I remember rockbox being a thing back when iPods were popular not new at all, the other kids were blown away when I showed them doom on my iPod video and paid me to mod theirs lol. There was also some pretty cool homebrew games you could add and custom themes for the music player
This nothing new. Me and my friend use to play around with the OG ipod videos 13-14 years ago *feelsoldman*. I am fairly sure (if i remember correctly) emulation worked with no audible/visual issues back then, but maybe remembering incorrectly. Although an old 10-year old hack, it was fun to do this when the handheld hacking scene was relatively small, and even still today.
@@MachoNachoProductions it makes the device more useful for even music player functionality, because it adds things like support of many more file formats than Apple did (just 2 of which are ogg and FLAC), an actually adjustable equaliser (level control of 10 frequency bands, rather than Apple's "presets"), and more precise volume control (more steps).
Last time i was this early, there were still 151 Pokemon. Also, i hope TH-camr DankPods can get to see this video. He would be delighted to know an iPod can be modded in such a way.
Will definitely try this out as i haven't used my ipod since music streaming came into picture. Great content Tito, keep it up, i appreciate your work!
imagine if you change the input in emulator to buttons presses then grab an old 30pin alarm clock (with radio and button that works across the 30pins). Solder the button on a GB board, could even use the speaker.
oh man, you could build a nes controller adapter to work with the 30pin, i believe the signaling for all the buttons was exposed via that huge connector EDIT: its a serial bus, you could do it with a Arduino!
Alwayy enjoying your videos :) Been using Rockbox on my Sansa Clip for ages. Upon buying it(10+years ago) I immediately realized that this little device was so much cut down :( but luckily there was Rockbox. And hey, even Doom runs, lmao- on a two color OLED. Still using it.
Hey Tito, I absolutely love your videos. The clear explanations and up close shots of solder points make these mods SO much more approachable for newcomers to the hobby. I was wondering, what turntable do you use for those rlly cool spinning shots of your finished products?
So Sick! I also thought this was an April Fools vid haha! Definitely need to try this, I have 5 Ipod classics I bought last year to mod and haven't got around to it. Maybe this is this final push I needed 😂🙌🙌
I had a TH-cam channel in 2009 giving a tutorial on how to dual boot your iPod with rock box. There was also a 3rd operating system you could put on it, but it’s been so long I don’t remember what it’s called. I also remember using a wizard software to apply skins to the default Apple os.
Clicked on this thinking it was an april joke. Just wanted to see how much effort you put into it... Then realized it was true... You got me fooled in a strange way :-)
Seriously though, shout-out to Isaac for lending you the dankest of pods. Very retro hacky, and cool to see the iPod had that much processor in it. Wonder what else rockbox will do in the future.
Upon seeing the thumbnail i knew its powered by Rockbox and the best thing about this cfw is the ability to use plug and play (yay no i Tunes), make a ipod to run a fm radio and doom.
I wonder if the control mappings are open source. I think they could be optimized with the click wheel. Basically for an FPS game like Quake, you could remap U/D/L/R to the click wheel.
Wow, this is a throwback. The rockbox OS is as old as the device itself. I got my Ipod waaay back in the late 2000, an i hated the original OS an the fact, that you were bound on Itunes. Installing Rockbox wa the first things i did. I also added Doom. And maybe i give it a try again after this Vid, thanks.
This is legit cool as hell. Unfortunately my ipod classics drive is dead 😅 this is sooo cool, I might have to look at repairing it or buying one. Got a sub from me, I'd be interested to seem more things like this :)
i forgot about rockbox last time i used it was on my samsung mp3 also this can be done Apple: iPod 1g through 6g (Classic), iPod Mini, iPod Nano 1g, iPod Nano 2g
used to mod my ipod classic with jailbreak back in the day with audio mods, i may have heard of this custom os back then but never used it, i moved on the ipod touch by then and jailbroke those instead but this is still cool tho
yup, action games on devices with this kind of setup are gonna be difficult, but turn based RPGs will work well. was playing Shining Force on my old google nexus 2 a while ago, got far playin' it at night next to my sleeping girl but fell away from it. Some devices are great for RPGs but not action games. awesome mod, anytime video game scan be played on a device not originally designed for them is cool. =D
I have not installed it yet, but the hold button on my iPod is broken.When I switch it,it turns the lock on for a split second but it does not disable the click wheel.Any other way to swap between OS?I have a IPod Nano Gen 2 BTW.
