Can This RARE Game Boy Color Be Saved?

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So, I guess this is a sort of Let's Refurb type of episode! This poor Game Boy Color had seen better days. Let me know what you think about how it turned out! :)
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@rollastoney 5 лет назад

I like that charmander detail where it lights up his tail flame with the light. Cute.

@jonathanr9619 4 года назад

I didnt even notice that. That's awesome.

@YamiGenesis 4 года назад

Wow ok

@earlspencer7863 5 лет назад

90 percent of comments about sticker. 10 percent good job.

@TheRetroFuture 5 лет назад

Bit of Mr. Sheen would have done the trick.

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Haha, really want to get some of that stuff 😊

@v0xl 3 года назад

Mr Sheen?!!

@gabz_isnt_gabz9939 3 года назад

Omgggg Luv ur channel!!!

@macoydiaz7747 3 года назад

The Retro Futuuuuure!!! 🙌🏽

@serverman-re1bj 3 года назад

@Chase Tyson Mmm yes gotta love bots

@MoLassessss 5 лет назад

If this isn’t Game Boy ASMR then I don’t know what is.

@da2ndamendmenttexx77 5 лет назад

Haha

@asparrow9876 5 лет назад

This is it chief.

@MrVitalic85 5 лет назад

I felt asleep twice, this is my third time watching

@car-stealer6988 5 лет назад

Swear

@tdwf1 5 лет назад

yeah i don't know what he uses to record audio, but it has such a comforting, serene warmth to it. he's got a great voice, too.

@WheresKdot 5 лет назад

Should’ve kept the gamefreak sticker bro! Damaged or not that’s the kind of stuff collectors love. But it looks great man.

@danielschaefer6023 5 лет назад

I agree

@laserdrip 5 лет назад

T_T game freak sticker is so OG, weather look gives it character. Still a nice job. Thank you!

@PinkAndTheKeytarCat 5 лет назад

I scrolled down here entirely to see if someone had commented this.

@PinkAndTheKeytarCat 5 лет назад

Then I scrolled more and realized everyone commented this.

@RichardHartness 5 лет назад

abaasan not only that, but you can do a lot to restore and restick these metallic stickers. I had to stop watching when I saw that. Rookie move there.

@Duke_Togo_G13 5 лет назад

Everyone is talking bout the sticker, and I'm over here wondering why you didn't try to carefully buff out the scratches on the screen protector with some 1500 grit wet sand paper, and plastic polish to finish?

@roder5759 5 лет назад

No tu

@topkom1265 5 лет назад

@raincoat rain same

@jfriend2k2 5 лет назад

Or use a 4 way nail file. Works Miracles just know which sides are safe!

@boobasniffa 5 лет назад

would plastic cleaner get scratches out of plastic

@boobasniffa 5 лет назад

Novus acrylic plastic polish set for dull, scratched, foggy gloss plastics

@NeonNightmares 5 лет назад

the guy that owned it before seemed to like playing with it in the sewers.

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

@YouSuck921 5 лет назад

He was a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan

@luigihorror6455 5 лет назад

Probably Mario XD

@braydenmurphy8034 5 лет назад

Legit food review

@megami215 5 лет назад

This was probably dropped outside and someone found it

@1AngrySloth 5 лет назад

hahahahha i was not expecting the brushing your teeth part xD

@unorthdoxcleric6953 5 лет назад

That was funny

@MarkyShaw 5 лет назад

Hahaha that toothbrush shot ;-) Got me good!!!

@RetroAdventure 5 лет назад

I would have kept the sticker since it said Game Freak, either way it looks so much better!

@redwingdog22 5 лет назад

amesdepartmentstore 2002 are you serious right now?

@RetroAdventure 5 лет назад

@amesdepartmentstore 2002 Pokemon Center is the store that this came from and Game Freak was the developer of Pokemon games.

@RetroAdventure 5 лет назад

@amesdepartmentstore 2002 How Dare You! Lol, to each their own as they say.

@RetroAdventure 5 лет назад

@amesdepartmentstore 2002 You could emulate on your phone or PC if you wanted.

