HDMI Game Boy Mods That You've Never Before Seen! GBA Consolizer
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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(UPDATE) - I spoke to Jason (GametechUS) and he informed me that the Plexiglass cover that was sent to me is susceptible to damage in the presence of I.P.A.. Hopefully, as long as you don't clean the unit with alcohol like I did, you want see any splintering and/or cracks in the plexiglass panel.
Ladies and gentlemen, the GBConsolizer is a dream come true for me. At last, I can play all of my Gameboy games in glorious, 720P, lagless high-definition video with NO middleman device. This is without exception the GREATEST Gameboy mod of all time!
The "solder GOD" has blessed us again with another step by step that only 1% of his viewers can do themselves.....lol I've been doing a few recaps on old consoles and computers and used your amazing techniques to get a clean and solid connection for all of my solder points. Thank you for sharing these amazing videos Voultar..! 💪🏽🧑🏽
But the videos are so good I feel like I COULD do it...
I learned to solder and many other things to install just about anything thanks to Voultar and his videos. I now repair NES front loaders and install HDMI kits to sell later online with pictures of my work. Practice makes perfect as they say.
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Only 1% can do this level of solder? How do you figure? Seems pretty mundane to me. Sure, there's quite a bit of work involved, but nothing super tricky. More tedious than anything. Soldering is super easy if you remember a couple things. First, use a great soldering iron. Don't use a $5 one from Harbor Freight, Walmart, etc. If you do, you'll have trouble with uneven heat, getting too hot (or not hot enough), or the tip simple evaporating/falling apart. Second, use the best solder money can buy. If you don't you'll have trouble melting the solder, or having it stick properly, corrosion will happen instantly, etc etc etc. And the bonus tip is this: Make sure the thing you're trying to solder too is equally hot. This is how/why the solder looks like it sucks right to the pad or contact. If it's not hot enough, you'll have trouble with the solder wanting to stay on it or be 'attracted' to it. When I first started soldering I used subpar equipment and always thought I sucked. Then I finally broke down and splurged and it was like I became a professional overnight.
It's all about the right amount of flux and lead solder. The bigger the gob, the better the job.
No joke, though. Flux is what helps your solder stay workable instead of oxidizing and resisting your attempts to melt it.
All that ribbon cable will increase lag since the electrons will have more reality to move though. And it takes electrons more time to move through that extra reality. Maybe some day in the future reality won't be an issue.
God Dammit, Joe..
Love Game Sack. Cool to see you here. :)
Spoken like a true president of Screenwave Media
Holy shit! It's Dave's homeboy from Gaming with Sacks!❤
And remember don't turn it upside down, or those precious electrons will fall out!
Voultar Restores a GBA that survived the Gulf War.
I mean techically that gulf war gameboy just needs a shell replacement since it still works
I swear watching Voultar is like watching Mozart with a soldering iron!
Try watching Louis Rossmann. It's like watching Tchaikovsky working on motherboards. "Die JTAG connector, die!"
Someone "Tchaikovsky, cannons are not instruments."
Tchaikovsky probably "Yes they are and I'm going to use 21 of them."
Someone "Tchaikovsky no."
Tchaikovsky "Tchaikovsky yes."
More like Bob Ross if he were into modding electronics instead of painting
Who ever owned that black GBA should be taken outside and flogged and reported for neglect of hardware.
Probability one of those game boy units that been to a War Zone
I am guessing that it was a relatively decent looking console that Voultar "modified" with his soldering iron (melted top) and reflow station (weird screen issues) so that the peasants didn't break out the pitchforks.
@@jong2359 uh, no?
@@Voultar Ok, my bad ...that thing has seen some shit, then.
Honestly, it could have been far far worse. It still works, unlike a recent DMG purchase I got with absolutely destroyed circuitry
This is pure genius. I hope they’ll make kits for the game gear and lynx.
Those cracks and rough edges on the top cover came from Jason treating it with an ISO. You CAN NOT do this to cut plexiglas unless you release it from stress with temperature.
2019 Politically Correct Voltar: That's what she said...or *he* said.
Yep...no one can ever say he's not inclusive!
whatever floats your boat, I say
It’s a The Office reference.
*Voultar
T K. maybe its not pc maybe its just an even funnier version of thats what she said
I am glad that you still have this posted. I decied to go back and try to make an adjustment to my gba consolizer because the up button was not reliable. I realized I had a daughter board and decided to try an install with that instead of the flex cable. Works like a charm! Thanks Voultar.
Unbelievable. GBA is my favorite portable system of all time. It's just awesome to see in its full HDMI glory.
