This thing legit looks awesome. I saw on their site it says a SNES version is coming soon. I REALLY hope they expand and do it for DS and 3DS down the line. That would make for a great way to be able to stream these older games a lot easier.
If you don't want to wait and don't mind using your own emulator you can already get the Retrode 2 right now. It can handle SNES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive right out of the box and with some addons even GB/GBC/GBA, and N64. It also comes with ports to use the original controllers right on your PC, too. The only downside I've found on mine is that N64 games that save on the cartridge can't have their save game read out or written to, but that's only relevant for a few select games and Stadium.
One for the DS/3DS would be nice, although if you have a softmodded 3DS (which is really easy to do), dumping games and saves with that is a pretty trivial task. Devices like these lower the barrier of entry though, so they still have a place.
This suddenly makes retro gaming a lot more desirable for me. I never liked using cartredges before because of the save file problem, I just use emulators for the convenience even though I have some of these games on my shelf. But if I can get something like this for NES, SNES & N64 as well then I would love to play them on the original consoles again.
There's a device called retrode 2. I've used it to back up my N64 games. It has adapters for GB/GBC/GBA and N64. Has Sega Genesis and SNES slots on the device. It rips the ROM and save file from the cart, and you just save it wherever you want. I bought an everdrive x7 and my save files and roms loaded up legally lol it even has slots to connect SNES and Genesis controllers.
@@UndeadCollector Dragonbox is still producing them regularly in low quantities as far as I know, bought mine new last year. But they operate from Germany so shipping to the other side of the world might get expensive quick.
@@RAHelllord Well, im from Germany, so this would not be the problem. I was thinking they sold out years ago and got expensive fast over the time. But thx for the info, so i check out the Shop and maybe im lucky.
@@UndeadCollector Yeah the original creator stopped making them a year or two after the original inception, but then Dragonbox approached them and licensed them so they're now able to make more.
I bought from the last batch that will ship in December. I can't wait. I've been completing the pokedex in the Gen 3 games. Can't wait to back them up. Love the channel.
@@webbedshadow2601 You definitely can. I had an app for my ds that would allow me to rip the save to my computer. From there you can inject the events with pkhex and some other programs. I went to the 10th anniversary event but deleted that save like an idiot when I was a kid so it was cool to get them on a physical cart again. Should be even easier to do with this
@@kagekingu612 while u are correct, it’s a moral issue and people like collecting and preserving without paying the outrageous costs for the legacy systems themselves. I would prefer to own the physical games instead of illegal owning a copy of the game
@@Christian-js2wv True End of the day as long as ppl are able to play the game and enjoy it, its fine. Not many ppl wuld deal with the hassle of getting retro officially nowadays anyways.
Might actually get one of those. Always good to have your saves backed up somewhere and the bootleg detection is not really a big deal for me but still would be nice if that gets fixed in the future. Thanks for the video on this.
@@ClampEEGEE DS lite with an R4 is a necessity for gba games ngl. GBA Backup tool and you can inject legit events into the pokemon games. Not to mention an R4 is piss cheap nowadays, the DS is as well
Wished it had that unique transparent coloured look to make it feel more retro, but beside that, I LOVE the idea of this. It’s an amazing system that lets you play your cartridges on a computer, what more could you want? 👀
Excellent! I just changed my battery for Metroid Zero Mission and Final Fantasy. This little device will store my precious GB and GBA games forever. Thanks!
I just got my Gameboy Operator TODAY! Thank you spawnwave for informing about this device. I watched this video on the day you uploaded, then I preordered it right away! Now it's finally here and I added the GB operator software to my Launch box since I couldn't find a trailer I'm ripping your video to use with Launch Box for the profile when I check out videos and screenshots in Launch Box. I want it feel authentic thank you once again, and no I'm not going to repost your video and steal your content or anything like that, I'm only using it for Launch Box.
If you do a soldered battery swap, like in the video, please be sure to clean the area around the solder with Isopropyl alcohol to remove the flux. If left on the pcb the flux can cause irreparable damage to the pcb and other components. An old tooth brush works well with the iso alcohol for this purpose, and dab it dry with a paper towel.
I love it. I received mine about 2 weeks ago. I have already backed up all my carts and saves and I have used this in Windows and in Linux with no issues. This was delivered exactly as described when I ordered it.