Quake and Doom are running native ports with no emulation, while GBC is running on a ported emulator. The system requirements are much higher for emulation vs native code.
@@MachoNachoProductions Oops, I guess I wasn't very clear, my bad. Both are native ports, but emulating GBC games is harder than running a native port of Quake on such low-end hardware.
Yeah Quake and Doom are running *"directly"* (via the OS) on the iPod's ARM-based CPU (in the low hundreds MHz if that), whereas with the GBC emulator the iPod's ARM-based CPU is having to *emulate* the GBC's 8.3MHz Z80/8080-based CPU in software. The inefficiency of software-based emulation of one instruction set architecture on another is also the reason smartphones struggle to run Windows 95 (x86 on ARM in that case).
I noticed that too. It would jump back and fourth when ever I jumped back into the Rockbox OS. It would eventually settle into the 1.1. Guess it’s not a totally stable version yet.
Impressive that this can work at all! Speaking of retrofitting old Apple tech, has anyone come across good ways to play retro games on an old iPad? I have a 2nd gen one that's collecting dust. I haven't come across any relevant apps that are supported on that OS yet. Any other interesting uses for an iPad 2 would be appreciated as well.
@@MachoNachoProductions Please do! There are a ton of theoretically-functional iPad 2s still out there, but it's really hard to actually put them to use.
Ok I’m sure you have tried this but in case you have not , find someone who has a newer device that works today , and ask to use their apple login on your old iPad , get them to download all the software you want on there new device , then login with their details on the old iPad , try to download the software , it will say that it is going to download an older version of the software that is compatible with this device , you can get most apps to run on an old iPad using this method ,using an old iPad as a synthesiser is a great idea , 30 pin to usb connector , connect a cheap usb midi keyboard and your away
Does anyone know why my roms aren't showing up on my ipod mini 2nd gen? I have the roms installed in the folder titled "GBC Games", but they just aren't showing up on the ipod. I have rockbox installed, I am on the rockbox title screen. I just wanna play actually FINISHED pokemon games.
I think the lag is due to the emulator not being optimized. That’s why I recommend slower paced games like rpgs which can be played with some lag. I hope they optimize the emulator sometime in the near future. That would be great!
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The best April Fools jokes are when they aren't jokes.
I remember rockbox being a thing back when iPods were popular not new at all, the other kids were blown away when I showed them doom on my iPod video and paid me to mod theirs lol. There was also some pretty cool homebrew games you could add and custom themes for the music player
Yeah most people were just stuck with phallic gun and brick. Lol
This channel is so underrated considering the phenomenal cinematography.
Thank you Zack! Really appreciate bud!
Reminds me a bit of Hardwarecanucks or FortNine.
I was expecting an April fools prank, but this video was no joke! If only I still had my old iPod to try this out
Haha, no April fools here! Cheers!
This nothing new. Me and my friend use to play around with the OG ipod videos 13-14 years ago *feelsoldman*.
I am fairly sure (if i remember correctly) emulation worked with no audible/visual issues back then, but maybe remembering incorrectly.
Although an old 10-year old hack, it was fun to do this when the handheld hacking scene was relatively small, and even still today.
April fool's, it's actually a DankPods video
Haha!
Beat me to it haha
Yes
Nugget
Finally, a nice Apple design to a great handheld console. I never knew how much I’ve wanted a concept like this
how does this vid only have 15k views - you're videos have amazing production quality to them!
I've used rockbox back in 2007 on my Cowon iAudio X5L. This video throws me back in a great era of mp3 players.
The sound in gaming is the most important thing in the world for me.
very beautiful idea reminds me of MGS4 iPod xD
was expecting an april fools lol, I was doubtful about doing this to my old ipods, now im going to 100%
Do it dude! It’s actually pretty neat!
