Restoring the original gameboy - Retroration project
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- In this week’s project I will restore the original Nintendo Gameboy. As a 90’s kid I thought it would be cool to restore a Gameboy. Or should I say retrore. I bought this one from Japan. It’s obviously dirty but it’s also very yellow no rust this time. With this rust would be very bad. However the screen is broken and it is missing a lot of vertical lines. Otherwise it seems to be fine. I had some issues with turning it on when I tested it but after I got it on, I’ve had no trouble. The batteries I used were probably dead. It’s also missing the screen cover/lens. I bought a new one amzn.to/2I61BTx
I started the restoration by opening the Gameboy. I needed Y1 screwdriver ( for example amzn.to/2D1SUWg) (my kit was bought locally and could't find that online). This was terrifying because I have almost no experience in this type of work, but one of the main reasons for this channel is for me to learn new stuff so that was intentional. I learned online this neat trick to fix the vertical missing lines. I’ve heard it doesn’t work or you can’t do it if you have horizontal empty lines. I used soldering iron to rub the area under the screen where the connections are. I used temperature of 300 Celsius. This is not a tutorial but a piece of entertainment and something to give you inspiration what to find out before starting project like this. In case you still want to use this as tutorial and risk ruining your Gameboy, keep the soldering iron constantly moving and don’t heat up one area for too long. There are grat tutorials about this on youtube. I probably didn’t have to take the ribbon cable off. I was just following a tutorial and realized it afterwards because I didn’t watch the whole tutorial before starting…
Next I disassembled the rest of the device and sunk the plastic shell (everything removed) into 12% hydrogen peroxide. And heated the solution in zip lock bag to 45-50. Water bath helped me to keep the temperature stable. Every once in a while I opened the bag to let the built up oxygen out to keep it from building pressure. Higher temperature or higher concentration of hydrogen peroxide will make the reaction faster but higher temperature will ruin your parts. I found that If you go much over 50 degrees celcius, your plastic will loose it’s original color. This method only removes the yellowing and the part won go all white. More temperature can also melt the plastic. There is also something called retrobright. It’s a paste or gel or whatever which combined to UV-light will have this same effect. Retrobright however has been reported to sometimes give uneven/patchy results and I didn’t want that since my parts were already very patchy. This worked beautifully, it got back the light gray color it used to have.
While putting it all back together I tested the screen once more to make sure it worked. The last line I had a lot of trouble with, had come back. This time it only took me like 5 minutes to get rid of it. Now the screen has been working nicely. After I had put it back together I still had to attach a new screen protector/lens to the shell. Together the whole project probably took 15-20 hours of active work, I had never done this type of ork and filming sometimes makes the process a lot slower. The editing is probably another 15 hours of more.
I you liked my video hit the like button and subscribe. Maybe even share my video, that helps me a ton! If you didn't like the video, feel free to hit the dislike button, twice. Thanks for watching come back next week.
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I love the fact that you can actually hear it being repaired and not annoying background music
i think it could of used some pokemon music lol
@That Thing Dalton yea but it should be played quietly
Bo Drake back in 1993 when I was nine a classmate let me play with his game boy he has brought a few games for it 👻
Makes you think how it works, music kinda just gives it away now.
Spot on. That's one of the best things about this channel.
Perfect ASMR, no whispering no talking no music just ambient sounds.
Agree!
Doom2pro I was just explaining the same thing to my wife
feels like yourself doing this thing without anysound just you and the thing
Alexandros K
lmfaoooo
Agree!
Think how much could be restored / recycled if we could all repair things like this. Incredible work . Was a pleasure to watch .
#righttorepair
We used to have machines that last us a 100 years.
Now it's a question if it lasts us 100 days...
There is something so satisfying about it looking almost factory new at the end. No discoloration at all. Most kids at the time (now adults) won't even remember it looking like that.
Love how he just gets right to work and how he doesn’t start the vid by talking through half the damn vid!! This guy gets it!
I agree 200%. And those who use annoying music.... grrr... In that video, we can hear everything. Perfect concept :)
Also love how he slides the shell across the floor and table after just cleaning it 🙈😬
Well He is not a how to video.
Yes! Don’t give me an intro with some cheesy song and dance.
Nice idea subscribe
That industrial strength glue...still sticking after 25+ years...love the vids. Keep it up!
James Ledg exactly 30 years. 1989 - 2019
25+ he said 25 or more
Pixel Zman Casual Chris said Exactly 30 years, he was just saying the exact amount. Not 25 or more, learn how words work, ok?