I'm pretty happy with my GB Operator. Haven't gotten to try all the features yet but the save transfer and emulator work great. I actually bought it because I learned about it through News Wave, so thanks for that!
I got mine a few weeks ago. Works great and the people behind the product are great. I’ve had many conversations with them and are really positive and are ambitious for updating the software and development.
@@FickleF8 No worries, that was probably my fault. I actually did post something briefly. I was looking for that Bob line cuz I was playing this a little fast before my battery died. But I found it it was about the game boy camera and moving photos.
@@clydefrosch Nothing. Hardware fails all the time. we'll see how this holds up. Wish hyperkin would do a refresh of the R5. It's such a great concept.
I wish this was available years ago. My Pokemon Blue, which had a full Pokedex with every monster having the victory flag for going against the Elite Four (as well as some very interesting glitch monsters I got by trading with a Japanese Pokemon Green) had its battery give out around 2012. Still, even though it's too late for many of my GB games, it's really cool to see this introduced.
Bro your thumbnail is really really good at miss leading. I don't know if that's a compliment or insult. I got mine in thinking it was supposed to have that gameboy text. I come back here to verify, then I see it was just a thumbnail, my heart sunk
Was so excited to see, for those who swap between physcial gameboy and emulators. This seemed pretty niche but the missing piece for people who like to tinker with t his sort of thing
I purchased this the day you mentioned it on Newswave. Got it a week or so ago and loved using it to revisit my actual cartridges, and to have a pikachu use surf in yellow
I'm betting "Official Cartridge" just means the rom passes the checksum for the retail game. It not being "official" may be limited to detecting rom hacks since the checksum would be different.
My guess is it’s just checking the rom files to see if it’s a match. If the bootleg Pokémon Ruby is basically identical to an authentic one. I don’t see how it will detect a difference
IT'S OUT?! Wow I remember hearing about this in one of your news videos, REALLY tempted to buy this just so I can get Event Pokemon from the Game Boy Advance era...
Great look at this device, I can't wait to see more of these for any Nintendo system with cartridges. Mainly the SNES and 3DS will be what I look forward to the most.
DS and 3DS could be doable as a future operator, as I think the 3DS currently reads DS games in its slot. I'm not into modding my systems unless they are already broken, so I think a GB DS/3DS Operator would be cool.
This is such an unbelievably cool idea, and as fixated as Nintendo is on reviving retro games I'm surprised they never tried to do an official launch for this. It would be so cool to have access to N64 Era/GC Era games with a similar device and using the WiiU's adapter to have controller support. I have never bought something so fast in my life.
If you use an x-acto knife to lift the edge of the aluminum connector to the battery, you can use flush-cut wire cutters to sever the battery without soldiering, then just bend the strips so that it pressure fits the new batteries in it. If it's still a little loose you can use scotch tape to hold it in place. Boom, easily replaceable GB batteries with no more soldering.
But if you do it that way the battery can slide if it gets dropped and either short something important or at the very least the save file. Best to solder it properly, a novice with two left hands can do that.
@@RAHelllord That's why I said to use tape. some people just don't like soldering. Besides, if you're dropping a 20+ year-old game on the floor, an unsoldered battery shaking itself loose is the least of your worries.
back in the day i had a gba flashcard that had a thing to connect the cartridge to the pc to use the software, it also worked for copying legit games, also to read and write saves to legit cartridges, it was pretty cool
I love this thing, but I've had some issues with it in regards to gamepad key binding and playing repro carts but their customer support has been very good at addressing my concerns!
another great use case for this could be to grab old mystery gift data for event pokemon and put them on a physical cart. it’s possible rn, but is a lengthy process
I'll hit that LIKE BUTTON for this! My favorite Spawn Wave videos are these - electronics, devices, technology, etc. Very informative and true! I much prefer these over the daily click-baity "leaked switch news!" videos 😕 Still a happy subscriber! Fun video here.
This seems like it will be a good tool for folks trying to play their old saves and files onto a rom or what have you or simply just playing your old games and not burning up your classic consoles. Or simply for replacing a save file, like so. Seems like a method for possibly being able to gen transfer pokemon without having to entirely use pokemon bank. 😅
@@startedtech unfortunately, you're wrong. No electronic components inside any console last forever, particularly capacitors. They'll all fail eventually, faster the more they're used.
