The GameBoy Mini Woofer - What?
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- What is a GBA Mini Woofer and where has it been my whole life.
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you need to play need for speed underground with the mini woofer. compressed lil jon will never sound better.
Didn't expect to see you here. A fellow man of culture 😎
Haha
N I C E 🦞 🦞 🦞
ok cyranek
Yes
Read the title and thought of my dog... a mini woofer.
Give him pets
Sounds like a good dog 😀
I thought a mino woofer was called a pupper.
So, a normal Doggo.
Maybe a Pupper, depending on the exact meaning of mini.
woof woof :v
Elliot: Doesnt see the need for the roll cage
Also Elliot: Shows us a super scratched GBA screen 🥴😂
ugh I had to replace my GBA's screen-face-cover-thing because it was so badly scratched
scratches at level 2 with deeper grooves at level 3, yup that's plastic xD
@@nogo7277 now time for the burn test
I had that roll cage, one of my favorite things as a kid was buying 'starter kits' for my gameboys.
For a system that is not that advanced, it certainly has a lot more accessories than an Apple product.
absolutely innovative and legendary comment. absolute comedy legend
It’s definitely *advanced*
Does it come with free stickers tho?
@@hatrisfan Pretty advanced to be a gameboy LUL
Sounds like you weren’t around for the iPod craze. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's the most chinese looking american flag I've ever seen.
I love it.
Hahaha so true
@@TheRetroFuture I can assure you, as an american, I would totally use this on my gameboy.
@@TheRetroFuture could try out a copy of "Game Roy" on the RARE SnakeBoy handheld?
Lmfao
*Politics inserting itself into places it has no business being be like:* I'd rather not thanks.
My girlfriend knocked my GBA off the table last month. Chipped the glass lens I had put on that came with my IPS screen. Replaced it with another glass lens a week ago. That roll cage is looking pretty tempting to me now. :P
So did u break up with her
That sounds harder than breaking up
The fact that I've personally already seen so many of the products you have featured in this series has really made me feel quite thankful for my childhood. I'm not joking.
I mean that hum on the GBA is present regardless when you put in any audio jack on it, accessories or not. It happens on every headphones plugged in.
Yeah it just boosts it
@Michael Persico I'm pretty sure it's a fault with the entire audio circuitry, not just the headphone jack. The only difference is you can't hear it on the internal speaker.
For the actual reason why, it's because of slight power supply voltage fluctuations. The AGB CPU outputs the sound as a PWM stream of 1s and 0s without using a separate low-noise power source as is often done.
That’s good to know
I was wondering if it was because of the aftermarket dongle I’d bought for my SP or it was just a Gameboy thing
Turns out it is a gameboy thing indeed
The gadgets had some electrostatic charge
AINT THAT SHOCKING?!
I love how Elliot completely freaks out and then the video just suddenly ends
yeah what was that about?
looked like he got zapped xD
I miss the "glory" days of Madcatz when they mad decently quality cheaper option controllers and other hardware back in the 90's and 00's.
How old are you? All they ever made was trash other than the PC mouse they made
I always dislikes madcatz. If I recall correctly they killed off GameShark.
@@billy-waynejeffcoat4828 How old are YOU? Their Dreamcast pad is actually excellent. It's got 6 two-tone face buttons, as opposed to stock pad's 4 buttons with recessed letters, a very smooth ALPS stick with rubber top, as opposed to the for better or worse unique SEGA stick with a shaky plastic top, rubber overmoulded grips which have not become a stinky sticky mess by now but still look and feel like day 1, and it doesn't have any of the connection glitches Joytech and other junk pads do. It lacks the unique Hall Effect technology but otherwise they put a lot of effort into it, more than that new Dreamcast pad that came out recently.
From the same era, their racing wheel is not nearly as well made, it's got issues, but its mechanical return system felt pretty good for the time. Their rumble pack for Dreamcast was stronger than SEGA's and had a light, so while it wasn't quite as refined, it was lots of fun and much better than all other third party ones.
