I know, we hv this place where we help peeps fix stuff they are gonna throw away, and surprisingly a lot of them could still work after being cleaned and some parts reconnected.
I had to throw away many headphones cause i couldnt fix the weld without equipment. I tried to bring them to stores but none wanted to do it. Had no choice but to replace them. Everything was much easier to fix back in the day. Now the first word you hear from a repair shop is to buy a new item. And it's like they're train not to fix it completely
@@MsLaetitia26 exactly. my ps2 has been broken since 2011/2012 and when i took it to the reparation guy he said i should just forget about it and get a new console because ps2 is outdated anyway and no one is going to waste their time trying to fix that. i'm over 20 now and still love that thing no matter how outdated it was. and now i think it's lost somewhere when i moved to a new place. 😔💔
My wii stopped working one day (this was pretty early into the Wii’s run, long before Wii U) and now that I know that could’ve been the problem, I feel vaguely injured
I guess? I’m saying that my parents do the same thing, basically. My mom never bothers to change the HDMI and always makes me since I’m so good with it because I can change the upstairs TV from Xbox to TV to Switch easily.
@@electrocast oh man since your first comment was 2 yo i thought you wouldn't answer lol. Seeing how this dude was able to de-yellow his ice blue case really made me want to try it too maybe you could restore your ice blue case ?
@@papyrusskeleton2331 hey sometimes you never know, lmao! And I have considered de-yellowing it, when I get the chance to try it out, that shell might be what I test it with.
Odd Tinkering is the Lawrence Joel of restoring broken game consoles and antiques to their former glory. Lawrence Joel was a medic in the US Army during the wars in Korea and Vietnam. On November 8th, 1965 Lawrence became well-known for having saved many lives of the 173rd Airborne brigade during Operation Hump in Vietnam's War Zone D despite being severely wounded himself. After having been treated in Saigon, South Vietnam and in Tokyo, Japan; Lawrence was awarded the United States Medal of Honor for his actions, making him the first living black man since the Spanish-American War to receive such a high recognition. Lawrence retired from the military in 1973 and died eleven years later in 1984 at his home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from complications stemming from diabetes.
I remember when I was a kid. I dreamt of having this game boy. I was so jealous of my class mates that had one of this. Unfortunately we were very poor to buy one. I currently owned a ps4 after saving 2 years. I bought one used and it was one of the best money spent for my self.
My dad took his gameboy into the service, he ended up getting his leg blown off by a bomb, but the gameboy, still in his pocket, was still working. I now use it!
I’m insanely jealous of you having the ability to take things apart so delicately and putting them back together again in better working order. That’s talent.
Imagine being the guy who sold this... just waking up and seeing your old game boy look brand new after thinking you broke it forever ago. How amazing...
But in reality, the games you can play on gameboy are just washed up mate. Sure you can boost your nostalgia abit, but tell me after 20min you won't go back to playing a 10x better game on any smartphone today or pc, ps1234. anything is better then this little screen with 4bit coloring :P
@@grubi05 not gonna lie man there is multiple games that I go back to occasionally and will play for well over 20 hours or longer depending how much you can do in the game, some game were just straight up gems.
grubi05 there are plenty of games that are still fantastic on that console. Graphics don’t mean anything, and if that’s your mindset I feel bad for you. Has nothing to do with nostalgia. Games are games. Fun is fun. Don’t project your crap too hard.
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First time I’ve ever seen “atomic purple” ACTUALLY look even vaguely purple. Inherited this exact GBA from my sister and now I want to retrobrite it...
I don't either. I've never simultaneously hated and loved something so much I'm so conflicted lmao. I love seeing this get repaired but I can completely go without the asmr...
@@somedude5465 I don’t think it’s trying to be ASMR, though? Edit: like, these are just inherently soothing sounds that we’re going to happen in NY restoration video. The only thing that might make this ASMR specifically would be the way it’s edited. It sounds like you want a more “amateur” style vid. And what’s wrong with the ASMR anyways?
@@darthsonic4135 The fact that this video is a surprisingly ASMR of the GBA its not bad, I happy know that others thinks the same thing. I'm going to replay the game because is so exciting.
@@adam-_-923 Tools, testing, practice, and probably a few videos or guides on how to do it initially. Soldering definitely needs practice, cause a bad soldering job can muss it up. Don't be a musser.
@@hawkfeather6802 One year later, how did this go? I used a soldering iron the other day for the first time (swapped some old pokemon bateries). It was quite intimidating initially, but with patience, all 3 of my games have brand new batteries. The result doesn't look professional, but nothing was damaged during the process and the games work perfectly. Now I'm waiting for my IPS mod kit to fix and upgrade my old gba sp.
hehe, you didn't have the super ultra mega lamp w/ magnifying glass clipped on to yours. It was an insane aparatus that attached to the top of the gba that came up and over the screen. It ate AAs 10x faster than the system itself. I don't remember the actual name of the product so I made up my own lol.
Older handheld consoles from original Gameboy to more recent ones have serious modding communities that mod everything from backlight to batteries to sound in them. Some even sell them with mods. No need to try and make out stuff from non backlit screens if you don't want to.
Back when I was a smol boi, the gameboy color had been out for a few months and there was this kiosk in the mall that sold third party nintendo stuff. I bought this super awesome glow in the dark gameboy light that was a bunch of bones, and the lamp itself was a skull. Good times bro.
