yeah pretty bad misinformation, I hate when big channels don't research enough on basic things before putting a video out in the world. Saving works 100% the same as real cartridges. His battery is just dead. He wouldn't be able to save on his Gameboy Color either until he replaces it. Edit: it's not intentional misinformation. They just missed the mark to research that point. I definitely don't think they meant to make it look worse than it is.
@@FlyingFlygon13 "yeah pretty bad misinformation, I hate when big channels don't research enough basic things before putting a video out in the world." Misinformation is a very extreme word, I'm pretty sure they were not trying to misinform the public. Hell I didn't even know the cartridge could default to that state, would have been more useful if the game told me why I can't save anymore.
@@FlyingFlygon13 Not too many people know about the button cell battery in original gameboy cartridges (I'm a massive gameboy nerd and I didn't know that until a couple years ago). I'm sure it wasn't their intention to misinform. Prediction: You will see my comment and then you will say or think something along the lines of "that's bullshit, they were misinforming, don't give any excuses for them, don't defend them!".
@@brixan... Yeah it is biased for sure. but not necessarily in a bad way. instead of being biased towards a product omitting comments due a sponsor, event etc. , it instead focuses on how someone who actually has a use case for a device that may be niche for a typical user, can enjoy it. To me this offers a more meaningful review as I can see somone who the product is made for actually enjoying the device. Would i ever purchase a newer gameboy that focuses on playing the actual games rather than emulation? nope, as all my gameboy games have been lost to the evil known as garage sale. but I enjoy the fact that this product exists and seeing a review from somone who enjoys using it rather than just reviewing it like all other tech products is a breath of fresh air.
@@smt_ I think you can have an opinion of a product without bias toward it in particular. Of course people have biases, but if someone goes into a review with a bias for or against the product... The review is pretty pointless
Saving works. You need to replace your cartridge battery. You won't be able to save on your GBC either because the battery is dead. FPGA is not just a hardware chip that runs the cartridge, it's a reprogrammable chip at the hardware level. FPGAs are used in all sorts of applications including the production of chips for integrated systems (testing hardware level components before actually producing dedicated chips for them, etc). In gaming, they are useful because an entire integrated system, such as a Gameboy's motherboard and components, can be written in hardware language and modeled at the circuit level using the FPGA. This means there is a virtual cartridge bus and IO circuit running on the FPGA chip, which is what actually communicates with the pins on the real game cartridges. That being said, I'm not just a hater haha and thank you for the video. Love this system and Gameboys in general so I want to make sure the right information is out there.
The battery roll thing actually works, don’t know how much but because batteries can get oxidized it will give less power and by rolling the batteries the oxidized part which most of the times are just thin layers gets cleaned a little bit so the little bit of charge that gets stuck can flow through.
It's not quite that... A dry cell works because of chemicals in it that react slowly through a porous layer, providing steady charge over time. When you give it a shake, any remaining reactants react, giving that ounce of charge.
That rubbing the battery bit brought back major nostalgia. I would also remove the batteries and switch their positions like that would magically make it work for just a little while longer...
Even more effective (*not guaranteed to be more effective, this is what 8-year-old-me did) was pulling the batteries out and putting them back in but in different positions. :D
The P in FPGA is for Programmable. Using FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) does not negate they can be used to run emulators. The emulators run by the Analogue Pocket are presumably written in Verilog or VHDL which are programming languages focused on hardware abstraction. However, whether writing an emulator in C, or Verilog, or assembly, they're still emulators. Since it isn't also running an OS with userland abstractions, and kernels and schedulers, FPGA level emulators tend to be very performant and work well within more constrained memory than higher level programming languages. They are really best suited to hardware prototyping, or limited run bespoke hardware, since the same VHDL, if demonstrated in a successful prototype, can be "taped out" in silicon at scale much more economically, and usually there are additional performance and power utilization improvements from a real hardware implementation, whereas the field programmable gates actually add a lot of logic relative to die size and are rather power hungry and inefficient and slow in contrast to fully realized hardware. Nonetheless, when Analogue or the MiSTer users claim they are not emulating hardware? That is a bald faced lie. They are unequivocally emulators. The Amiga Vampire FPGA accelerators I think are significantly more honest, insomuch as not only are they accessories for existing hardware which enhance and speed up old systems, but they even made up a fictional MC68080 CPU core for their FPGA which Motorola never made and it has additional functionality which specifically benefits their users. Without reviewing the modules for the Analogue Pocket which profess to also support the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16, I think also does this review a disservice.
