I like the Japanese one too, but wanted this to *feel* like an American cartridge, I guess. If you or anyone else attempts this, they can feel free to use the Japanese sticker :)
better method for sticker removal/replacement: apply a few drops of liquid Zippo lighter fluid to the edges of the stickers. This will rubberize the adhesive, causing the bond to break between it and the plastic. The fluid will evaporate, and the remaining adhesive will easily brush away. this leaves you with a perfectly clean, adhesiveless sticker with no damage to the paper itself. then apply spray adhesive to the back and reapply.
Holy shit! I thought I was the only one who wanted the English ver with the Japanese board! I had no idea it was this DIY-able. This definitely made my day better.
I think any non-Japanese speaker who’s seen the back of the Japanese pcb wants it in their own language. Sorta feels like Nintendo doesn’t actually like any country but Japan.
I had a Pokemon Emerald with a problem on the motherboard where the time refused to be kept despite swapping the battery. I followed this guide and swapped the rom chip with a known working Japanese Pokemon Sapphire. This saved me a lot of money. I am ecstatic. Thank you thank you thank you!
Try using lighter fluid. Drop it onto the sticker until it’s saturated and let it sit for like 30 seconds to a minute, then remove. It does something to break down the adhesive temporarily, and when the lighter fluid evaporates the adhesive is sticky again like it’s brand new.
I just want to say thank you for keeping your workspace clean, I just watched a similar restoration video and it looked like they hadn't cleaned their workstation in months, flux and random stains and misc screws everywhere, it bothered me so much!!! yours is so much better
the back of the American crystal cartridge always bothered me when I was younger... I always wondered why they didn't put a cool design there with it being so much exposed blank space and a see through plastic. Didn't know about the Japanese design until a few years ago. I would definitely be interested in having the Japanese style on an American chip since crystal is my all time favorite game.
I just completed this mod based on your videoand it came out great! I was lucky enough to have someone sell me a non-functioning U.S. copy and I scored a working Japanese copy for just $16. Only thing was I had a load of trouble trying to detatch the chips with the fine point solder tip, but switching to a chisel tip made it waaaay easier for me. Anyway, thanks for this! Awesome resource!
This is what I've been looking for! I have an english copy of the game but the golden fingers are done for and cannot be read by any of my handhelds. Thank you!
Hey, just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration to do this. I had a working JP cart and an EU cart with a broken RTC - clock would not advance during gameplay, or when the cart is switched off. Very annoying. Checked every trace and even replaced the quartz crystal with one from another working cart, but couldn't fix it. In the end I decided to do what you've done here and swap the EU ROM into the JP cartridge with the working RTC. Now I have a fully working EU cart and a JP cart with a broken RTC, which is definitely preferable! Thanks for the heads-up on that Chipquik stuff too, it's magic stuff - well worth the money.
I have to say, well done. It's obvious that the BIOS doesn't care that the board is Japanese, that's cool. I guess all that's left is getting an EEPROM chip the same size and getting Crystal Clear into a legit cartridge, lol
@@vladamirkalashnikov3704 ... tfw a ROM hack makes the original experience vastly inferior... Not many examples of this exist in gaming, so it's definitely an achievement.
Just a tip for the future, when you go to clean off flux use one side of the q tip with alcohol than the other try to get most of it than take a paper towel with some alcohol on it to fully clean it off well. The surface area of the paper towel really helps get it spotless.
Personally "Polished Crystal" is my favorite version of Crystal. Re-adds missing areas in Kanto, adds decorations from HG/SS on DS, adds a mock Wonder Trade in one of the big city Pokemon Centers, adds XP gain on catching Pokemon like the newer games, makes trade evolutions possible by leveling with held items, adds tons of moves, and overall changes a bunch that makes the game better.
hey there, its super easy. give yourself some credit. paying someone for something like this is silliness, literally a few step by step instructions, a soldering iron, and before you know it you too can rip off people for electronic repairs.
@jason savchuk I would get a Monster Brain instead. It allows you to backup your cartridge saves. Then you can replace the batteries, and put the old save on the new battery easy!