I always try to watch one or two of these ‘restoration videos’ before bed, though normally they’re on rusty antiques and not...Game Boys. They don’t necessarily make me sleepy but they’re very relaxing and get me in that calmed mindset. Just know you’re helping at least one person sleep a bit better at night with these videos ❤️
Plot Twist: The “Subscribe” was there since 1989.
Wait who said it wasn’t there?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That goes without saying.
*mindblown gif*
Wow 5 years before this particular GB was manufactured mind blown
That was the smoothest "subscribe" I've ever seen lol
I know right!
i laughed when i saw that
Right?
He should've been like: "I don't know how that ended up there"
I don’t see it?
watching you solder the screen back to life was like watching sorcery
No sorcery, it'll fail again in months.
@@macdonalds1972 why?
@@macdonalds1972 theres always one of you assholes. lol
@@macdonalds1972 You were the asshole here man.
HONESTLY. one of my ‘89 game boys has some dead pixels too so i’ll need to try this 👀
We have to admire how much he knows about so many things and how he has the skill to not mess anything up
Well that skill came after messing things up!
And that's what we fear...
@@nikobellic6195 True
With the creepy slow hand movements 1:03
I was expecting a munching sound of him eating a Styrofoam peanut.
Slipping in some ASMR for effect
Hey man, we ain't judgin'.
Yummy
I was expecting the same thing.
The way he carelessly tossed the box in the beginning of the video made me laugh.. no idea why. It was just hilarious to me. 😂
I think that's the purpose
Lol
Lolz it’s because it’s just not his way. He’s usually so methodical and precise. We don’t see him just throw things to the side.
Dude was excited to have a Game Boy.
I think it was how maticulious and carefully he opened the box, that made the chucking so funny.
I remember being so envious of my friends playing game boy at recess during the 90s.
There’s something so nice about watching a professional do what he does best.
1. I had absolutely no idea that's how the screens worked and 2. That was the smoothest subscribe plug I've ever seen 😂
After seeing you restore the screen, I have to ask you to restore my marriage
Will soldering and wd-40 work?
@@avocado3-in-182 I asked her no reply yet
Lmfao
probably gonna take a lot more than a mere soldering iron. good luck my dude
xmanBHz marriage counseling?
Asmr + Humour + Restoration. I need nothing more in my life.
C4sperJ4ack that's what I was thinking!!!!!
You'd like My Mechanics www.youtube.com/@mymechanics
14:23 I could imagine the “oh no” that was going through your head lol
Wouldn't be the first time someone almost shit their pants when something like that happened.
That Shield Dude Use nice language!
😂
Or "what the....ohh. Heh."
Seeing this bright and beautifully restored brings back my first contact with a Gameboy in 1990. At that time this thing was magic to me! It must be somewhere up the attic. Time for restoration!
How’d it go?
Is it just me that imagines this guy as the dude from toy story that repairs woody?
Same
Only younger
Bruhhh
You can't rush art
Geri the super ledge.
Can’t wait to see him restore an Xbox with the red circle of death some 20 years from now
lol
He already has the skill. If the box hasn’t been completely fried.
Red circle of death isn’t too difficult, had a Limited edition Halo 4 one and took it apart and found out the fan had gone, just a simple replace and it was back to working order
@@cathalevans6754 The red ring of death can be an indication of a wide variaty of errors. You were lucky it was the fan.
WH250398 the original guys comment was saying that he couldn’t wait to see him fix a red ring of death Xbox when even though there is a variety of ways, if he got the right Xbox with the ring of death, it would be a simple fix, my Xbox was the first fix I ever done
Hey there a channel stealing your videos and reuploading them claiming them as theur own, its only stolen this one and three other game console related vidors so far but I thought id let you know
Edit: its called Best Relaxing ASMR
@Sweet Strawberries UwU I just went to check and yes, it does appear that they have started linking the originals in their description. However when i originally posted this they did NOT link to the original and that also doesnt change the fact that they are still direct re-uploads that they are claiming as their own videos.
Mike Mezz we Stan you!!
That is stupid. 😕😕👎👎👎
VictorRuby Barnes no
Mike Mezz they are forgot give credit to him
Tbh, not only it’s satisfying but it feels like watching a childhood or nostalgia that was damaged being restored in a good way
20 years ago:
> Pricey, couldn't afford it
2019:
> Even pricier
So true!
i legit got one in wonderful condition for $15 on ebay
regigiygas wow, that is special! Normally it is expensive!
TheTNT Box the used ones are pretty cheap, even the ones for parts can be bought and combined into a working model for fairly cheap.
most of the time, they just need cleaning and/or a battery cover
the mint ones, however, will cost you an arm and leg
@@sheepkind That's what you get for owning a piece of art.
