You Should Mod an Original Game Boy! (DMG In-Depth Tutorial)

I think that Retro Modding makes some of the best shells in the business but hard to recommend to beginners because of the amount of extra unnecessary work that it requires :/

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Jake Simmons
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Corvallis, OR 97333

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[earthskarma]

Great content. I really enjoy that you care about these game systems, and take the time to make these videos. I've taken your preferences and am going to do my sp mod. Yeah yeah, sp. Thanks man.

[afewspokesloose]

Your attention to detail and descriptive method is bullet proof. Very good, engaging delivery for a mod process that is easy to follow.

[claytonnoble]

Got a busted GB with a busted up screen coming in as my first project for something exactly like this!

[YK_Bugs]

I'm surprised how simple the soldering work seems to be! Last time I ever soldered anything was in jewelry making class for high school and that was kind of scary but fun LOL. I could try this...

[BitBoyUK]

Great video mate. I'll have to give it a try

[samcollison-tc]

when placing the screen onto the guide i used some double sided tape to hold the screen in place it worked out well as the guide allows the screen to slide around and the same with the small pcb on the backside of the guide

[LocalTechDad]

The „unknown“ board is the dc regulator board 💪🏼

[ruddyadam]

This is perfect. Inspired to do this myself. Thanks so much

[wesuda]

Excelent video! Just in time for my own DMG IPS upgrade 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[TheDeathmail]

You are a bit wrong there, it actually wasn't the games being good that gave it the heads up from the competition... the competition had good games too.

The real reason was 3 fold (and in no particular order)

1st, the battery life. Less power means it lasts longer.

2nd was the price. At the time, parents were the ones buying the systems so they'd obviously buy the cheaper system. Especially since, back then, our parents viewed video games as toys...

3rd, Nintendo was just a bigger more trusted name than the competition...

[VideoGameRestoration]

That little daughter board is the power board!

[cosmicbrambleclawv]

Just got my first soldering iron a couple days ago, fixed up a xbox controller and Im riding high off that success 😂 time for gameboy modding >:D

[ChozoSR]

Goddamn, that Dixie Cup look on the DMG-01 is sick

[JustMaxAsh]

This is just a gameboy color with extra steps and I like it!

[krtsg.]

Ive been doing this for the past 3 years.

[Blue]

How long does the battery last with this mod?

[Lavxa]

Thank you for this’ planning on making an SDR radio receiver with a pic 3A*

[adriennebetts]

It feels thick but it will fit !!! that's what she said 😅

[VideoGameRestoration]

I appreciate the metric conversion!
I thought retromodding had the option to get them pretrimmed? It's an extra $5 or something like that. Maybe it's only for the SPs

[dylew]

If I close my eyes, I hear pauly shore guiding me through this lol