Hey Adam, the reason why your game is not saving is because the battery in your cartridge is dead. Common problem with the GBC Pokemon games since they are pretty old(my Crystal had same problem). It's one of those circle batteries. If you replace it then you can save the game. Problem is it requires soldering.
That is a high impedance 3.5mm jack btw. Cause the pocket if possible will make audio of the games sound amazing and make them high def ? Check the website for explanation. Love mine. Glad I got it.
Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you guys are making this series! It will be amazing to see more reviews about products we don't hear about as much. Great video, Adam!
It is still technically emulation because it’s hardware emulation. But still is a really cool product that I wish I had. Would you like to compare it to a modded real game boy? I could hook you guys up :-)
@@RoadUser_Motovlog I really like it, but just having Gold first and getting all the first experiences of gen 2 that way kind of stuck with me, even if I prefer the extras of Crystal :) like the Gold box art is just sick
Like others have said, your Pokemon cartridges need to have their save batteries replaced. Even with your save state system, you will not be able to resume your game after beating the Elite Four because it requires loading the saved game again after the credits roll. Learned this lesson the hard way when I was younger and figured just leaving the GBSP plugged in would save me.
I’ve done it too and It usually seems to work for me. Also switching the batteries around. I think most of the effect comes from rubbing off oxidation from the battery terminals.
Great Video! A ShortCircuit - LTT related content style, this being the ShortCircuit equivalent of MKBHD, naturally. Really enjoyed the other videos from the channel, but it would be great to see more "short reviews"or "impressions" of things that for whatever reason couldn't make an appear on the MKBHD channel.
dope review. mine is waiting for me in a box at my mothers house unopened hahaha really good video, only thing was the save issue being a battery thing rather than the console hardware which other people mentioned
Great review and cool to see others contribute! Minor criticism: you seemed to look down at times when it wasn't necessary. Better eye contact with the camera would be nice.
Haha I just realised you share a last name with the actor who plays Otto Octavius because I watched the honest trailer for no way home and this one back to back!
Marques runs the hardest side channel. It's like he saw all the random shit that smaller channels who copy his format have the freedom to do and he says "that's free real estate" and boom this
Your saving in the game probably isn’t working because the battery inside the cartridge needs to be replaced where the save state’s are placed. I had to do that to my copy of Pokémon Yellow. It’s an easy process just needs a special bit to open then cartridge. It’s just a coin cell battery.
Can you guys do more game night kinda video. I guess its kinda serves the purpose of this youtube channel, like it shows the interaction between "The Studio".
Oh I’m gonna love these types of videos. Everyone getting to talk about the things they are really into. Really cool idea. Also we stan Pokemon Yellow.
Man... the rolling battery cells is what I do too... and whenever I've to switch the batteries I just switch one to get more juice from the old ones...
It's not a bug. The battery in the pokemon cartridges can run out of juice since they are like over 20 years old. You have to replace the battery (CR2025)
I just got mine a few days ago. Initial impressions are that it's very solid, consistent with what you said here. Great video, this is such a cool and exciting device. Now just waiting for my steam deck to ship... :(
On the waiting list for this... not shipping til 2023! :( But it looks beautiful! I wish I had money (at the time) to order all the cables which come with it too for doing chiptune stuff/link cable for trading, etc! Very costly but I miss my GB/GBA games!
