Unboxing GameBoys like it's 1996

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024

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  • @TheRetroFuture
    @TheRetroFuture  4 года назад +103

    IPS Modded GameBoy color giveaway - instagram.com/p/CCGfMSInMFk/ 😀

    • @baumthetree
      @baumthetree 4 года назад

      LOL, its nice, thanks for making that 💖

    • @chasonthedon
      @chasonthedon 4 года назад +1

      WOOT WOOT
      IM NOT AN OWL BUT IM EXCITED TO WIN 😋

    • @codyfinchum890
      @codyfinchum890 4 года назад

      Mine look different then those

    • @tdog9121
      @tdog9121 4 года назад

      Nintendo AGB-S-MBA Game Boy Advance 6 vintage games Super Mario land 🥶🔥🥶🥶
      www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313190395156

  • @lumpy4278
    @lumpy4278 4 года назад +367

    Manual: “don’t put the game boy in your pocket”
    Elliot: *visible confusion*

    • @ylondes9927
      @ylondes9927 4 года назад +9

      You just explained the joke! Gj!

    • @ylondes9927
      @ylondes9927 4 года назад +1

      @BlazarBlue how the fuck did i explain something? 🧐

    • @kazuhiramiller2121
      @kazuhiramiller2121 4 года назад +3

      @BlazarBlue you're right, he's a dick

    • @glaciiz
      @glaciiz 4 года назад +1

      Gameboy don't put it in your back pocket.

    • @woodenoak8305
      @woodenoak8305 4 года назад

      @@ylondes9927 Dick.

  • @moldybreadbites
    @moldybreadbites 4 года назад +359

    that purple box is probably one of the most beautiful sights ive ever seen(,:

    • @18JR
      @18JR 4 года назад +2

      Same

    • @Nintentoad125
      @Nintentoad125 4 года назад +5

      Agreed. Its sad that he had to unbox them, but it's still looks amazing

    • @ldawgj2749
      @ldawgj2749 4 года назад +1

      Yeah your right

    • @FemboyCommie
      @FemboyCommie 4 года назад

      Me sad me tv

    • @Nintentoad125
      @Nintentoad125 4 года назад

      @@FemboyCommie stop begging for subs

  • @thecasualcanuck4590
    @thecasualcanuck4590 4 года назад +203

    The quality of the packaging is out of this world. There are more expensive products today that still don't package their products that well. Stellar.

    • @inasuma8180
      @inasuma8180 4 года назад +11

      It makes sense. Japan takes great care of their products. I've purchased Gameboy games, in new condition, and was blown away. They don't screw around!

    • @jiggling86
      @jiggling86 4 года назад

      Hello :)

    • @thecasualcanuck4590
      @thecasualcanuck4590 4 года назад

      @@jiggling86 wow are you that much of an asshole that you feel some sort of superiority complex in a youtube comment section? People here are getting along, and you just gotta be like "nope, not me. My mom dropped me on my head when I was a baby, and im taking it out on everyone."

    • @jiggling86
      @jiggling86 4 года назад

      @@thecasualcanuck4590 wow you're mad.

    • @thecasualcanuck4590
      @thecasualcanuck4590 4 года назад

      @@jiggling86 rough morning to be honest. Kid woke up early, I spilled coffee. Rough sleep. My bad.

  • @Strashky
    @Strashky 4 года назад +49

    that purple one, my god. looks like it got to you with a time machine straight from the factory.

    • @OneAndOnlyReaper
      @OneAndOnlyReaper 4 года назад

      I feel like he should be handling it with gloves like they do in museums

    • @Strashky
      @Strashky 4 года назад

      @@OneAndOnlyReaper kinda yes haha

  • @Freddie7010
    @Freddie7010 4 года назад +33

    That writing is indeed the address of the store that this gameboy would have been sold from. It reads: Uni Ozone store, Nagoya, East district, East Ozone town. Unfortunately it seems as though that particular store closed down in 2010. The purchase was made on Sunday the 25th of January 1998. The shop clerk stamped the store's address in on the form upside-down but penned in the date by hand.

