The GameBoy You Never Knew Existed

This is the Game Fighter. It is by far one of the rarest, most expensive and most desirable "GameBoy" I have ever had the pleasure of reviewing on my channel. Massive thank you to Joan for lending this to me!

#Nintendo #GameBoy #TheRetroFuture

[Gameboygenius]

Hi. I looked into this device 10 years ago now, in 2014. I did a teardown as well as dump and disassemble the boot ROM. This was not a video but just photos and a blog post. I can confirm that it's running at the correct speed unlike many clones, and that the ext port is just a link port with a special connector. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

[acomingextinction]

What a beauty. I don't think I've ever seen another clone that both nails the Nintendo aesthetic and adds its own high-quality design. Someone put a *lot* of time and effort into this.

[lafcursiax]

My friend in elementary school and I pretended that the black bar scrolling down the screen was a Mario-themed curse word.

[gluttonousmaximus]

8:34 Most definitely is a genuine cartridge. Hong Kong licensor MANI published several official Game Boy games in China in the late 90s, with this being a special Irem compilation cart.

[tenchuu]

I remember being on a plane, to the UK IIRC, with my Gameboy and there was a girl on the flight about my age (maybe ten) and she had one of those Mavi multicarts. It was a 16 in one. She was from Hong Kong and it blew my mind that such a thing existed.

[flibblesan]

I saw one of these in a random shop in Malta back in the 90s and I really, really wanted it. Didn't get it but I've never seen another one until today and all these years I honestly thought I imagined it.

[ericpode]

Considering how expensive that "Gameboy" is I think it's very brave of the owner to let you pull it apart! 😮

[claimhsolais]

I learned about the TacoBoy from AssemblerGames forums about 20ish years ago. And while it used to be affordable in the time, that's not the case for some decades now. Well done Elliot!

[crispin]

Funny Playing should copy that case, and an alternate layout for the FPGA. They would make a killing. Maybe toss in a second speaker..

[WolfTheDog]

A really well built knockoff console is a refreshing sight.

[NipplesTheEnchilada]

That Game Boy Cartridge is indeed a real, official game cartridge, and is officially licensed by Nintendo.

It is called the 4 in 1 by Irem, and was officially released in 1995 in China, and I believe it is exclusive to China as well, specifically Hong Kong, judging by the information I've been looking at.

That game goes for like $160 loose, and $300-$400 USD in box on Ebay.

[tysonpestner]

We need a project that basically recreates this exact aesthetic and feel with an IPS screen, asap. Would love a horizontal DMG

[bland]

This device looks like what I would expect an official Game Boy to look like if Nintendo had come out with one of these versus that other thing he showed with the burn in on the screen.

For a split second when I saw the thumbnail I thought this was going to be one of the mods where you remove the chips from an official Game Boy and put them on a horizontal circuit board.

[spouik_]

I thought that this video should be called "I made the Gameboy Horizontal for no reason" but oh it's a real product

[thefray]

I've missed the gameboy content so much!

[GreatSageSunWukong]

back in the day a lot of the chinese companies making parts used to do a few for themselves on the sly using the same molds so its posible all the buttons and things are the same and the same quality pastic for the shell just a bit rejigged to try to get away with being cheeky

[gunmaj]

the 4-in 1 is a legit cart released specifically for HK, Mani is the official distributor during that time.I have a taito version which features the same loader.

[ZILtoid]

Note: those are not "membranes" but rubber domes. The membrane that are in the keyboards are two very cheap plastic sheets with circuits separated by a third plastic sheet with holes where the contacts are.

[MrVolksbeetle]

As cool as it is, I can’t help but notice that there is still only one speaker. It shouldn’t bother me, it really shouldn’t. It just does.

[AlessandroCussino]

GREAT VIDEO ! ❤
I can confirm that the speed of the device is accurate to the speed of an original GB.