Let's Mod! - GameBoy Pocket to GameBoy Light!
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whats the song name tho
when I use two wires of the same color, I run a sharpie down the negative for laziness
That's a damn good idea.
That's not laziness; it's a damned smart precaution!
What you call lazy I call genius.
You actually should get power for the backlight from capacitor C21 at the top left of the board. This provides a more steady voltage, and eliminates backlight flicker. It's amazing how many people, STILL to this day, tap power from the unstable audio circuitry....
Cool
R/iamverysmart
Solder backlight's positive wire to contact 6 with 100ohm resistor instead. It will be a lot brighter
Oh sweet, thanks.
And make an updated video :)
Yes please, make an updated video with bivert mod installation on a GB Pocket. :D
@Hillary Is Evil suspicious? Not really, probably didn't think to do it.
@@DJBiono yes pls
Ahh the elusive Nintendo Gameboy Pocket Light ...
Beautiful job as always Elliot, keep the mods coming!!!
Team Shaolin Star why does sjm4036 need to know?
Without a doubt the coolest Pocket mod ever, awesome job!
Cheers man!
The production and editing level on your videos .... Absolute fire ! Keep the good work !!!!
Thanks Fábio!
Thanks for this man, i've wanted to do this to a gameboy pocket for the longest time.
you forgot to explain the orientation of the polarizing film.
yep and the big pain in the ass to get it to stick without bubble...
That turned out great! Fantastic video as always.
In fact, I'm now inspired to fix my red Pocket up, mostly needs cleaning. I've been itching to play some SML2 lately.
Awesome! Thanks man. Let me know how it goes.
Where did you get the GB Light screen lens that fits your Pocket? The standard replacement ones I've seen are slightly too big, as the Light's lens is a little bigger in both dimensions.
How can I tell though? I've searched before, and none ever seem to mention the Pocket, and it's difficult to tell from pictures what the dimensions are.
Amazing work! Where can I buy one of your refurbished game boys?
Hey man. Something to try if you get a chance. A while back I picked up a cheap little ultrasonic cleaner for a completely different purpose (motorcycle parts actually).
Anyway; the other day I was pulling apart an old Xbox controller to clean (it was truly horrendous) and wondered how the the bit would go in the ultrasonic cleaner. Using a decent dollop of cleaning solution, all the buttons and rubber membrane came out *PERFECT*. All that yellow/green 'crud' that builds up in the button cavities or around the actual buttons, and in the seam between the two halves of the controller - gone. The only gotcha was the (well-worn) rubber tops of the analogue sticks, they turned out pretty rough. But the rest came out like new!
I second this recommendation. I use a multi speed ultrasonic jewelry cleaner I picked up for $3 at a thrift store and it works wonders.
Every DMG I backlit was a pain to remove the old screen backing...found a trick...used isopropyl 70% and a qtip and once I got a corner up I applied the alcohol in between the screen and it comes of like a champ. Nice video. btw you mentioned something about fixing the burnt center of the LCD. What does that entail? Replacement? I see those coming from Japan, did people leave them in their hot cars or something, because I have never seen that on a USA pocket. Only seen the dead pixel blotches on them.
You can replace the front polarizor film, interesting you say that! I dont think i have seen a UK one with the same issue.
to prevent putting stress on the ribbon cable when your removing the reflective layer, you could try sliding a card in between it and it would probably do the trick
Trying to do this still the adhesive didnt come off with the polarizer its all over and taking about a litre of isoprophyl
Really love this mod,coz gameboy pocket is my favorite gamboy,coz thats was my 1st gameboy..
Why is this so calming 🤔
Great video. I have two questions, if you would be so kind to answer them. 1) was the backlight deadpan's pro version without a resistor? 2) What value resistor did you use? I've successfully modded 2 pockets with Deadpan's backlights with inbuilt resistors, but there's so much power drain that the game boy only runs for 30 mins, even though the batteries are almost full and work in anything else (including non-backlit pockets). Cheers! -James.
Where can i buy that tool kit looks like it haves everything you need
You got some balls doing a pocket on camera haha, nice work bro
Haha, should have made the title *INSANE KNIFE MOD!!! ALMOST DIED!!!**
You wont believe what this local UK man does with his gameboy pocket, Nintendo engineers hate him!
He got lucky with the reflective layer and polarizer ;)
Indeed i did!