@@SianaGearz old enough to know 95% of things they've done was awful. Sure I was slightly exaggerating when I say everything but I'm not far off. I enjoyed their r.a.t.t. pc mouse, like you seemed to enjoy their dreamcast controller. But denying that 95% of the things they put out wasn't garbage your lying to yourself.
@@Vulpine_Cloaker gameshark was just a rebranded action replay.
2:29 "it is going to give you some protection against the screen"
Oh good, I don't have to work about the screen attacking me in my sleep
no game boy accessory is stupid, just a lot of them aren’t useful
You're too right
Someone made a accessory that bricks the gb
DankPods wants you to reconsider you comment after you watch this video.
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Whut
Agreed
“Excuse the pajamas” - Elliot, 2020
Hi
No, everyone during online work/learning 2020!
The GBA itself has a hum sound so any device that amp the sound will just make the hum louder as well.
Have you ever thought like “yea I need this” probably not
"A lot of American people would probably dig this"
me, an American: "why would you put the flag on your gba?"
to show your pride in the 9 states, of course!
Early 2000s were rampant with Extreme Patriotism
@@novaspacewitch9963 Umm, you don't live where I live. It never stopped.
A Texas flag would probably fit really nicely on it.
What? You guys put flags on god damn everything!
You put in rechargeable batteries they are usually 1.2 volts vs the 1.5 volts from regular batteries, some amps don't work well with the lower voltage just food for thought..
Elliot, you should stream that level of Super Mario World till it’s beaten.
I agree
It's the final level, right?
He indeed completed it recently
I had that roll cage for my GBA when I was a kid... I used it for about 5 minutes before throwing it in a drawer where it still sits.
Can't beat a good old static shock to finish a video 🤣
I had that roll cage. I never learned why I needed it.
Oh dear, I had a similar Mad Catz faceplate (it was just white). I used it for a few weeks and then the "analogue stick" broke on one direction and I took it off.
Oh dear haha
Most of us are watching you on pijamas which... makes this a pijama party? xD
Funny Idea: What if you end 1 level of Super Mario World every GBA video? That way we will be able to see you finishing it (someday)
The speaker was probably so good because you have the amp mod, going through the headphone jack.
If you haven’t considered it already, PLEASE think about reviewing gameboy hip clips. I have one for my Color, and it’s Hilarious.
Adam Sandler bruh Adam Sandler lol
Dude!!
@@Andreas-pe2ez Go watch my new Movie on Netflix.
“Hubie’s Halloween”, or some other.
That's cool and all but where's the Ultimate Game Boy Advance video that has every single one of your Game Boy Advance accessories attached?
ha! it will be as big as your car!
dont give elliot ideas 🤣
Sounds like a collab idea for him and Austin Evans
This isn't even its final form!
@@kjtgp1 or the Angry Video Game Nerd, who already made a similar video with an original Game Boy
You know you've made it when you can make a video in your pyjamas
I remember when I had a GBA light it was a advanced one. The light came with a film which made the screen matte which didn't make the light glare. It was great and I loved it. I dont remember if it was batter powered or GBA powered.
11:29 you know, those times when you're in the dark but want to play the audio really loud
I didnt have a flip light but i did have a twirly light for my gameboy colour! pokemon silver when i was meant to be asleep!
"Its very light" absolutely killed me 😂
me too!
The rollcage looks like you got braces for your gba.
I remember putting 4 worm lights on my gbc so I could play in the dark.
If you wanna take the hum out of that, install a dehumm dehiss kit.
It's amplafying the sound of the CPU.
Nintendo just refused to filter out the CPU noise since the DMG.
Unless the speaker on that is just poorly protected from interference too.
@@LaskyLabs Is that the Retrosix kit? I wonder if it's any good, but haven't seen any feedback (if you pardon the pun) nor alternatives.
@@ToxoRetro I think so.
I think at first I'll just install it, and then install a proper amp mod to go with it.
My little brother had the roll cage on his GBA. He went through three different ones before he was forced to use that. It actually helped protect the screen when he dropped it.
The saga of not being able to beat Lemmy's Castle continues.