Smart thinking! I wanted to thank you for your videos/content. They are 100% the reason for getting my first soldering set-up for electronics/my gbc. Speaking of do you think a 40watt max soldering iron is sufficient for gbc modding?
Great job. Personally I would have stuck a sticker on the back of the board with the same image on it. Slap some Kapton tape on the back of the board first to make sure the sticker or decal does no damage and done.
The save ram and mapper chip are different too, are your games saving progress at all? The international version uses the MBC3 and the japanese uses the MBC30, a variant of the MBC3. The japanese game sram is bigger too. It's very good to see both carts being well taken care of, point being, worst case scenario you just need to put the chips back and it will be like nothing happened. I wonder how the game software will behave with the wrong mapper and sram chip?
Been playing it for a few days now and it seems to be saving like normal. Will report back if I notice any glitches or anything different, but so far it's exactly the same as a normal American Crystal.
@@MARCSLASH japan cart will likely run into issues doing the mobile phone features i dont think anything else on the cart takes advantage of the ram unless there is a surfing pikachu style minigame i dont know about
so I bought the japanese one to do exactly this and I've been fram modding my pokemon games, but turns out the jp sram chip is 32 pins instead of 28 like the US board. Do you happen to know of a workaround so I can use fram on the jp board, so I can do the rom swap? I can't seem to find 32pin fram chips anywhere
Thanks for the share man this is awesome and I do stuff like this sometimes where I switch and mix parts of stuff. Also I'm thinking of that too making a Pokémon game exactly like the anime. Keep up the good work man 😎😎👍🏽
I have a Joey! :) Unfortunately, you can only dump a copyprotected rom and save file, you can't write a rom back to it. But there are flash chips that you can install in a Pokemon cartridge so you can use it with a Joey, definitely going to be picking some of those up sometime soon!
I have a copy of Pokémon emerald that is missing resistor r9 (probably accidentally damaged during a battery swap), would you recommend this method to swap with a cheaper Japanese cartridge to get it working? Or do you know what replacement resistor I would need?
Just got a gbc back, paid 22usd for it, ship included. It was for repair. A bit of alcohol on the on off switch and its as good as.new. Really wanna backlit it, but ill save it for a.gba, since more games.and comfort and all that. Amazing "mod", i genuinely didnt knew you could swap rom chips and still have it running
You should be careful with lower fusion solder, since it can stain your work surface while you still place electronics on top of it. You can accidentally bridge something on the back of PCBs. And try using kapton tape when working on cartridges. You don't want solder to accidentally spill over the contacts...
I'm new to soldering. What happens if you accidentally leave a bridged connection? will it just not work until you fix it or does it short circuit it and break everything? and is to easy to see if there is a bridged connection? Just trying to get these things down before i even attempt to solder
Was looking into this and really want to try it out but I don’t have a donor US version of Crystal. If I buy a repo or flash a US rom onto a donor repo cart and remove the chip and replace it with the JPN version, will it work?? Please let me know!
Unfortunately no, repro carts all use different chips and none of them will be the same as the one Nintendo used, so the pins won’t line up and even if they did the protocol would be different. This only works with OEM carts. Sorry!
If youre trying to remove the chip, id advise against putting on more sauter on top of it. Its better just to heat up the contacts and remove the chip, then if the contacts need more sauter, ad it and attatch the new chip.
There actually is a rom hack that is called ASH GRAY and it actually is just like the Pokémon series with misty and broke and it also includes the Pokémon movie in the game
I think you would have better luck with solder blobs if you used a telescope but that's just me. I don't think I would be able to own an electronics repair business without one they are a godsend.
By exchanging the English chip for the Japanese version and this for the English... this Japanese pokemon game cartridge with an English chip acquires the celebi event?
Is this topic still a thing? I have a question! Is this possible to without soldering, like by connecting the cartridge to a pc and dump a English rom?