"Objectively the best Pokemon ever" I'm just sick of hearing about Gen 1 and Gen 2 at this point. Ya'll know there are other Pokemon Games right? If you want the best Gen 5 is right there but ok. Like at some point someone not born in 1421 will play a pokemon game other than Gen 1/2
i still have gameboy color with pokemon gold (which is my favorite) and sometimes i wanna play the game but i can't. because the start and select buttons doesnt work :(
Thank you for this review!!🙌 just when I was about to tear down my Game Boy to fix it, there's this!!!!!!!?😃🤩😁 more more nifty reviews like this please! I'm living for this!
The way the intro sounds like daft punk.... I know we all here are fans and I know the people at the studio are as well... so a moment of silence for the fact that daft punk is no more...
In regard to the save issue, this is caused by the game cartage battery being dead. Replacing this should resolve the issue.
yeah pretty bad misinformation, I hate when big channels don't research enough on basic things before putting a video out in the world. Saving works 100% the same as real cartridges. His battery is just dead. He wouldn't be able to save on his Gameboy Color either until he replaces it.
Edit: it's not intentional misinformation. They just missed the mark to research that point. I definitely don't think they meant to make it look worse than it is.
@@FlyingFlygon13 "yeah pretty bad misinformation, I hate when big channels don't research enough basic things before putting a video out in the world."
Misinformation is a very extreme word, I'm pretty sure they were not trying to misinform the public. Hell I didn't even know the cartridge could default to that state, would have been more useful if the game told me why I can't save anymore.
@@FlyingFlygon13 Not too many people know about the button cell battery in original gameboy cartridges (I'm a massive gameboy nerd and I didn't know that until a couple years ago). I'm sure it wasn't their intention to misinform.
Prediction: You will see my comment and then you will say or think something along the lines of "that's bullshit, they were misinforming, don't give any excuses for them, don't defend them!".
@@FlyingFlygon13 Big difference between an honest mistake and misinformation dude.
@@VMYeahVN yeah you guys are right, I didn't mean to imply they were doing it on purpose. I totally think they just didn't know. I'll edit my comment.
Seeing reviews by the people that care about the product always offer a new perspective that I love seeing. Love this channel idea. 💯
... doesn't that just mean it's a biased review?
@@brixan... Yeah it is biased for sure. but not necessarily in a bad way. instead of being biased towards a product omitting comments due a sponsor, event etc. , it instead focuses on how someone who actually has a use case for a device that may be niche for a typical user, can enjoy it. To me this offers a more meaningful review as I can see somone who the product is made for actually enjoying the device.
Would i ever purchase a newer gameboy that focuses on playing the actual games rather than emulation? nope, as all my gameboy games have been lost to the evil known as garage sale. but I enjoy the fact that this product exists and seeing a review from somone who enjoys using it rather than just reviewing it like all other tech products is a breath of fresh air.
@Brixan there is almost zero review s with _no_ personal bias, that's how a review works, all you'd get is a specs rundown
@@smt_ I think you can have an opinion of a product without bias toward it in particular. Of course people have biases, but if someone goes into a review with a bias for or against the product... The review is pretty pointless
Saving works. You need to replace your cartridge battery. You won't be able to save on your GBC either because the battery is dead.
FPGA is not just a hardware chip that runs the cartridge, it's a reprogrammable chip at the hardware level. FPGAs are used in all sorts of applications including the production of chips for integrated systems (testing hardware level components before actually producing dedicated chips for them, etc). In gaming, they are useful because an entire integrated system, such as a Gameboy's motherboard and components, can be written in hardware language and modeled at the circuit level using the FPGA. This means there is a virtual cartridge bus and IO circuit running on the FPGA chip, which is what actually communicates with the pins on the real game cartridges.
That being said, I'm not just a hater haha and thank you for the video. Love this system and Gameboys in general so I want to make sure the right information is out there.
Thank you for this info 👏👏👏
nice
Had to replace the battery in my Pokémon Yellow.
