I’m actually giving away another one from parts I purchased myself. Not sponsored or gifted by any company. It’s a brand new black GBA SO transparent shell with a brand new IPS Screen. Enjoy! Goodluck!
Pfft. I've pulled my scrotum out into a sheet and am projecting this video on to it using a patented Thomas Edison Kinetograph. Hmm, I guess I could have just used a wall...
Back in the days. I had a 001 GBA SP, my mom accidentally cracked the screen, and she had it sent to Nintendo for repair, and I didn’t get my old, repaired one, I actually got a brand new GBA SP 101 from them. 😱
LOL that's exactly how I open all those little ziploc baggies, too. I hate fumbling with the edge to separate the zip, and I'm not going to use the baggie again, so I just tear into it.
@@chroma9848 I mean yeah sure but if you've ever dealt with small stuff, finding where that little shit went after ricocheting is much more time consuming compared to opening it and pouring the content.
My bf bought a gba sp at a flee market for 20 US dollars. I told him maybe he shouldn't, but go ahead if you want to. When he got home, it turned out to be a AGS 101 and fully working! BEST FIND I ever seen at a flee market. Good job mate! 👍
It didn't come with a charger, and the battery was drained so we couldn't test it. He would have to buy it and take it home to test it. If it didn't work my bf couldn't just return it easily because he lives on the other side of the state, so he was lucky enough to even get his mom to drive him down to hang out that day. We also didn't know it was ags 101 while we were there, and he literally said "I already have a lot of GBAs" while contemplating to buy it. So I was just letting him know the risk, but I wasn't going to stop him, and I didn't, and turned out to be a great deal!
Same thing happened to me but I was buying one off of marketplace. Arrived and they said they couldn’t find the charger. Flipped it open seen the darker screen. Never flipped a 20 out my wallet so fast lol
@Hatori Ibuki It's because you can't return things back to a flee market. Maybe if you're lucky a seller would take it back, but all sales are mostly final. Her bf would have most likely been shit outta luck if it didn't end up working. Glad it did, sounds like a nice find for the price.
This video gave me the confidence to upgrade my very own GBA SP to an IPS screen. I’ve never soldered before in my life but after a couple minor quirks I managed to do it without damaging the original board. And the brightness works great! Idk if it’s just me but I noticed my original game boy and game boy color games look fantastic where the GBA games look a bit stretched. Probably the bigger screen but I mostly play GB Color and older games.
I would love to buy one of these! Preferably already made. I miss my GBA... I'm really sad that it had to brick itself. Some hardware modifications (upgrades) that I would love to make to a GBA, if I had the skill, money, tools and patience: - A better battery (one that has higher capacity, better cycle life, etc...) - Mechanical button switches, instead of membrane (faster response and better tactile feedback.) - A better D-Pad. - Buttons with slightly different shapes so that it's easier for my thumb to tell which is which. - A texture on the case that makes it easier (and more satisfying) to hold. - A high quality screen protector, with an anti-reflective / anti-glare finish. - Addition of an IR port for older GB/GBC games that need it. - Addition of a proper headphone jack. - Adjusting the oscillator for the screen so that it runs at a true 60 Hz (or better yet, so that it runs at a refresh rate far higher than whatever framerate the game is actually running at, that way input latency and screen tearing are both kept to a minimum.) - Replacing the volume slider with a GBC-style volume wheel. - Replacing the power switch with one that can't get stuck in an in-between position. More ambitious upgrades that are also on my bucket list: - Replacing the main RAM in the system with much faster SRAM (256 kilobyte SRAM chips shouldn't be too difficult to get these days). - Replacing the ARM and GB-Z80 CPUs with much faster binary-compatible substitutes. - Replacing the BIOS chip with one that contains significantly optimized code. - Running the hardware at a significantly lower voltage (for example, 1.1v) instead of 3.3v or 5v (for GBA/GBC respectively) to improve battery life. A buck-boost converter or other voltage regulation system would also be used so that it could still safely interface with cartridges. - A custom PCB with extensive optimization of the various circuit traces, and increased resistance to damaging things like moisture.
I just did this as my very first mod attempt, your video helped me out a lot and I was successful. Needless to say I'm very excited and wanted to give you a shout out, love the videos and keep up the great work
I never grew up with a game boi but a few years ago, my aunt gave me a MINT CONDITION black game boy advance sp, idk if it was the 001 or the 101 cus that was the for time I ever heard of a game boy, to this day I cannot remember what happened to it its like it dissapeared one day, on the other hand we have a truckload of boxes in our garage so maybe it's in there? I swear if I happen to somehow find it I will scream cus I recently just paid $100 for a game boy advance sp 001 version, for some reason I just started to want to collect game boy stuff since 3 weeks ago Edit: if you want to see what it looks like I literally just posted a vid on it
Hey, finally took my attempt at a gba sp ips mod and very pleased with the result. Thank you for all your high quality videos giving me the confidence to do the mod!