@mikehikes710 5 лет назад

@@RetroAdventure just played through red blue yellow crystal and emerald versions on my phone. Decided to buy a real 2ds to play the rest after got pearl now in my 2ds playing the while series

@alexmichael8615 4 года назад

I love how calming his voice is. He could litterally tell me to go to sleep and I would do it.

@esotericsean 4 года назад

Go to sleep. XD

@alexmichael8615 4 года назад

esotericsean Zzzzzz

@GlitchTTGShorts 2 года назад

@@alexmichael8615 zzzzzzzz

@michaelburt9596 5 лет назад

I don't know for the sake of the price of reselling that I would have left the game freak sticker on

@nathanmead140 5 лет назад

And only replaced the tape on it

@WEFLYKITESDAILY 5 лет назад

I agree with this general statement. I was like NOOOO THAT'S WHERE THEY STORE SOME OF THE AUTHENTICITY! IT WAS IN THE STICKER!

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Yeah, I was torn on whether or not I should remove it.

@michaelburt9596 5 лет назад

@@esotericsean how difficult is it to find stuff like that?

@UnrivaledPiercer 5 лет назад

Yup agreed. Removing that sticker pretty much ruined the actual collectors value, at least to me. I would have rather had a roughed up original sticker than a replacement.

@BigTruckerJ 5 лет назад

The scene of you brushing your teeth was gold man thanks for the laugh 😂

@Tronicsfix 5 лет назад

Great fix! Really enjoyed watching the repairs on this.

@sarahspainhour7341 5 лет назад

Lost my Gameboy color as a kid. Found it a month later outside on a table. Through Rain and heat it still worked perfectly. That and the N64 are so durable it's more of a rarity to find one broken lol

@bastianseb2701 Год назад

The original game boy can survive a bomb (what I mean is the plastic shell)

@Yeshuah6 Год назад

Old nintendo stuff was built to last. My copy of sonic advance got left in a pocket and got washed a couple times. Still worked fine after that

@brennajohnson6969 Год назад

@@bastianseb2701look up the gulf war gameboy. It still worked after a bomb!

@HackerBilly13 5 лет назад

Leave on the rare sticker no matter how damaged it is. It's basically the axe theory at this point. If you replace the Handle of an axe and then later on the head of an axe. Is it even still the same axe. I would have sanded and buffed out the original screen lens and same goes for the scratches than sanding. If it needs to be restored than people care about it being as close to the original as possible with as many original parts are possible.

@metallicakmm 5 лет назад

I clean and refurb/restore lots of these kind of things too. I don't suggest using an exacto knife to scrape away that dirt and grime. Let it soak in hot water with some dish soap, or I also like to use Simple Green. Toothbrush works great for edges and hard to get places. But a scratch pad works wonders for the main surface. So does Magic Erasers, just be careful since those will remove any painted logos if you're not careful. The Magic Eraser can also get rid of minor scratches.

@danielspurlock7140 5 лет назад

Lol i saw it on ebay and wondered who won it.

@superresistant0 5 лет назад

how much ?

@modelrc9500 5 лет назад

jordombal how much it sell for?

@Nitro1396 5 лет назад

The auction hasn’t even ended yet lol

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

@@Nitro1396 I think he means he remembers it on eBay when I bought it. I was bidding against several other people. I've listed it back on eBay now (link in description here).

@Melissa-qj6gh 5 лет назад

Same lol

@ReasonablySkeptic 5 лет назад

This is like watching old cars get restored, BUT for a 90s "kid" like me. You rock.

@justRedDevil 5 лет назад

Brings back great memories. Love how everyone seems to have owned a copy of pokemon yellow.

@jonathanbevan7030 5 лет назад

Lost a lot of value by removing that gamefreak sticker 😢

@jorceshaman 5 лет назад

More value lost than cutting out the scuffs?

@giovasquez5653 5 лет назад

No it dant!

@Tom2404 5 лет назад

A lot of? I think it is all. I'm sure you could get a new shell and find a way to print that Pokemon logo

@_MIKIMOTO_ 5 лет назад

Didn’t have any value to begin with lmao

@ignite999v2 5 лет назад

Very true that that did loose some value

@oldesenpai5485 5 лет назад

You can fix all of that damages with ramen noodles

@johns3655 5 лет назад

Perfect 🤣

@chrisgodreau4551 5 лет назад

Has there ever been a more haunted object? "Exceedingly rare Pokemon GBC meticulously repaired possibly in a car crash?". Amazing work!