@@MachoNachoProductions I will also get an iflash adapter so I can replace the hdd with an sd card, and a larger battery too
When I clicked this video, I did not expect to find good old Rockbox. I modded my old iRiver back in the days to run it.
i did this like 10 years ago. when i was a kid this was the coolest shit ever
Oh man if I had this when I was a kid I would be so distracted. It’s so cool!
Rockbox and iPod Linux were my foray into softmodding. Way back in middle school. Thanks for sharing!
Nice! Cheers Joel!
It's probably been almost a decade since I looked into the rockbox project. Great topic and video!
Thanks Johnny! It is really cool, I never knew this existed!
@@MachoNachoProductions it makes the device more useful for even music player functionality, because it adds things like support of many more file formats than Apple did (just 2 of which are ogg and FLAC), an actually adjustable equaliser (level control of 10 frequency bands, rather than Apple's "presets"), and more precise volume control (more steps).
Last time i was this early, there were still 151 Pokemon.
Also, i hope TH-camr DankPods can get to see this video. He would be delighted to know an iPod can be modded in such a way.
Lol! There will ever only be 151 Pokémon to me. It would be so cool to see what dankpods thinks about this mod!
he installed Windows already on the ipod, he could run a emulator on top of that will be nice though hahah
DankPods, truly one of the GOATs of TH-cam to me. Oh and Macho Nacho, he's cool too. ;P
This would’ve been such a game changer in the height of the iPod era
Learned something new today, thanks! I had never heard of this.
Also once again your presentation skills are amazing.
Thank you David! So glad I could share something new with you!
Will definitely try this out as i haven't used my ipod since music streaming came into picture. Great content Tito, keep it up, i appreciate your work!
Thank you 🙏! So glad you’re enjoying the videos! Cheers!
imagine if you change the input in emulator to buttons presses
then grab an old 30pin alarm clock (with radio and button that works across the 30pins).
Solder the button on a GB board, could even use the speaker.
I think it's awesome that this exists. I geek out and enjoy videos like this.
Yes I absolutely would be interseted in a tutorial
Same here
oh man, you could build a nes controller adapter to work with the 30pin, i believe the signaling for all the buttons was exposed via that huge connector EDIT: its a serial bus, you could do it with a Arduino!
Uh, let’s do it!
Alwayy enjoying your videos :) Been using Rockbox on my Sansa Clip for ages. Upon buying it(10+years ago) I immediately realized that this little device was so much cut down :( but luckily there was Rockbox. And hey, even Doom runs, lmao- on a two color OLED. Still using it.
That’s so awesome dude! Thank you for sharing!
I remember putting rock box on my old sansa clip + back in high school. I had Pokémon running on there as well, it was pretty awesome
This is good stuff, watching your channel has inspired me to mod an Unhinged SP, cheers!
That’s awesome man! It’s one of my favorite mods! You’ll love it!
I actually played Wolfenstein on my calculator in school, so this is right up my alley!
What's funny is that this was an actual April Fools prank on a website I used to frequent called Game Revolution. They ran an ad for an iBoy.
Whoa really!? I need to check that out!
@@MachoNachoProductions I'm trying my hardest to track it down and will report back with my findings.
Hey Tito, I absolutely love your videos. The clear explanations and up close shots of solder points make these mods SO much more approachable for newcomers to the hobby.
I was wondering, what turntable do you use for those rlly cool spinning shots of your finished products?
So Sick! I also thought this was an April Fools vid haha!
Definitely need to try this, I have 5 Ipod classics I bought last year to mod and haven't got around to it. Maybe this is this final push I needed 😂🙌🙌
Nice dude! Yeah, there are so many really neat mods for iPods now. I really want to do the ssd and Bluetooth mods I see folks doing. So cool!
I had a TH-cam channel in 2009 giving a tutorial on how to dual boot your iPod with rock box. There was also a 3rd operating system you could put on it, but it’s been so long I don’t remember what it’s called. I also remember using a wizard software to apply skins to the default Apple os.
Ipod linux
Clicked on this thinking it was an april joke. Just wanted to see how much effort you put into it... Then realized it was true... You got me fooled in a strange way :-)
I love the fact the slash screen showcased The Who and Pink Floyd :))))
Oh, that audio is pristine, Gameboy taped to an industrial fan quality.
Far beyond the comprehension of our mortal ears.