@@Urtbreh they just don't have the same flare though. Nintendo did more than just make the case transparent. The bezels had texture and the hardware inside was coloured for the sole purpose of matching up with the transparent plastic. Even the button cushions had a complimenting colour. But most of these transparent body kits for switches seem to overlook that aspect for a quick buck.
i have a gba sp in my elementary days planning to fix it if i have the proper tools,but if there are things that needs to be replaced...imma buy a spare just in case
It’s amazing how this guy never stops at a condition of working. He fixed the sound and made it work again, and that didn’t satisfy him. Keep up the good work OT
crazyflaps169 right? I actually had 2 friends give me their gameboys cause they thought they were junk & I was free to use em for spare parts, kept them years later & took the time to clean em. Now I have 3 working gameboys
@@swampertbanka1 I was inspired by this great channel but can't for the life of me find anyone who sells even busted gameboys for such cheap prices. Literally for the price they ask I could buy a fully functioning one 😂
My dad threw away my sega master system and my ps1 slim away because well idk what happened with the sega but with the ps1 he threw it away because its cable stopped working i was SO MAD the sega master system is a bit rare now
@@swampertbanka1 i wanna order one and fix it just to have a gameboy because theyre so cool because they are collectible but im a bit scared to fix it cuz i might break it o-o
@@bizarrejackjack4036 he took it apart, soaked it in peroxide and uv light (this is extremely common in video game repair) and the only other thing he did was clean the power button, which is check point one because it doesn't power, and the audio wheel because, guess what, it doesn't volume up or down. These are not rocket science steps
@@stevenbenson9976 for someone like me who doesn't know anything about this kind of stuff ?? This is some guy who is an engineer with a doctorate degree fixing some tech 😂
@@romyrkennethtambagan5099 sorry for coming across like an asshole. Isolation is getting to me. Check out videos on retro bright and hand held restoration. You'll pick up a Lot of tips like these
This one made me kinda sad, I wanted one of these as a kid. Now I see they are all old and forgotten in a way. Time is a strange thing. Great video friend.
its amazing how all these consoles that you restore used to be cherished by the person who first owned them only to be discarded in a few years and then, if lucky, restored and cherished all over again...I love watching your vidz! Great work!
Brought tears to my eyes because I remember owning one of these as a kid during the early 2000's... Man time has flown and I can still reminisce all the fun times one little console gave me as a kid.
I remember finding your channel nearly 3 years ago and binged all your videos in one day. I knew you’d blow up, now i have so much more to watch. I’m so happy for you.
There’s something kind of heartwarming seeing this specific gameboy that was forgotten and essentially junk come back to life at 5:14. It made me really happy to see it turn on again :)
This is the exact model and color that my parents bought me when I was a kid. I even had that same game. The gameboy cost $100. Back in the late 90s, a hundred dollars was a good chunk of change. I’m not even that old as a 28 year old, but this brings back a lot of good memories. I’m thinking of fixing one of my own and putting in a backlit display so I can play Advance wars. Sure, I could download an emulator and rom, but it’s not the same. Thanks for making this video.
I use GBA emulator and it works better than you expect, I've never got or played a real GBA but I'm into retro games, and I tell you, that emulator's great ! (android)
its an app that you install on android ios and pc then you find a site to download a ROM ex:Super mario then you go to the emulator and open the file that the rom is in and you play(you can also assign a controlle)Man Im bored
@Guraikam Hothi well at least your honest. Admitting to staying up like that is basically just aging yourself. Adults with jobs to go to and debts to pay can't afford to stay up all night watching someone fix garbage.
@@rebeccaritchie-smith4857 Links might not work if HTML is deprecated. Zip files with encryption work best. The window to the team leader is similar but second review exe attachment or
Moral of the story: All of life's problems can be solved with alcohol. But seriously, super wholesome video. Someone somewhere probably has many, many hours of fond memories that came from this Gameboy, and seeing it be brought back to life is such a good feeling. Shit, you could probably make people cry by putting sappy music over this lol. Good stuff.
Well there's your problem: you're drinking ethanol, CH3CH2OH. The alcohol that fixes everything is isopropyl alcohol, CH3CHOHCH3. If you drink enough of that all of your problems will be over soon enough.
I have memories of long car journeys as a child where I'd be playing pokemon, and have to wait for junctions on the motorway to do anything because they were the only place that had street lamps.
Reminds me of when me and my friend had to replace the can in my 360 slim You have to a special pick to pop latches for the casing. We just shoved a flat head in some and smaller clips we just rammed a knife in.
I love seeing these videos! I just love it when you see how broken or dirty or both it is before then you see him clean and fix it and you get a before and after! I love this!
This has always been one of my favorite videos from you man. Normally I'll watch it just to let my brain calm down after a hectic day, but this time around was different. I watched it as a reference to start repair work on my own GBA that I found while cleaning out my childhood home. So thanks a bunch for this video!
Paper towels are abrasive. When compounding and doing wipe downs, I recommend edge-less microfiber towels to prevent fine smears, swirls and scratches in transparent plastics. 👍
Me not really but i will grow up and i will see people say ''i just bought this retro console the nintedo 3ds and the graphics are no match to my ps8 hehe" so i will watch the vido and BOOM frickin nostalgia
This is therapy. I put on my headphones and listen to the sounds of an alcohol soaked toothbrush on 90’s plastic and circuit board and I can feel my blood pressure going down. Life’s little pleasures, eh?
smokeandkippers Has has to work with a new man 👨 I love 💕 this is my first game in a few weeks now I’m so excited 😆 was one ☝️ is it gonna is the day we can hang with a lot and we will get to this
When you did the angry gameboy shaking you reminded me of that Japanese guy with the cow water jugs that makes knives out of weird stuff. And the comments on screen remind me of the "I make a new one" tool restoration guy
I honestly love how slow and careful you are when removing parts and putting them back together. Because of this, I do this everytime I make a sandwich now. Thank you.