    • @Danny.._
      @Danny.._ 4 года назад +2

      Just to add a little extra info, the store is officially "UNY" when written in the Latin alphabet, and that location changed names to ピアゴ (PIAGO) before closing. Also the "ozone" in the name is not the english word ozone, but the name of a specific neighborhood in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and is pronounced with a long O, something like "o-o-zo-nay"

    • @Freddie7010
      @Freddie7010 4 года назад +2

      @@Danny.._ Yes, that's all correct.

    • @goose1168
      @goose1168 3 года назад

      Cool!

  • @KyoshoLP
    @KyoshoLP 4 года назад +77

    That stamped bit on the manual, according to Google Translate is "UNI Ozone store 261 Higashioozone, Higashi-ku, Nagoya." So I think you're right, it's the store.

    • @ballsoutbob559
      @ballsoutbob559 4 года назад +5

      The red one is probably a display unit at a store, customers can look at the contents of the box. The shop assistant probably got some dorayaki or tempura stains on the box at the counter while eating lunch lol

  • @ErickHatesBMC
    @ErickHatesBMC 4 года назад +9

    brand new sealed original iphone: *costs $13,000*
    gameboys from japan: *visual confusion*

  • @bigboybreadstick8477
    @bigboybreadstick8477 4 года назад +13

    I love it when you scroll through the comments and someone quotes something in the video and you see that comment at exactly the same time as they say it in the video

  • @BlastoiseVeteran
    @BlastoiseVeteran 4 года назад +7

    I actually recently got a package from Sendico as well, and their packaging is fantastic. Lots of care put into it!

  • @aaroncarrigan
    @aaroncarrigan 4 года назад +1

    The lid for the screwdriver case is actually doubled as a sorting grid on the inside to maintain organisation, Instead of using the magnetised mat. Far more helpful if you're taking apart something with lots of different types of screws

  • @TheTotallyRandomGuy
    @TheTotallyRandomGuy 4 года назад +68

    When a full grown man discovers tools for the first time: 0:19

  • @FigWidIt
    @FigWidIt 4 года назад +1

    I love the smaller,colorful,and compact handheld console boxes. The last few 3ds/2Ds boxes have been pretty average,but these old school packaging look so damn good.

  • @ChristopherEggison
    @ChristopherEggison 4 года назад +3

    I can help with the translations. The Purple Gameboy's Warranty Card included with the packaging does, as you suspected, include the name of the store which was supplied that particular Gameboy Pocket. The poorly-applied, upside-down stamp reads:
    名古屋市東区東大曽町23
    ユニー大曽根店
    Nagoya Shihiga Shiku Toudai Sochou 23 (Address)
    UNY, Ozone Shop (Name of shop)
    UNY was the store name, Ozone is the name of the shopping centre/mall that the store was contained within. That particular store appears to have closed as of 2010.
    You were also correct to read the numbers below the stamp as a date, however your confusion is totally understandable. The date reads: 平成10年1月25日(日曜日) 1999/01/25 (Sunday), so January 25 1999. The first two characters are "平成" which is the denotation for the era of Heisei. Japan has their own ways to record the year, you'll see dates written in the typical format, so the current year would be 2020 for example but there's also the "era" year which runs alongside the reign of an Emperor. Since Heisei started in 1989, for it to be the tenth year of Heisei would make it 1999. For those curious, 2019 marked the first year of the era of "Reiwa" (令和) in Japan when the previous Emperor abdicated and his son became the new Emperor of Japan.
    Hope it helps, apologies if someone else already commented with this information, I didn't scan all the comments before writing.

  • @CrossingRover
    @CrossingRover 4 года назад +14

    Wow, Japanese packaging is always so elegant and premium!

  • @samuraispiritsx
    @samuraispiritsx 4 года назад +11

    I miss the gameboy so much, was the greatest handheld platform ever made.