There was a test that was made on a GBA, by some youtuber I forgot the name of, and the ips screen proved to be remarkably more efficient than the non back-lit original front lit gba screens.
Could be actually possible if the Form fits and other things but I think rn there still very pricy. The first Vita had one but yeah.. xD I guess it drained more battery or somewhat from what I've heard at least. Donno if it's ture if someone knows u can sure correct me there love learning.
Nah, the 101 just looks so much better imo. The way the pixel grid is so much more noticeable on it just makes everything look so much better. All that old spritework just wasn't designed for modern screens.
One thing the 001 screen does good: when im playing in the complete dark like in bed, i prefer it over the 101 because it doesnt blind you so hard. So i use my 101 in lit areas and 001 when its dark:)
Would love to see a re-shelling of a (new) 3DS. I reshelled mines and the internals were highly different from a original 3DS. But the end result is an definite improvement. Love how this ended up. I've always put off buying a GB advance. Might take the plunge one day.
I would insert first the ribbon cable and connect it to the Mainboard and close the lower part. And when that is finished then I would insert the display. That give you more space with the ribbon cable and the soldering. That's how I make it
I’ve recently been thinking about doing this myself and this video came up in my recommended. You really explain everything I was confused about really thoroughly and after watching I’m definitely looking into to doing this myself. Thank you so much
Hey Elliot, I've watched quite a few videos from you and I decided to try to mod my GBA SP as well. I've done the mod highlighted in this video, and it went quite well as my first mod (my latest solder dates back in 2004, in "techno" class when I was 11). Next I'll try to install a jack port as you did, it's a tad bit harder though. Really like your channel, brings back so many memories from my childhood with every old-school gameboy or console your repair/mod. Thanks a lot for the videos, like many people I feel quite bored in these weird covid times and you've given me a lot of inspiration to get into modding and it's thrilling. Love getting back to my childhood and teenage games on these modernized consoles. Keep doing what you do, cheers from France.
Hey man, I just finished doing this mod to a broken AGS-101 my friend gave me and I forgot about. I ordered everything after coming across this video in my recommended. Love your content and look forward to more things relating to this in the future.
Also, the IPS appears to be double the resolution which may seem better than the 101 but in person, it really isn’t. It results in an image with heavier aliasing, if that makes any sense. I’ve just modded mine with this display but will probably sell it for an AGS-101. I’m willing to sacrifice the better viewing angles and colours for the correct resolution.
This is a great mod but I've actually transitioned to using my DSi as my Advance emulator. It's weird so few people remember or care about the DSi, it's actually an awesome litle piece of hardware.
Dwellic / Darqh Very true. As an emulation device it makes sense but you’re right, I think that’s the reason I didn’t buy one back when they were new actually.
“That most of us grew up with” I grew up with the regular Ds. I was born a few months before the GB Adv SP was released Edit: forgot to say that I really wanna get an Ags 101 though, I’m trying to look for one that I can afford without having to fix because I’m afraid I’ll break it
Thumbs up for this video. Love it. A friend just gave me his broken gba sp. I'm going to try to fix it by replacing the shell and put a new battery in. Hopefully it will work. This video tutorial is great for when I get the parts.
@@TheRetroFuture The adapters do the job but I have seen people do actual installs of headphone jacks. I was tempted to try it but I actually don't need to use heaphone and charge at the same time so the adapters are only very minor inconvenience. That and a lack of a good spot to put the jack itself. Removing the link cable jack maybe?
This video gave me the inspiration to try out circuitry for the first time and it was really fun, bought a broken 50$ one that looked like it’d been left outside for years or something, by the time I was done it looked/worked better than brand new! Now I can fix many things, the latest of which was a tvs hdmi ports.
Looks pretty. But don't get these 3rd party shells from China. They are flimsy and are NOTICEABLY lower in quality. Better to get a mint ags 001 for 20 bucks and add the IPS screen to it.
@@xTheNameisEthan They "work" but if you're gonna install a new fancy screen, why place it in a lower quality shell when you can get an ags 001 for cheap? You can even put the old 001 screen on Ebay as a replacement and make a few bucks back.
The shell shown in the video is a rather new type of shells. The transparent shells are of a much higher quality than the (older) non-transparent ones. Also not as brittle as an old AGS 001 shells for sure. Seen him crack the shell old pink shell in the video? Most AGS-001 shells crack that easily, as they are made from a very brittle plastic (same as gen 1 NDS).