Normie: Why do you repair an old console that counting the materials you used to fix it, its more expensive that buying a new one? Odd Tinkering: my goals are beyond your understanding
yeah me too! my ds lite's top screen is broken and there are a few cracks at the shell so i would ask him to change the case (since this is my sister's ds and is pink) and fix the top screen.
Imagine how many stuff you lost as "broken" and the whole problem was just cleaning the on/off switch
I know, we hv this place where we help peeps fix stuff they are gonna throw away, and surprisingly a lot of them could still work after being cleaned and some parts reconnected.
I had to throw away many headphones cause i couldnt fix the weld without equipment. I tried to bring them to stores but none wanted to do it. Had no choice but to replace them. Everything was much easier to fix back in the day. Now the first word you hear from a repair shop is to buy a new item. And it's like they're train not to fix it completely
@@MsLaetitia26 exactly. my ps2 has been broken since 2011/2012 and when i took it to the reparation guy he said i should just forget about it and get a new console because ps2 is outdated anyway and no one is going to waste their time trying to fix that. i'm over 20 now and still love that thing no matter how outdated it was. and now i think it's lost somewhere when i moved to a new place. 😔💔
My wii stopped working one day (this was pretty early into the Wii’s run, long before Wii U) and now that I know that could’ve been the problem, I feel vaguely injured
Yes a ton of electronics aren't even broken they're just to dirty to work
This is what my parents see when I switch HDMI’s so they can watch a movie
Literally my mom when she asks me to change it from movies to TV or vice versa
I guess? I’m saying that my parents do the same thing, basically. My mom never bothers to change the HDMI and always makes me since I’m so good with it because I can change the upstairs TV from Xbox to TV to Switch easily.
VirtualDude 728 weird flex but ok
xd fr
VirtualDude 728 fucking idiot why don’t u have a PlayStation but an Xbox
And you better have Cuphead (game) on the switch
My life's not working, I'll try to clean it with isopropyl alcohol.
Did it work? I'm getting beat by my husband. I want to try too.
this could totally be one of those wavy 3d text memes
@@aceykiwi5877 oh no
Alcohol fixes most things. Both in the workshop, and in personal life.
Try ethanol, that usually works
“Apple then watched in horror as he fixed his iPhone instead of getting a new one”
*Apple sues him for repairing his own device, instead of buying a new one.
Louis Rossmann can sing a song about this :P
*angy apple noises*
I WANT MY DANG MONEY!
-Apple
apple broke my dad's iphone 7 with an update just so he got a new one
Hahahahahaha
Give this man some dinosaur bones, the next day his house will become Jurassic Park
Excellent !
XD
Just A Dio Who's A Hero For Fun muesum for the family, literally
imagine spending all day commenting you absolute fucking degenerate.
dafuq hahaha
There's just something I love about old, unwanted tech being given a second chance at life
its kinda magical, right
Odd: im about to start this guy an new career
@yaskween Sold as junk for $5.
Same
But i want it.
20 years later "I Restored This $5 Junk Nintendo Switch"
If humanity lives that long
@Ranz👻 true
point, they will live a long time, believe me.
@Ranz👻 don't say that u make me sad 😔
80 years later: I fix playstation 34 as junk for 5 dollars
Used this as reference when cleaning my own ice blue GBA & replacing the old shell with a clear indigo one instead. I love every video you do!
Why replacing the shell this one is so beautiful😢
@@papyrusskeleton2331 because my original is damaged and discoloured. :( i kept it though, because you're right!
@@electrocast oh man since your first comment was 2 yo i thought you wouldn't answer lol.
Seeing how this dude was able to de-yellow his ice blue case really made me want to try it too maybe you could restore your ice blue case ?
@@papyrusskeleton2331 hey sometimes you never know, lmao! And I have considered de-yellowing it, when I get the chance to try it out, that shell might be what I test it with.
@@electrocast you could even make a youtube video about it, i know i would watch it ...
Here I am, a 35 year old grown up, binge watching someone clean retro devices for no reason. Please keep up the great work, my friend!
Don't you also get the itch to try this for yourself?
@@StevenoftheDead Great question! Interestingly not really, no.
Hello,SIR
I'm here binge watching this at 25 here! 😅
get a job a lazy potato
"this has not happened before" into "now it looks brand new" was the smoothest recovery i've ever seen
Lmao
Timestamp?
@@heyitshunter8010 13:05
Literally any game console known to man: *breaks*
This guy: “come, this is no place to die”
Heroes never die!
Hah, memes, love em
Spartans never die, they respawn
Yes ik i misquoted it for a jke
Odd Tinkering is the Lawrence Joel of restoring broken game consoles and antiques to their former glory. Lawrence Joel was a medic in the US Army during the wars in Korea and Vietnam. On November 8th, 1965 Lawrence became well-known for having saved many lives of the 173rd Airborne brigade during Operation Hump in Vietnam's War Zone D despite being severely wounded himself. After having been treated in Saigon, South Vietnam and in Tokyo, Japan; Lawrence was awarded the United States Medal of Honor for his actions, making him the first living black man since the Spanish-American War to receive such a high recognition. Lawrence retired from the military in 1973 and died eleven years later in 1984 at his home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from complications stemming from diabetes.