Game Boy Turns 30 This Month!!! 🎉
Awesome restoration process!
It was last week, you missed the birthday.
@@someperson2965 Technically, you are right, but because you are speaking English and not Japanese, I think the release Anniversary you should be celebrating is in another three months on the last day of July (North America), or wait another year if you live in Europe. Also, here is a video about how to go way beyond what this video covered and modernize/customize a DMG: th-cam.com/video/QORzTGd875k/w-d-xo.html
Imagine 30 years from now.... What will we have created I wonder
@@adamsavage2646 Less creative memes probably, much like the "E" meme lol.
dont you mean Retoration process
This guy should open a shop that repairs stuff like this. The skill he possesses in this day and age is rare and takes a lot of patience. Nintendo would be proud!
I feel Nintendo hates all who are unrelated to them messing with their creations
@@jewelwing100 like Apple
it's wild to go back to this after watching more recent videos, you got it done and it's a great job, but you're so much more experienced now.
That was funny how you ever so carefully moved that one packing peanut in the beginning
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2바이오 6
Asmr. Love how he doesn't put crazy music/noise in the background.
All the tool sound effects lol that's all I'm listening to
I legit came here from the ASMR subreddit. Neat project and lots of ASMR triggers
more beautiful without background music, true ASMR
No need music
I hate asmr
The thing i take away from these videos is the love of the medium he has......over and above the technical prowess that is displayed. Each of these is a love note to the genre itself. I find myself smiling from start to finish on each one of these rebuilds. Thanks man...
WHY IS THE INCREDIBLY SPED UP SOUND OF SCRUBBING SO AMUSING
It's not sped up. That's his normal working speed.
I’ve kept mine in very good condition and when my son was old enough, he loved playing Tetris and Mario.
I got my first gameboy as a kid when it was released. Did cost 150 DM iirc and came with tetris and i think pinball :)
Though now that i think about it, my father probably played more hours on it than me, especially when the SNES came along ^^
You just restored a part of my youth
That's beautiful.
I felt old when he said this things even older than me.
Who's here from Best Relaxing ASMR? Honestly he should strike that channel for copyright
Connor Bentley yeah dude. The fact that they didn’t even mention this channel on the video or the description, it’s just disrespectful.
@@kasai1398 they put the original link in description but it doesn't even matter honestly, all that channel does is copy and paste for views🤦🏾♀️
@@NicoleTheeHomebody The worst part is that they only added the link because someone pointed out that it wasn't their own content
@@cherryixing4372 woooooww. Ew. I'm glad I saw the link in the description before I watched the whole video over there😂
Let the dude breathe. Everyone make mistakes. Why do you think I'm here.
Some little person on an assembly line in Asia made that product, and every little screw was put it, never intended to be taken out. I love watching these restoration videos.
The 8-bit Guy nods his silent approval.
Lmao, best comment ever
Haha as I was watching this I heard his voice in my head talking about retro-brighting
@@lrrowley Same as I watched this I was thinking "8 bit guy would be so proud!"
Lol
THEN I'M GONNA POUR ON ABOUT AN ENTIRE GALLON OF RETRO BRITE
impressive work. i hope this GameBoy has a much longer life now because of your work
Fantastic videos! As a nurse, it’s been hard to unwind these last few months. Just discovered your videos and they are perfect, they actually help me get my mind off of my job. Thank you for these videos!
This kind of stuff inspired me to open up a local restoration business, but no one really has retro hardware like gameboys or SNES' that need repairing in my area. I'll keep trying though because this stuff is just really satisfying to me.
Might need to "restore" that desk you're using to restore stuff on. lol
PS. That restored Game Boy really is a thing of beauty.
Haha, yeah, the desk/table has seen better days for sure! Not just "restore it," but _actually _*_restore_* it!
Also, I agree about the game system; he "took several years off of it"!
inceptional fr
This guy: I've never done this and I am terrified.
Fixes the damn thing.
Me: Oh, I've done this my whole life, tis ez.
Screw up anyways.
10/10 Would screw up again.
**insert screw pun here**
I like your name so I'm commenting on your comment C:
@@Entropy_arts We thank you, komrad! 😂
Guys this is the best ASMR, just play the video and hear it while you are in the bed, it's so relaxing...
One of your best. I've been given laptops and printers that have failed, and still have about two of each that didn't work out. Going to give them another look. Thanks for your work. FWIW, I make sure i last through at least 80% of the advertisements. It's the very least I can do.
