ever seen*

  • @SuperBinjuice
    @SuperBinjuice 11 місяців тому

    Man I had the GB holster back in the day. Nostalgia overload

  • @VGoetz5352
    @VGoetz5352 11 місяців тому

    Hand in hand(held console) absolutely fantastic pun my good Sir

  • @jovedestroyer5422
    @jovedestroyer5422 Місяць тому

    I sometimes keep myself busy with gameboy projects like repairs and customization. And I own a gameboy and game color on my own. Got the game power kinda just so I can plug my gameboy into the wall outlet
    And I got the viditech audio stereo.
    For the gameboy color I got a lamp to they're just awesome

  • @Elions
    @Elions 11 місяців тому

    Well i never expected this sponsor on your channel😂

  • @Dr.-Smart
    @Dr.-Smart 11 місяців тому

    nothing tops the solar gameboy charger and the sewing machine kit. ;)
    i have one of the gameboy solar thingies for 4 years now and it still works amazing

  • @SailorLoonie
    @SailorLoonie 11 місяців тому

    I ADORE that Mori Shoulder Bag case, and I cant find it anywhere, not even on Sendico

  • @ToomManyMonsters
    @ToomManyMonsters 11 місяців тому

    I loved the pikachu worm light ❤.

  • @kuddel928
    @kuddel928 11 місяців тому

    That Pikachu wormlight is adorable! :3

  • @AQWBlaZer91
    @AQWBlaZer91 11 місяців тому

    That Shield Boy Advance Accessory looked really cool.

  • @SlapNuts4Life
    @SlapNuts4Life 11 місяців тому +3

    Where has Freya been? Haven't seen her in forever

  • @hennydarmse
    @hennydarmse Місяць тому

    On a sidenote, that transparant purple GBA looks awesome!

  • @mme725
    @mme725 11 місяців тому

    12:20 I had one of those from Blockbuster in the US!
    I liked the jank, personally lol

  • @m2pt5
    @m2pt5 11 місяців тому

    Most worm lights didn't have a battery, they powered off the link port, and some even had a passthrough so you could still use the link cable.

  • @carlmora22
    @carlmora22 11 місяців тому

    My boy looking clean af today

  • @Evercade_Effect
    @Evercade_Effect 11 місяців тому

    Fun stuff!

  • @b.a.p.4718
    @b.a.p.4718 3 місяці тому

    11:20 I'm in love with that case! Much more compact and elegant than the beefy black shoulder bag that the rest of the world got.

  • @Houndawesome
    @Houndawesome 11 місяців тому

    Elliott's girl told him how cute he looked without glasses and a backwards hat on; so he decided to bless his viewers.🙏

  • @kacywatson6314
    @kacywatson6314 11 місяців тому

    Worm light! Love them!

  • @jackfrost3910
    @jackfrost3910 11 місяців тому

    That accessory at 8:04 honestly looks like a gimp suit for a Game Boy.

  • @JM_Solo
    @JM_Solo 11 місяців тому +1

    Oh god. My heart broke watching you submerge that GBA in a case you knew wasn’t fully waterproof (meaning you shouldn’t submerge it). You could see the bubbles coming from the speaker… 😱

  • @_Uh_Oh_
    @_Uh_Oh_ 11 місяців тому

    I love how the GBA one said splash proof and you just dumped it in the bath still :D

  • @delenius_z
    @delenius_z 11 місяців тому +1

    damn, elliot looking cold without glasses

  • @noahboat580
    @noahboat580 11 місяців тому

    I think the gameboy shoulder bag is my favorite. Reminds me of a cover that they make for tiny televisions, i got one thats by sony.

  • @TheSkaldenmettrunk
    @TheSkaldenmettrunk 11 місяців тому

    All those weird accessories but I do like last one the most too.

  • @FreeTheDimples
    @FreeTheDimples 11 місяців тому

    I get the vibes if I accidentally got lost and showed up to his house to ask for directions he’d have me in for some tea and biscuits before paying my Uber to my destination.

  • @alessandromazzini7026
    @alessandromazzini7026 11 місяців тому

    ohhh the pikachu lamp! i was looking at it and was going to buy it than disappeared, i guess now i know where it went 😂

  • @AlienSnowflake
    @AlienSnowflake 11 місяців тому +1

    I bought that pokeball light months ago for $20 haha. All sealed like yours

  • @merman1974
    @merman1974 11 місяців тому

    Elliott playing with his Joy Parts again... Some very interesting stuff there, but I would be really nervous about putting water anywhere near those devices. I wouldn't put my Game Boy into the GB Buttocks either.

  • @tlazohtlalia
    @tlazohtlalia 11 місяців тому

    Elliot with a striped shirt, baseball cap, and no glasses = his 90s look

  • @notdumbanimations
    @notdumbanimations 10 місяців тому

    0:46 Your balls will thank you got me on the floor

  • @QuintusAntonious
    @QuintusAntonious 11 місяців тому

    I had the American version of the Multiboy for years. I actually really liked it and used it the entire time I had a compatible Game Boy.

  • @willistired
    @willistired 11 місяців тому +1

    so cool

  • @nonchip
    @nonchip 11 місяців тому

    i can imagine a big issue with that steering wheel being lag: imagine you just turned it left to go left. now you wanna go right. so you start turning right. and left is still pressed. and you keep turning. and now left stops being pressed finally. and you keep turning. and now right starts being pressed. in a real steering wheel controller the game always knows the exact position of the wheel, but here it can't even distinguish between "resting at left", "being actively turned left" and "being turned right but not for long enough". at least with the "joystick" you have to push the direction you want to go (even if it's still just buttons internally so you can't distinguish "more up" from "less up", but at least from "down now").