I so agree! The GBA is a FANTASTIC handheld with an amazing library of games. It is without a doubt my favorite portable as well. I finally got my GBA Consolizer in the mail recently and can't wait to get it put together! I have been waiting for so long for it to arrive and it's finally here, and I couldn't be more excited!
This may be my most favorite video that you have done. Mostly because the Gameboy Advance is my favorite system. Either way, awesome video.
6:18, thisoldtony mustve been playing with his time traveling lathe again, left his mark on the cap!
great vid btw ^^
Voultar you made my Monday better with this Video...
As much as I love watching Game-Tech, I really enjoy sitting through your sessions much much better! It's just that "thing" you have :-)
Liked in advance just for the Donkey Kong Country 2 soundtrack. I love that Bramble Scramble level.
Thank you! I was racking my brain for what game that was from. I knew I’d played it tons, but it didn’t click for some reason.
Enjoy your videos especially when using the soldering iron etc make it all look effortless 😎
Almost 3 years later, I don't have a GBA (though I do have a 3DS XL) but I love this kind of hack that gives a new life and porpouse to older hardware.
The makers of the GBA Consolizer just changed their design which makes installation significantly harder now. The soldering went from an intermediate level to a very advanced level. Keep this in mind if you are thinking about ordering one because most of the build videos online now don't show the new process.
the update was such an excitement that you had uploaded a new video
Hey! Your videos are great! I learned so much about soldering with you, I just had to say thanks =D
Man you have FANTASTIC taste in games Voultar! Like literally every game you featured on here in the music and gameplay are all of my absolute favorite titles for the systems! Including the original Fire Emblem, Mega Man 4, etc etc!
Voultar's voice casts healing spell on my soul!
Pre ordered mine from gametech recently and am awaiting the kit . Love the video and love your honesty !
Voultar, your soldering is literally like a work of art. So fresh and so clean clean. I've got a bunch of console repairs ahead of me, and wanted to know what type and brand of flux do you recommend? Much appreciated 👍
All hail Lord Voultar!
Welcome back!
See you again in 2 months.... or longer.
One must say, the old GB had pretty nice boards if you ask me. But you did also really good job, I had learned some good things about soldering from your vids. Thanks
I just want a GBA with an RGB breakout cable that ends in BNC connectors. Nobody makes game adapters for me.
look for a signal converter from hdmi to scart rgb it does not cost much
@@davidegalliussi1979 heavily depends on the CRT he wants to connect it to. If it doesn't support 720p, like every consumer CRT, you'd have to downscale the image. Using a cheap converter for downscaling would probably result in the same or worse image than the RGB Innovation mod which only costs a third of the GBA Consolizer. In fact it's a waste of money using this mod to play on a CRT. The best way to play GBA on a CRT is getting a GameCube, a Gameboy Player and use GBI to enforce 240p, the Wii U would also be an option if one is ready to softmod it and is ready to give up some games because of compatibility issues and fully give up the ability put the games into a GBA to play on the go.
From a cost standpoint this mod is IMO way too expensive anyway. For that money you can almost get a Gamecube+Gameboy Player and an OSSC. And there are a lot of benefits like, you don't have any wait times, since the OSSC is widely available, as is the Gamecube. You also don't need to solder if you don't want to and if you do want to, you can fully assemble an OSSC yourself. You also have the ability to connect a whole lot of other consoles to the OSSC to get proper upscaling for any analog console on any modern TV or monitor you have.
This mod is just for enthusiasts who want the best possible picture from the GBA for their modern TVs and with that I mean modern TVs only!
If it would provide different resolutions and maybe a proper DAC for outputting RGB this would be another story. But from the product page I can't read anything about different resolutions.
Still, the work Woozle put into this is amazing and he deserves every penny people pay for this.
Gameboy advance games weren't made for and almost always look like garbage on CRT screens
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance's Television mode on the title screen says otherwise.
Jason from Gametech US had some trouble with the Plexiglas because he cleaned it with IPA, what causes some cracks. The cracks in your Plexiglas looks very similar. In his video you can see there where some other pieces nearby when he flooded them with IPA to test this. Maybe you've got one of them.
Well, now I'll have to get a GBA with a cracked screen. Ebay prices are going to get a little crazy.
I've already had a preorder in for a few weeks, I'm glad you did a video on it, I'll use it as a reference when I get mine in.
I got my GBA Consolizer in the mail a couple weeks ago. I was pretty stoked, but in my haste I botched the installation. Couldn't fully remove the oscillator and I wound up lifting a couple pads. It worked briefly but somehow I toasted the video output while reassembling the casing! I hooked the old screen back up to test it, and sure enough it was displaying garbage vertical lines. No idea how I managed that, but I wasn't happy with the work I'd done anyway.
