Making Game Boy Player WAY Better
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- Time to defeat the evil Game Boy Player disc
Game Boy Interface created by Extrems
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GameCube Memory Card Manager: wiibrew.org/wiki/GameCube_Mem...
Exploited Save Files: gchomebrew.com/gamesave-explo...
Specific save Jon use (for PAL Mario Sunshine): github.com/QbeRoot/shinehax-gc
Swiss Homebrew: github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc/...
Game Boy Interface: www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index...
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0:00 - Nintendo's Software and its problems
3:22 - Introducing Game Boy Interface
3:48 - How to get GBI
7:21 - Forcing Nintendo's Software to 240p
7:49 - Game Boy Interface Overview - เกม
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Minor tip, if you rename you GBI dol file to a letter like "A", holding that button will boot directly into GBI when you open your GC
Fun fact: the GBA "emulator" for the 3DS ambassadors isn't actually an emulator. Technically it's native because it's playing the games using the built in DS hardware, which contains GBA components. Despite the DSi and 3DS not having GBA cartridge ports, they are fully capable of playing digital GBA games natively with either the ambassador games on 3DS or homebrew applications. It's similar to GameCube compatibility on the Wii U in that way.
There's also been efforts to make a DS(i) homebrew that acts as a hypervisor for playing GBA games!
Looking forward to further gbarunner2 development '*-*
@@seseiSeki yes, this is what I was referring to when I said homebrew applications! On the 3DS, it's usually better to use GBA Virtual Console injects as those have higher compatibility (native), but gbarunner2 is a good option for DS(i) users!
It's quite amazing! Thanks to that I've been able to play Metroid Fusion when I would otherwise have not, since I don't own a Wii U!
What about the Gameboy Advance Pro Ultra handheld support for the New 3DS XL Remix feat. Dante console?
How does that work on the DS?
I heard that the Wii has an Overclocked GameCube CPU and GPU (same on Wii U, Overclocked Wii CPU, and a dedicated Wii GPU, so basically just overclocking)
Is the DS just an Overclocked GBA? Hell is the 3ds an Overclocked DS?
I can’t express how helpful this is. My fiancé was given a GameCube with a game boy player, and we’ve been looking for the disc forever. This is amazing!
this just makes your Game Boy Player useless, though. You basically replace your GBP with an SD reader....
@@Fools_Requiem Comprehension is tough I know....I suggest you rewatch the video and pay attention this time.
It still uses the Gameboy player. The SD card is just for the software. That’s why he said the disc was useless. The Gameboy player is still needed, as the sd card he was using wasn’t emulating these games, it was just using homebrew software. @Fools_Requiem
Note that at 5:59 it's supposed to say "Restore", not "Backup". I spent a good amount of time thinking I did something wrong because it showed me the gamecube memory card's contents instead of the SD contents. It wasn't until I read the screen at that point in the video that I realized Jon gave the wrong instruction.
Same. Upvoted.
This comment needs to be pined
This is insanely good timing. I literally bought a GB Player and Platinum Picoboot GameCube just last night.
He knew. He Watches you all the Time. He is just Watching all of us. Smiling
it's true
Eep. My model lacks the serial port 2. :/
@@herrzeiens3503 Sometimes he whispers to me in that deep voice....
@@psharpe5904 I would hope there's another method to mod those without that slot, but I didn't find one with a quick check on Google. Maybe something involving the memory card slots?
You don't need an expensive game disk for swiss anymore! A raspberry pi pico with picoboot works wonderfully.
Also, the SP2SD2 has a v2 for like $2 more where the sd slot is at a 90° angle and accessible from the side of your console. No need to take off the GBA player to make SD card changes.
IF you can, and want to do a small amount of soldering. I can microsolder, as it is my job, but I don't want to mod my console like that.
This. This is the real deal. Best possible mod to get.
@@MagisterHamidcheck out the kunai mod for GameCube 👌
@@pikabluownerGC Loader is still the best mod for GC good luck finding a chip though
Not every cube has SP2. I bought one and I was like, well that sucks.
I'm all good now though! Lots of options.
Yeah mine doesn’t, what did you do instead?
I just did set this up a month ago to play GBA on my CRT in 240p. It is so amazing and beautiful. I can vouch this video would have been really helpful.
How do you scale the player so that it fits your crt? Mine has a lot of empty space, I could adjust my crts scan settings but it'd be a pain to set just for gameboy games
You forgot one thing: The later run Gamecube consoles do NOT have the GBI port.
I thought it was just the digital out port that they got rid of
Just use a SD memory card instead.