I DIED WHEN YOU GOT UP AND YOU WERE WEARING PJS. THAT WOULD BE ME TOO. #twins
great video as always! fyi a woofer is the part of a speaker that produces mid-to-low range frequencies; the high-range frequencies are produced by what's called a tweeter. a subwoofer produces sub-bass frequencies that are more felt than heard. hopefully that gives you more clarity on why it sounds as clear as it does!
A subwoofer helps wiht the low end frequencies in the audio track. it gives you more bass and more thump.
I have that exact same gold gameboy, I am trying to replace the shell but all I can find is the pokemon shells
Stick a tiny bit of self-adhesive light-defusing film on that light, and I bet it would work far better, while still being able to open and close. It would probably help with the glare as well.
A universal man. Playing a Japanese device with an American flag face plate made in China.
Lol Trivago hahaha
In the UK
lmao that ending
It actually shocked me...
Mini woofer sounds like a small dog idk haven't owned one
The 900 degrees of spinning that roll cage was pure comedy. Your face was like "got damn it" 😅
I'm still surprised at how you manage to find these stuff.
You have a talent for this!
Some of these I have never seen before so really enjoyed the video of you showing them off Elliott. 👍
I’d be afraid of the metal on the roll cage damaging the plastic.
That roll cage actually looks really useful, especially for kids who bring it on trips.
I had a speaker addon for my GBC, it drained batteries quicker than the GBC itself. I did use it quite a lot though, as it added stereo and made the sound way louder. All in all a very useful addon. In fact I find myself wishing such addons still exist today, with the often low volume the games are hardcoded to in 3DS and sometimes Switch games (1st party Nintendo titles are notorious for this) and the already lacking speaker volume of the 3DS (even the headphone volume is sometimes lacking because of how low the volume is hardcoded in some games). The Switch speakers can get plenty loud though, when the games allow for it. But I often find myself wanting just a bit louder audio when I am wearing headphones in stuff like Pokemon when there's a catchy song playing (battle music or whatever) and I want to turn the volume up a couple notches, but I can't because it's already maxed out.
But the thing that bothers me, is that the sound effects are way too loud compared to the music, so when you actually have the music loud enough, you will nearly go deaf from the sound effects, like the shrieks of Pokemon and the move sounds.
At least 3rd party games often have separate music and sound effects sliders. That's something Nintendo needs to start doing.
He’s getting better at opening the packages lol cut all the way around/cut all the edges off
I had a flip light similar to the one there, made my madcats, but also had a magnifier on it. Was pretty usefull for long trips on airplanes before the times of backlit screens.
Link port lights in the GBA are much brighter when you play GB/C games since the entire console switches from 3.3v to 5v, including the link port.
That flip light used to be a required piece of kit, back when castlevania SOTN looked like dark figures on a black screen and you couldn't play it out of direct sunlight. We're spoiled with backlit IPS screens today but back then the only real alternative was from a guy who sold a LED side-light kit you had to solder yourself after removing bits of the case with a dremel. Might have been the Afterburner mod, honestly I don't remember.
Judging by the size and sound the "mini woofer" is more than likely just a pretty standard full range speaker, like one you'd see in a laptop. If it was a subwoofer by definition, you'd probably have your gameboy vibrating and not too much else, which would be kind of funny. It's pretty impressive that it does vibrate the enclosure, but that probably also serves as a testament to the build quality. I wonder how many of those accessories that use the port and have a pass through that you can connect up to each other before there's an issue? Maybe something fun to play around with in another video.
We had a light for the Gameboy color and it worked great. It also worked for the Gameboy advance.
Exactly what I’ve always needed!
I had the flip light when I was really young. Even as a 3 or 4 year old, I understood that it sucked and if you wanted to play anything before the SP at night, just get one of those clip on reading lights. The reading lights were cheaper and usually had a twisty neck on them so you could adjust where the light is. They were also tiny and bright enough to illuminate at least a whole page of a book.
Grew up with the flip light! Made playing at night so great!
But does it pee on your carpet?
Yes.
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I had the worm light light for my gba that was bendable and you could position just as you needed it so you got no glare and the entire screen was lit up, and it was tiny and compact as it was just a bendable wire with a light on it. It made the mad catz light shown here look massive! It had a very wide beam of light so you could see the screen no problem!