@@startedtech Yeah, Gameboy screens are notorious for falling apart due to the glue(?) that holds them together. There's also leaky capacitors and batteries, too.
Thanks, I just bought it after watching this video to download some old gen 3 Pokemon events for Sapphire, Fire Red and Emerald. I want to shiny hunt that damn Mew and Deoxys... The whole concept with preserving old save files is great!
Nice to see this in actual use! It is definitely a pretty piece of hardware & it is good to see the software as well. Interesting that it isn’t just drag & drop like the Retrode2. I’ve been thinking about getting a GBx adaptor for said Retrode, but the Epilogue looks like a handy & attractive little collection piece.
Even though that version didn't correctly label your fake Pokemon cart, I still have to say I was very impressed by it overall. What a neat piece of tech, and having something like this in existence that appears to be really easy to use, actually kind of makes me want to start collecting Game Boy games, lol..
3 years ago before I got robbed, this would have been perfect for me. Lost every pokemon game I had from red to sun and moon. Somehow I found I still have a few, leaf green, ruby, sapphire. But out of 32 main titles, getting robbed for 26 of em sucks. This also includes pokemon colosseum, gale of darkness, battle revolution, stadium 1 and 2. I only have X (just rebought recently) Crystal and yellow (virtual console) Ruby, sapphire, and leaf green. Sword, shield, and let's go Eevee
at the very least if you want the safe backup/2-way transfer function, there are devices for it like the NDS Save Adaptor that I have (and that's the correct spelling)
A hacked 3DS can do everything that a 3ds model would be able to do (dumping roms, injecting/dumping saves) it may also be able to do so for DS games? I don’t have much of a DS collection so I haven’t tried but I wouldn’t be surprised.
The only device you'd need for backing up games and saves is the 3DS itself. And, well, a computer too. Using CFW you can flash the rom and save from both DS and 3DS games directly to the SD card to back up games, but I'm not 100% sure about the reverse like this product can do.
You have free GameShark compatibility if you have an Android phone and load emulators (which can easily be found on the Play Store 😉). There's also no limit to the amount of codes you can use. It's what I do on my phone and laptop.
The fact that this can dump and restore save files already makes it better than things like the Retron Sq. I may end up giving this a look. It'd make recording my GB/C and GBA games less of a hassle since I can just keep the same save going at all times, rather than have a physical save and an emulated save.
@@bustergundo516 I own a Retron Sq, and I use my Elgato to record that. The Retron is fine, but it's flawed in quite a few ways, namely things like the aspect ratio and jumping through the menus just to correct that, and that can only be done by hooking a keyboard up to the device. On top of that, the lack of ability to dump saves off of it. It's all run through emulation, the game card just acts kind of like a key so the device can read the save you previously had on the Retron Sq itself. This little device here seems like it'll be much better to manage and store saves. It's also cheaper than the Retron Sq, so that's an added benefit, too.
@@bustergundo516 Lol, yeah this thing would go a long way. The main issue with the Retron is the set up and the lack of storing save files in a convenient way. It works great once it is set up, but having to do that for each and every session can be a hassle.
What an awesome device! I can definitely see myself getting one in the near future, but i just wish it came with a door for the cartridge slot to help keep out dust or whatnot.
This is a really cool idea. It's nice to be able to play GB, GBC, and GBA games through 1 device through your PC, upload games saves, upload the ROM, etc. This wouldn't be such a hassle if Nintendo were to make compilations of a bunch of these games (perhaps with some graphics updates) for the Switch. Just saying...
my Silver save died years ago but everything else was good - i wish i knew about this type of stuff back when. so glad the operator is around now though
I am going to have to pick this up. I don't think I have any GameBoy games that rely on a battery for saving, but it would be nice to make backups of all my GBA stuff. Also be great to have my everything is unlocked save for Advance Wars on my PC, then I can emulate it and play with friends remotely using Parsec!
This is huge for pokemon, if you play a Rom of any gen 3 game on emulator you could upload to a blank cart afterwards and have the mons from your play through on a physical game for transferring up to current gen!