It looks wonderful though. I actually grabbed another pocket today, and hit the "adhesive lottery" too :)
www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/6p445g/which_one_would_you_sell/
The clear one was the mod I did today. Not sure why the backlight looks so much better (?)
Hi retro future, just a question, can you use the gameboy pocket motherboard for the gameboy light? Don't know what happened with my gameboy light but it suddenly stopped reading games
awesome video, if you want to upgrade the sound on a pocket, light, or color the speakers from an original nintendo ds fit perfectly. Some trimming with an exacto knife is required.
Thanks man!
I’ve lost the plastic battery lid case for my GB Pocket. Any advice as I really want to keep the Original Housing as much as possible
Also I need replacement glass but as OG as Pos
Do you still have a coupon code for the backlight kit?
Thanks for this, I've just done this mod on my clear pocket using a blue backlight, also from DPR. Where did you get the 'gameboy light' screen cover from? Is it glass?
A couple of tips for anyone else doing the same mod - a) I wasn't sure which way to install the polarising filter, so I put it behind the screen once I had removed the old polariser and reflector and in one orientation the screen was dark and in the other it was light. I went with the lighter option. b) you have the positive and negative wires the wrong way round. I had to check it with a DVM before I realised my mistake. The negative mark on the board must refer to something else, no idea what!
Nice one man! Its plastic, I got it from ebay. I think AliExpress do them too! Thanka for the tips!
No worries, thanks for the info! :)
Somebody knows the first music ? The ones that played during de disassembly
How does a resistor make it draw less power? Sure the screen gets less brighter, but more energy gets wasted in the resistor...
Electrical engineer here. I know this is an old question at this point but I thought I'd answer it anyway. Adding resistance will lower power draw. Ohms law states V = IR, or voltage is equal to amperage multiplied by the resistance. By expanding it out a little for watts we can use that same law to also show P = I^2*R, or power is equal to the amperage squared multiplied by the resistance. Now a small caveat. Ohms law is a simplification of the complex impedance plane and only really applies to resistor networks, so it doesn't apply to all circuits but works well here.
From that law alone we can see that increasing the resistance will lower the amperage. To give an example though if we have 5 V and 10 ohms of resistance and we solve for current we'll expect to see 5/10 or 0.5 amps. Solving for power we take 0.5 amps ^2 * 10ohms and will get 2.5 watts of power. If we increase the resistance then to 100 ohms and calculate our amperage again we'll get 5/100 or 0.05 amps. Calculating for power then 0.05 amps ^2 * 100ohms we get only 0.25 watts. Our power usage went down as our resistance went up. I think this makes intuitive sense as well if you just think of a battery. If you disconnect a battery how much resistance you you have? Ideally you'd have infinite resistance, if more resistance meant you used more power then disconnecting a battery would mean your battery would go dead instantly, which obviously doesn't make much sense.
To go through this particular circuit we have an LED, or light emitting diode. Diodes work differently than resistors in a few ways. The first way which you might be familiar with is that they are directional. Current can only flow in one direction through a diode (excusing things like zener diodes). Also of note though is that diodes have a constant voltage drop across them, known as a forward voltage. They do not resist the flow of electricity the way a resistor does. If you have 5 volts at 1 amp going through a diode with a 1.5 volt forward voltage then on the other side of the diode you would only see 3.5 volts but still at 1 amp. For an ideal component the amperage will remain unchanged. It hasn't resisted the flow of electricity at all there has just been a voltage drop across it. Different diodes can have different characteristics in this way, Schottky diodes for example are designed to have a very low forward voltage for power applications and LEDs traditonally have a high forward voltage because they are using that voltage drop to produce light. The power used by a diode in a DC circuit is equal to that forward voltage drop, multiplied by the amperage. The actual voltage applied to the LED doesn't matter in some ways as much as the amperage does. Though obviously once you get to certain extremes the LED will suffer from dielectric breakdown and be destroyed. By adding resistance to the circuit as he has done you lower the amperage passing through the LED and by lowering the amperage passing through the LED you reduce the power draw of the circuit. The resistor will turn some of that power into heat now, as would any component added to the circuit, but much less power is being drawn than the LED was consuming by being in a short circuit configuration especially because as mentioned forward biased diodes don't resist the flow of electricity.
@@esven9263 dang I love you
@retrofuture where did you get it from?? Japan what??