Unfortunately no, these chips are write-only, so you can’t replace the ROM that’s on the actual chip. That’s why you have to go through this complicated process 😅
@@Soul94255 I understand, I'm simply suggesting for the future. Mine only costed around $20, but it's quite nice for keeping GB/GBC saves preserved. It also technically allows for you to have multiple Pokemon save files, so it's a win win if you get it! I hope you pick Crystal back up sometime soon too :>
That's is super cool. Is it possible to flash a Gameboy color cartridge with a different rom? You should check out pokemon crystal clear. It's really the ultimate pokemon crystal game.
The ROM chips that are on the carts are copy protected, but there are chips you can buy (BennVenn used to sell one and JRodrigo still does) that let you flash the ROM to whatever you want. A friend of mine did exactly that with Crystal Clear! I have CC installed on my flash cart, it's a really amazing rom hack. :)
@@dakotalee24 Here's j.rodrigo's tindie store: www.tindie.com/products/jrodrigo/flash-memory-adapter-for-some-game-boy-cartridges/ But unfortunately he's sold out at the moment. Hmm.
Gotcha, thank you! Found a ChipQuik low melt removal kit with some flux included, I'm guessing that'll do the trick. Definitely plan on practicing before I attempt this though lol.
I've been thinking for a while to do this, but I was wondering if you can still trade with American/Japanese copies respectively, because that would be completely amazing
Awesome idea.
The Retro Future Thanks Elliot!
Why are you on all the vids I watch lol
@@playgroundsinc Probably shows you have good taste in videos.
This comment aged beautifully
@ethanhayden2255 Haha it did! :D
the Japanese sticker is way cooler looking imo
Eh... I kinda disagree... it feels so cluttered... though I think the logo is kinda better for the Japanese and I like how Suicune is larger...
I like the Japanese one too, but wanted this to *feel* like an American cartridge, I guess. If you or anyone else attempts this, they can feel free to use the Japanese sticker :)
You can buy reproduction game cartridge stickers on the internet. I would also try adding a cmos battery slot for easier battery changing.
Just learn japenese
Ian McDonald i was just gonna say that lol
better method for sticker removal/replacement: apply a few drops of liquid Zippo lighter fluid to the edges of the stickers. This will rubberize the adhesive, causing the bond to break between it and the plastic. The fluid will evaporate, and the remaining adhesive will easily brush away. this leaves you with a perfectly clean, adhesiveless sticker with no damage to the paper itself. then apply spray adhesive to the back and reapply.
Holy shit! I thought I was the only one who wanted the English ver with the Japanese board!
I had no idea it was this DIY-able. This definitely made my day better.
I think any non-Japanese speaker who’s seen the back of the Japanese pcb wants it in their own language. Sorta feels like Nintendo doesn’t actually like any country but Japan.
I had a Pokemon Emerald with a problem on the motherboard where the time refused to be kept despite swapping the battery. I followed this guide and swapped the rom chip with a known working Japanese Pokemon Sapphire. This saved me a lot of money. I am ecstatic. Thank you thank you thank you!
This is valuable information! Did not realize there was a fix like that
Does it have a crystal In it? I think that is also the problem for time issues
Your voice is very calming. I truly enjoyed this video and was immersed with your work. I learned something new today and will be subbing.
i'm pretty amazed on your success in the sticker part. i don't think i've ever successfully taken a sticker off that cleanly
Try using lighter fluid. Drop it onto the sticker until it’s saturated and let it sit for like 30 seconds to a minute, then remove. It does something to break down the adhesive temporarily, and when the lighter fluid evaporates the adhesive is sticky again like it’s brand new.
I just want to say thank you for keeping your workspace clean, I just watched a similar restoration video and it looked like they hadn't cleaned their workstation in months, flux and random stains and misc screws everywhere, it bothered me so much!!! yours is so much better
Been wanting to do this for ages, finally went ahead and bought a Japanese Pokemon crystal and did this mod myself. Love the look of the Japanese pcb!
Just did this swap, but kept the japanese sticker! Really love this, such a good idea
That's really cool, I didn't know about the Japanese Back cover
Neither did I. Awesome...
the back of the American crystal cartridge always bothered me when I was younger... I always wondered why they didn't put a cool design there with it being so much exposed blank space and a see through plastic. Didn't know about the Japanese design until a few years ago. I would definitely be interested in having the Japanese style on an American chip since crystal is my all time favorite game.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I applaud your tenacity and patience great job great video !!!