I remember when I was a kid. I dreamt of having this game boy. I was so jealous of my class mates that had one of this. Unfortunately we were very poor to buy one. I currently owned a ps4 after saving 2 years. I bought one used and it was one of the best money spent for my self.
The best part is he doesn't talk... I enjoyed every second of this video.
he doesn't talk but says enough through text for those who wants some interaction to understand him
That's ASMR. For tou
The only thing that it bothers me a little bit is the scrubbing part but I enjoy every second of this video ♥️
@@eveshirley But scrubbing sound is so satisfying 🥺🥺
There's one where he screams as loud as he can randomly for no reason. Scary as fuck.
Someone: **selling this junk on Ebay thinking its useless**
This guy: _Hold my isopropyl Alcohol_
Not really though
Lol
True.
And you hold my animation
@Nero Redivivus why is it useless? xD it still works.
@Nero Redivivus ohhh
The shaking with the "this has not happened before" XD
i looked a long time for this comment xD
Then drops it in frustration
when was that
@@chef_ludplayz 13:07
@@samkilledyou2508 thanks
Love your restorations. No annoying talking and no whacking in a PS5 emulator and Super HDMI cable, just pure restoration.
This is like the electronic version of that scene from Toy Story 2 where Woody gets cleaned and polished. I love it.
They need to add the music to it also like the one in toy story
@@unknownwill4th549 You can't rush art
@@ozmagenesis ive never heard truer facts
top tier comment
This is a 10/10 comparison.
its wild that a lot of the time the devices are literally just dirty
My dad took his gameboy into the service, he ended up getting his leg blown off by a bomb, but the gameboy, still in his pocket, was still working. I now use it!
good to know...?
@@linkthehero1234 Im just saying that often times they still work, and are very durable.
Game boy = Nokia
@@preposteroustoast Awesome
Things I’ve learned from watching this guy:
Isopropyl alcohol can definitely fix way more than I thought
I used it to clean my n64 when it would keep freezing
Mythic Heart can it fix my life?
Kevin Raz yeah, just drink it
and that it even existed in the first place
@@kevinmiranto4396 No it can't,Get your life together yourself you call that a useless DIY
I’m insanely jealous of you having the ability to take things apart so delicately and putting them back together again in better working order. That’s talent.
Imagine being the guy who sold this... just waking up and seeing your old game boy look brand new after thinking you broke it forever ago.
How amazing...
Right! Like I wonder if he buys the stuff and when restores em, does he send em a link to what he's done to them afterwards. That would be badass.
But in reality, the games you can play on gameboy are just washed up mate. Sure you can boost your nostalgia abit, but tell me after 20min you won't go back to playing a 10x better game on any smartphone today or pc, ps1234. anything is better then this little screen with 4bit coloring :P
@@grubi05 not to mention emulators. These things are collector's items though. A working unit is worth much more than a broken one.
@@grubi05 not gonna lie man there is multiple games that I go back to occasionally and will play for well over 20 hours or longer depending how much you can do in the game, some game were just straight up gems.
grubi05 there are plenty of games that are still fantastic on that console. Graphics don’t mean anything, and if that’s your mindset I feel bad for you.
Has nothing to do with nostalgia. Games are games. Fun is fun. Don’t project your crap too hard.
Console: is snapped in half
This guy: *holding a toothbrush and alcohol* I can fix that
is that a holes reference?
ni.ko386 no
My boy, anything can be fixed with alcohol
lol yea
xD
Plot twist: He made this video to show off his Mario kart circuit skills
Hahaha xD
Mmmmmmmmmmmmh
Oh no I suck at Mario kart 0-0
Damn...
I play it on ds
These videos relax me to no end. Thank you for your simplicity and quietness
I don’t know man, this looks iffy.
*sees The Ducktor
Never mind, we are in good hands.
Haha!
Amazing!
*yiffy
(sorry had to, I'm ready to compensate for my war crimes)
Ahahahahahahaha
God bless Jesus loves you,
We have to give our worries to God and He will take them on himself because they only lead to bad things,
Verse: "Don't give in to worry or anger; it only leads to trouble" Psalm 37 8 God bless Jesus loves you,
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@@xzandergraves2413 what Gameboy game is that
me: *Broke my leg*
also me: "I think it will work after i clean it with isopropyl alcohol"
I also use it on corpses, they don’t stink anymore.
@Тити Мити it works like a charm
Have you tried resoldering it?
What type? Beer, wine, molten aluminum?
The joke is nice but I don’t get why people are taking it seriously- he meant it as a joke cuz the guy cleans everything with isopropyl alcohol...
"This has not happened before"
Imagine if he just went into a blind rage
I'm laughing hard at that part
*something goes terrible wrong *oh no, wait a minute *it turns out perfect, even better t before
..this is so not my life
That protective film lived it's whole life and served perfectly
Initiatalizing howtobasic.exe
@@CorneliusCob Damn, you took the words right out of my mouth
First time I’ve ever seen “atomic purple” ACTUALLY look even vaguely purple. Inherited this exact GBA from my sister and now I want to retrobrite it...