I think u should be able to built in new speakers I think I actually saw a few getting troughn out there with the exact same size fit. So u might be in luck here I can't give u any source currently cuz it's been a while since I saw some or heard of them but there videos here I think wich are showing these mods.
I think the GBA speakers are fine. If you want great sound, play GBA games on the DS lite! Those speakers are great Also there are 3rd party external speakers for the GBA SP.
I went to the pawn shop a couple summers ago. They had four GBA SP’s in the glass case. Took a look at them: two of them were 101’s! $20, each! I snagged them, bought replacement shells, and they’re terrific!
I'd like to know this as well. I've just done mine but it only seems to stay on one brightness? Is that correct? I'm certain I read somewhere that you can still adjust the brightness but not as bright?
Just want to let you know I attempted this as my first mod after watching this video. It was successful. That site doesn't sell precut shells anymore but thats okay. Your video is great.
@@WildVoltorb To be fair, the original Game Boy Advance DID have a headphone jack, but when the GBA SP was released the headphone jack was removed. I'm guessing this was done because of the smaller form factor of the GBA SP compared to the original, but it'd still be nice to have a headphone jack port in the GBA SP itself. (There are accessories that let you use the EXT. 2 port for a headphone adapter, but EXT. 2 is also used for charging meaning you can't use the charging and headphone at the same time, and it also blocks off access for the GBA wireless adapter which takes up all of the space on the back)
I just finished putting a new shell on my SP - if I saw this video earlier, I probably would have added a new screen too! But taking apart the screen area was such a pain that I don't want to do it again - especially since it's near impossible to do without damaging the little rubber screw covers. Maybe I'll get another SP and start a 2nd project...
This was very comforting to see you didn’t need a Phd to do this mod. Wish you showed how you controlled the screen brightness using the new wire you soldered into the motherboard.
I still have mine till this day but it recently had a screen damage so which you can't see anything so I'm kinda glad that lads are still selling gameboy parts.
Grew up with the SP? Try growing up with the game boy colour, constantly on a battery hunt, constantly hanging around a lamp. The backlit screen of the SP was a godsend
I'm hopefully getting a GBA SP AGS 001 for Christmas and really want to enhance the brightness on it when I get it, but I don't think I will be able to due to not owning a solder and being a little bit young to even purchase one.
This channel inspired me to do retro console modding! I'm hoping to start with a Gameboy Advance SP and throw an IPS screen in it (transparent red shell, orange buttonsand red LEDs, to match my Fire Red)
Went straight to retromodding after seeing your last video and placed an order for my GB DMG for the bivert + backlight mod. Planning on doing an upgrade to my GBA now too.
Imagine existing someone who made a gba internet browser (like the ds had) with a wireless wifi receiver and being able to watch TH-cam,browsing sites, even playing browser games on your gba, that would be insane
thank you so much for showing a comparison of the two screens with classic gameboy games - i've searched for this for a long time! perfect pixel aspect ratio and razorsharp pixels - i love it :-) will order an ips modkit now and my gb boy colour and digi retroboy will have less to do in the future - i don't like the blury picture when playing classic gameboy games on these consoles. cheers and thx
Hey, thanks for the video! Never got a gba as a kid, finally bought one and I changed the shell today for the nes one thanks to your vid! Waiting for the screen to arrive now, probably won't mod the luminosity button tho, im afraid to ruin it. I hope it still looks good!
Watching this is making me want to perform surgery on my old gba. It hasn’t been touched in years and it’s not worth anything at all, but it would be cool to revisit some old games I still have
That was the biggest difference I noticed right away too beyond the brightness. 101 was good but now when you compare the two it's like the 101 has a screen door effect. Each pixel of the 101 is cut in 3 for the primary colors. Same goes for the IPS but each pixel of the image takes exactly 4 pixels of the screen. It's so tiny and sharp now.
@@helpmelivebros737 The 101 screen is still perfectly good but the great thing about the IPS screen is that it's compatible with the AGS-001 and the old GBA. We no longer need to hunt down the rare 101. If you have a 101 it's not worth upgrading. If you have an original GBA it's also not worth hunting down a 101 screen either anymore.
Giving this away - instagram.com/p/B6k9tMcH2A6/?igshid=10ovt3z5zarwe
I’m actually giving away another one from parts I purchased myself. Not sponsored or gifted by any company. It’s a brand new black GBA SO transparent shell with a brand new IPS Screen. Enjoy! Goodluck!
If anything I would be happy to win the shell with the screen ;-;
Waaahhh 💜
Dude I gotta win miss my old game stuff
Thanks a ton for this.
