I Turned A Broken Nintendo DS Lite Into A Gameboy Advance

The Gameboy Macro is a fun project that has been going on for over five years now. This project has you taking a DS Lite and turning it into a Gameboy Micro like system, just a bit larger. By separating the top screen from the DS Lite and tricking it into starting up you end up with a surprisingly functional handheld and today we are going to built one from a broken DS Lite, but we'll do it as cheap as possible.

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[limephoenix]

This brings back memories of my DS snapping in half

[jameskattz]

“I made a GB out of a DS”

_just breaks DS in half_

[gummyshark]

"Let's see how this speaker sounds"
**dead silence**
"I think that's pretty good"

[theartst]

I just found my old DS lite 8 years later and its in pristine condition. I always told myself as a kid, "This will be worth a lot in the future."

[seansquiers]

I just realized that the Switch is the first Nintendo console since the N64 to not have any form of physical backwards compatibility. Even the Gamecube had an attachment to where it could play GameBoy Advance games.

[UndeadCollector]

21:12 i hear nothing "i think that's pretty good" xD

[Kingdra]

This brings me back 10+ years ago. When I had a DS light. My top screen Hinges broke and the screen was white. So I used it as a GBA system instead. But you can also still play Mario Kart DS. How you ask? What I did was that You don't need the top screen. You can still drive by playing the bottom screen mini map and shoss all the action icon items that are on the track and players. I was still able to play Mario Kart DS with my friends with a Broken top screen.

[tonibalogna]

I'm super glad that you went with the "bare minimum" approach on this one. Sometimes It can be intimidating or even demoralizing to see a super well-made shell on something so simple. Keep it up and thank you!

[osmiphos]

Someone was clearly playing Pokémon Ranger by the looks of that touch screen

[armchairrocketscientist]

My family lost two DS lites to torn off screens (dagum grabby siblings). It's nice to see one that is getting some new life out of it.

[TheJoseluisperez]

Hears the word soldering*

Me: Aight Imma quit

[Zyphon]

when i was a kid, both of my ds' screen survived :D

unfortunately, i played mario kart ds so much (and with so much force) that my A button didn't pop out as much it should've. made it impossible to rapidly tap

[alternativeright]

I have a rare thing: a non broken never repaired ds lite

[doomeddoomer]

This is the first time im actually gonna buy a sponsored product in a video ive seen... useful product for a good price and has actual features that the switch is lacking on its own; good sponsor dude

[kingkendrick]

"let's see what the speaker sounds like with This placement"
*Absolute fucking silence*
"I think that's pretty good"

[AwesomeFace]

I have a broken DS Lite myself. It broke when I was moving it to another spot to charge and my sister got mad about it and shoved me, causing me to drop it and break it. Seeing this video now kinda makes me want to do this myself. It wouldn’t just sit in my closet collecting dust

[AS-vkgf]

"I'm gonna sleep early today"

Me at 3am:

[JoLeoTA]

You can do this without soldering a resistor also, just by separating the led lights from the lcd top screen and leaving it connected and just either stuffing it back in the housing or putting the led’s in a straw across the top for a cool light effect.

[thejahoobasdeveloper]

Me looking at my DS wanting to do this: Okay, I need tools.
My DS: get sweat person meme

[mickw]

Great vid.

I converted my broken ds lite into one of these, i removed the ds card slot and put the speaker in place of it, drilled 4 holes on the case for the speaker holes. I removed both x and y buttons. Used car body filler, to fill in the holes of the two buttons, also other parts of the ds, like where the hinges used to be, the ds card slot and where the stylus once was.. Then painted it matt black. Looks real smart. I am now Currently on with doing the same with an original ds phat.