Thanks so much!
I just completed this mod based on your videoand it came out great! I was lucky enough to have someone sell me a non-functioning U.S. copy and I scored a working Japanese copy for just $16. Only thing was I had a load of trouble trying to detatch the chips with the fine point solder tip, but switching to a chisel tip made it waaaay easier for me. Anyway, thanks for this! Awesome resource!
The most difficult part would definitely be the label swap, I’ve never done that successfully.
This is what I've been looking for! I have an english copy of the game but the golden fingers are done for and cannot be read by any of my handhelds. Thank you!
Hey, just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration to do this. I had a working JP cart and an EU cart with a broken RTC - clock would not advance during gameplay, or when the cart is switched off. Very annoying. Checked every trace and even replaced the quartz crystal with one from another working cart, but couldn't fix it. In the end I decided to do what you've done here and swap the EU ROM into the JP cartridge with the working RTC. Now I have a fully working EU cart and a JP cart with a broken RTC, which is definitely preferable! Thanks for the heads-up on that Chipquik stuff too, it's magic stuff - well worth the money.
That’s awesome! Glad you got a working cart in the end :)
actually really cool and it deserves more views, nice job man
THANK YOU! I just did this chip swap! I love it, its my baby now.
I've never had good luck with soldering on boards so I'm always anxious watching you do stuff like this but it always comes out cool
Dude soldering is easy it's just practise start with changing caps not surface mount ones, then start doing like 4 pin ICs
Have you ever fluxed a capacitor?
Fast2Furious4 Haha, totally stealing this joke. I probably have fluxed a capacitor 😆
Just bought a copy of Japanese Crystal thanks to you.
Awesome!
Man this is cool. I want one now! xD
I have to say, well done. It's obvious that the BIOS doesn't care that the board is Japanese, that's cool.
I guess all that's left is getting an EEPROM chip the same size and getting Crystal Clear into a legit cartridge, lol
You can already buy crystal clear on a cartridge look on ebay
Yeah, I have a few cartridges like that. Downside: playing vanilla crystal is hard to do now that I am used to always running on my CC cartridges!
@@vladamirkalashnikov3704 ...
tfw a ROM hack makes the original experience vastly inferior...
Not many examples of this exist in gaming, so it's definitely an achievement.
@@AmyraCarter indeed! see you on the discord, perhaps. I'm usually checking adventures, although my name is different there.
Just a tip for the future, when you go to clean off flux use one side of the q tip with alcohol than the other try to get most of it than take a paper towel with some alcohol on it to fully clean it off well. The surface area of the paper towel really helps get it spotless.
The japanese board is also really nice too , because it is white and doesn’t look weird through the seethrough shell
Why am I watching this at half 4 in the morning?
Idk did the same on a sunday
I laughed and looked at my clock 3:58 AM haha
Me right now..
Taking those stickers off would have been so much better with some metal gear music in the back ground, that shit was intense, love the video!
This is so interesting and your voice is very calming! Nice video
The Pokemon ROM hack you describe already exists. It's called Pokemon Ash Grey and it's a mod of fire red/ lesf green
Just did this successfully a few days ago after buying a broken English copy of pokemon crystal
Same! Looks awesome 😄
Perfect! I just did this and I saved a Pokemon crystal! Thank you!
That ROM of the Pokemon anime sounds like what I have always wanted!!!
It takes nerves of steel. Nice job bro. You're da man.
In my opinion, it would be even cooler to have the Pokemon Crystal Clear rom hack on that.
Personally "Polished Crystal" is my favorite version of Crystal. Re-adds missing areas in Kanto, adds decorations from HG/SS on DS, adds a mock Wonder Trade in one of the big city Pokemon Centers, adds XP gain on catching Pokemon like the newer games, makes trade evolutions possible by leveling with held items, adds tons of moves, and overall changes a bunch that makes the game better.