Put it in my pocket put it in my pocket in my back pocket put it in my pocket in my pocket in my back pocket
oooohhhh ohhhh ohhhhhhhh
The battery roll thing actually works, don’t know how much but because batteries can get oxidized it will give less power and by rolling the batteries the oxidized part which most of the times are just thin layers gets cleaned a little bit so the little bit of charge that gets stuck can flow through.
It's not quite that...
A dry cell works because of chemicals in it that react slowly through a porous layer, providing steady charge over time.
When you give it a shake, any remaining reactants react, giving that ounce of charge.
That rubbing the battery bit brought back major nostalgia. I would also remove the batteries and switch their positions like that would magically make it work for just a little while longer...
Yes, I enjoy the additional reviews!. Also, I've rolled my batteries to get more charge out of them, still do it to this day!
Even more effective (*not guaranteed to be more effective, this is what 8-year-old-me did) was pulling the batteries out and putting them back in but in different positions. :D
I had no idea that it was a thing and that others did it too.
The P in FPGA is for Programmable. Using FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) does not negate they can be used to run emulators. The emulators run by the Analogue Pocket are presumably written in Verilog or VHDL which are programming languages focused on hardware abstraction. However, whether writing an emulator in C, or Verilog, or assembly, they're still emulators. Since it isn't also running an OS with userland abstractions, and kernels and schedulers, FPGA level emulators tend to be very performant and work well within more constrained memory than higher level programming languages. They are really best suited to hardware prototyping, or limited run bespoke hardware, since the same VHDL, if demonstrated in a successful prototype, can be "taped out" in silicon at scale much more economically, and usually there are additional performance and power utilization improvements from a real hardware implementation, whereas the field programmable gates actually add a lot of logic relative to die size and are rather power hungry and inefficient and slow in contrast to fully realized hardware.
Nonetheless, when Analogue or the MiSTer users claim they are not emulating hardware? That is a bald faced lie. They are unequivocally emulators. The Amiga Vampire FPGA accelerators I think are significantly more honest, insomuch as not only are they accessories for existing hardware which enhance and speed up old systems, but they even made up a fictional MC68080 CPU core for their FPGA which Motorola never made and it has additional functionality which specifically benefits their users.
Without reviewing the modules for the Analogue Pocket which profess to also support the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16, I think also does this review a disservice.
Great review Adam, so much fun to also see some other from the studio in front of the camera!
I'd buy this if smartphones weren't so smart.
*dumbphone*
Relatable, have a nice day.
The Studio channel is such a great addition. Love the content you keep putting up ❤️
5:32 - Minor slip of the tongue here. Should be an FPGA, not an FGPA. Field-Programmable Gate Array.
yes this. thank you lol
I'm glad the comments are filled with people yelling this out
@@Kylefassbinderful Not yelling, just trying to be helpful and informative. Talking is hard; mistakes are made. Not a big deal.
that was an automatic trigger yes
Hey Adam, the reason why your game is not saving is because the battery in your cartridge is dead. Common problem with the GBC Pokemon games since they are pretty old(my Crystal had same problem). It's one of those circle batteries. If you replace it then you can save the game. Problem is it requires soldering.
Love the loop of music you created at the end. That would be fun to mess around with.
Loved it , both the channel section and the gadget .
That is a high impedance 3.5mm jack btw. Cause the pocket if possible will make audio of the games sound amazing and make them high def ? Check the website for explanation. Love mine. Glad I got it.
Lmao I didn’t know more people would spin the batteries lol it does work i swear
Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you guys are making this series! It will be amazing to see more reviews about products we don't hear about as much. Great video, Adam!
Impressed you have an OG Pokémon Gold cart. Something you guys actually had laying around or something you bought for the video?
@@m55572 I don’t doubt that, just was wondering if that’s their own personal cart is all. I have the OG Gold and Silver carts from back then.
this was my personal cartridge from childhood
If there is one thing that bugs me, it is when videos are one second over 10 mins, so they get the extra revenue.