It looks absolutely gorgeous!
Try to insult the SP screen when you're the only person in the dark car with a regular Gameboy Advanced
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I'm triggered now
Daniel McClure F....
gotta rely on those streetlights
Great video! Love seeing this old stuff come to life!
Hey Steve! Merry Christmas & have a great 2020 bro!
Another merry christmas
@@TheRetroFuture We were so innocent then
Who else is watching this on their Gameboy Advanced SP?
LAW Lou watching on my SP running Linux
Look at all these kids watching on their SP, back in the gold old days we watched modern TH-cam on our Gameboy Colors!
Pfft. I've pulled my scrotum out into a sheet and am projecting this video on to it using a patented Thomas Edison Kinetograph. Hmm, I guess I could have just used a wall...
@@slig4656 no I'm watching this on my home potato toaster
Nothing To See Here I’ve got my scrotum all warmed up and stretched and a wall, what next?
Back in the days. I had a 001 GBA SP, my mom accidentally cracked the screen, and she had it sent to Nintendo for repair, and I didn’t get my old, repaired one, I actually got a brand new GBA SP 101 from them. 😱
Best luck ever
now nintendo repairs send things back in worse condition than when they arrived lmao
@@prospektmarches you probably just got unlucky. Every time I've sent something in to Nintendo for repairs they do a pretty good job.
@@freddyb4987 ah no its not me! ive never sent anything into repair, but i was just making a joke about the horror stories i've seen :')
@@prospektmarches gotcha
7:00 Dude that's a ziplock. There's an easier way to open it.
Yeah, but I must admit the way he shredded it was oddly satisfying xD
@@MaskedGuyCh it wasnt really satisfying at all because it bothered me how he didnt just open the bag xD
LOL that's exactly how I open all those little ziploc baggies, too. I hate fumbling with the edge to separate the zip, and I'm not going to use the baggie again, so I just tear into it.
Dude was probably busy with all those eletronics he didnt think about it 😂
@@chroma9848 I mean yeah sure but if you've ever dealt with small stuff, finding where that little shit went after ricocheting is much more time consuming compared to opening it and pouring the content.
I think I died a little when he snapped the shell in half...
Yeah, I started to panic a little lmaoo
That was a gut punch to my childhood
@@tylerphillips503 it was pre broken though.
I almost pissed myself cuz I was scared(JK) my heart dropped when I saw it
Lmao I audibly gasped
Thanks to RetroModding for sending me a bunch of mods for all of you guys to enjoy!
Im looking to buy a solding iron set any ideas for a good one.
Hell yeah thats😏awesome man
@@magicvampirelver1321 hey i know you. Wicked Family 😀
👍👍. I like this channel also. Glad to see you.
@@michaeladams9807 oh yeahh same to you ;)
I love your channel
My bf bought a gba sp at a flee market for 20 US dollars. I told him maybe he shouldn't, but go ahead if you want to. When he got home, it turned out to be a AGS 101 and fully working! BEST FIND I ever seen at a flee market. Good job mate! 👍
It didn't come with a charger, and the battery was drained so we couldn't test it.
He would have to buy it and take it home to test it. If it didn't work my bf couldn't just return it easily because he lives on the other side of the state, so he was lucky enough to even get his mom to drive him down to hang out that day.
We also didn't know it was ags 101 while we were there, and he literally said "I already have a lot of GBAs" while contemplating to buy it.
So I was just letting him know the risk, but I wasn't going to stop him, and I didn't, and turned out to be a great deal!
Bargain!!
Did you have to run away at the flee market? ;)
Same thing happened to me but I was buying one off of marketplace. Arrived and they said they couldn’t find the charger. Flipped it open seen the darker screen. Never flipped a 20 out my wallet so fast lol
@Hatori Ibuki It's because you can't return things back to a flee market. Maybe if you're lucky a seller would take it back, but all sales are mostly final. Her bf would have most likely been shit outta luck if it didn't end up working. Glad it did, sounds like a nice find for the price.
This video gave me the confidence to upgrade my very own GBA SP to an IPS screen. I’ve never soldered before in my life but after a couple minor quirks I managed to do it without damaging the original board. And the brightness works great! Idk if it’s just me but I noticed my original game boy and game boy color games look fantastic where the GBA games look a bit stretched. Probably the bigger screen but I mostly play GB Color and older games.
I would love to buy one of these! Preferably already made.
I miss my GBA... I'm really sad that it had to brick itself.
Some hardware modifications (upgrades) that I would love to make to a GBA, if I had the skill, money, tools and patience:
- A better battery (one that has higher capacity, better cycle life, etc...)