  • @alolanstarboy
    @alolanstarboy 4 года назад +98

    Mans makes one post about the ifixit toolkit and they sponsor him. Now you're playing with Power™

  • @Doritomurderer
    @Doritomurderer 4 года назад +4

    i bought one of those ifixit kits a couple years back and holy crap--it's real good. absolutely phenomenal set that even comes with bits to open up a snes

  • @aidancommenting
    @aidancommenting 4 года назад +11

    "I have, in front of me, a box."
    I want a box now

  • @Left-Earth
    @Left-Earth 4 года назад +1

    *Chuck Norris smashed the Like button so hard, he punched his phone to dust.*
    📱💨💥🥋

  • @cherrybomb_live
    @cherrybomb_live 4 года назад +1

    You should make a video talking about how to get started with Gameboy modding and repairing, going through all the tools and components of the Gameboy

  • @Kuno6969
    @Kuno6969 4 года назад +5

    your unboxing style is like a calm good kid who got a gameboy for birthday

    • @mndlessdrwer
      @mndlessdrwer 3 года назад

      I opened mine in a similar fashion back in the day and held onto all the packaging for absolute ages. I think it was nearly a decade before I got rid of the packaging.

  • @travisanderson5499
    @travisanderson5499 4 года назад

    I also have the pro tech tool kit. I absolutely LOVE it. I recently started my own business fixing and refurbishing electronics. Mainly game consoles and I have a blast doing it. And the tool kit makes life a lot easier.

  • @Jinzen
    @Jinzen 4 года назад +2

    Team Sendico!💪💪
    Soo glad you introduced us to it, got some good deals from it.

  • @Eskiii
    @Eskiii 4 года назад +147

    When i'm so early I can't steal a good comment...

    • @saikou2889
      @saikou2889 4 года назад +3

      Hold up

    • @its4aron19
      @its4aron19 4 года назад +3

      I see what you did there

    • @Eskiii
      @Eskiii 4 года назад +2

      @@its4aron19 I didn't steal it 2 other guys did lmao

    • @saikou2889
      @saikou2889 4 года назад +2

      @@Eskiii lol yeah

    • @ninjacell2999
      @ninjacell2999 4 года назад +2

      @@Eskiii soz mate it was a beautiful set up

  • @SamuraiNetwork
    @SamuraiNetwork 4 года назад +4

    If its smoking DONT *I repeat* DONT eat it!!!!
    4:55

  • @deg1903
    @deg1903 4 года назад +2

    Nintendo: *Gameboy Pocket!*
    Also Nintendo: *don't put gameboy in pocket.*

    • @Left-Earth
      @Left-Earth 4 года назад

      _For a full second we were all confused, and slightly lost in translation._ 😅🎮

  • @melskunk
    @melskunk 4 года назад +1

    My greatest birthday gift was a friend who bought me an in box (but battered) red Gameboy Pocket and 3d printed me a classic gameboy cart holder. Those look so much better than mine!

  • @Andre-fq6xg
    @Andre-fq6xg 4 года назад +4

    Back in the day, my GB Pocket came with a plastic box. I'm surprised these don't have it.

  • @xaviermckenzie604
    @xaviermckenzie604 4 года назад +31

    I'm going on a road trip tommorow and am bringing my Gameboy color and games. Am also doing the only playing Gameboy color for 30 days challenge.

    • @hibiki28
      @hibiki28 4 года назад +1

      Nice

    • @theratman6718
      @theratman6718 4 года назад

      Ok

    • @iamelvisman68
      @iamelvisman68 4 года назад

      I lived that challenge daily 20 years ago.. now daily on Chinese backlit DMG and color

  • @Danny.._
    @Danny.._ 4 года назад

    This really takes me back. My first ever gameboy was a gameboy pocket, but it would have been 1998 that I "unboxed" mine, since I got it for Christmas the same time Pokemon Red and Blue came out in America.

  • @nukacola6639
    @nukacola6639 4 года назад +1

    Your videos make my day a bit brighter! Thank you

  • @Trevih
    @Trevih 4 года назад

    Thinking back to 1996 pretty sure I just tore everything apart and inserted the cart and started playing. It is a bit nostalgic to watch the unboxing like this.