The reason there was a dark filter is because games at the time typically were designed to be overly bright because of the dark gba screen
the videomaker knows this he's like 40 years old. he is an influencer that's why he insists to destroy gaming hardware.
This could be a reason, but they added the dark filter to Virtual Console when it was running on Wii/U. Notably for N64 and GBA.
The reason as far as I know is actually for anti-seizures. The bright flashes of white would be fine on a low-contrast small screen like a Gameboy or GBA or a fairly dim CRT, but when you have the game in black and white on a large LCD TV it could cause serious problems for anyone with epilepsy.
They were probably worried about other companies not updating their ROM's to tone these effects down (for example I'm pretty sure Nintendo reduced the flashing from Electric moves in Pokemon Yellow on 3DS), so they applied the filter globally in VC with problem games, especially if you were running on Wii/U, as that would be hooked up to a TV.
The reason why is probably because they're a kids company but also because of the Porygon episode that sent a ton of epileptic kids to the hospital.
As someone who lost that disc a long time ago but still has the player this is pretty tempting to get
If you haven’t, I 100% recommend it. Also if you’re willing to do a little soldering, I’d recommend installing a raspberry pi pico, and setting GBI as an option to boot directly into while holding a button (say, B). Also, if you’re using a GameCube on a newer TV, I’d get a Carby, and/or an upscaler. Gameboy on a TV has never looked better ime.
Actually the 3ds ain’t emulation either. That’s running on hardware, just with scaling applied to it
It’s similar to a wii-u playing GameCube games
Fun Fact about the 3DS' GBA Emulator for Ambassadors: It isn't actually an emulator, rather its running natively on the 3DS (much like how the Wii U is completely capable of natively running Gamecube games)
So that means 3ds hardware is just overclocked DS hardware, and DS is just Overclocked GBA?
Because the way it works on Wii U is that the Wii is an Overclocked GameCube, and the Wii U is an Overclocked Wii.
If I remember correctly, it goes something like this:
Gameboy was the original.
Gameboy Color is an overclocked Gameboy.
Gameboy Advance uses a new architecture, but also contains a mini Gameboy Color inside. Worth noting is that GBA games do not touch the GBC hardware.
The DS uses a similar architecture, but also contains a mini Gameboy Advance inside. Unlike GBA games, DS games do actually depend on the internal GBA hardware.
The DSi is an overclocked DS.
The 3DS again contains a mini DSi, but since DS games depend on GBA hardware, the 3DS also contains a mini GBA.
The New 3DS is an overclocked 3DS.
The Switch is a completely different series from both the console and handheld lines, but its ARM64 architecture is closely related to the ARM processors used in the handhelds from the GBA onward (as well as nearly every mobile phone on the market today). I'm honestly curious if the Switch could theoretically run unmodified GBA code, even if it doesn't support the interface.
Game Boy Pocket came out in between the GB & GBC.
And you can also hold Start or Select for 5 seconds when launching a game and it's gonna be pixel perfect but smaller. IMHO pixel perfect looks a lot better despite the smaller image.
I was looking into this after watching your video, but I have a DOL-101 Gamecube which does not have serial port 3. Good thing I checked before purchasing the SD2SP chip.
Same :[
Seriously, Jon’s content is amazing!
Those are big facts!!
@@chivalrous_chevy1163 I know, right?
I got so happy when you mentioned you could play 4 swords with the gameboy player, I've been doing that sort of stuff for 2 years now and I never saw it anywhere else, so glad this neat trick is out there! also I found out about this using pacman vs, makes the game WAY less tangled
11:45 You could flash your own cartridges too. That's a pretty fun way to run ROM hacks on native hardware. I do it all the time with my GBA. Had the Mario movie trailer running on it recently.
Thank you . Just got a bought a picoboot modded GameCube with gameboy player . This is cool
So with this can we say that modding your GameBoy Player is surprisingly easy?
I got lost early on in his explanation.
By modding your console by using Swiss it makes it better
Either I just got used to it or I just didn't misremembering, but actually when I played my GBA games on the big screen via the Game boy player back in the 2000s I did not actually notice the input lag. Anyways it was just such a cool thing to have. I mean I grew up in the 90s and I loved my super game boy, but then being able to play the GBA games and The Game boy color games on the big screen with the Game boy player who was just even better. Playing advanced Wars in the big screen was awesome! Mario and Luigi Superstar saga was amazing to play on the big screen.