The shell on this one is Glacier blue. Good luck on fixing yours!
I managed to buy the Glacier Blue counterpart for $8 at a thrift store and it works like a charm lol
(No fixing needed and I had the original battery cover)
the person that sold him the gameboy: i want it back
lol
lol
🤣
Lol
Tck, silly humans
I love how gentle he is. It shows he has respect for all these items he restores.
True that!
And it's also because most of these things are delicate as hell. Being gentle is a necessity for certain electronic parts.
And not stupid obnoxious careless people
You mean he FULL RESTORES!! 😐
@@rilladelacruz86 you get a like from me for that, thankyou lol
I have no idea why RUclips suggested I watch gameboy repair ASMR, but I'm glad it did. Great stuff, I'm an immediate fan of the Ducktor.
Me too
I don't either. I've never simultaneously hated and loved something so much I'm so conflicted lmao. I love seeing this get repaired but I can completely go without the asmr...
@@somedude5465 I don’t think it’s trying to be ASMR, though?
Edit: like, these are just inherently soothing sounds that we’re going to happen in NY restoration video. The only thing that might make this ASMR specifically would be the way it’s edited. It sounds like you want a more “amateur” style vid.
And what’s wrong with the ASMR anyways?
@@darthsonic4135 The fact that this video is a surprisingly ASMR of the GBA its not bad, I happy know that others thinks the same thing. I'm going to replay the game because is so exciting.
After seeing many of your videos, I have grown fascinated with the idea of repairing gaming consoles myself. Where did you learn to do this?
Anyone can do this, it's just a matter of testing components if need be and also cleaning is a major part of repair.
@@adam-_-923 Tools, testing, practice, and probably a few videos or guides on how to do it initially.
Soldering definitely needs practice, cause a bad soldering job can muss it up.
Don't be a musser.
@@ArlanKels Soldering is hard in the beginning. I'm just getting into it myself.
@@hawkfeather6802 One year later, how did this go? I used a soldering iron the other day for the first time (swapped some old pokemon bateries). It was quite intimidating initially, but with patience, all 3 of my games have brand new batteries. The result doesn't look professional, but nothing was damaged during the process and the games work perfectly. Now I'm waiting for my IPS mod kit to fix and upgrade my old gba sp.
Q: What do we need when repairing electronic things?
A: Isopropyl Alcohol and a toothbrush. Oh, a yellow duckie.
**chuckles** Duck- **chuckles again** ducktor! Baahahahahhaahahahah
Definitely a screwdriver.
Not just any yellow duckie
THE DUCKTOR
@@dawsonhenry5558 I thought you said impostor for a sec
hha
I can’t imagine how strained our eyes were back then when Gameboys didn’t have a backlight.
hehe, you didn't have the super ultra mega lamp w/ magnifying glass clipped on to yours. It was an insane aparatus that attached to the top of the gba that came up and over the screen. It ate AAs 10x faster than the system itself. I don't remember the actual name of the product so I made up my own lol.
Older handheld consoles from original Gameboy to more recent ones have serious modding communities that mod everything from backlight to batteries to sound in them. Some even sell them with mods. No need to try and make out stuff from non backlit screens if you don't want to.
Then the gameboy advance sp came out
sed8181 I think it had “boost” in the name, I remember seeing one recently at a retro gaming store
Back when I was a smol boi, the gameboy color had been out for a few months and there was this kiosk in the mall that sold third party nintendo stuff. I bought this super awesome glow in the dark gameboy light that was a bunch of bones, and the lamp itself was a skull. Good times bro.
Oh god, are we really at the point where we're calling this a retro console?
I feel so old...
Same. I remember when these things were the new hot thing. I was maybe 7 or 8, but still.
@@d.r.656 was it the worm light?
@@d.r.656 That takes me back.
The Game Boy Advance is nearly twenty years old, my dude. It's been considered "retro" for quite a few years at this point.
DS is a retro console
It’s amazing how repairable those things are.
By professionals yea
Nintendo needs to start making translucent handhelds again, they're so pretty.
I agree! I once had a 3ds charger that was translucent blue.
You can buy the shells for the switch. They come in all the classic n64 translucent colors
@@Urtbreh they just don't have the same flare though. Nintendo did more than just make the case transparent. The bezels had texture and the hardware inside was coloured for the sole purpose of matching up with the transparent plastic. Even the button cushions had a complimenting colour. But most of these transparent body kits for switches seem to overlook that aspect for a quick buck.
@@TheReeShow flare -----> flareon
Petition for translucent switch
I just love it every time he shakes his hands when he's mad 😂
I was scared what he was doing XD
Looks like hes doing the howtobasics style
Rizalino Vera my thoughts exactly
Oh ok
Omg, That arkham Knight pic tho
me: *has no knowledge of how electronics works, does not know how to use chemicals or tools*
also me: Im gonna restore a gameboy too
Mee too, i actually got a gameboy for 10 and did a pretty decent job, and sold it for 45 :v
i have a gba sp in my elementary days
planning to fix it if i have the proper tools,but if there are things that needs to be replaced...imma buy a spare just in case
Thank you for suing the correct form of to/two/too
@@whalecat8049 suing 🤣
@@MichaelWilliams-tv4jx yes. I said suing instead of using to make it ironic
It’s amazing how this guy never stops at a condition of working. He fixed the sound and made it work again, and that didn’t satisfy him. Keep up the good work OT
this is what i expect when a console is "refurbished"
It’s what you’d expect, but not always what happens.