"you can't rush art"
Toy story 2 be like
Retro Fixer the entire toy story series be like
Pixar be like
The attention to detail is outrageous. My original GameBoy has similar issues with the screen, and now I know why!
I can’t believe I didn’t find your channel until now n
I'm in high school and have been using your channel to learn about repairing tech hardware so I don't have to pay for expensive repairs in say, my American college that I'll be going to. So thank you
If this was only a restoration video, I probably wouldn't be as excited to watch it, but I think the video editing makes it that much better.
A testament to the quality of 90s Nintendo.
Real nice job. And yes... it brings nice memories.
Little trick: when mount back screws on plastic, turn slowly opposite until feel a kind of "klick"... then you tight. This ensure you are on the original "thread" and you do not cut other one.
Dude!!! I am going through insomnia the last two weeks. Found my GameBoy one (the last present of my beloved Grandmother before she passed away) the screen had a lot black lines, it was all dirty and I just followed every step of your tutorial, except the one with the chemical bath/boiling. The screen (I almost order a new one) is just perfect. I disassembled all part, used an old toothbrush for the hard plastic parts, dish soap for the silicone ones and some alcohol ethanol for the insisting dirt. Wow!!! I am so happy that it came back to life! Thanks for creating this! The only think I will look for now is the screen protection you replaced and (if there is) a module/adaptor that can take all Gameboy 1 games in one. Thank you again!
Whenever I look at videos like this, I wonder if I am the only one who has not brought a single Nintendo product in his life
3:15 I think you are severely underestimating the level of my incompetence
you’re so much more gentle than you need to be but tbh it’s kind of endearing
absolutely gorgeous restoration
It's crazy how much can be fixed with a clean + minimal part swap
That hydrogen bath blew my mind. Amazing transformation.
This is the freaking first time i giggle so much watching the restoration MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT HERE FOR FIXING THAT
I still have my original from 1989. Another great video buddy! You never let us down!
same here, though mines a '90
Same here, i've always kept it protected and always removed the betteries when not in use... still looks like brand new to this day.
@@Bige4u I HAVE A GAME BOY LOL LIKE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS ON EARTH, we dont fuckin care.
@@GLITEULBURG you must have been beat as a child to be so angry.
@@GLITEULBURG shut up u ignorant idiot ur stupid anyways
2:08 holy crap that’s a cool screwdriver set.
Waw everything was perfect and it is back to life thank for the no music in the background amazing
Side note can you please cover that table because it is your background and it might scratch your project
Keep up the good work
Just mentally add the Microsoft fanfare or Final Fantasy victory music.
I subscribed because of that paper :"D
it was so smoooooth
x2
Hossam El-Mokadem lol that’s why I’m not subbing maybe next time. Like he took it apart and put that paper in there just to take it apart and the camera see a paper saying subscribe lol
Same ( ͝° ͜ʖ͡°)
Khloe Rabnta r/woooosh
I`m so happy, that i have one of the first GameBoys sealed in original packaging. It`s never been opened up. :)
It`s shrinked wrapped. :D
My grandfather bought me two, and one of those he saved a long time for me until he died.
Now this thing is priceless. :)
Вы можете продать его с аукциона и обогатится)
I bet you that thing is worth a fortune
wooow you had a great grandfather, tell us how much that gameboy worth is now.
I hope you let your children have to play as we did when we were kids I bet they would love it, please don't sell hand it down through the family. 👍🏴🇬🇧
@@rhomanmason8131 Agree with the concept, but not for a sealed gameboy. No child today would get much pleasure out of an original gameboy.
6:54
Ah see there's your problem, there's a shameless plug in your Gameboy! No wonder it had problems.
Love that you just took a soldering iron and massaged the dead lines back to life.
My heart is beating with pleasure. The Game Boy is beautiful and Pokemon Yellow Version is missed.
You can get pokémon yellow for$10 with a Nintendo 3ds I missed the game to I had to get it when I saw it
Hell yeah n Pkmn Crystal!!
(Thats is all).
Damn i was so unlucky when i got a german version of the yellow one :(((
Yellow red gold maaann
You lost me at "My heart is beating with pleasure"
OK, that was impressive. The Gameboy has a special place in my heart. Many rainy days were spent playing one. This earned you a new subscriber!
the lil dance you did when the pokemon music started playing brought me so much joy
Wow... Its crazy how well that solution cleaned the plastic. It looked brand new again.
When he first turned it on and only a small portion of the display screen was working I thought they just had really tiny screens back in the 90s
I seriously love this channel. Thanks for not talking through the whole thing and showing us what we want to see!