@gamingcat668 5 лет назад

Give this man a medal he saved something from my childhood

@arroweyraud8267 5 лет назад

i have this exact game boy and it still works perfectly!

@seanvoncken230 5 лет назад

Nearly shed a tear when i heard the PIKA. Spent so many hours on this wonderful game

@ismaeljr3720 5 лет назад

IDK why. But it almost had me on tears when I heard the opening gameboy sound. Still remember the days when I always have to remove batteries of our remote control for TV and parents will be mad. Those lights off night and I have a mini flashlight with me just to play

@minddrift7152 5 лет назад

Your not the only one. Huge part of my childhood

@ismaeljr3720 5 лет назад

The struggle of getting a decent lighting just to play at night

@mountainmischief3828 5 лет назад

I remember playing pokemon yellow while mom or dad drove at night, and Id only be able to do stuff when we passed by a streetlight 😂😂😂 kids these days are way too spoiled

@ismaeljr3720 5 лет назад

@@mountainmischief3828 I feel the struggle too. I fvckin hate it if we'd be going through a long tunnel hahah

@punkinpunker 5 лет назад

I still have one and I still play it. :).

@Rafa-Silva-Alt 5 лет назад

Thanks for doing this little piece of rare console some justice. You deserve my respect.

@darkracer1252 5 лет назад

when the question is. clean but replica. or original but slightly damaged. the original sticker is best. replacing that sticker has basicly made it worthless to a collector.

@GlassMaster_Jae 5 лет назад

You can make the same argument with the screen too.

@darkracer1252 5 лет назад

@@GlassMaster_Jae a screen must always be clean. but polishing it would have been better. any collector will now simply say. yeah but dude. this is a fake

@darkracer1252 5 лет назад

@silverfoxeater this was about the damn sticker. he should have only replaced the sticker if he had an identical one. slight color changes are alright but every letter and dot and symbol should be there.

@NeverPutDown 5 лет назад

@silverfoxeater he paid 60 for it

@GrievousGhost 5 лет назад

It's not fake it's called restored but okay.

@fabikerscher259 5 лет назад

i love those refurb videos. would love to see more. kinda like on the retro future‘s channel

@doriand2967 5 лет назад

Dude it's awesome to have guys like you who repair old dream things!! 🤩🤩

@vinnyvidivici 5 лет назад

The condition of that broken Gameboy is a definitive reflection of what Rage Quitting looks like.

@drfty2915 5 лет назад

Haha Cool😉

@WhatExitStrategy 4 года назад

Should check out how Odd Tinkering restores the GB’s shells and etc. uses a bin wrapped around in foil on the inside and black lights hanging. Takes off everything and the consoles look brand new

@GormGear 5 лет назад

5:38 caught me off guard LOL was not expecting that

@aaronhelmsman 5 лет назад

I actually missed it the first time

@akillercaterpiller 5 лет назад

Great content. Thank you for taking the time to film and share.

@KevinArcade87 5 лет назад

In my opinion you should have left the original sticker

@aidanbae6162 5 лет назад

Kevin De Bondt yea

@dzlnitro 5 лет назад

That's a no brainer. That's actually an identifying mark to a collector...

@VampRune 5 лет назад

Yeah I have to agree, I am sure the original battery cover can be found online.

@timrobins98 5 лет назад

Thats the primary way to spot a fake. Not that there's many going around, but it's a rule of thumb for collectibles not to replace or remove things like that.

@romancimpoes2096 5 лет назад

tim robins he has this video to prove it’s real so doesn’t matter

@N3PTUNE001 5 лет назад

The ending with the song brought so much memories, i actually had a tear in my eye.. So happy right now.

@Aaron_Bleu 5 лет назад

Amazing work dude, very soothing to watch

@seigeheim3247 5 лет назад

What i saw is a gameboy color portable console of my childhood. Fun memories, nostalgia and bitter sweet game time spent on this awesome gameboy.