  • @ncot_tech
    @ncot_tech 4 года назад +3

    You should freak out your viewers by getting a mint in box gameboy, opening it and doing an IPS screen mod to it ;-)

  • @juliahart538
    @juliahart538 4 года назад +1

    I love your content, i have so much nostalgia for the gameboy and this channel fulfills all of it!

  • @DjObit
    @DjObit 4 года назад

    Anybody who has doubts about the iFixit Toolkit: I have the 64-bit set at home and it is amazingly well-made and super handy for anyone doing custom computer stuff.

  • @marktyiran2250
    @marktyiran2250 4 года назад

    4:57 “if it’s smoking... don’t eat it”😂

  • @turtle045
    @turtle045 Год назад +1

    Game boy pocket packaging is fire 🔥

  • @trakeface1979
    @trakeface1979 4 года назад +1

    Let me just open these priceless boxes that will be worth thousand in 20 years

  • @waelalabri7219
    @waelalabri7219 4 года назад +1

    Nice clip. I still remember those little handheld machines.

  • @BeastlyEevee
    @BeastlyEevee 4 года назад

    So cool you got the iFixit kit. Was the best thing I got myself too!

  • @iSupermanCKi
    @iSupermanCKi 4 года назад +1

    The magnet is cool, but the lid for the screwdriver kit is way better for sorting screws.

  • @99xara99
    @99xara99 4 года назад

    I had no idea what the packaging of gameboys looked like. Beautiful

  • @Infinity.GamingTV
    @Infinity.GamingTV 4 года назад +11

    I don’t know why they didn’t backlight it before.

  • @justsomemincedgarlic
    @justsomemincedgarlic 4 года назад

    Holy shit. This unlocked memories I didn’t even know I had. I owned a red game boy pocket with the matching copy of Pokémon red and still have it and play it to this day. Just awesome stuff.

  • @garylee6545
    @garylee6545 4 года назад

    The date is probably the date when it was sold, stated Heisei 10 1/25, which translate to 25th Jan 1998, and the stamp is the shop that sold the gameboy.

  • @erinw8509
    @erinw8509 4 года назад +1

    I'll definetly check out iFixit when I FINALLY get out of quarantine so I can mod my Gameboy.

  • @kirbmart90
    @kirbmart90 4 года назад +6

    I’ve watched every single video on this and your second channel over lockdown. Just wanna say thanks for entertaining and educating me! Keep up the good work! ✌️

  • @superdestrier9160
    @superdestrier9160 4 года назад +1

    This was a fantastic birthday present!!

  • @bradyp634
    @bradyp634 4 года назад

    Not gonna lie I half expected this to be some weird asmr roleplay where you were a kid opening a gameboy on Christmas

  • @Tetsujin-28
    @Tetsujin-28 4 года назад +4

    FYI: While iFixit is the only game in town I'm still waiting for delivery since June 16th.

  • @lifeissadlol
    @lifeissadlol 3 года назад

    The date says 平成10年 which means it’s bought in 1998!
    And the stamp shows it was bought in ユニー大曽根店, a Japanese department store.

  • @Zaydel
    @Zaydel 4 года назад

    >Unboxing GameBoys like it's 1996
    >>1080P 60FPS video
    >>>Hipster Glasses and Outfit
    >>>>Also Animal Crossing stuff xd

  • @GEKGanon
    @GEKGanon 4 года назад

    Bro... that purple Gameboy is incredible.

  • @tommyfullington
    @tommyfullington 4 года назад

    I have the ifixit manta driver kit. Other than needing extensions (which they should add to it). There's nothing I can't take apart with it. The quality is top notch.

  • @mariolover2222
    @mariolover2222 4 года назад +23

    According to Google translate that stamp says "San-21 Ozone store: TEL 052-935-****" censored the number just in case. Tried googling both the number and the store name but found nothing but your assumption seems correct

    • @meeguelangelo
      @meeguelangelo 4 года назад +2

      The "San" is a 3. So it's 3-21.