You skip one key point with polarizer instalation...do you have another video how to install back polarizer right?
This is really cool, but I really would've liked it if you got the blue-ish colored backlight screen like the actual GB Light. This is just a backlit GB Pocket without that color.
How did you fix the dead/stuck pixels? I could see then around the screen when you first showed the screen but they seemed to be gone after you did the mod.
They are still there, as far as I know you can't fix them.
I've broken two screens attempting this. All of the back polarizers on the screens I've had have been an absolute nightmare.
Love ur vids elliot! keem em coming do the bivert one aswell. Greets
Cheers man!
Where did you get that screwdriver set
Do you resell this stuff on ebay or?
I've never been good at working on stuff like Game Boy systems. I mean, I've done stuff like clean contacts, replace screen lenses, and stuff like that, but everything's so small. I can work on an old TV, or a tube radio, but when it gets into Japanese little stuff, I end up doing more harm than good.
You didn't put your referral code or anything in the description, what happened
What is that tool kit called
I liked that you used your window sill to show off your gamesy just like ashens
Haha, thanks.
Could you make the light look a little more blue? The official GB Light was much more bluish looking.
I didn’t even know these gameboy models existed!
im a little confuse for backlighting the gb pocket you dont have to put a new back polizer film , like you do with the dmg gameboy ?
I did do that in this video!
The Retro Future maybe im blind y never see you putting the new polizer , but he if you say I belive it , thanks for the response:)
Does that have a metal case? The case is really shiny and hard looking.
What resistor did you use?
Do you have a video on fixing the burnt screen ?
It was still burnt.
How are the original screens actually burning in the first place ?
Best gameboy ever👍👍 but it is really hard to find parts for it unless if you have ones that are scrap. Very good job!:)
BTW I also ordered two gameboy light's on eBay from Japan4you:)
Glad you like it! Thanks man. Ooh! Let me know how they go?!
The Retro Future They were really good for the price and I tried to clean it as best as possible. Also I am trying to save up for the toys r us limited edition see through yellow ones:)
I could die happy if I ever get one of those. I guess I could stick a backlight in my extreme green pocket and pretend it is the same but it's just not ...
sjm4306 I watched you're video on it very nice!
I love your channel bro
how do i make a custom screen lens for my gameboys
I think people in etsy can do it?
Whats special about the GameBoy Light? Does it have new functions?
I want to see a bivert mod in this I actually really wanna see this thing fully modded low key
Do u happen to have a link to your tool kit?
Check out the description of my newer videos!
Maybe you could have used the credit card trick to make things easier: after you make an opening with the knife you can remove the polarizing film by jamming a plastic credit card between the glass and polarizing film.
Is that a glass screen?
Where is the link for the back-light screen ? Lol
Hey TheRetroFuture, where did you get the "Game Boy Light screen lens" from? Please respond.
Ebay mate!
The Retro Future Is the Gameboy Light's screen lens on eBay either plastic or glass screen lens?
Carl G. It's plastic, it's not the same size as a GBL lens, it was advertised for. GBL, but fits a GBP.
The Retro Future 😳 Wow! I'm surprised that the Gameboy Light screen lens on eBay is not the same size as the original 🇯🇵 Japanese Gameboy Light lens, which the screen lens is compatible with the Gameboy Pocket. But, I noticed in this video is normal plastic lens.
The Gameboy light screen lens is bigger than the pocket.. they do sell correctly sized ones on eBay, but the specific one in this video was listed and a GBL lens, but it's the same size as a GBP.
Do you fix Nintendo switch mine is fine but I’m just asking
i bought a GBC with the same burnt screen problem. but its a harder fix than i thought. the polarizer screen doesnt work properly . image is always inverted. please help
Theodore try rotate the polarizer, have you got a front one or a back one? I belive there is a difference.
Theodore Phan I stripped a couple layers of the gbc screen off, 2 I think, and the polarizer worked the way I took it off!
screw driver set?
You ever fix the screen?
a 9volt battery would be a great option for the power issue!
Great job keep it up
Thanks man!
after installation the Gameboy does not work anymore. I have followed all the steps as in the video. Do you have an idea what's going on? even if I dismantle the cables from the display is nothing at all...
Hey dude! Have you checked to make sure.you havent damaged the screen.