Another great video! I may actually attempt this someday thanks to this.
man this video is awesome. this is great work
Thanks Izzy!
esotericsean no problem 🤙🏽
What’s the board on your desk called? It looks really convenient for hardware modding and Gunpla.
Rodan Hibiki It’s a silicone soldering mat. If you search for that, you can find them on Amazon, eBay, and Aliexpress :)
esotericsean Thanks!
Oh I want that. I would pay someone immediately if I knew someone that can do this.
hey there, its super easy. give yourself some credit. paying someone for something like this is silliness, literally a few step by step instructions, a soldering iron, and before you know it you too can rip off people for electronic repairs.
@@deepcitrus7023 If by rip off people you mean providing a service for money; then okay.
I would try upgrad8ng it to flash save memory, if possible.
What would flash memory do?
@@_Asuri Flash Memory is how the gba games save. They keep saves forever. The Batteries in RSE only control the game clock.
@jason savchuk try the "Pokemon All Fairy" bootleg. The first 7 GB games on 1 cartridge, that save forever.
@jason savchuk not sure you can find it on ebay. I haven't checked in a while. Probably about $15 from China.
@jason savchuk I would get a Monster Brain instead. It allows you to backup your cartridge saves. Then you can replace the batteries, and put the old save on the new battery easy!
Really interesting! The cart turned out great. 😊
Thanks! Nice to see you here :)
for the sticker is best to keep using the hairdryer as you peel off
José Tomás Albornoz That’s a good idea! I’ll try that next time. :)
José Tomás Albornoz He would need 3 hands then.
@@WheeledHamster You literally only need 2 hands
What are you periodically cleaning your solder with? sounds like its making a hissing sound
Zachary O'Donnell Just a little wet sponge I wipe my soldering iron tip on. :)
Smart thinking! I wanted to thank you for your videos/content. They are 100% the reason for getting my first soldering set-up for electronics/my gbc. Speaking of do you think a 40watt max soldering iron is sufficient for gbc modding?
Great job. Personally I would have stuck a sticker on the back of the board with the same image on it. Slap some Kapton tape on the back of the board first to make sure the sticker or decal does no damage and done.
The save ram and mapper chip are different too, are your games saving progress at all? The international version uses the MBC3 and the japanese uses the MBC30, a variant of the MBC3. The japanese game sram is bigger too.
It's very good to see both carts being well taken care of, point being, worst case scenario you just need to put the chips back and it will be like nothing happened.
I wonder how the game software will behave with the wrong mapper and sram chip?
Been playing it for a few days now and it seems to be saving like normal. Will report back if I notice any glitches or anything different, but so far it's exactly the same as a normal American Crystal.
@@esotericsean I see. Probably the japanese game will have problems then, I wonder. Thank you for the answer.
@@MARCSLASH japan cart will likely run into issues doing the mobile phone features
i dont think anything else on the cart takes advantage of the ram unless there is a surfing pikachu style minigame i dont know about
OMG I just did a similar project with the Pokémon crystal. Awesome man!
whaaat, I was literally planning to do the same and there is a vid about it! pog
You have a lot of technique with the electric circuits
Nice job, buddy continue like that
so I bought the japanese one to do exactly this and I've been fram modding my pokemon games, but turns out the jp sram chip is 32 pins instead of 28 like the US board. Do you happen to know of a workaround so I can use fram on the jp board, so I can do the rom swap? I can't seem to find 32pin fram chips anywhere
I literally just had this same idea when I found out about the silkscreen difference. I am tempted to grab a Japanese copy now.
Do it! Expensive, but worth it I think :)
@@esotericsean not nearly as expensive as a US version, sadly 😂 and also cheaper than Japanese lessons.
Thanks for the share man this is awesome and I do stuff like this sometimes where I switch and mix parts of stuff. Also I'm thinking of that too making a Pokémon game exactly like the anime. Keep up the good work man 😎😎👍🏽
I think Pokemon Ash Gray is a ROM hack you'd enjoy
Ohh, someone did make that already. Thanks for sharing!