That ending was beautiful!
I had that roll cage as a kid and loved it! I was absolutely gutted when I lost it 😭😭😭
When I was a kid and I wanted to play my GBA in the dark, I just got really good at propping up a maglite on my shoulder.
The roll cage really goes with the PJ bottoms!
omg that's the game that I sent you! 😄😄 6:11
Ugh, that roll cage looks soooo nice. I wouldn't use it, but now I want one.
Hi elliot how are you doing I like all of the recent vids you are making keep up the good work Harjot cheema
I will see you in the next vid
1:17 holy shit the moment you pulled that out and held it I remembered that I knew a kid with this!!! We couldn't figure out how to put it on back then (we were 11) so he just had it loose in his GBA carry bag
I had themad cats light when I was young. Super cool seeing it reviewed.
i imagine something like the mini-woofer would be great for people who are hard of hearing! maybe that was their aim in general, or they just wanted to amp up the gba experience, but either way i’m sure there were plenty of hard of hearing kids grateful for that little dude!
I wish your channel was a thing back in the day when I bought that Madkatz magnifying glass for my GBA, it was useless but I liked it a lot, used to burn a lot of ants with it.
The light is adjustable. I had the same one and it can be nudged around a bit to eliminate the glare. I also had the same thing for the GBC. which was better because it was just a curly wire. Look it up if you haven't seen it.
I remember having a really great light for my gba. i wish i could remember the branding.
The flip light was my favorite light when I had my first gba.
Thanks for sharing this!
The flip light reminds me of an accessory I had for my gameboy colour. It was a magnifier and light thing that attached to the gameboy.
That ending was *shocking* Elliot.
*The magnets on the speaker might damage the screen or cause memory loss on games*
It wont. Otherwise most laptop displays would have been a long time ago (they use a magnet+ hall sensor system to tell when they are closed), and flash storage on a cart is a solid state, not going to do much.
I actually just picked up a wormlight for the original GBA for about $12 cad, and I was impressed with how well it works. You have the flexibility to angle it in such a way to light about 90% of the screen without glare. Its nowhere near as good as my AGS-101, but I feel like the image you see ends up being truer then the washed out AGS 001 front light. Would recommend as a solution to anyone who's intimiated by modding, or doesnt want to shell out the cash
Love your content man we want moreeeeeeee!!!!!!!
That white GBA you’ve got is soooo nice
Oooo this looks cool
Wow, I totally forgot that I bought one of those roll cages years ago. Ironically it broke. I still have a light/screen cover that works quite well on an original GBA.
Love your videos elliot. If I find my atomic purple GBC I'll send it to you :)
Shocking moment. Probably static build up from your pajama pants. 😆
I pray every night that Elliot beats that Super Mario level one day
"Excuse the pajamas" bro gave us a trigger warning
By definition a subwoofer is a loudspeaker designed to reproduce bass and subbass sounds which sit at lower frequencies, basically they’re speakers dedicated to bass.
Side note : Radica we had in North America - They made a fairly popular tv baseball game.
"You see that vibrating?"
No, but the picture smells great.
That roll cage isn't *entirely* useless. It will certainly protect the plastic lens from dents and scratches from being placed face down or dropped. And those plastic lenses were pretty easy to scratch, as I remember.
I had the light spring thing. Work pretty good but the wire worn out and broke. Was great for car rides at night. You can also twist the light also had a big blue battery pack but also was handles on the side to grip.
The NXT on the woofer packaging is a reference to the flat panel speaker technology that this unit uses.
Cool video men keep up the good work! 😤👏💴
Thank you!
The Retro Future 😉
Not gonna lie, that roll cage looks kinda cool. I'm way too careful with my stuff to ever need something like it, personally, but I like the look all the same.
The roll cage is actually not the worst thing ever, it would definitely save your GBA from a deadly fall down the stairs
I had the roll cage when I was a kid! I thought it was neat, but I agree with you about it completely ruining portability. The rubber on the back also stretched after some time and wouldn’t stay on the GBA anymore haha.