I love you that don't have crappy music in the background. I enjoy listening to you work. All of your outcomes have been flawless and very satisfying. 😍
It is actually satisfying that you and many/some other youtubers just up and fix things as you know how these used to be broken to gotten fixed mechanisms work so you can show other people even teach them on how to fix a certain thing that either they or someone else broke it I thank you for making this, it made me learn how these things work.
6:52 I knew it was coming but I didn’t expect it there,well played!
i subscribed because of that note "subscribe" creatively catch my heart.. haha
LOL me too
Did he seriously unscrew the circuit board, put in the note, then rescrew it or did he just place the board back in on top of the note
I'm no mathematician but I think you meant *caught*
@@constantravens4800 whats 9 + 10
Its 9/10th of I dont give a shit
My 16 year old showed me your Batmobile toy restoration, and now I'm hooked! I have a couple of projects I plan to tackle in 2021 myself, including a yellowed SNES (American) and an original Gameboy that has stopped working. Thanks for making your videos amazing, and for sharing so much interesting content!
You know it’s an old video when The Ducktor is nowhere to be seen. Great coming back to these.
Love to see more content like this, didnt know you could use a soldering iron to fix screens.
I love this whole thing. ONLY THING that distracts me is the well used, beat up table. Let's crowd fund to get him a new, clean, table with NO knicks!
I was worried the table would damage the console case.
One of life’s greatest joys is to hear the unmistakable ‘ber-ding’ of an original Gameboy start up.
Tbh this is the only restoration channel I trully enjoy, the guy has humor, very educating and overall very satisfying
Excellent sir. I just restored one as well came out pretty good. Nice to know there's a original Gameboy community out there keeping it real after 30 years
This video put me to sleep, in a good way, it's like restoration ASMR.
Ah, the old Gameboy... I was three when I played it for the first time. It used to belong to my mother who has been a gamer since her teenage years. I loved the Gameboy to bits. It was such a good console and I wasted hours of my young life playing Mario, Wario Land and Asteroids. The damn thing survived so many drops, one from the second floor no less. Eventually it died though and it ended up in the trash. All these years later, I am sad we did not keep it. Maybe I could have fixed what was wrong! And even if not, just displaying it would have been nice. Oh well, nothing I can change anymore! I am quite happy with the memories, too.
Thank you for bringing them back with this video :)
My childhood. Countless hours of pokemon battling in elementary school
Man. Every time I watch one of these videos. U always impress me with the amount of effort u put into it. Every screw, every line, everything that I wouldn’t notice u notice. These videos always impress me man. Seriously, keep up the fantastic work man.
Thanks! I enjoy details and I always want to go the extra mile. It's actually really fun to work and hour on some really ridiculous detail.
DIYCoolStuff u doin perfectly man. If I could do anythin. I’d probably want to do this. Think I could join ya sometime? Love to help out at anytime.
I like how the knife used to open the package is actually a knife he restored in another video! Glad to see his projects aren't just laying around collecting dust. They might actually be getting some use aside from content creation.
I loved watching you restore the original game boy! I remember getting one for Christmas in 89/90 & having to share it with my little sis. Ugh! Lol
I still have mine. My dad got it from the States back in the late 80s/ early 90s. This video is amazing !
completely restores a gameboy
puts batteries in the wrong way
edit: (thanks for the likes ❤️)
Weird coincidence - like 12 hours ago I was playing Overwatch against a player called Toasty Buns and now I discover this comment...
Rob Wood might have been me, i play on pc around that time haha
@@kaiearley6669 OMG, small world much. I seem to recall you kicking my ass in Hero Gauntlet. My IGN is Flipbug 😁
Rumor has it. He never finished pokemon yellow and is still trying to this day.
ask him to do a playthrough too
I'm surprised that no one has commented
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This comment needs more attention.
Because it’s unfunny lmao.
I had one of these back in the 90's and yes that makes me old!
That's incredible. ..who knew it had that subscribe safety paper behind the screen lol
You, sir, are amazing at what you do! From your perfect videography to your perfect restores!
Ah the nostalgia. Makes me wish that I never gave away my Game Boy now as I have suddenly come over wanting to play on it again.
I could watch this kind of videos all day (or night I should say)! Great content, I'm fascinated with the amount of work you put into it.
I have two of these and they still work great! A bit discoloured but otherwise perfect. Similar to the Nokia 3310 in the indestructible aspect 😂
I can actually eat crunchy food while watching bc there’s no dialogue.
5:26 - I had to do that to my GameBoy. First time I ever used a soldering iron.
...Oh great. Not only am I nostalgic for the GameBoy itself, but now I'm nostalgic for _fixing_ my GameBoy. 👴