The album cover scroll is amazing!!!
Seriously though, shout-out to Isaac for lending you the dankest of pods. Very retro hacky, and cool to see the iPod had that much processor in it. Wonder what else rockbox will do in the future.
Totally agree! Really nice person!
Upon seeing the thumbnail i knew its powered by Rockbox and the best thing about this cfw is the ability to use plug and play (yay no i Tunes), make a ipod to run a fm radio and doom.
I remember finding out about rockbox in high-school modded my 1st gen nano into playing videos, turned it into a gamboy as well. Ah the mid 2000s.....
It's official, Doom can be emulated on every platform ever made.
Totally! That is the benchmark that all electronics are judged on.
Dude I did this in high school in like 2010. Played a ton of pokemon and doom on it.
That’s awesome! I can’t believe I am just now finding out about this.
I wonder if the control mappings are open source. I think they could be optimized with the click wheel. Basically for an FPS game like Quake, you could remap U/D/L/R to the click wheel.
How much memory is needed to run the emulator and games? I am modding an IPod with flash memory.
Great Job my man
Dude thank you so much! I hope you’re doing well buddy!
Might have to buy an old iPod now. This is pretty cool
You should totally do it!
Tutorial? Of course I want a tutorial!!
Wow, this is a throwback. The rockbox OS is as old as the device itself. I got my Ipod waaay back in the late 2000, an i hated the original OS an the fact, that you were bound on Itunes. Installing Rockbox wa the first things i did. I also added Doom. And maybe i give it a try again after this Vid, thanks.
This is legit cool as hell. Unfortunately my ipod classics drive is dead 😅 this is sooo cool, I might have to look at repairing it or buying one. Got a sub from me, I'd be interested to seem more things like this :)
Please don’t buy another iPod just cuz a dead drive there so easy to repair
Iflash adapter, Adapts the zif drive to compact flash or sd/micro as.
The intro is so nice
Thank you!
This is not something I thought I'd see on this channel. Great video for April Fools' day.
Can we get a link to reddit post?
I am wondering if the contractor is can be adjusted. The wheel would probably be awesome for some games like arcanoid
Great video
i forgot about rockbox last time i used it was on my samsung mp3
also this can be done Apple: iPod 1g through 6g (Classic), iPod Mini, iPod Nano 1g, iPod Nano 2g
Hilarious but super cool to see this at play! Cheers Tito
Glad you enjoyed it Jesus! Cheers buddy!
I remember the first experience I ever had with the original Doom was playing it on an Ipod.
what's the name of that awesome screen saver you have in the background? thanks
I don't know if it's possible but it would be hilarious to see an iPod with a Zune operating system
Haha, that would be so crazy!
Thank you for the video
used to mod my ipod classic with jailbreak back in the day with audio mods, i may have heard of this custom os back then but never used it, i moved on the ipod touch by then and jailbroke those instead but this is still cool tho
thank you im doing this as we speak
I support this channel all the way. Its only a comment but thats the most i can do . Cheers!
Dude, thank you so much David!🙏 your comments and everyone’s means the world to me! Thanks again! Cheers!
now that I actually own an iPod, this will be much cooler.
Cool! I went to find my old ipod nano... and i have the 3rd gen. Rockbox doesn’t work on 3rd gen! 😞
I wonder if it would be more better for gaming if rockbox was used on an ipod touch??
So, you can use a windows computer to put files on the iPod through the rock box os? Or do I need a Mac?
Wheres Frank...? 🐍
Such a good channel
The ultimate 1 handed poke device.
yup, action games on devices with this kind of setup are gonna be difficult, but turn based RPGs will work well.
was playing Shining Force on my old google nexus 2 a while ago, got far playin' it at night next to my sleeping girl but fell away from it.
Some devices are great for RPGs but not action games.
awesome mod, anytime video game scan be played on a device not originally designed for them is cool. =D
Totally agree dude! Cheers!
didnt even know you could do this with rockbox
I'm wondering if just rockbox could be installed, and not the ipod's os
way back when i had a 1st gen ipod nano. that i used to play though pokemon yellow and crystal
Holly shit I still have my first iPod inside an old backpack 😱
Will installing Rockbox remove existing data on the device?
was that a wolfenstain bears reference
What was that metal joycon in the opening?