- Mechanical button switches, instead of membrane (faster response and better tactile feedback.)
- A better D-Pad.
- Buttons with slightly different shapes so that it's easier for my thumb to tell which is which.
- A texture on the case that makes it easier (and more satisfying) to hold.
- A high quality screen protector, with an anti-reflective / anti-glare finish.
- Addition of an IR port for older GB/GBC games that need it.
- Addition of a proper headphone jack.
- Adjusting the oscillator for the screen so that it runs at a true 60 Hz (or better yet, so that it runs at a refresh rate far higher than whatever framerate the game is actually running at, that way input latency and screen tearing are both kept to a minimum.)
- Replacing the volume slider with a GBC-style volume wheel.
- Replacing the power switch with one that can't get stuck in an in-between position.
More ambitious upgrades that are also on my bucket list:
- Replacing the main RAM in the system with much faster SRAM (256 kilobyte SRAM chips shouldn't be too difficult to get these days).
- Replacing the ARM and GB-Z80 CPUs with much faster binary-compatible substitutes.
- Replacing the BIOS chip with one that contains significantly optimized code.
- Running the hardware at a significantly lower voltage (for example, 1.1v) instead of 3.3v or 5v (for GBA/GBC respectively) to improve battery life. A buck-boost converter or other voltage regulation system would also be used so that it could still safely interface with cartridges.
- A custom PCB with extensive optimization of the various circuit traces, and increased resistance to damaging things like moisture.
Thank you 1000 times for the side by side comparison!
You just keep rocking out these videos, just amazing
Always a joy to watch your videos!
Glad you appreciated it!
I just did this as my very first mod attempt, your video helped me out a lot and I was successful. Needless to say I'm very excited and wanted to give you a shout out, love the videos and keep up the great work
I'll be that guy. It's good, but to be truly ultimate, it needs a 3.5mm headphone jack ;)
An adapter is ok, if you want to keep that OEM feel. They did a huge blunder not putting that damn universal audio jack.
and a 1080 Ti for 4k graphics
HA HA HA YOU NOOBS I PLAY FORTNITE ON MY GAMEBOY
“That most of us grew up with”.
Me: Looks around
Dont feel bad.i never had anything to brag about.hard to brag you have an nes when your friends had a ps1
i did, it was cheaper than house consoles, at least that is what my parents told me
@Pourvase Same you know hours on pokemon emerald for the ds lite my favorite console but my old one is a bit old and broken so sad.
I never grew up with a game boi but a few years ago, my aunt gave me a MINT CONDITION black game boy advance sp, idk if it was the 001 or the 101 cus that was the for time I ever heard of a game boy, to this day I cannot remember what happened to it its like it dissapeared one day, on the other hand we have a truckload of boxes in our garage so maybe it's in there? I swear if I happen to somehow find it I will scream cus I recently just paid $100 for a game boy advance sp 001 version, for some reason I just started to want to collect game boy stuff since 3 weeks ago
Edit: if you want to see what it looks like I literally just posted a vid on it
Game boy color👍
I've been wanting this mod for so long. Thank you for creating this video. You are building my confidence in soldering simple task like this
had the tribal version, god I thought I was hard, was like having a tattoo on my gameboy
Hey, finally took my attempt at a gba sp ips mod and very pleased with the result. Thank you for all your high quality videos giving me the confidence to do the mod!
My screens to big :(
It’s a little bit sh, poor
-Elliot 2019
bruh in 10 years we will have oled gameboys out in the wild
The battery would last like less than 5 minute mabye
Time will tell
There was a test that was made on a GBA, by some youtuber I forgot the name of, and the ips screen proved to be remarkably more efficient than the non back-lit original front lit gba screens.
Super amoled
Could be actually possible if the Form fits and other things but I think rn there still very pricy. The first Vita had one but yeah.. xD I guess it drained more battery or somewhat from what I've heard at least. Donno if it's ture if someone knows u can sure correct me there love learning.
@@captainrobots1 what? Oled SAVES battery
Imagine having to mod your GBA SP for good back lighting.
-This was made by The AGS-101 Gang
Not only good back lighting, but the pixel density in the IPS v2 is amazing. and it keeps the correct aspect ratio so it's better in all metrics.
@@Synthwave89 it also suffers from not all games being 100% compatible and screen tearing....so....
@@doriodossantos9229 What games cause the IPS screen tearing?
@@Synthwave89 Imagine not appreciating the sweet sweet scanline effect you get from the original ags101 screen.... tsk tsk sir, not every metric.
@@doriodossantos9229 The v2 version seems to have corrected this issue.