I see gb operator and alike ones as backup devices. Backup your gb collection for emulation on other devices. Cool to see this one has fake detection, even though a bit lacking. Once it works it could be huge for collectors and sellers to spot fakes w/o opening carts.
I got a Joey jr recently. It would do all this would for the most part minus the software interface. It gets read by windows and access like a flash drive. It would tell you if a cart is counterfeit and also let you rewrite the ROMs on the counterfeit cartridges.
It's like you said in a previous video on this device, it would be good for when you're out and cons and trying to pick up retro games and want to make sure they're authentic copies. So long as the detection of Bootleg/Counterfeits gets that much needed update. 👍
I ordered one of these at the recent restock. I want it solely to back up my games and saves so i can play everything on my everdrive. No more worrying about losing my pokemon saves to a dead battery
This thing legit looks awesome. I saw on their site it says a SNES version is coming soon. I REALLY hope they expand and do it for DS and 3DS down the line. That would make for a great way to be able to stream these older games a lot easier.
Nice profile picture
3DS would be amazing.
If you don't want to wait and don't mind using your own emulator you can already get the Retrode 2 right now. It can handle SNES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive right out of the box and with some addons even GB/GBC/GBA, and N64. It also comes with ports to use the original controllers right on your PC, too.
The only downside I've found on mine is that N64 games that save on the cartridge can't have their save game read out or written to, but that's only relevant for a few select games and Stadium.
The NDS Adapter Plus is a lot cheaper but it can read and write saves from official DS carts and there's one for 3DS too but it's from another dongle.
One for the DS/3DS would be nice, although if you have a softmodded 3DS (which is really easy to do), dumping games and saves with that is a pretty trivial task. Devices like these lower the barrier of entry though, so they still have a place.
This suddenly makes retro gaming a lot more desirable for me. I never liked using cartredges before because of the save file problem, I just use emulators for the convenience even though I have some of these games on my shelf. But if I can get something like this for NES, SNES & N64 as well then I would love to play them on the original consoles again.
There's a device called retrode 2. I've used it to back up my N64 games. It has adapters for GB/GBC/GBA and N64. Has Sega Genesis and SNES slots on the device. It rips the ROM and save file from the cart, and you just save it wherever you want. I bought an everdrive x7 and my save files and roms loaded up legally lol it even has slots to connect SNES and Genesis controllers.
@@UndeadCollector Dragonbox is still producing them regularly in low quantities as far as I know, bought mine new last year. But they operate from Germany so shipping to the other side of the world might get expensive quick.
@@RAHelllord Well, im from Germany, so this would not be the problem. I was thinking they sold out years ago and got expensive fast over the time. But thx for the info, so i check out the Shop and maybe im lucky.
@@UndeadCollector Yeah the original creator stopped making them a year or two after the original inception, but then Dragonbox approached them and licensed them so they're now able to make more.
@@RAHelllord Good to know
I bought from the last batch that will ship in December. I can't wait. I've been completing the pokedex in the Gen 3 games. Can't wait to back them up. Love the channel.
Would love to hear if you're able to get old Gen 3 Event Pokemon using this :D
@@webbedshadow2601 You definitely can. I had an app for my ds that would allow me to rip the save to my computer. From there you can inject the events with pkhex and some other programs. I went to the 10th anniversary event but deleted that save like an idiot when I was a kid so it was cool to get them on a physical cart again. Should be even easier to do with this
This thing is very interesting $50 seems reasonable for what it can do and at the same time they're apparently working on a super Nintendo one too
But you could just get an emulator for free if you only want to play them
@@kagekingu612 while u are correct, it’s a moral issue and people like collecting and preserving without paying the outrageous costs for the legacy systems themselves. I would prefer to own the physical games instead of illegal owning a copy of the game
@@Christian-js2wv True
End of the day as long as ppl are able to play the game and enjoy it, its fine.
Not many ppl wuld deal with the hassle of getting retro officially nowadays anyways.
My 100% save of a link to the past would really appreciate that
@@joserachi96 just let that crap go
Might actually get one of those. Always good to have your saves backed up somewhere and the bootleg detection is not really a big deal for me but still would be nice if that gets fixed in the future. Thanks for the video on this.