Unfortunately I did need to source another GBA, but this morning I redeemed myself. I bought a hot air rework station after my initial failure, and this time around getting the oscillator out was probably the easiest part of the job. Also plotted out my wiring a lot better and slathered plenty of flux all over those solder pads, I did it up right this time! At last I have a fully installed GBA Consolizer and it works perfectly. Time to start a new run through Golden Sun in style, I've been waiting so long for this.
Hey what kind of power source are you using for the consolizer
Very tasteful selection of GBA jams for this mod!
4:10
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow music. Well I'm happy.
Edit: And Golden Sun music at 10:13. Great video soundtrack!
Just to let you know, I got one of these kits the other week, and it used a flat-flex cable that hugged the main CPU instead of point-to-point soldering all of the test points.
I was excited for the consolizer before this and I'm even more excited now. I've got an all silver and a blue GBA. The blue one is waiting for this when it's released and when I have the money. So exciting!
Awesome video as per the norm! And that Aria of Sorrow in the background just brings it home.
Awesome! I’d like to see a version of that for the NGPC!
I'd like to see a version of that for the ps Vita ;)
Billy-wayne Jeffcoat you mean The PlayStation TV? It’s DIRT CHEAP, and easy to modify! Sony stopped support for it, and you can jailbreak it for additional game support!
Pardon the late reply! :)
@Voultar love the videos you made a console out of a GBA love to see how your approach of a NEO GEO MVS board to console
keep up the good work
wow - 20:52 I put that cable in upside down, I was trying to figure out why I had no video output. thanks for clarifying that for me.
Great timing! Spent the last few months looking into a GBA player for TV with the idea being that the GBA is essentially a SNES. Playing GBA on TV with a SNES controller means discovering a secret SNES with a huge missed library of games. The home console setup provides a drastically better quality gaming experience.
What would you say the performance benefit of this is, if any exist, as opposed to using the Gameboy attachment to the GameCube and running it through the GCHD mkII?
I like that I can get SCART output to send to a CRT but the framerate, color, and sharpness of this is undoubtedly nothing short of amazing.
Had a couple ratty gbas I was gonna put on eBay but nope, someday I will have the courage to try this!!
Your dry delivery is great man
This thing looks so impressive! Got mine preordered, can't freaking wait for it to come in! Seems they are being a bit cheap tho and are waiting for a huge amount of ppl to Preorder so they can order in bulk and get the parts as cheap as possible, making those who have already preordered have to wait. Wish they wouldn't do that but what can ya do? At this rate it will probably be another year before people start receiving their Preorders from this latest batch which is a real shame. Seems they do this with all of the custom stuff as it takes an extremely long time for anything to get shipped. I think they should think about the customers a bit more and place the orders sooner.
Voultar - I want to thank you again for another great video a assembled my kit tonight with the help of your video.
12:50 You need to mod your wirestrippers to actually make that noise while stripping
Please do a Genesis 2 triple bypass vid. There aren't any good ones on youtube.
Lol ah man, that music you played during this was so nostalgic, specially the Fire Emblem music! Man I had some good times back in the GBA's heyday. It's how I kept myself busy as a Night Owl while my Fiance slept like a baby.
This looks like a very difficult mod. Better be supremely good at soldering to undertake this one.
Voultar makes it look easy but I find working on the small GBA board really stressful. I have no intention of trying to do this one myself.
@@Fattydeposit Soldering is pretty forgiving actually once I kept Soldering to the wrong spot on my gbc(due to shitty video) and when I changed it these was no repercussions at all
just some food for thought
Far from the worst I've seen, the test pads can be a little annoying but with some patience it's fine. Nowhere near as bad as something like the UltraHDMI though.
That Zelda Minish Cap music bringing back memories.
Blessed background music of my youth...
Forget front light mods... forget back light mods... this is the ultimate... the PLASMA mod!
Well, it is if you're cool enough to still run a 50" 1080p plasma TV! Cheers for another great video!
Great video as always! Looks like an amazing board, great work by Woozle there no doubt. But I gotta say that 3d printed full case apparatus looks wonky as heck. Glad i ordered the screen replacement option
Voultar: That's what she said
Woke Voultar: Or he said
Love the way that you use the right tool for the job 😎👍
I would probably add solder to both top and bottom sides for that SNES Controller plug to make that thing as strong as humanly possible.
Voultar, your puns are tear-ible...
Your soldering work looks so damn good!
Voultar: The Gameboy Consolizer is the greatest thing to happen to the Gameboy.
Analogue: I'm about to wreck this man's whole career.
Great as always. It's so damn enjoyable to watch this kind of work.
What's the difference between this vs a gamecube with the gba player??
Interesting alternative to the Gameboy Player for GameCube.
Thank you kindly for showing this!
This tickles me in ways that you can't even begin (or want to) understand.