@@brandonbrown5952 Like, refurbished with duct tape? Just slap that stuff on your broken screen. There all fixed
Anything broken:
This man: tis but a scratch
Monty Python😂
Lol
Strawberry fields97 your bloody arm is gone! Also nice pfp.
omg yaaaaaaas
Ps. Paul’s dead
Its sad to think how many of these things in this condition are just thrown away.
crazyflaps169 right? I actually had 2 friends give me their gameboys cause they thought they were junk & I was free to use em for spare parts, kept them years later & took the time to clean em. Now I have 3 working gameboys
@@swampertbanka1 lol jokes on them now
@@swampertbanka1 I was inspired by this great channel but can't for the life of me find anyone who sells even busted gameboys for such cheap prices.
Literally for the price they ask I could buy a fully functioning one 😂
My dad threw away my sega master system and my ps1 slim away because well idk what happened with the sega but with the ps1 he threw it away because its cable stopped working i was SO MAD the sega master system is a bit rare now
@@swampertbanka1 i wanna order one and fix it just to have a gameboy because theyre so cool because they are collectible but im a bit scared to fix it cuz i might break it o-o
I like how even after he technically got it to work perfectly, he thought "That's not good enough. I need to go all the way."
Either you do the job or you settle with "good enough" 🤣
Just listening, no talking, i swear. This is literally amazing and idk how the heck you do this
you just watched a video on how he does this what are you talking about
The 64th Shadow haha yeah, his knowledge on all this is literally amazing- i could never
@@bizarrejackjack4036 he took it apart, soaked it in peroxide and uv light (this is extremely common in video game repair) and the only other thing he did was clean the power button, which is check point one because it doesn't power, and the audio wheel because, guess what, it doesn't volume up or down. These are not rocket science steps
@@stevenbenson9976 for someone like me who doesn't know anything about this kind of stuff ?? This is some guy who is an engineer with a doctorate degree fixing some tech 😂
@@romyrkennethtambagan5099 sorry for coming across like an asshole. Isolation is getting to me. Check out videos on retro bright and hand held restoration. You'll pick up a Lot of tips like these
I love how some “broken” things are just dirty and can become like new with some cleaning.
Wow! Your cinematography is getting so much better ♥️
Mucho brokeno
Cole Zuk well.. my point is it’s still workable and didn’t need to be thrown out, just cleaned.
Fixable but if you have all the tools you need
This one made me kinda sad, I wanted one of these as a kid. Now I see they are all old and forgotten in a way. Time is a strange thing. Great video friend.
I know man.. I miss the good ol’ days..
Ha. It was my dream. Living in poverty on the third world. Now it is just junk. And even then would be impossible to find one here to sell.
I still have my purple GBA from when I was a kid. I don't play it anymore but it sits proudly on my shelf as a piece of gaming history.
man it makes me super thankful to have owned one as a kid
@@andrzejwanoski86 Try swapmeets, they're usually pretty cheap.
its amazing how all these consoles that you restore used to be cherished by the person who first owned them only to be discarded in a few years and then, if lucky, restored and cherished all over again...I love watching your vidz! Great work!
I’ve seen u restore lots of things very impressive. Maybe u can restore my parents failing marriage
You will need normal alcohol for that to be fixed
@@EvergreenNoi Lol
Flex tape'll fix that in a jiffy. Are your parents a canoe split in half?
@@1800mexicano first we need to cut them in half. A typical chainsaw should do it.
Have you tried a hot glue gun??
In the year 2040: 'I restore a yellowed PS5'
That i bought for 10$
I wanna be notified when this happens
Just imagine restoring that with everything inside of that
I wouldn't be surprised
U can't. Todays technology isn't meant to be repaired
damn imagine having this guy for a family friend or relative when you're a kid
I would give him all my stuff to fix
Guy on eBay: “you literally can’t fix it it’s way beyond repair!”
This guy: hold my isopropyl alcohol
I like that one😂
That's right
Brought tears to my eyes because I remember owning one of these as a kid during the early 2000's... Man time has flown and I can still reminisce all the fun times one little console gave me as a kid.
The fact this used to be clear blue is mind boggling
I would have thought it was atomic purple, but not blue. :O
@@SirChubbyBunny no Homunkulus is right. I have the exact same model and it is not atomic purple. Its a slightly blueish coloured translucent tint.
Michael Jackson used to be black. Wrap your head around that.
@Ozi Res cursed comment
It was called Clear Glacier. All others were flat solid colors.
Imagine the person who sold him the Gameboy sees this and wants it back.
@@taipeskmn6567 if it were me, I'd say "nope" In a very happy way, and then pour some isopropyl alcohol on him. I'm a dick, but that is my preference.
@@WTF15TH15 yeah that is why it's not you. Comment degenerate
I'd smile and say thanks for not tossing it out. But offer to sell it back for $50.
Eu não iria querer de volta. Eu teria vendido kkkk
@On God? This ain't tiktok but good try
I remember finding your channel nearly 3 years ago and binged all your videos in one day. I knew you’d blow up, now i have so much more to watch. I’m so happy for you.