  • @ssjaken
    @ssjaken 11 місяців тому

    Its always tranquil hearing people from the Commonwealth pronouncing Nike "Naik"

  • @kolmo3182
    @kolmo3182 11 місяців тому

    The rubber one was probably a shock case

  • @nubatman
    @nubatman 11 місяців тому +1

    I might catch some hate for this, but I really want that GBA splash shell for my Raspberry Pi. I've been looking around for something that would feel right in my hands and it seems perfect.

  • @kbramlett6877
    @kbramlett6877 11 місяців тому

    Watch those lights that plug into the Link Cable port. They put additional strain on the batteries.

  • @PowerSynopsis
    @PowerSynopsis 11 місяців тому +5

    Elliot lookin' extra cool today. I wonder what he's done different?

    • @thefray123
      @thefray123 11 місяців тому +7

      Definitely used some ball toner spray on his face 😎

    • @James_D.
      @James_D. 11 місяців тому +2

      This chad is wearing Manscaped boxers. That’s why he‘s looking extra cool today.

  • @dodgydruid
    @dodgydruid 11 місяців тому

    Watching this as I play with two new Seiko arrivals, a 7009 oval DX and a 1971 Seiko 6119, waiting on a rare as jeff Pulsar 7S26 to arrive and a Bulova Accutron from 1978, also got today a really rare Kinetic Pulsar G10 spec titanium... man I have so many Seiko's now O.o Only one left to find in my grails list that being a 6139 chrono then I will consider my Seiko group part of the collection complete :D

  • @yesdear9453
    @yesdear9453 11 місяців тому

    its weird seeing this man without glasses on

  • @Doomguy1377
    @Doomguy1377 3 місяці тому

    Bro unboxed the OG, fully sealed gba waterproof case😭🥺

  • @HProtagVtuber
    @HProtagVtuber 11 місяців тому

    Oh my god I had one of those pouches back in the day LOL

  • @cyrus649
    @cyrus649 11 місяців тому

    I had something very similar to the Multi-boy but mine was gray and claim to make it like an arcade.

  • @Juno10111
    @Juno10111 11 місяців тому

    Ths literally put smile in my face

  • @thomtom3070
    @thomtom3070 3 місяці тому

    Ngl the water proof ones are pretty cool

  • @KenPlaysBass02
    @KenPlaysBass02 11 місяців тому +1

    Hi Eliott! Love your work! Sorry if I spelled your name wrong

  • @PickleJuice_107
    @PickleJuice_107 11 місяців тому +1

    POV-the 9yr that just wanted to watch about Gameboy accessories and didn’t wanna see ball shavers:😨

  • @robsquared2
    @robsquared2 11 місяців тому +1

    Elliot did you know a 14 year old has taken over your channel? (j/k, the lack of glasses just took me by surprise)

  • @Smeltz247
    @Smeltz247 11 місяців тому

    His gameboy has got a bakery.

  • @skatepunker
    @skatepunker 11 місяців тому

    9:07 im literally crying

  • @AlKaseltzer87
    @AlKaseltzer87 11 місяців тому

    I thought that pouch was JNCO for a second.

  • @radiorob7543
    @radiorob7543 11 місяців тому

    Hi Elliot! Subscriber since your Walkman days. I'm 56, and and recently started having problems with arthritis. Those grip things are the only way I can play my GBA SP nowadays.

    • @TheRetroFuture
      @TheRetroFuture  11 місяців тому

      Very sorry to hear that! I wish you all the best!

    • @radiorob7543
      @radiorob7543 11 місяців тому

      @@TheRetroFuture Thank You. Stay cool.

  • @hafist1
    @hafist1 11 місяців тому

    I just wonder myself everytime where my gameboys are i think some "friends" stole it

  • @justavivi3386
    @justavivi3386 11 місяців тому

    It's weird to see Elliot without glasses...

  • @tenchuu007
    @tenchuu007 11 місяців тому

    Going to the beach with your GBA makes sense. Only place you can see the damned screen.

  • @NyAppyMiku22
    @NyAppyMiku22 11 місяців тому +1

    I miss your glasses, you look so good in them~

  • @VOLTRONDEFENDER4440
    @VOLTRONDEFENDER4440 11 місяців тому

    Eliot looks younger without his glasses

  • @andrejwalilko634
    @andrejwalilko634 11 місяців тому

    Can you actually use the buttons through that waterproof gbp case?

  • @DrySushi
    @DrySushi 11 місяців тому

    We don't like backwards hat Elliot, we want no hat with glasses Elliot.

  • @johnpacheco4059
    @johnpacheco4059 11 місяців тому

    Cool stuff . I wish they released this in the US back in the day .😊

    • @joeblow5214
      @joeblow5214 10 місяців тому

      MadKatz and another brand related a lot of plastic garbage in packs for $20 to $40 range back in the day for GBC all the way through the GBA SP and Wii era. I still have a worm light and lighted magnifier somewhere in storage, I think, if I didn't tear them apart to figure out how they worked in a late night sugar and autism med episode.

  • @qistinasofian
    @qistinasofian 11 місяців тому

    "These accessories is much better when u dont have it on" 😂😂😂

  • @mysteriotube1233
    @mysteriotube1233 11 місяців тому

    pikachu is a must have

  • @TightPantsJack
    @TightPantsJack 11 місяців тому

    Missing from this video: official NERF cases.

  • @PowerSynopsis
    @PowerSynopsis 11 місяців тому

    GB Holster? GB deez nuts