This is great, I have misplaced my official disc, this will help me out greatly
to be clear - i know all about the GBI and i had an inkling that’s what the video will be about but i am still enjoying this so much. great video, the narrative and editing it’s all so good!!!
The icon that Swiss is using for the memory card though, reminds me of the "Totally not a virus. Trust me i'm a dolphin" meme
Seeing those prices on the bundle of the Game Boy Player + Disc makes me feel lucky when I got Game Boy Player + Game Boy Player Disc + The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition for like 30€ + Shipping a couple of years ago
Massively lucky.
Great video John! I did this very upgrade myself a few months ago. Results are astounding. Also PAL GC runs RGB scart so you can get an amazing 240p picture for the whole Gameboy family in arguably better shape than an NTSC cube with component. RGB through the retrotink 5x is better than component IMO. GBA is my favourite portable of all time so this awesome software finally does it justice.
Although you mentioned the ghosting images present in the standard GBI, you neglected to mention the issues present in the others:
GBISR: The refresh rate is awful when playing for certain periods of time, as it causes a huge dip in framerate every 10-30 minutes.
GBIHF: I'm not certain what causes this, but I've come across many people who's TVs simply don't display any image at all when using High Frequency.
Apparently you need a CRT or a scaler to avoid the above issues, forcing many GBI users to stick to the standard one.
Wow, didn't realize there could be such a difference from the official software. Or that it was so easy (and cheap) to have the GC loading homebrew software. Thanks for the video!
Shout out to Extrems for making this all possible. He’s the mastermind behind the GBI project.
Fyi GBA on 3DS runs onactual GBA hardware. The same way GC games run on Wii. Only IO (buttons, card read/write and screen) are "emulated"
(More so a translation layer).
Btw there is a little nicer SD to sp2 adapter which replaces the door flap and lets you access the SD from the outside, costs the same but is more convenient, also fits with the gb player
I love the GameBoy Player.
Don't have mine anymore as my mom sold my GameCube back then but I always thought it was really fun to play with.
Plus on those old CRTs we had back in the day, latency wasn't as much of a deal.
Jon, you are a breath of fresh air every time I see/hear you on screen. Bless you, sir.
Thanks! Ordering everything soon. And love the Zelda collection, a man after my own heart.
Perfect timing for this upload, man. I've been setting up a shiny hunt for Wishmaker Jirachi in Pokemon Ruby, trying to figure out all the tricks to actually get a good recording has been such a pain these last few weeks. I'll make great use out of this video, thanks :-)
Really enjoying this series of ways to enjoy original hardware to the max!
I would argue that one should sell their disc rather than throwing it away, it would help a lot of collectors 100% their collection. But great video! I might actually look into picking up a Gameboy player now!
I followed this, and then couldn't figure out why I couldn't get any games to play in 240p. Those files you said I didn't need, are actually needed so that you're prompted to choose video options when starting GBI. I was going crazy for 4 hours trying to figure out which device in my chain of video components wasn't to blame. Great video otherwise, but yeah that part misled me and burned up my Sunday night.
Where do you put those files on the SD card?
This was an incredibly helpful video Jon!
Probably have to give this a few watches because I am a pretty slow learner when it comes to a lot of information dropped on me at once. But the reason I never got a Gameboy Player was because of the disc and how much is costs, it just isn't worth the prices since the only GBA games I actually play on my GBA these days are two Pokemon games, Metroid Zero Mission and Sonic Advanced. Being able to play them on the TV and without the gameboy disc seems like an appealing option.
Thank you for this.
As someone who is scared to modify any kind of hardware (don't ask why, I don't even know), this video is weirdly fascinating, and terrifying.
I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one. This video made it look easy but I feel like I’ll end up exploding the GameCube somehow 😅😅
@@ibnfu same 🤣
High quality video, thanks for getting the word out to people about the gbi :)
Homebrew gameboy player software is the way to go
The GB Player was my go-to way to play GB and GBA games for ages. Now my MiSTer is my definitive way to play GB/GBA games.
Wow, that’s quite the setup! Cool stuff.
I bought a GameBoy Player a few years ago specifically for this, such a good piece of software.
one thing you didn't mention during the rumble portion, is that not only you can use gamecube controllers, but you can also use rumble-integrated GBA cartridges as a surrogate such as Warioware: Twisted (gyro+rumble), Drill Dozer and even the official DS rumble pak, and even the DS Slide Controller. (which was only used for the game Mag Kid). so you could, say, plug Mario Advance 4 in the Gameboy Player, and a GBA with a GBA to Gamecube Controller with the DS Rumble Pak inserter.
maybe the next video about hardware-modding should be using the e-Reader Mega Man Battle Network 4/5/6 Custom Cards created by Prof 9: the guy created Western-supported e-Reader cards that can work on both the western and japanese versions of Battle Network 4-6. (6 Japan-only), he's even made versions of the Mod Cards that can be saved locally to the e-reader so that you can redistribute it whenever you want.