Yes, I did a test run before soldering the cables. The monitor, the sound and the red control light worked. Nothing works now. Do you know what you can do wrong? It is so annoying
Have you joined two solder joints together by any chance? You are working near the DC converter, so you may have shorted the power.
yes I've checked all contacts. I do not want to exclude a short-term contact. Can a short circuit damage a component that I can replace?
Thank you for your help
What toolkit are you using to open up your Gameboy? It seems like a really good one!
Hey man, just one of Amazon. I intend to buy a new one soon and make a video on it.
The Retro Future Awesome! Ill keep an eye out!
After a while searching, I found the exact same model for sale in Amazon Spain: amzn.to/2gThMUZ
The other day I bought a DMG GameBoy and it’s heavy and big but I like it😂😀
DMG's are great!
Gotta love handhelds that can double as blunt weapons ... but in all seriousness I use my dmg more than my pockets simply because of the much longer battery life.
Can you put a switch on it so that you have the option to play in daylight?
That would be possible!
It'd be easier on the dmg, obviously, but I love the GB Pocket's look so much, I want to do that. A small lever switch and cutting a tiny hole in the plastic.
lucky one, I had a massive headache getting that glue off under the ribbon cable
So then would it be called
The game boy pocket light
PLEASE TELL ME THE LINK OF YOUR SCREWDRIVER BOX
I got it off amazon, discontinued now.
The Retro Future :(
Did I hear in this video that you know of a way to fix the big circle burn thing on the GBP screen? This is needed knowledge!
Yeah you can replace the front polarizer
But a circle was still visible.
Almost 2k subscribers, will we get another little short film of you trying to act? owo
Haha! We shall see.
I have the pixels around the side. It's very annoying but doesn't do much damage
Yeah its not too bad!
The Retro Future Tad bit annoying
Great nice job.
Thanks man!
Yes please try bivert chip :D
Where did you get the resistor?
It will come with the backlight kit. That being said you can get them cheap on amazon and eBay. I used a 100 ohm resistor, but for red and orange I think you need 150.
The Retro Future got it. Thanks! I got one with a resistor built in to the backlight pad. Did you have to add another resistor to it?
"Where did you acquire that Game Boy Light face plate, and is it glass?"
You can get them on eBay or AliExpress and they're plastic
The Retro Future "Cheers m8!"
Wait, did that fix the pixel leakage ?
I've a game boy pocket with LCD doing this, that interests me !
Song?
The link to the artist is in the description!
I love the game boy 😎😎
As you may have guessed... so do I!
Why did you skip the step of showing how to put the polarizing film on there when you put the backlight module on the back of the screen? It seemed like kind of an important step to showcase how to do, but instead you only showed taking off the protective film and then not how to put it on between the screen and backlight.
early...
you deserve more subscribers
Cheers buddy!
The way the screen turn on feels just like an old-school Nokia phone
If the gameboy light was released to the rest of the world
I know right..
Owned a gb pocket in 1997-1999
Heyy. I buy drom the same seller too!
Ah nice one man!
BTW Im sorry if I ever bought anything that might have been a video P.S I just bought gameboy pocket with horizontal lines across the screen, can you do a tutorial on how to fix those. PPS I made a video to see if gba games work on the gbc, (they dont) But you could go more in deph on why this won't work and I only opend the system, not the game so if you want to use that as a quick vid I would love that PPPS You are the best youtuber (besides me)
I found a GameBoy Pocket for $25 should I pick it up (It's mint condition)
Somebody please tell me
25 bucks is a steal
Buy it, if it doesn’t work, still, it’s a gameboy pocket
No bumpy batteries
Would you recommend heating up the screen from the front before attempting to peel off the two background layers (2:36)? For softening up adhesive and easier peeling process.
No. It's a freaking raw LCD, bro. You don't heat up raw LCDs. Never
@@92000 Alright, thank you for that info, wasnt aware. Im not an engineer, merely a novice.
AWESOME QUALITY
I have a 1996 version of the GameBoy pocket which has no LED Power.
Amazing
couldnt fix n64 thing 😂😂😂
Simon, I tried to fix it, and I couldn't.
The Retro Future least u tried mate 😁
That screen swap is a load bullcrap. They are differences in size.
This is blasphemy and I'm extremely intrigued lol. Canny little idea m8
Lets play CS!
The screen is still burned out
It stills looks like the original gameboy pocket
Like if you agree
Ha!
日本人？
Good video but the mouth smacking drives me crazy
your music is depressing af