Every time I have an update from you, I'm like someone that hasn't eat for a while and watching cooking videos...
Nah, the 101 just looks so much better imo. The way the pixel grid is so much more noticeable on it just makes everything look so much better. All that old spritework just wasn't designed for modern screens.
One thing the 001 screen does good: when im playing in the complete dark like in bed, i prefer it over the 101 because it doesnt blind you so hard. So i use my 101 in lit areas and 001 when its dark:)
Would love to see a re-shelling of a (new) 3DS. I reshelled mines and the internals were highly different from a original 3DS. But the end result is an definite improvement.
Love how this ended up. I've always put off buying a GB advance. Might take the plunge one day.
me too!
I just purchased everything you recommended. Going to try a mini project and see how this works. Thanks for the video.
How’d it go?
Yeah how’d it go?
@@thektorMK1 it went great! I wish I could post a picture on here, but everything works beautifully!
Elliott: It's a little bit shi....
Nintendo: .....
Elliott: poor
Nintendo: :)
Buh..
Your videos are always entertaining to watch keep up the good work
I'm so glad you're back. I'm from the us, and your videos always seem to entertain me while I'm waiting for anything to happen!
I would insert first the ribbon cable and connect it to the Mainboard and close the lower part.
And when that is finished then I would insert the display.
That give you more space with the ribbon cable and the soldering.
That's how I make it
I’ve recently been thinking about doing this myself and this video came up in my recommended. You really explain everything I was confused about really thoroughly and after watching I’m definitely looking into to doing this myself. Thank you so much
The "SP" part of the logo on the screen has a different font than the original and it kinda bothers me lol
I noticed that instantly as well and had to google what the real thing looked like because I forgot haha
The way you explained how to replace the GBA SP hinges on your video made it look so easy. Thanks for the great video again.
I love the gba form factor but hate the screen vice versa with the sp.
Class on Bread right, I just need to get a back lit screen in a GBA and I’ll be good
I have the ips v2 screen on my gba. It’s perfect. Highly recommended for the £35 it costs.
@@Snowcountry556 IPS V2? What happened with the V1?
@@xTheNameisEthan I wanna do that but the problem is that I can get another gba for that price
@@xTheNameisEthan here you go guys th-cam.com/video/4B1bjmndekA/w-d-xo.html
Great video! The end product turned out really nice!
I finally found you again! Use to watch your videos in my recommended and then you vanished! Subbing now! Keep up the good work!
Hey Elliot, I've watched quite a few videos from you and I decided to try to mod my GBA SP as well. I've done the mod highlighted in this video, and it went quite well as my first mod (my latest solder dates back in 2004, in "techno" class when I was 11).
Next I'll try to install a jack port as you did, it's a tad bit harder though.
Really like your channel, brings back so many memories from my childhood with every old-school gameboy or console your repair/mod. Thanks a lot for the videos, like many people I feel quite bored in these weird covid times and you've given me a lot of inspiration to get into modding and it's thrilling. Love getting back to my childhood and teenage games on these modernized consoles.
Keep doing what you do, cheers from France.
"a little bit on the lackluster side"
boii back then it wasnt
kidrobot he’s comparing it to modern screens. He never said it sucked back in the day.
@@retrogamer64007 he never said that as well
Hey man,
I just finished doing this mod to a broken AGS-101 my friend gave me and I forgot about.
I ordered everything after coming across this video in my recommended.
Love your content and look forward to more things relating to this in the future.
I like the look of the AGS 101, not that it's better but the nostalgia factor.
Also, the IPS appears to be double the resolution which may seem better than the 101 but in person, it really isn’t. It results in an image with heavier aliasing, if that makes any sense.
I’ve just modded mine with this display but will probably sell it for an AGS-101. I’m willing to sacrifice the better viewing angles and colours for the correct resolution.
Excellent Mod Elliott, best Gameboy Advance SP mod you've done to date.The display looks incredible.So vivid and clear.
This is a great mod but I've actually transitioned to using my DSi as my Advance emulator. It's weird so few people remember or care about the DSi, it's actually an awesome litle piece of hardware.
It was pretty great in design. The only drawback was them not supporting gameboy games
Dwellic / Darqh Very true. As an emulation device it makes sense but you’re right, I think that’s the reason I didn’t buy one back when they were new actually.
Thanks so much mate, I just did this to an old stinky SP and it looks amazing. Couldn't have done it without your vid!
That looks sick!
I think so too!
Just finished assembling a red/black gba sp ips mod for my cousin's birthday. Thanks for all the tutorials man!
"The most of us grown up with " someone here who grown up with the Original ? 😅
Oh this looks so sharp and classic. Love it omg. transperent looks are always killer to me. Thx for showing this off.