The homebrew chip gate is very useful but dang nice info
@@otakuthegreat just read up about it. kind of neat that it can even let you use it in multiplayer, as long as you have 2 extra GBAs+multiplayer cables to daisychain. guessing a physical chip gate worked as a passthrough for the cable itself? or does the homebrew ROM just generate whatever input the game usually physically expect from an actual chip gate?
Absolutely loving these modded type videos and the historical videos about the industry as well! The ultimate PS2 video was awesome. Any thought on doing anything for the PSP or PSPgo as a portable emulator in the future?
9:08 I legit thought he was gonna Weston Super Mare
3 Jon videos in a week! This is awesome!
definitely getting this, thanks for the video
One of my fave things about GBI is that it's probably the most "official" way to use a shader to emulate the non backlit screen. You otherwise need emulation or a CleanScreen screen replacement for the GBA.
Jon doing God’s work by continuing to spread the sacred knowledge in these console modding videos
I build a consolizer gba over the summer (a gba turned into a home console with HDMI out). The picture is 720p and looked awesome. A few months later installed the picoboot and learned about swiss and GBi. I was so impressed with the GBi that I sold my gba consolizer and it’s my main player for Gameboy games. Great job to all the programmers that made and gave this to us for free.
Very cool - doubt I will ever get round to pulling out my CG and GB Player again but still cool.
I have one of those adapters on my Cube, even have GBI installed with Retroarch
I like making as much of my consoles as I can a multi-box that can play more than just one set of games, I did it for my Switch, my Xbox Series X, and even my PS3 and 3DS
My Sd2sp2 is going to be here in January! I am so excited to play authentic pokemon in high quality on my tv.
Damn, almost thought I could do the Wii thing but I have the Black Wii that doesn't have Gamecube stuff
I say ‘rad as flip’ way too many times in my everyday life. Thanks Jon.
The GBI I ordered immediately after watching this video delivered yesterday! It's tinkering time!
I just connect the GameCube and Gameboy Player into my original 1994 Sony Trinitron 32” Tube TV via component input and it looks great.
I wonder if the reason Nintendo made the output a bit darker was because most games were designed for the original non backlit screens. Most games had colors adjusted to be brighter to make up for this. It's really obvious for SNES ports like Donkey Kong Country, which looks almost sickening bright on back lit displays and TVs
There's an option to watch GBA Video on the GBI boot screen. Also, if you have a DS Rumble Pak, you can put it in the GBA when using it as a GB Player controller, and it rumbles! (with games like Drill Dozer for example). Love this thing!
This is really flipping sweet!
Ty for sharing
wait what? how does that work?
@@CrashFan03 The DS Rumble Pak is basically a GBA cartridge. It receives the "rumble data" from the GBA to GC cable. GBI magic.
kirby 2 is another game (like dk) that's amazing on sgb. thanks for the video. always wanted to try out a gb player but never had the chance. how does the original disc version look/feel when used with a CRT?
Great stuff, am going to give this a go.
So basically, the ultimate Crystal Chronicles and Four Sword adventures setup is 4x Gamecubes with Gameboy Player + 4x Link cables, 1x Gamecube with the game, 4x 14" CRT TVs and 1x 28" CRT .... PEEEERFECTION!
Fun Fact: the ability to connect Gamecubes with Game Boy Players to the Wii was how TheRunawayGuys were able to record the GBA screens for their Four Swords Adventure LP. Really wild that they had to do something so convoluted just so the viewers could see everything they were doing!
Holy moly, this video's amazing!
Your the Best! Thanks for the video!
Can't believe you told us to throw the disc away.
Grabbed an sd2sp2 myself thanks to this video and even came with Swiss on disc to boot directly from. 👍🏻 No need to send Sunshine saves to memory card this way.
I haven't watched the video yet, but I wanna say that I'm really happy you included the PAL GameBoy player disc case in your thumbnail! When Scott the Woz indirectly denied its existence in one of his videos, it was kinda upsetting that yet again, the European side of Nintendo is an afterthought to the rest of the world.