If you have an Everdrive 64 + Transfer Pak or a DS/DS Lite and a DS flash cart, you can back up your roms/save files with those.
@@ClampEEGEE DS lite with an R4 is a necessity for gba games ngl. GBA Backup tool and you can inject legit events into the pokemon games. Not to mention an R4 is piss cheap nowadays, the DS is as well
@@ClampEEGEE you can back up Gameboy games with an everdrive 64 and transfer pack? How exactly?
Wished it had that unique transparent coloured look to make it feel more retro, but beside that, I LOVE the idea of this. It’s an amazing system that lets you play your cartridges on a computer, what more could you want? 👀
i stg u literally comment on everything lmfaoo
You can play all these games already on your computer with an emulator or literally on a phone.
Glad you covered this I picked it up and have had mine for a few weeks now. A great little piece of tech that really doesn't break the bank
where'd you pick yours up from? On their website it shows that it is available december this year.
Exactly, if it’s available already by all share the info man! Please lol
Excellent! I just changed my battery for Metroid Zero Mission and Final Fantasy. This little device will store my precious GB and GBA games forever. Thanks!
I just got my Gameboy Operator TODAY! Thank you spawnwave for informing about this device. I watched this video on the day you uploaded, then I preordered it right away! Now it's finally here and I added the GB operator software to my Launch box since I couldn't find a trailer I'm ripping your video to use with Launch Box for the profile when I check out videos and screenshots in Launch Box. I want it feel authentic thank you once again, and no I'm not going to repost your video and steal your content or anything like that, I'm only using it for Launch Box.
This is something so small yet something that I love so much. Making things like this consumer available makes preservation so much easier.
If you do a soldered battery swap, like in the video, please be sure to clean the area around the solder with Isopropyl alcohol to remove the flux. If left on the pcb the flux can cause irreparable damage to the pcb and other components. An old tooth brush works well with the iso alcohol for this purpose, and dab it dry with a paper towel.
I love this device, it’s also awesome how you can connect certain types of controllers to it via Bluetooth!
Had this shipped to Scotland and it's great. It tests your cart and can confirm if it's a genuine cart or not.
I love it. I received mine about 2 weeks ago. I have already backed up all my carts and saves and I have used this in Windows and in Linux with no issues. This was delivered exactly as described when I ordered it.
I'm pretty happy with my GB Operator. Haven't gotten to try all the features yet but the save transfer and emulator work great. I actually bought it because I learned about it through News Wave, so thanks for that!
Me too, I just got it in the mail and I'm so happy.
I think know what this is just from the thumbnail and I've been waiting for these for so long, I hope they make them for more consoles!
I got mine a few weeks ago. Works great and the people behind the product are great. I’ve had many conversations with them and are really positive and are ambitious for updating the software and development.
These type of vids are the best ones Spawnwave produces
I'm glad you put this device on my radar like a month and a half back I'm loving it so far playing back through the metroid games, thanks.
did you get it from their official site?
"that seems something weird that Bob wulff will do in a video" you're right but I wasn't ready
That line absolutely sent me. You’re right that he is right.
Yep, I could totally see Bob doing that indeed.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Ah, apologies if you get a phantom notification or random reply with a timestamp. Think I sent a reply to the wrong person
@@FickleF8
No worries, that was probably my fault. I actually did post something briefly. I was looking for that Bob line cuz I was playing this a little fast before my battery died. But I found it it was about the game boy camera and moving photos.
Making backups is the main reason I keep my Retron 5, even if it does not work in all times.
Yep. My retron 5 randomly stopped reading gb games so I got this.
@@adrianjohnson1 what stops this from randomly stopping too?
@@clydefrosch Nothing. Hardware fails all the time. we'll see how this holds up. Wish hyperkin would do a refresh of the R5. It's such a great concept.
You can always buy a GbXCart , does the same thing like this device and costs half the price
This is so cool. Definitely gonna pick this up as a treat for myself since I've gotten into collecting gameboy games recently
I wish this was available years ago. My Pokemon Blue, which had a full Pokedex with every monster having the victory flag for going against the Elite Four (as well as some very interesting glitch monsters I got by trading with a Japanese Pokemon Green) had its battery give out around 2012. Still, even though it's too late for many of my GB games, it's really cool to see this introduced.