  • @cheeseborn
    @cheeseborn 4 года назад

    Champion unboxing! and that iFixit tool is really cool, gonna get one for my tinkering arsenals

  • @saikou2889
    @saikou2889 4 года назад +3

    He changed from RetroFuture to RetroPast lol

  • @razzalith
    @razzalith 4 года назад

    on the ifixit kit, if you flip the lid for the screwdrivers over theres a parts tray as well for organizing all your screws

  • @Nintentoad125
    @Nintentoad125 4 года назад +2

    4:58 "if its smoking... Don't eat it"

  • @KYBlueJedi
    @KYBlueJedi 4 года назад +2

    4:57 "How to eat a new Gameboy Pocket" gets 10 million views

  • @dailyblunts3935
    @dailyblunts3935 4 года назад

    I know this is an old video and someone has probably commented this already but the purchase date is in japanese format. Heisei 10 is 1998, and it's 25th of January.

  • @grits_cereal
    @grits_cereal 4 года назад

    honestly, you are my favorite tech youtuber. That's about it. Yeah.

  • @suou7938
    @suou7938 4 года назад

    4:20 the stamp is of the shop where the gb was bought. its for warranty, which usually asks for the shop where you bought it and the date. shops stamp it for you so that you dont have to look it up yourself.
    it seems like the gb was originally sold by Uny (discount store) in Osone, Nagoya (closed in 2010) on Sunday Jan 25th, 1998 (Heisei year 10)

  • @MrTeamFoolish
    @MrTeamFoolish 4 года назад +2

    Everytime I see one of these videos I hop on Sendico and do some shopping

  • @mndlessdrwer
    @mndlessdrwer 3 года назад

    Oh, that's a memory I didn't know I still had. Now I'm totally remembering when I opened up my teal one back in the late 90's. Damn, that's an absolutely massive hit of nostalgia.

  • @marcomasciandara1852
    @marcomasciandara1852 4 года назад

    Absolutely amazing find, I actually have never seen such a good condition MGB box it is a real sight to see

  • @hovanthecool1995
    @hovanthecool1995 4 года назад +1

    I have the Atomic Purple Game Boy Color. I love the transparency sooooooo much! 😎👍😎👍

  • @christophermorin9036
    @christophermorin9036 4 года назад +1

    Man, I loved the GBP, best of the originals

  • @matthewLkidder
    @matthewLkidder 3 года назад

    That atomic purple gameboy Pocket brought me back about 18 years or so, and I am only 23.

  • @BeIlG
    @BeIlG 4 года назад

    DO NOT FEEL like it is forced for the ifixit kit. I have actually heard a HUGE amount of amazing things about them. It is a great kit!!!

    • @DanaTheInsane
      @DanaTheInsane 4 года назад

      They are. I have one of their mid range kits. Pure quality.

  • @jomarcenter
    @jomarcenter 4 года назад

    4:21 it a warranty card, the stamp could be the postage paid indication.

  • @flatdanii_
    @flatdanii_ 4 года назад

    4:38 The date is 25.01.1998
    When dating documents, Japanese business and government sometimes use the era name rather than the year. 平成10 (Heisei 10) is 1998. Thought you might like to know that!

  • @Kamina-brah
    @Kamina-brah 4 года назад

    I would kill for a GameBoy Pocket. Never got one back in the day because i had the OG GameBoy. I jumped over all other GameBoys until the GB Advance was released.

  • @InactiveEO
    @InactiveEO 4 года назад

    I love the iFixit kits, I took apart my Xbox one controller with it. There well worth the money.