Rolling the batteries back and forth to squeeze out a little bit more juice objectively does work.
Looks very sleek! Though I can imagine myself getting mixed up and accidentally hitting the load state instead of the save state as well!
Spinning the batteries on a Gameboy absolutely works. You can also get another few minutes by moving the batteries around to different spots.
It is still technically emulation because it’s hardware emulation. But still is a really cool product that I wish I had. Would you like to compare it to a modded real game boy? I could hook you guys up :-)
Can confirm Pokemon Gold is indeed the best version ever.
Ok but..pokémon crystal? It's a fusion between Gold/silver, plus *animations*
@@RoadUser_Motovlog I really like it, but just having Gold first and getting all the first experiences of gen 2 that way kind of stuck with me, even if I prefer the extras of Crystal :) like the Gold box art is just sick
Damn this hardware is awesome!!
>Mentions price
Yeah okay I'll keep praying to Nintendo for Gameboy on NSO thank you very much
The D-pad is the the directional buttons and the other inputs, traditionally on Nintendo a, b, x, and y, are called face buttons.
First...wait...dammit David
😂
Haha
Unlucky mate XD
Got em'
Thanks for the video Adam!
this is dope and i hope you guys keep this up
Thanks for the tingles. and of course the great review!
Nano loop at the end was awesome
The battery roll absolutely works
I understand the battery rolling. I used to do that as well on things I thought were dead
Would love to see a steam deck review on here !
This looks like a great product! Thank you for sharing this!
I want more of this
POKÉMON GEN 2 IS STILL AN S-TIER POKÉMON GAME GEN
Great Video, The studios content is really good and never fails to entertain me
It's been 20 seconds how did u already finish it
@@qryoshi "never fails" is the indicator it's a bot
yes, more of these, pleaseeee
I keep forgetting I've got one of these on order, it's going to be great surprise when it arrives sometime Q4 2022.
Sadly enough, it isn't available in my country! But hopefully one day it will be! This thing looks so cool!
Duuuuuuuuude I give you props for this video!!!! I love Gold version, it's my favorite and this new Gameboy is beautiful.
Like others have said, your Pokemon cartridges need to have their save batteries replaced. Even with your save state system, you will not be able to resume your game after beating the Elite Four because it requires loading the saved game again after the credits roll. Learned this lesson the hard way when I was younger and figured just leaving the GBSP plugged in would save me.
The Great video & Great Studio 🔥
Ive done the battery rolling thing with remotes before but i don't know if it works
I’ve done it too and It usually seems to work for me. Also switching the batteries around.
I think most of the effect comes from rubbing off oxidation from the battery terminals.
Yes ive also done the switching batteries thing
Great Video! A ShortCircuit - LTT related content style, this being the ShortCircuit equivalent of MKBHD, naturally. Really enjoyed the other videos from the channel, but it would be great to see more "short reviews"or "impressions" of things that for whatever reason couldn't make an appear on the MKBHD channel.
"Because Yes, Everything Should Still Have That"
dope review. mine is waiting for me in a box at my mothers house unopened hahaha really good video, only thing was the save issue being a battery thing rather than the console hardware which other people mentioned
Great review and cool to see others contribute! Minor criticism: you seemed to look down at times when it wasn't necessary. Better eye contact with the camera would be nice.
LOL
Yeah I think most of us did that to dying batteries in Gameboys but I mostly did it with TV remotes.
I also do that battery roll when I was a kid. LOL! 😂🤣😂
So nostalgic. 💯
03:08 Its not only you. I have did it in the past a lot hahaha
Battery roll is totally a thing. Tv remotes especially.
Cool! Thank you for sharing it. ✌️
Haha I just realised you share a last name with the actor who plays Otto Octavius because I watched the honest trailer for no way home and this one back to back!