There’s something kind of heartwarming seeing this specific gameboy that was forgotten and essentially junk come back to life at 5:14. It made me really happy to see it turn on again :)
This is the exact model and color that my parents bought me when I was a kid. I even had that same game. The gameboy cost $100. Back in the late 90s, a hundred dollars was a good chunk of change. I’m not even that old as a 28 year old, but this brings back a lot of good memories. I’m thinking of fixing one of my own and putting in a backlit display so I can play Advance wars. Sure, I could download an emulator and rom, but it’s not the same. Thanks for making this video.
I use GBA emulator and it works better than you expect, I've never got or played a real GBA but I'm into retro games, and I tell you, that emulator's great ! (android)
@@wukennylee4926 yeah, but playing on an actual gameboy is a much better experience, much more nostalgic too :(((
Hey what is gba emulator?
its an app that you install on android ios and pc then you find a site to download a ROM ex:Super mario then you go to the emulator and open the file that the rom is in and you play(you can also assign a controlle)Man Im bored
@@ytjohnythereaper1356 thanks bro
Who else is up at 5 o’clock watching this? I’m dead tired.
Epic EPIC BURRITO uh no
Well then go to bed you insomniac *FUCK*
@Guraikam Hothi well at least your honest. Admitting to staying up like that is basically just aging yourself. Adults with jobs to go to and debts to pay can't afford to stay up all night watching someone fix garbage.
im up at 5'clock in a different time zone
@@manbeast You know half of the world is in quarantine right?
I’d literally pay you to fix my pink game boy advance square body, you did such an amazing job on this one 🙂
I could do it. Just a matter of shipping. I just started an electronics repair/restore/recycle/customization business.
I'm in the US. California
Gamer boy advance muito bom #subs Gamer play RUclips PlayStation videos ?
A dirty console somewhere in the world: does nothing
This guy: *brushing intensifies*
Man almost threw hands when he thought the back sticker messed up
It's the same door to you and your team to be there for the first to review the attached file for
@@rebeccaritchie-smith4857 Links might not work if HTML is deprecated. Zip files with encryption work best. The window to the team leader is similar but second review exe attachment or
Completely silent.... but I could feel the rage. He almost snapped it in half.
the only thing keeping me from going insane on this quarantine are these oddly satisfying videos. keep up the good work!
Hey hope you get better
Hope you know they are fake
Don Pablo like your comment is
What a waste of iso in this time
@@surprisedpotato he never said he was sick though.
We can HEAR he smiling when the stuff comes to life. This is simply precious!
The glass was so clear that the only scratches I saw were on my phone. 😂
Moral of the story: All of life's problems can be solved with alcohol.
But seriously, super wholesome video. Someone somewhere probably has many, many hours of fond memories that came from this Gameboy, and seeing it be brought back to life is such a good feeling. Shit, you could probably make people cry by putting sappy music over this lol. Good stuff.
and thats a fact
This is deep
how did he fix the volume with alcohol alone that so impressive and fascinating to me
And also during these times now!
This proves alcohol can indeed fix anything!
**drinks alcohol**
**cries**
and rethinking life
Have a nice day
Well there's your problem: you're drinking ethanol, CH3CH2OH. The alcohol that fixes everything is isopropyl alcohol, CH3CHOHCH3. If you drink enough of that all of your problems will be over soon enough.
Türk müsün
@@muptezelbayan7585 what
It’s amazing how almost sometimes a simple fix and a little cleaning and scrubbing can bring your childhood back to life
Aaah yes, the original gba...even in perfect condition, you still can’t see the damn screen.
Had to use those little plug in lights like the GBC because the space age technology of backlight wasn't put in
I would have to sit under a bright light just to see what i was doing.
@@FalcoMoment I had one of these and an enlarging mirror combined. Amazing tech in those little consoles though, shame out the screen brightness.
Sega did it right years before with the Game Gear
I have memories of long car journeys as a child where I'd be playing pokemon, and have to wait for junctions on the motorway to do anything because they were the only place that had street lamps.
Recording a video of yourself taking something apart is actually a good way to figure out how to put it back together
Was this game boy primary used behind an exhaust pipe?
No it was a barroom that allowed smoking. It also stunk lol
This channel has become my new favourite - watching this is both mesmerising and inspiring! I want to do this for myself!
Odd Tinkering: "Needs to open with special-"
Me opening GBA with knife: "What?"
me to I just use a knife most the time
How to be as intelligent as Einstein for normies
I'd use a proper screwdriver. But what do I know, as a female.
Don't use kitchen knives as tools, it drives me mad.
Reminds me of when me and my friend had to replace the can in my 360 slim
You have to a special pick to pop latches for the casing. We just shoved a flat head in some and smaller clips we just rammed a knife in.
Jajaja i use knife for ps4 controll
Odd Tinkering: "Oh I'm not like HowToBasic at all. Some would say I'm the reverse."
Orice11 nothing new under the sun.
Orice11 i kept expecting the guy to start breaking it at every second. HowToBasic has given me trust issues.
He is the exact opposite. HowToBasic aggressively breaks stuff, while Odd Tinkering calmly and carefully fixes stuff.
HowToBasic throws eggs at things he doesn’t really break them
@@superllama6768 He mostly throws eggs at stuff, but he actually breaks them, actually.
I love seeing these videos! I just love it when you see how broken or dirty or both it is before then you see him clean and fix it and you get a before and after! I love this!
This has always been one of my favorite videos from you man. Normally I'll watch it just to let my brain calm down after a hectic day, but this time around was different. I watched it as a reference to start repair work on my own GBA that I found while cleaning out my childhood home.
So thanks a bunch for this video!