That anime rom hack sounds fun! :D
Lovely work sean,your video is amazing..
It's very great switch mod, thanks. I learn and work for the switch chips
The Joey joe bags would allow you to backup and restore an english rom on the japanese cart without having to remove chips!
I have a Joey! :) Unfortunately, you can only dump a copyprotected rom and save file, you can't write a rom back to it. But there are flash chips that you can install in a Pokemon cartridge so you can use it with a Joey, definitely going to be picking some of those up sometime soon!
@@esotericsean ah ok! Guess I misunderstood what exactly it does!
@@esotericsean I think you have a Joey jr. The Joey joebags does write too I'm sure
I have a copy of Pokémon emerald that is missing resistor r9 (probably accidentally damaged during a battery swap), would you recommend this method to swap with a cheaper Japanese cartridge to get it working? Or do you know what replacement resistor I would need?
Just got a gbc back, paid 22usd for it, ship included. It was for repair. A bit of alcohol on the on off switch and its as good as.new.
Really wanna backlit it, but ill save it for a.gba, since more games.and comfort and all that.
Amazing "mod", i genuinely didnt knew you could swap rom chips and still have it running
Not a bad price for a GBC nowadays.
Is your GBC using the PAM8302A audio amplifier? If so, what speaker are you using with it?
Hey Sean, where did you get the silicone tray? I'd love to have something like that for when I work on my projects.
Got mine on Amazon, but they're available on eBay, Aliexpress, and lots of places. Search for Silicone Soldering Mat :)
What a fucking nice guy
That sticker process made me feel so nervous sheeeesh
You should be careful with lower fusion solder, since it can stain your work surface while you still place electronics on top of it. You can accidentally bridge something on the back of PCBs. And try using kapton tape when working on cartridges. You don't want solder to accidentally spill over the contacts...
Nice work! I love the Japanese cart!!!
Thanks! I love it too :)
Did you leave flux _underneath_ the rom chip?
At what temp do you keep your soldering iron?
I'm new to soldering. What happens if you accidentally leave a bridged connection? will it just not work until you fix it or does it short circuit it and break everything? and is to easy to see if there is a bridged connection? Just trying to get these things down before i even attempt to solder
I just did this a few days ago. Easy process. It's just as easy as taking a shit and kicking it out of bed. Finished result looks absolutely SHMICK.
damn. Here I am learning Japanese to play my Japanese Pokemon Crystal!
That’s awesome! Keep it up. 😊
Did you clean the flux? I might have missed it probably.
Great video! where can I get one of those surface mats you're working on?
Thats a very nice work
really cool thank you for sharing really nicely done.
Appreciate it!
Take a look at Pokemon Ash Gray! It was a lot like what you're looking for
I was gonna comment on that
You need to get on that rom hack idea. I'd play the crap out of that.
You should find a custom "english" version of the Japanese sticker. It just has a better look to it imo
Was looking into this and really want to try it out but I don’t have a donor US version of Crystal. If I buy a repo or flash a US rom onto a donor repo cart and remove the chip and replace it with the JPN version, will it work?? Please let me know!
Unfortunately no, repro carts all use different chips and none of them will be the same as the one Nintendo used, so the pins won’t line up and even if they did the protocol would be different. This only works with OEM carts. Sorry!
If youre trying to remove the chip, id advise against putting on more sauter on top of it. Its better just to heat up the contacts and remove the chip, then if the contacts need more sauter, ad it and attatch the new chip.
The solder I used in this video is a special low melt solder which is designed for removing chips. It’s not your regular lead solder. :)
Wait, I’m confused.. if you swapped rom chips, why swap the stickers??
I prefer the US label, but you can use either.
There actually is a rom hack that is called ASH GRAY and it actually is just like the Pokémon series with misty and broke and it also includes the Pokémon movie in the game
I have played it before great rom
I am 11 minutes in and realized I've been holding my breath the whole time
WelcometoVideoCity sure you did
maxwellwt joke. Expressing tension. You joyless shmuck.
WelcometoVideoCity my bad. *nice shitty joke
@@k2sm0ke Thank you.