Marques runs the hardest side channel. It's like he saw all the random shit that smaller channels who copy his format have the freedom to do and he says "that's free real estate" and boom this
Retro Future would be happy watching this
Awesome review 🙌
Found the track in the intro: AGST - soon
Looks nice sir!
I'm also a Johto fanboy. Great review.
2:00 Best beep of my life...
Your saving in the game probably isn’t working because the battery inside the cartridge needs to be replaced where the save state’s are placed. I had to do that to my copy of Pokémon Yellow. It’s an easy process just needs a special bit to open then cartridge. It’s just a coin cell battery.
Just like blowing on the N64 cartridge I always use to roll my batteries too lmao
BLOW the cartridge and RUB the batteries. Childhood couldn’t be more exciting.
I used to totally spin the batteries!!
Preorder for 2023? Is this Tesla? LOL
That pokemon theme.... that nostalgia 🙌🏽
I’m wondering why this isn’t something Nintendo would be trying to sue them over? So cool that you can buy this though!
Very good video! Congrats guys! Can you make a similar video about the FUJI TX-1? Cheers!
i want one of these soooo bad!
Amazing new content 🔥
Pleaaaase give me a name to that intro track! That sh*t slaps!
This is awesome. I love it that the team gets their space and place to give their takes on tech. Adam is also doing a great job at it!
1:30 :D :D :D Oh, you pure soul.
The battery is non-replaceable? So when the internal battery has degraded to the point of being useless in five years, you're screwed?
Can you guys do more game night kinda video. I guess its kinda serves the purpose of this youtube channel, like it shows the interaction between "The Studio".
I think, a little bit of struggle and the cons are a part of the Game Boy experience. :)
Oh I’m gonna love these types of videos. Everyone getting to talk about the things they are really into. Really cool idea. Also we stan Pokemon Yellow.
Do a review on the stem player!
I. Still have red,silver, and crystal and this would be much better than using old GB color
Just mod your GB Color and save some money
Not with game boy but always do that battery thing with remotes!
"it's just really cool"
I am starting to love Studio channel more than the main channel. Great work!
Yeah other comments said it, but its cuz the internal battery in Pokemon Gold died and that cartridge cant save. its not the analogue :)
Man... the rolling battery cells is what I do too... and whenever I've to switch the batteries I just switch one to get more juice from the old ones...
Yes more of this.
Been wanting to get one
That save issue sounds like a game-breaking bug what do you do once you beat the Elite 4?
It's not a bug. The battery in the pokemon cartridges can run out of juice since they are like over 20 years old. You have to replace the battery (CR2025)
I just got mine a few days ago. Initial impressions are that it's very solid, consistent with what you said here. Great video, this is such a cool and exciting device. Now just waiting for my steam deck to ship... :(
It works
On the waiting list for this... not shipping til 2023! :( But it looks beautiful! I wish I had money (at the time) to order all the cables which come with it too for doing chiptune stuff/link cable for trading, etc! Very costly but I miss my GB/GBA games!
"Objectively the best Pokemon ever" I'm just sick of hearing about Gen 1 and Gen 2 at this point.
Ya'll know there are other Pokemon Games right? If you want the best Gen 5 is right there but ok.
Like at some point someone not born in 1421 will play a pokemon game other than Gen 1/2
i still have gameboy color with pokemon gold (which is my favorite) and sometimes i wanna play the game but i can't. because the start and select buttons doesnt work :(
I can confirm that rubbing the AA's can give some more juice.
I frequently use it for my wireless keyboard.
Gold was the best, Heartgold was actually a very good remake of it.
If only Nintendo in the 80s knew their games were going to be played in 8K displays now…
Thank you for this review!!🙌 just when I was about to tear down my Game Boy to fix it, there's this!!!!!!!?😃🤩😁 more more nifty reviews like this please! I'm living for this!
Love seeing gaming content!
It's more like the ShortCircuit of LTT lol
The way the intro sounds like daft punk.... I know we all here are fans and I know the people at the studio are as well... so a moment of silence for the fact that daft punk is no more...