Preserving my memories from 1999 ... worth every penny!
Bro your thumbnail is really really good at miss leading. I don't know if that's a compliment or insult. I got mine in thinking it was supposed to have that gameboy text. I come back here to verify, then I see it was just a thumbnail, my heart sunk
looks actually pretty dope. i have a ton of GB and GBA cartridges lying around and could absolutely get some use out of it
Fantastic video. Just the info I was looking for with replacing the battery, backing up and stuff.
Was so excited to see, for those who swap between physcial gameboy and emulators. This seemed pretty niche but the missing piece for people who like to tinker with t his sort of thing
I purchased this the day you mentioned it on Newswave. Got it a week or so ago and loved using it to revisit my actual cartridges, and to have a pikachu use surf in yellow
I was waiting for the Analogue Pocket which is still sold out, but this will do just fine. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
I'm betting "Official Cartridge" just means the rom passes the checksum for the retail game. It not being "official" may be limited to detecting rom hacks since the checksum would be different.
Yeah, I was wondering how exactly they are checking validity and exactly how accurate it is.
My guess is it’s just checking the rom files to see if it’s a match. If the bootleg Pokémon Ruby is basically identical to an authentic one. I don’t see how it will detect a difference
Great video as always Spawn
Great video as always and really helpful for when you have to replace that battery. Congrats on your almost 600,000 subscribers
Keep up the great work Jon
Cool!:
Cool!.
Thanks for sharing the process on how to change a Gameboy cartridge battery
It’s a great piece of hardware. I love mine. It’s really cool to finally be able to pull those gb camera pictures too!
IT'S OUT?! Wow I remember hearing about this in one of your news videos, REALLY tempted to buy this just so I can get Event Pokemon from the Game Boy Advance era...
Man I forgot how satisfying it was soldering stuff, watching the solder melt into the iron ooooo baby
Great look at this device, I can't wait to see more of these for any Nintendo system with cartridges. Mainly the SNES and 3DS will be what I look forward to the most.
DS and 3DS could be doable as a future operator, as I think the 3DS currently reads DS games in its slot. I'm not into modding my systems unless they are already broken, so I think a GB DS/3DS Operator would be cool.
This is such an unbelievably cool idea, and as fixated as Nintendo is on reviving retro games I'm surprised they never tried to do an official launch for this. It would be so cool to have access to N64 Era/GC Era games with a similar device and using the WiiU's adapter to have controller support. I have never bought something so fast in my life.
If you use an x-acto knife to lift the edge of the aluminum connector to the battery, you can use flush-cut wire cutters to sever the battery without soldiering, then just bend the strips so that it pressure fits the new batteries in it. If it's still a little loose you can use scotch tape to hold it in place. Boom, easily replaceable GB batteries with no more soldering.
But if you do it that way the battery can slide if it gets dropped and either short something important or at the very least the save file. Best to solder it properly, a novice with two left hands can do that.
@@RAHelllord That's why I said to use tape. some people just don't like soldering. Besides, if you're dropping a 20+ year-old game on the floor, an unsoldered battery shaking itself loose is the least of your worries.
Thanks for showing us this, John. Cool little device.
It would be fun to 3d print some kind of holder for the Operator that allows you play GB games on a Steam Deck like a super gameboy.
I got one thanks to the feature you did on it and I'm not disappointed!!!
back in the day i had a gba flashcard that had a thing to connect the cartridge to the pc to use the software, it also worked for copying legit games, also to read and write saves to legit cartridges, it was pretty cool
Love the content Jon. I show all my friends your vids and try to grow your channels as much as I can. Super great stuff
This seems very helpful for people to back up pokemon saves that has shines on it that you want to back up
I love this content. Nothing like working on motherboards.
preordered one early and use it almost every day... love it.
I had place my order last month and will get in December. I can't wait.
I'm glad you like the Pokemon Yellow save. 😊✌
I love this thing, but I've had some issues with it in regards to gamepad key binding and playing repro carts but their customer support has been very good at addressing my concerns!
Just received mine the other day. How’s the audio on yours?? Mine seems choppy and slow??
@@goodfoot3425 Audio was perfectly fine on mine. Do you have the most recent version of the software?
Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.
another great use case for this could be to grab old mystery gift data for event pokemon and put them on a physical cart. it’s possible rn, but is a lengthy process
I'll hit that LIKE BUTTON for this! My favorite Spawn Wave videos are these - electronics, devices, technology, etc. Very informative and true!
I much prefer these over the daily click-baity "leaked switch news!" videos 😕
Still a happy subscriber! Fun video here.
Man I need this! Great vid bro!
This seems like it will be a good tool for folks trying to play their old saves and files onto a rom or what have you or simply just playing your old games and not burning up your classic consoles. Or simply for replacing a save file, like so.
Seems like a method for possibly being able to gen transfer pokemon without having to entirely use pokemon bank. 😅
How would you go about gen transferring pokemon without using the bank with this device?
@OWƎN ah, I see. Separate software. Gotcha. Neat shit.
"burning up your classic consoles" huh? What are you talking about?
Basically the only retro consoles that get "burned up" all use optical drives.
@@startedtech unfortunately, you're wrong. No electronic components inside any console last forever, particularly capacitors. They'll all fail eventually, faster the more they're used.
@@startedtech Yeah, Gameboy screens are notorious for falling apart due to the glue(?) that holds them together. There's also leaky capacitors and batteries, too.
I've gotta say that this little device absolutely rocks. I can't wait to see what it's going to grow into
Thanks, I just bought it after watching this video to download some old gen 3 Pokemon events for Sapphire, Fire Red and Emerald. I want to shiny hunt that damn Mew and Deoxys... The whole concept with preserving old save files is great!
The moment I heard "turtles fall of the foot clan", I got tears. I used to play this one on an original gameboy when I was 6yo...
Got mine a few days ago and I’m liking it so far.
Nicely done video, sir.
that looks dope i want one now
Me too, but I no longer own any gb or color games 😪 I never realised how much I'd miss these cartridges.
@@yardh i still have my pokemon those were the only ones i refused to give up
Mine is coming in November, I just ordered it earlier this month. Super excited for it lol.
Nice to see this in actual use! It is definitely a pretty piece of hardware & it is good to see the software as well. Interesting that it isn’t just drag & drop like the Retrode2. I’ve been thinking about getting a GBx adaptor for said Retrode, but the Epilogue looks like a handy & attractive little collection piece.
Received mine just this week, a great little device.
Even though that version didn't correctly label your fake Pokemon cart, I still have to say I was very impressed by it overall. What a neat piece of tech, and having something like this in existence that appears to be really easy to use, actually kind of makes me want to start collecting Game Boy games, lol..
This looks like a device I need, especially for the DS and 3DS era.
3 years ago before I got robbed, this would have been perfect for me.
Lost every pokemon game I had from red to sun and moon.
Somehow I found I still have a few, leaf green, ruby, sapphire. But out of 32 main titles, getting robbed for 26 of em sucks.
This also includes pokemon colosseum, gale of darkness, battle revolution, stadium 1 and 2.
I only have
X (just rebought recently)
Crystal and yellow (virtual console)
Ruby, sapphire, and leaf green.
Sword, shield, and let's go Eevee
at the very least if you want the safe backup/2-way transfer function, there are devices for it like the NDS Save Adaptor that I have (and that's the correct spelling)
A hacked 3DS can do everything that a 3ds model would be able to do (dumping roms, injecting/dumping saves) it may also be able to do so for DS games? I don’t have much of a DS collection so I haven’t tried but I wouldn’t be surprised.
The only device you'd need for backing up games and saves is the 3DS itself. And, well, a computer too. Using CFW you can flash the rom and save from both DS and 3DS games directly to the SD card to back up games, but I'm not 100% sure about the reverse like this product can do.
This is basically a better alternative to the Gameshark (extremely expensive, btw) for GBA.
You have free GameShark compatibility if you have an Android phone and load emulators (which can easily be found on the Play Store 😉). There's also no limit to the amount of codes you can use. It's what I do on my phone and laptop.
@@linkthehero8431 yes, but you can’t push that save onto a cartridge.
This is really cool. I’d want to use this just for the purpose of backing up my saves the other features would just be a bonus.
God damn. My homie looking like he’s hitting the gym pretty hard. Keep it going man.
it is awesome, been using it a lot over the last week
I love technology. Keep retro gaming alive!