I have not installed it yet, but the hold button on my iPod is broken.When I switch it,it turns the lock on for a split second but it does not disable the click wheel.Any other way to swap between OS?I have a IPod Nano Gen 2 BTW.
can you make a video where you mod an apple ipod by yourself as tutorial for us?
Quake and Doom are running native ports with no emulation, while GBC is running on a ported emulator. The system requirements are much higher for emulation vs native code.
Makes sense. I’m hoping there will be a native port for the gbc emulator
@@MachoNachoProductions Oops, I guess I wasn't very clear, my bad. Both are native ports, but emulating GBC games is harder than running a native port of Quake on such low-end hardware.
Yeah Quake and Doom are running *"directly"* (via the OS) on the iPod's ARM-based CPU (in the low hundreds MHz if that), whereas with the GBC emulator the iPod's ARM-based CPU is having to *emulate* the GBC's 8.3MHz Z80/8080-based CPU in software.
The inefficiency of software-based emulation of one instruction set architecture on another is also the reason smartphones struggle to run Windows 95 (x86 on ARM in that case).
Nice vid as always!
But... If your name is 'Tito' why pronounce it 'Tido'?
Well that's just outstanding...
Its definitely a pretty cool use of the iPod!
The iClassic version number is jumping back and forth between 1.0 and 1.1... What happened there? :D
Cool video btw!
I noticed that too. It would jump back and fourth when ever I jumped back into the Rockbox OS. It would eventually settle into the 1.1. Guess it’s not a totally stable version yet.
the old ipods are so awesome
Totally agree!
Unfortunately, it does not work for the 3rd generation Nano :(
Post a tutorial please on how to install
Wolfensteen...
:D
I wish the monochrome gen 4 could have this
Impressive that this can work at all! Speaking of retrofitting old Apple tech, has anyone come across good ways to play retro games on an old iPad? I have a 2nd gen one that's collecting dust. I haven't come across any relevant apps that are supported on that OS yet. Any other interesting uses for an iPad 2 would be appreciated as well.
I’m sure there’s some great apps if jailbroken! I may look into that!
@@MachoNachoProductions Please do! There are a ton of theoretically-functional iPad 2s still out there, but it's really hard to actually put them to use.
Ok I’m sure you have tried this but in case you have not , find someone who has a newer device that works today , and ask to use their apple login on your old iPad , get them to download all the software you want on there new device , then login with their details on the old iPad , try to download the software , it will say that it is going to download an older version of the software that is compatible with this device , you can get most apps to run on an old iPad using this method ,using an old iPad as a synthesiser is a great idea , 30 pin to usb connector , connect a cheap usb midi keyboard and your away
@@valley_robot I had not thought of that, thank you for the advice!
The best you can do to revive this iPad is probably jailbreak it, you could download old version of apps and all sorts of emulator
Count me in for a tutorial as well!!
brb gotta tell dankpods to get on this lol i was hoping he would have a pinned comment on here.lmao
used to use my ipod nano to play pokemon yellow in church.
Does anyone know why my roms aren't showing up on my ipod mini 2nd gen? I have the roms installed in the folder titled "GBC Games", but they just aren't showing up on the ipod. I have rockbox installed, I am on the rockbox title screen. I just wanna play actually FINISHED pokemon games.
i have one myself i like it
Can you imagine that apple iPod nano 6th and 7th G can do this?
Hey, just installed this on my iPod video 5th gen. do you know how to fix the lagging? Games look great but are sadly unplayable due to lag. Thanks :)
I think the lag is due to the emulator not being optimized. That’s why I recommend slower paced games like rpgs which can be played with some lag. I hope they optimize the emulator sometime in the near future. That would be great!
Did you ever fix the q5 tilted screen?
Haha, not yet, but I will soon!
Did this man really just say "WolfenstEEn"?
Hey tito any updates on this?
Is that on the ipod 5.5 possible?
reviving a old ipod to be an even older device lol
Haha, true!
I think “GamePod” sounds like a better name than igameboy
I think me and at least 30 other people will ask about a external controller using the 30 pin connector 🤣
That would be so cool!