You should download the Pokemon Ash Gray rom hack... it is the anime with fire reds graphics
just did the same mod. How has the English sticker held up since transfering it over to the new case? Has it stayed on or is it peeling at all?
I’ll have to dig it out and see, but last time I checked it was okay!
@@esotericsean awesome thanks!
Is this possible to do with the GBA games? Like is it possible to create the "ultimate version of Emerald" using this method?
i wouldn't do this, but the result is amazing.
Can you do the opposite and put the Japanese ROM chip on an American or European Crystal PCB?
Yep that works too
I think you would have better luck with solder blobs if you used a telescope but that's just me. I don't think I would be able to own an electronics repair business without one they are a godsend.
Does this mean you’ll be able to find and catch Celebi in the version now?
Thomas Frost It should function exactly like an English version, so no probably not. At least not without a glitch. But I’m not sure!
Oh ok! Thanks
By exchanging the English chip for the Japanese version and this for the English... this Japanese pokemon game cartridge with an English chip acquires the celebi event?
This is really cool i wanna try it. Quick question tho. Where did you get that mat?
Is this topic still a thing?
I have a question!
Is this possible to without soldering, like by connecting the cartridge to a pc and dump a English rom?
Unfortunately no, these chips are write-only, so you can’t replace the ROM that’s on the actual chip. That’s why you have to go through this complicated process 😅
@@esotericsean thanks man, I had hope to have a sick Japanese’s crystal version with German language. My Japanese language skills aren’t the best 😂😂😂
Theres a rom hack like that already... Its called ash grey
what makes this an ultimate cartridge? is it just that is looks different or what am i missing?
How would you keep your English save after doing this?
Use a cartridge that backs up saves like a Monster Brain :)
@@cullbear55 far too late now LMAO. I just started fresh back then, after doing this mod. Don't think I've played it in quite a bit now though.
@@Soul94255
I understand, I'm simply suggesting for the future. Mine only costed around $20, but it's quite nice for keeping GB/GBC saves preserved. It also technically allows for you to have multiple Pokemon save files, so it's a win win if you get it!
I hope you pick Crystal back up sometime soon too :>
Dumb question. Does removing the ROM chip erase the save data? I'm sure it does but just making sure
I'm pretty sure it doesn't, since it's a ROM (read only memory), and the save data is stored elsewhere.
Unless there's some weird detail I'm missing.
That's is super cool. Is it possible to flash a Gameboy color cartridge with a different rom? You should check out pokemon crystal clear. It's really the ultimate pokemon crystal game.
The ROM chips that are on the carts are copy protected, but there are chips you can buy (BennVenn used to sell one and JRodrigo still does) that let you flash the ROM to whatever you want. A friend of mine did exactly that with Crystal Clear! I have CC installed on my flash cart, it's a really amazing rom hack. :)
@@esotericsean Do those guys have youtube channels or a store I can buy those chips from?
@@dakotalee24 Here's j.rodrigo's tindie store: www.tindie.com/products/jrodrigo/flash-memory-adapter-for-some-game-boy-cartridges/ But unfortunately he's sold out at the moment. Hmm.
Super late to this, but what kind of solder did you use to remove the chip?
Any low melt solder will work, but the one I used is called ChipQuik.
Gotcha, thank you! Found a ChipQuik low melt removal kit with some flux included, I'm guessing that'll do the trick. Definitely plan on practicing before I attempt this though lol.
Isn't there already a ROM hack based off the anime called Ash Gray?
I've been thinking for a while to do this, but I was wondering if you can still trade with American/Japanese copies respectively, because that would be completely amazing
gen 1 and 2 are notorious for corrupting savegames if you trade between japanese and englisch/other versions :(
is so unnecesary! I love it!
Hello Sean ! I ordered a game boy color light on your site, a while back at September, can I have a feedback on when do my order will come ?
What's your order #?
@@esotericsean A Game Boy Color Light, Violet Crystal Clear.
@@esotericsean the number is #217 September 22nd
@@bazidrayan6945 I'll send you an email. I see your order.