People: "ags 101 is kinda hard to find"
me: *Laughs in ags 101 ownership*
Followed your instructions, works like a charm! That screen looks so good too!
Love your channel! Been binging everything. Just wanted to ask how does replacing the AGS 001 screen effect its battery life?
THANK YOU!! This is exactly what I've been looking for
"It's a little bit shi- poor to say the least" Nice save Eliot 👌
This is absolutely fantastic. Thanks for the detailed video. This is very exciting!
Probably a dumb question but if I don’t solder will it be as bright?
My dream GBA SP mod would have a USB C port, headphone jack, overclock toggle and and IPS display
“That most of us grew up with”
I grew up with the regular Ds. I was born a few months before the GB Adv SP was released
Edit: forgot to say that I really wanna get an Ags 101 though, I’m trying to look for one that I can afford without having to fix because I’m afraid I’ll break it
Thumbs up for this video. Love it. A friend just gave me his broken gba sp. I'm going to try to fix it by replacing the shell and put a new battery in. Hopefully it will work. This video tutorial is great for when I get the parts.
For It to be the ultimate GBA SP, it needs a headphone jack
That mod is possible. I seen videos of it.
eBay has adapters for a couple notes!
@@TheRetroFuture The adapters do the job but I have seen people do actual installs of headphone jacks. I was tempted to try it but I actually don't need to use heaphone and charge at the same time so the adapters are only very minor inconvenience. That and a lack of a good spot to put the jack itself. Removing the link cable jack maybe?
@@TheRetroFuture for the ultimate GBA SP, it would be nice to have a modded case that had the jack
This video gave me the inspiration to try out circuitry for the first time and it was really fun, bought a broken 50$ one that looked like it’d been left outside for years or something, by the time I was done it looked/worked better than brand new! Now I can fix many things, the latest of which was a tvs hdmi ports.
Looks pretty. But don't get these 3rd party shells from China. They are flimsy and are NOTICEABLY lower in quality. Better to get a mint ags 001 for 20 bucks and add the IPS screen to it.
Good point that!
My Nibba I got one from retro modding and the fit wasn’t quite as good as a oem Nintendo shell but it seems to be holding up pretty well
@@xTheNameisEthan They "work" but if you're gonna install a new fancy screen, why place it in a lower quality shell when you can get an ags 001 for cheap? You can even put the old 001 screen on Ebay as a replacement and make a few bucks back.
My Nibba yeah I see your point, I think people often just want a whacky color that Nintendo never offered
The shell shown in the video is a rather new type of shells. The transparent shells are of a much higher quality than the (older) non-transparent ones.
Also not as brittle as an old AGS 001 shells
for sure. Seen him crack the shell old pink shell in the video? Most AGS-001 shells crack that easily, as they are made from a very brittle plastic (same as gen 1 NDS).
Just bought one can't wait for it to arrive
Is there a sound mod for the SP?
I searched everywhere and I Couldn't find one (only GBA ones).
We all know how shitty those old speakers are.
I think u should be able to built in new speakers I think I actually saw a few getting troughn out there with the exact same size fit. So u might be in luck here I can't give u any source currently cuz it's been a while since I saw some or heard of them but there videos here I think wich are showing these mods.
Or it really only was for the regular gba. Might be true that I've seen this instead of the SP version.
Why not just use a headset adapter?
Try gba ones.
I think the GBA speakers are fine.
If you want great sound, play GBA games on the DS lite! Those speakers are great
Also there are 3rd party external speakers for the GBA SP.
I went to the pawn shop a couple summers ago. They had four GBA SP’s in the glass case.
Took a look at them: two of them were 101’s!
$20, each! I snagged them, bought replacement shells, and they’re terrific!
God I wish I was born earlier than 2007 to experience this amazing console at it's prime
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@@swallow_skyla3602 a little too late for that one
This is the best demonstration I've seen yet of the difference between the 101 LCD and the IPS one. Thanks for this!
if you don't solder a brightness control, what will happen?
I'd like to know this as well. I've just done mine but it only seems to stay on one brightness? Is that correct? I'm certain I read somewhere that you can still adjust the brightness but not as bright?
Congrats for this awesome mod! Your gba sp looks great with the new shell. I will try your LCD mod, thank you for the tutorial :D
7:02 , its a ziplock bag, why are you doing that?
Just want to let you know I attempted this as my first mod after watching this video.
It was successful.
That site doesn't sell precut shells anymore but thats okay.
Your video is great.
Good job!
How did you go about cutting your shell? Because of the lack of detail I’m currently stuck on how I should break mine...