I need to learn soldering ! Thank you Voultar !
Coincidentally..im getting an ideal candidate tomorrow for this mod..I'm picking up a working game boy advance with a dead screen..but even if I lived in the USA I'd be waiting months for Jason whos swamped with work and orders..and as im in Britain..I got no chance..might have to be a backlit LCD screen which are the popular mod..that consolizer is a test for the experts..perfect for Lord Voultar though..as for the rest of us..way outside our comfort zone..half of those who try..it won't work afterwards..raspberry pi retropie was enough challenge...great work as always sir...Specs
This looks fun as hell. Defo gonna do this
Nice. Love how happy you are with it too!
First video ive seen from ya gotta say this is very informative and enjoyable
Thanks so much for the support!
What Hot Air Station would you recommend to use on this project?
Thanks this makes me feel a lot more comfortable with doing the install when I get my kit. Hopefully my plexi isn't messed up as I want clear to see the mobo. Regardless I'm sure I'll be happy once I'm playing on my 4KTV.
At that price I'm glad I still have my Gamecube and Gameboy player and I'm still playing on original hardware.
Yeah jason sodder the pad connector !! lol hope u have a great day today!!
Thats just epic Voultar!
Cool! I cannot wait to make captures with that!
I think it's perfectly fine that the connector dosen't come pre-soldered to the board. If whoever buys the kit can handle soldering the wires between the GBA board and the kit board, they can surely handle soldering in a large thru-hole connector. I mean, the soldering iron is already out anyway...
Ah yes, Megaman 4, my favorite Megaman game for the Gameboy! Fantastic game and the best in the series for the Gameboy! My god I want this thing to come in the mail so badly!
Amazing job as usual, mr S/N 56!
Metroid Fusion!!!
I really enjoy the channel. Great technique and commentary. Could you do a video on RGB modding a consumer CRT?
I'm still fairly new to soldering. What's all over your board that's making it look wet while you're working?
This is an awesome damn mod if I ever see. One and a awesome video to boot thanks
Hey @Voultar,
Is there any kind of wires you can recommend for doing this? I already tried KYNAR and some cheap Wire Wrapping Wire from Amazon, but either the insolation melted away (cheap wire) or it was nearly impossible to remove it without breaking the wire(Kynar).
Awesome video. One more thing for my to-buy list :D
If you like this mod you should check out Alex at inside gadgets advancevga mod. It uses the original gba shell and outputs vga. The coolest part is that he added his wireless rx as an option so you can use his wireless gba carts to control it with a second gba or nds.
I'd opt for a non translucent top cover.
Thanks for the vid. I have a Gameboy player and a pluto card for the cube in the way, but my friend is defo getting this.
Bet Voultar's fingers are immune to heat at this point.
I think I have the perfect GBA for this, a sun bleached GBA that I think it was ether Atomic Purple or Glacier Blue (not sure anymore) found on eBay for $10 plus shipping.
You appear to have used some sort of adhesive to effectively make the orange wires into a sort of custom ribbon cable. What was used to bond these wires' shielding together like this?
Cool video. I've been a subscriber to your channel for awhile. I've bought an amp from you before as well. Good product, great video. Keep it up, bud.
Thanks so much for the support!
Hi! Just wondering is there a revision guide on the new kit with the flex cable? I really can‘t see ANYTHING on the GameTechs Video. No Zoom-Ins, Pictures … Nothing. I‘ve already ordered it but i am still waiting for someone who actually knows what they are doing to show that new kit off
Voultar have you ever considered a career as a Solid Snake impersonator? Because every time I watch your videos I swear that he's there in the room with you...
I wish I had been pre-warned to "sit back and strap on".....Safety first.
I couldn't do this mod if my life depended on it.
I just came to watch you solder lol
What would be a good replacement for that plexiglass? I'm thinking a bit pricey tempered glass, plywood or just a plain 3D print full cover. Nice idea putting a rgb ribbon in there too.
Probably someone went around the plexiglas' edges with alcohol. Something you should not do, as it creeps into it, and creates those tiny fractures.
Looks like there is space in there for some batteries. Would be cool to drive a small screen with it so it is like one of those neo-geo-mini or snes-mini consoles. So as to connect to a emulating PC (e.g. multplayer), a GBA wifi dongle (like the old pokemon ones) would be cool to attach to it. Then various screen capture could be done for a Lets Play.
@25:26 I said the same exact thing in the same exact tone of voice at the same time you said it in-video lol
I wonder if in some revision of the case they will add some support on the controller port on the case. I have a couple SNES to USB controllers adapters, that uses the same quality connector, that loves to grab to the controller, and it also doesn't have support on the case, on both it ended breaking the solder joint and the pad.