  • @kaanyalim9086
    @kaanyalim9086 4 года назад +2

    Love your gameboy collection hopefully after this quarantine I'll start my own 👍

    • @melskunk
      @melskunk 4 года назад +1

      Gameboy is am amazing thing to collect

    • @kaanyalim9086
      @kaanyalim9086 4 года назад +1

      @@melskunk yeah its just hard in the city also cant really leave no my city js the most affected in the country 🤦‍♂️

  • @arcadecarpet631
    @arcadecarpet631 4 года назад +6

    If there sealed and you open them im going to scream
    You win this time trf

  • @paulturner5208
    @paulturner5208 4 года назад

    So minty fresh, poor old Mr Sheen didn't get off his shelf in this video.

  • @JuicyJakeRepairs
    @JuicyJakeRepairs 4 года назад +2

    scotch tape! people need to use it for packaging collectables haha

  • @thrallfaec6130
    @thrallfaec6130 4 года назад

    You know you made it when iFixit sponsors your video

  • @redProxy___
    @redProxy___ 3 года назад

    You need to get a Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble. It's pink cartridge with motion sensor was amazing!

  • @dannyman5751
    @dannyman5751 4 года назад +1

    This made me happy.

  • @nektarioskromm4151
    @nektarioskromm4151 4 года назад

    SO THIS IS A 1080p VHS TAPE FROM THE FUTURE! THE RETRO FUTURE!

  • @KevinCasasola2006
    @KevinCasasola2006 4 года назад +1

    I still have this gameboy pocket but is grey and it hasn't the battery led indicator

  • @spaceinvader7047
    @spaceinvader7047 4 года назад +1

    Tom Nook: bells, me want bells

  • @chubblemunch
    @chubblemunch 4 года назад

    iFixit sponsorship? Our boy has made it.

  • @Th3OmegaPoint
    @Th3OmegaPoint 4 года назад

    The date is Heisei 10 (1998) January 25th. They use a weird system for the year based on the era of the current Emperor.

  • @soldiah
    @soldiah 4 года назад

    The pen date states that the purchase was made on sunday the 25th of january 1999 (the 10 stands for 10th year of the Heisei era)

  • @PaulFisher
    @PaulFisher 4 года назад

    I keep on trying to write terrible GameBoy-related lyrics to The Wombats’ “1996” but I start with “We kissed with one hand on GB Pocket” and immediately run it of ideas

    • @PaulFisher
      @PaulFisher 4 года назад

      Stop talking! Stop talking! (Aaa-aa-aa-aah)
      I’m trying to focus on a Poké fight
      I’m playing, I’m playing
      I just cleared a bunch of Tetris lines…

  • @tehmiss
    @tehmiss 4 года назад +4

    I know said this on the last video, but would you ever try putting a circle past on the ds?

  • @drecksbongert4367
    @drecksbongert4367 4 года назад

    the damage on the red box is external so maybe some other unit was laying on top of this one without protections and the batteries started leaking and spilled out on the unit underneath.

  • @NuttyBrace1et6
    @NuttyBrace1et6 4 года назад +1

    Elliot slowly going crazy in isolation talking to Tom Nook

  • @Orng69
    @Orng69 4 года назад +1

    Retro future unboxing like its 1996
    Also retro *future*: my goals are beyond your understanding

  • @kardiax6516
    @kardiax6516 4 года назад

    Mate I got the same atomic purple and green one instead of red from sendico yesterday in mint condition so happy

  • @Gorillarevolta
    @Gorillarevolta 4 года назад

    Back in the 90s my parents couldn't afford a Game Boy so they got my brother a Donkey Kong themed water hoop toy that had yellow Game Boy shell 😂

  • @KnezevicFilip
    @KnezevicFilip 4 года назад +1

    Amazing vid! Keep up the good work!!!

  • @TheTotallyRandomGuy
    @TheTotallyRandomGuy 4 года назад +1

    Gameboy pocket: not actually for your pocket 4:46

  • @Kirby_loves_mangoes
    @Kirby_loves_mangoes 4 года назад

    What a beautiful box and gameboy. 😍

  • @wattuh
    @wattuh 4 года назад

    The grey and red colors I love them

  • @benbissell6311
    @benbissell6311 4 года назад

    Great Hall man they look so nice