ULTIMATE 2021 GameBoy Advance Mod!

This is my dream GameBoy mod.

(use code RETROFUTURE for 5% off!)

The Retro Future
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JERSEY, UK
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[RCSmiths]

It's so awesome knowing how still relevant Gameboys and their potential are! So cool man!

[cubisticdog]

Elliot trying to reach the required word count: Theres an on and off switch that you can turn off and on

[Marty]

Hey dude just wanted to give you a shout out. Modded my first GBA today with a new shell, buttons, IPS v2 display and it turned out beautiful. Thanks for being super informative! Didn't even realize it was something I wanted to do before seeing your videos

[PrimeIsCrime]

It's a shame that Elliot doesn't use his girlfriend's toothbrush anymore.

[NubePeluda]

Hi! I just wanted to say that you inspired me to do my first mod... and I now own a pink GBA with an IPS screen :) I’m so happy with it! Thank you! I love your channel

[WickedGamerCollector]

So really awesome seeing these ultimate build video from the Game Boy Youtube Master 😎
Love your soldering skils 👌

[IbraTech]

It's so nice to see these old Gamboys being restored to better-than-factory condition. Great video Elliot!

[TheBrothers]

Just want to make a note to all viewers, please do not clean your rubber contacts with any sort of alcohol cleaner! IPA, ISO, all rubbing alcohol will cause a rapid degenerative reaction in the rubber and the lifetime of your contacts will ultimately be far shorter than if you had just cleaned them with dish soap and water.

Have a separate little cup to put anything plastic/rubber into, and clean that with dish soap and water.

Anything electronic, you clean with alcohol.

Hopefully other people see this!

[onedeadsaint]

still waiting for some parts, but this is essentially what I'll be building (with a few extras) in a couple days. $200 is around what I played for everything minus the GBA which ended up in my stuff from one of my deployments. no idea who's it was originally, but I've had it, all beat to shit in my collection for going on 15 years now and I'm excited to being it back to life!

[knate]

I made one of those bad boys at the end of last year, over the winter break! Sadly I broke off one of the solder pads, but it still works, just without the brightness up function. There is an alternate solder point, but I am going to have to bring in my engineering friend with her magnified set up because the joint is very small.

Even without the soldering part, it is ABSOLUTELY worth it. I got my shell in atomic purple, because it is the best colour.

[subwaye]

Ive been waiting for a long time for this! Also So close to 400K!!

[steelsandgaming]

That was an awesome build Thanks Retro Future. I have been wanting to do this and this may be the final push for me.

[andrewkemp_]

I remember seeing that gameboy with orange buttons and bumpers in a magazine before it was launched. I really loved the colour combo. I remember as a kid I was really disappointed when it didn’t make release, so settled for the white and grey shell. Loved that handheld. Great video!

[MegaJessness]

"I've got no excuses for being bad this time." <immediately bumps into a tree>

[nataliekate]

I’m glad that the on and off button works as you would expect 😂 Great mod, looks & sounds awesome!

[ProgVirus]

It would be cool for you to go in depth into the limitations. The FunnyPlaying IPS V2 has strange video artifacts especially noticeable in Pokemon games. The battery mod is *not* Play & Charge which isn't too obvious to folks new to this. Additionally, the battery mod introduces some more noise to the already noisy audio

[SolaireFlair]

I made the EXACT SAME ERROR and blew the EXACT SAME fuses. I had another GBA in the trash that was totally dead (that's what I get for buying a $15 "for parts" GBA I suppose), so I dug it out and very carefully desoldered the fuses I needed from that one and added them back to the working one. Revived it with a bit of sweat and anxiety.

[NourAshrafAnimated]

I Love Game Boy advance Game Boy advance is One of My Favorite Nintendo Handheld Device Ever

[XxJutiCexX]

Thanks for all of your videos! It’s because of you, I decided to mod my old Gameboy Advance and it turned out amazing!

[relo]

Cool to see that they have colored silicone start and select buttons, when I did mine nearly 10 years ago that was, in all sillyness, the hardest and most expensive part of the mod. SP101 screens where still rather cheap back then and didn't do a lipo mod. (as someone from FPV racing, I don't trust those things one bit).

Trying to make your own silicone molds and all that isn't as fun as it sounds. Eventually sculpted the selects and start button to fit and glued them on the silicone, still works great till this day.