I don't know if that's just due to a lack of people talking about these things, or a lack of research or something else? 🤔
Anyway, I look forward to the video 😆
thank you for the very informative vidio , im definightly cheacking this out 👍
How very informative
Thanks for the video
I'm trying to figure out, do you need the special exploitable games for initial setup, or every time you use this forever? Where does the disc that comes with the sd2sp2 sometimes come into play? thanks!
Questions:
1- What output are you using on your Gamecube? Componant, Composite, HDMI (using a carby)
2- Can you force the normal GBI in 240p using swiss to be able to zoom or the GBI software does it automatically? (the gbi website states if useless to use 240p)
3- How would you zoom the GBIHF to be able to fill you TV?
4- What aspect ratio is better to Gameboy and GBA games? 3:2 or 4:3
5- Do you have to change the aspect ratio of your TV while using GBI or you leave it a 16:9?
You forgot to mention that some of the DOL-001 consoles don't have the third serial port on the bottom. I found out the hard way after 2 weeks of trial and error trying to get this to work.
My head hurts and heart stops when I even consider these methods
Just found this channel, WOW that voice 😳🔥🔥
I just bought a GB Player disk a few weeks ago and now i find this...Atleast it'll look better.
Would people recommend GBI over the official disc if you're using a small screen? I'm using an intec screen for the GameCube and want to know if the difference is substantial enough to warrant the modding process for a smaller screen (I already own the official disk).
I have so many fond memories playing Minish Cap via the Gameboy Player.
Now I know that I was, in fact, playing the inferior version of the game.
Time to revisit Minish Cap, I guess!
So, other than Sunshine, are any of the other exploited save files compatible with PAL? If not, then I deeply regret selling Sunshine after getting 3D All Stars...
I'm new here and just subscribed, this was a good video, was given a GBI when I bought a GameBoy Player. What's with the suit?
Really nice video thank you soo much for awesome content. I'm very curios about the tie and shirt combo choice, most youtubers go casual as fudge. Is a statement againt being casual? 🙂
Is this only to play emulated games, or can you still put in the gba cartridges and run them through the gameboy player? I still have gba games that I haven't played in a while and would love to play Fire Emblem on a big screen.
10:47 Quick correction GBA games ran natively on the 3DS, not emulation.
You could also use the new version of the gamecube action replay with the sd card to gc memory adapter to load up swiss
Damn bro found a problem and fixed the hell out of it! 🙏
is your Super Famicom/SNES a 1chip model? because that was exhibiting some serious ghosting on your Mario Land comparison. fixable; but requires soldering skills
Nintendo: Hey, that's too rad as flip.
This video taught me a lot. I am doing this this weekend and maybe I will sell my disc for $100!
10:23 : Ladies and gentlemans... we have Dr Frankenstein here.
I found it funny that the Gamecube has a save exploit available for 007 : Agent Under Fire... Because I've used the PS2 version of that game to hack my PS2 back in the day !
Man that’s good news, thanks for the video! It’s depressing to see these disk prices online. And that quality is unbelievably better than nintendos disk!!
I have a question. I have a GameCube memory card that has an SD slot on it do I still need to go through the homebrew channel on the Wii or can I bypass that step since it’s on an SD card plugged into the game cube? Only asking because I don’t have homebrew on the Wii and I would have to do that also. Thanks!
Funny enough, I probably still have this evil disc somewhere despite my brother trading in our Gamecube with Game Boy Player still attached (furious about it to this day). Luckily an Analogue Pocket with a dock is due to arrive any week now, so I can finally play Game Boy games on the big screen again...
Man I'm still waiting for like next year for that Analogue Pocket 3rd batch.
Yes I agree about having absolutely no filters turned on, It gives the best performance and makes all the pixels as sharp as possible. Why would I add the blur back in after paying for this TV ? I still have my Crts if i wanted to ya know?
Lets say i have to put a game to exploit to access the game save exploit file to launch swiss, do i have to insert the game everytime i want to access swiss? Or is this just a one and done deal? Also, can i remove the disc, once swiss has been launched?
Is there any way to change the control configurations? The Select Button displays the menu at 8:35 instead for the menu in the game like GS:TLA.
I can't use a Wii, because it would require an internal hardware mod to output HDMI, the Gamecube can do it without a mod. The Wii U solution DOES work, but you lose out on any link cable functionality (the controller adapter does not support it). So if you want to use HDMI with a link cable, you have to use a Gamecube. Unless of course you are willing to do the Wii GC Video internal hardware mod (which is not an easy thing to install). My setup does not support analog audio or video in any form.
as someone who just uses vba gx on his wii either way
this is a good video