I might have to buy this. I've got a lot of Gameboy and Gameboy Advance games, and this might be a fun way to enjoy them more.
The fact that this can dump and restore save files already makes it better than things like the Retron Sq. I may end up giving this a look. It'd make recording my GB/C and GBA games less of a hassle since I can just keep the same save going at all times, rather than have a physical save and an emulated save.
How are you recording footage now?
@@bustergundo516 I own a Retron Sq, and I use my Elgato to record that. The Retron is fine, but it's flawed in quite a few ways, namely things like the aspect ratio and jumping through the menus just to correct that, and that can only be done by hooking a keyboard up to the device. On top of that, the lack of ability to dump saves off of it. It's all run through emulation, the game card just acts kind of like a key so the device can read the save you previously had on the Retron Sq itself. This little device here seems like it'll be much better to manage and store saves. It's also cheaper than the Retron Sq, so that's an added benefit, too.
@@Rubycario-yt sheesh. I can see why you want an easier way to record footage.
@@bustergundo516 Lol, yeah this thing would go a long way. The main issue with the Retron is the set up and the lack of storing save files in a convenient way. It works great once it is set up, but having to do that for each and every session can be a hassle.
@@Rubycario-yt I can relate.
Finally a rom dumping device with a polished design and software.
I'm ordering mine right away!
Being a Pokemon Master in 10 minutes sounds great!
I actually got one of these first batch. To date, my favorite non-OEM hardware out there.
This thing is going to be great for replaying the old Pokemon games on real hardware while having an easier time by giving yourself Pokemon and items.
Really glad i ordered one off these now.
What an awesome device! I can definitely see myself getting one in the near future, but i just wish it came with a door for the cartridge slot to help keep out dust or whatnot.
This is a really cool idea. It's nice to be able to play GB, GBC, and GBA games through 1 device through your PC, upload games saves, upload the ROM, etc.
This wouldn't be such a hassle if Nintendo were to make compilations of a bunch of these games (perhaps with some graphics updates) for the Switch. Just saying...
my Silver save died years ago but everything else was good - i wish i knew about this type of stuff back when. so glad the operator is around now though
I am going to have to pick this up. I don't think I have any GameBoy games that rely on a battery for saving, but it would be nice to make backups of all my GBA stuff. Also be great to have my everything is unlocked save for Advance Wars on my PC, then I can emulate it and play with friends remotely using Parsec!
*sees internal battery has ran dry
*All pokemon lost..
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This is AWESOME!!! Great Vidga!!!
wow this is exactly what i need! Im always onto my computer and i do have a collection of GBA games
"...but that seems like something weird that Bob Wulff would do in a video..."
This is huge for pokemon, if you play a Rom of any gen 3 game on emulator you could upload to a blank cart afterwards and have the mons from your play through on a physical game for transferring up to current gen!
This is pretty useful, it seems to be a must have for Game Boy owners.
Ill watch this man open anything up. Anything.
The sneak diss at Bob killed me 😂 He better make a video about dumping his GB camera photos now.
I see gb operator and alike ones as backup devices. Backup your gb collection for emulation on other devices. Cool to see this one has fake detection, even though a bit lacking. Once it works it could be huge for collectors and sellers to spot fakes w/o opening carts.
I can’t wait for mine to come in 🥰
7 year old me, was absolutely in love with Turtles: Fall of the foot clan
I do this with a ROM cart and have saved for key points in the game so I quickly re-live those amazing moments.
Cool Device I hope they can release something like this for all of the other cartridge based consoles too!! That would be rad!!
I got a Joey jr recently. It would do all this would for the most part minus the software interface. It gets read by windows and access like a flash drive. It would tell you if a cart is counterfeit and also let you rewrite the ROMs on the counterfeit cartridges.
Didn’t know the Joey Jr would let you check if it was counterfeit! Good to know. Any problems with it?
It's like you said in a previous video on this device, it would be good for when you're out and cons and trying to pick up retro games and want to make sure they're authentic copies. So long as the detection of Bootleg/Counterfeits gets that much needed update. 👍
I ordered one of these at the recent restock. I want it solely to back up my games and saves so i can play everything on my everdrive. No more worrying about losing my pokemon saves to a dead battery