Paper towels are abrasive. When compounding and doing wipe downs, I recommend edge-less microfiber towels to prevent fine smears, swirls and scratches in transparent plastics. 👍
Smart the profile pic suits the comment
When i heard the sound of it turning on, my whole childhood flashed before my eyes
Me not really but i will grow up and i will see people say ''i just bought this retro console the nintedo 3ds and the graphics are no match to my ps8 hehe" so i will watch the vido and BOOM frickin nostalgia
This is therapy. I put on my headphones and listen to the sounds of an alcohol soaked toothbrush on 90’s plastic and circuit board and I can feel my blood pressure going down. Life’s little pleasures, eh?
smokeandkippers Has has to work with a new man 👨 I love 💕 this is my first game in a few weeks now I’m so excited 😆 was one ☝️ is it gonna is the day we can hang with a lot and we will get to this
smokeandkippers It’s akin to ASMR!
Gameboy Advanced isn't from the 90s
@@philcolton5933 it's been in development since the 90s though
@@BigOlSmellyFlashlight Fair enough, but I doubt, that the had molded the plastic shells by then lol
Having watched a number of your videos so far, I find it amazing how resilient these game systems are. Just some TLC goes a long way. Great content!!
9:49 “the ductor is here” idk why that melted my heart ;;
Mr. Ductor always makes me feel better :)
When you did the angry gameboy shaking you reminded me of that Japanese guy with the cow water jugs that makes knives out of weird stuff.
And the comments on screen remind me of the "I make a new one" tool restoration guy
You mean kiwami japan?
It seems you and I watch similar channels, cause I know exactly small you're talking about
Kiwami Japan and my mechanics, alongside odd tinkering one of the best channels out there
wolfrig2000 this dude is literally kiwami japan with repairs.
I am totally not surprised there is crossover appeal for these two. Same energy. Same dedication.
I honestly love how slow and careful you are when removing parts and putting them back together. Because of this, I do this everytime I make a sandwich now. Thank you.
Do you also clean them with isopropyl alcohol
There is something oddly therapeutic about watching you repair and restore old tech. Good job my friend.
In 2050 he is gonna be like 'restoring an old Nintendo switch' lmao
It used to be magenta and cyan blue
A retro Nintendo Switch.
@9600GTMAN I've had mine for 2 1/2 years, it works great. I just don't play that sword and shield shit. Let's go eevee all the way 💯
9600GTMAN bruh I’ve had mine since launch
"It also seems to have the old "joycon drift" problem that these consoles so often had."
Its like he doing asmr without trying do do asmr.
Unintentional ASMR is the best type.
I was wondering if I was the only one who noticed that...
My thoughts exactly
Yep
gameboy: *literally snapped out of existence"
this guy: its probably dirty
The fact that it still had a battery cover is a miracle. My shit would break within the first 3 months every time.
Bruh what were you doing to them
@@UltimateDillon I think I played with them too much so the little part that would clip into the console always fell off.
Normie: Why do you repair an old console that counting the materials you used to fix it, its more expensive that buying a new one?
Odd Tinkering: my goals are beyond your understanding
kindertuc Ugarte The Flash reference? :P
Actually you can make quite a bit of profit from fixing a GBA like this.
The materials he used are probably old and plus he would have money to do this
Right? Fix it and install a backlight onto the thing, and I am sure he'd make bank.
did it for the 3m+ views haha
This guy could make a business if he repaired consoles sent in, I would intrust my console in his hands
yea me too!
yeah me too! my ds lite's top screen is broken and there are a few cracks at the shell so i would ask him to change the case (since this is my sister's ds and is pink) and fix the top screen.
I buy a lot of old consoles and I’d send him all of them just for a checkup.
I think this guy already has a good business goin lol
@@orangeleaf36 it always "My sister pink stuf"
I dont know why youtube recommended to watch this at 2:49am. But I'm satisfied to the result
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Why did i see this comment at 2:49 am
@@ItzRainu I did too yesterday
Its such an impressive feat, watching him take these things apart with such tender care and maling them good as new
This guy feels like the old dude that cleaned woody in toy story 2, he shakes a lot _but_ he does clean everything perfectly
I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME HAHAHA
Who else watches his videos just for the satisfaction of them and do not know anything about electronics 😂
Same. I came across their channel a few days ago. It's so interesting.
I watch it at 2x for more satisfaction and asmr
@@ei7945 this is literally asmr xD
Your channel is perfect for this self-isolation we are doing currently.
Agreed :/
Ross' girl R why
@@Dark_soul_911_1 To pass time
Yours and TysyTube are the main 2 I watch when it comes to this type of restorations
Gamer boy advance muito bom #subs Gamer play RUclips PlayStation videos ?
Cant wait for the "I restored this 5$ Iphone X I bought from ebay" in 2030
This is basically the toy story fixing woody scene but without music
*Fortnite sucks*
Tigerkitty Blyat Uploads thanks for the sub bro means a lot! 🙏 😊 #road2creatorcode
Supreme - Fortnite Funny Moments bruh moment
Last First 🤫
@@supreme-fortnitefunnymomen6050 fortnite loser
"Don´t worry the Ducktor is here"
@Nero Redivivus **beta detected**
@Nero Redivivus Let's get dangerous.
@Nero Redivivus Umm, that not my name.
Talanja Noyjing Ducktor Who?
@Nero Redivivus aww thanks :)
It's so satisfying watching your videos from beginning to end.