It's not the ultimate GBA SP imo. Ultimate one would have a headphone jack
And a wireless charging. And bluetooth.
@@WildVoltorb To be fair, the original Game Boy Advance DID have a headphone jack, but when the GBA SP was released the headphone jack was removed. I'm guessing this was done because of the smaller form factor of the GBA SP compared to the original, but it'd still be nice to have a headphone jack port in the GBA SP itself. (There are accessories that let you use the EXT. 2 port for a headphone adapter, but EXT. 2 is also used for charging meaning you can't use the charging and headphone at the same time, and it also blocks off access for the GBA wireless adapter which takes up all of the space on the back)
@@WildVoltorb and black jack and hookers... just screw the whole thing :)
And two screens
I just finished putting a new shell on my SP - if I saw this video earlier, I probably would have added a new screen too!
But taking apart the screen area was such a pain that I don't want to do it again - especially since it's near impossible to do without damaging the little rubber screw covers.
Maybe I'll get another SP and start a 2nd project...
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Thank you for this Video! I made mine today and it came out perfect!
This was very comforting to see you didn’t need a Phd to do this mod.
Wish you showed how you controlled the screen brightness using the new wire you soldered into the motherboard.
I still have mine till this day but it recently had a screen damage so which you can't see anything so I'm kinda glad that lads are still selling gameboy parts.
Grew up with the SP? Try growing up with the game boy colour, constantly on a battery hunt, constantly hanging around a lamp. The backlit screen of the SP was a godsend
I'm hopefully getting a GBA SP AGS 001 for Christmas and really want to enhance the brightness on it when I get it, but I don't think I will be able to due to not owning a solder and being a little bit young to even purchase one.
The channel is growing!
Have you seen my 3D Game Boy Advance Minecraft and Zelda programming!? I love the GBA and its fun to program on :)
This channel inspired me to do retro console modding! I'm hoping to start with a Gameboy Advance SP and throw an IPS screen in it (transparent red shell, orange buttonsand red LEDs, to match my Fire Red)
Lol I don’t even have an sp I just like watching this stuff
Finaly a video that properly helps me replace the shell
Great work! I always love watching your videos!
Went straight to retromodding after seeing your last video and placed an order for my GB DMG for the bivert + backlight mod. Planning on doing an upgrade to my GBA now too.
Nice modding🛠 Elliot, it looks really nice😉
Wow you snapped that gba shell in half like it was nothing 😄 4:23
Imagine existing someone who made a gba internet browser (like the ds had) with a wireless wifi receiver and being able to watch TH-cam,browsing sites, even playing browser games on your gba, that would be insane
thank you so much for showing a comparison of the two screens with classic gameboy games - i've searched for this for a long time! perfect pixel aspect ratio and razorsharp pixels - i love it :-) will order an ips modkit now and my gb boy colour and digi retroboy will have less to do in the future - i don't like the blury picture when playing classic gameboy games on these consoles. cheers and thx
Great video as always dude. Definitely giving this mod a go
Hey, thanks for the video! Never got a gba as a kid, finally bought one and I changed the shell today for the nes one thanks to your vid! Waiting for the screen to arrive now, probably won't mod the luminosity button tho, im afraid to ruin it. I hope it still looks good!
Really good your video, suscribed earned!
Nice job mate
Watching this is making me want to perform surgery on my old gba. It hasn’t been touched in years and it’s not worth anything at all, but it would be cool to revisit some old games I still have
Your videos are so helpful!
I'm glad to see that someone else loves kuru kuru kururin as much as I do because that game is so underrated
Thx for this mate, I just changed mine following your guide
Screen technology is significantly improving and it’s awesome!!!
I've expected the differences in the viewing angles, but the clarity of that IPS screen is amazing. It virtually deleted the pixel borders. Nice job
Indeed!
That was the biggest difference I noticed right away too beyond the brightness. 101 was good but now when you compare the two it's like the 101 has a screen door effect. Each pixel of the 101 is cut in 3 for the primary colors. Same goes for the IPS but each pixel of the image takes exactly 4 pixels of the screen. It's so tiny and sharp now.
I actually prefer the AGS-101 for that, it gives a natural scanlike look, which a lot of these games were designed to be viewed with
@@helpmelivebros737 The 101 screen is still perfectly good but the great thing about the IPS screen is that it's compatible with the AGS-001 and the old GBA. We no longer need to hunt down the rare 101. If you have a 101 it's not worth upgrading. If you have an original GBA it's also not worth hunting down a 101 screen either anymore.
I love Kurukuru Kururin! Great video and the IPS screen looks awesome, a little bit pricey for my budget.
Thanks man, I appreciate you.