@isaacdiaz1735 5 лет назад

he sounds like bob ross if he was into technology

@lottieplaysnintendo 5 лет назад

isaac diaz LMAO YOURE RIGHT

@glykeria4515 4 года назад

This is so calming, your voice is soothing as well. Very nice video. Thank you

@justinpatterson4164 5 лет назад

Dripping alcohol into electrical components without removing the actual grime doesn’t help long term. The alcohol evaporates and leaves all the crud behind, so it’s not really cleaning. Edit: Also I really liked the video.

@vgmastercleveland 5 лет назад

Another good tip for cleaning cartridge slots is a card (gift card, credit card, etc.), some alcohol, and an eyeglass cloth. Works just like the pink one you used here

@antitouchable 5 лет назад

You can repair the original screen cover with CA glue, high grit sand paper, and a buffer

@Miller_Time 5 лет назад

Whats a buffer?

@kentinousss6 5 лет назад

My heart beat so much when I heart this song. 25:44

@01Chris02 5 лет назад

Resold for $105 + $24 postage for those wondering - 32 bids in total on it starting at $1.

@TheOnlyMastrx 5 лет назад

These repair, and cleaning videos are so relaxing. I don't care what everyone thinks about the sticker, great video!

@germail86 5 лет назад

Thanks for share your skills and knowledge. Keep doing the good jobs.

@joshdburns 4 года назад

Your voice is so soothing lol. Didn't have a clue what you were doing but I sure couldn't quit watching!

@khanv1ct244 5 лет назад

Noooo, the sticker didn’t look that bad! Why would you replace it!?

@k0tun652 5 лет назад

Now its worthless

@KidTonyGaming 5 лет назад

@@k0tun652 It was worthless when he bought it

@jorceshaman 5 лет назад

@@k0tun652 He literally cut/scraped pieces of the plastic off and it doesn't have the original battery cover. I'm not sure how much difference the sticker really made.

@jorceshaman 5 лет назад

@silverfoxeater It sold for $105 according to the link in the description... But I doubt that the person was super concerned about it being perfect like the aforementioned collectors.

@ThrE3-GeS 4 года назад

Because you can order them online for a few cents you morran

@maur0liveira 5 лет назад

I don't know much about restouring, but for me this was a great job you did, i like how you show every step. Keep with the good work man.

@supernintendochalmers-wj8rz 5 лет назад

Sean, I'm starting the video and I don't think it can be saved. You're also kind of a gameboy genius so I probably shouldn't underestimate you.

@goreobsessed2308 5 лет назад

It was an easy clean job with a dirty power switch lol

@niplob 2 месяца назад

I love how your mic makes this disassembly sound like a horror game with how loud everything is

@JMadlock108 5 лет назад

This the gameboy ryan renolds had in the car crash during detective pikachu. 😂

@Whitemoonwolf132 4 года назад

This was a lot of fun to watch and learn :) Thank you!

@DecibelAlex 5 лет назад

I'm afraid it lost some collectors value there when you removed the original back sticker.. but too late now

@Wheels8504 5 лет назад

Value should never be important. Play and have fun.

@Wheels8504 5 лет назад

@dolofonos Money isn't important. It's not difficult to go find a job.

@Wheels8504 5 лет назад

@dolofonos If it's one I had growing up, I'd keep it for the fact that it is my childhood handheld. No other reason. Other than that, I don't care to even look for collectible or rare gaming items just because of worth. The only thing worth anything is childhood memories.

@K1NG7OX1C 5 лет назад

@@Wheels8504 it's not about the money or finding a job, it's about the collectors value. Even if you won't sell it ever, collectors value is important to some people.

@squirtasquirtle7988 5 лет назад

Lol I like how Wheels8504 is in like everyone’s comments saying get a job and collection value is irrelevant and stupid bs like that.

@Stoney_Eagle 5 лет назад

You make me feel nostalgic and I wanna play again now. That music brings back so many childhood memories.

@AwesomePolska 5 лет назад

The sound of Pokémon intro and those days i spend on playing this game are back live 😍

@Charlitification 4 года назад

So many nostalgia... My childhood... Very nice job..

@yarisazam 5 лет назад

It's almost 4 in the morning.. I haven't owned a Gameboy color since I was a little boy. What the hell am I doing here watching this lol.

@Death-rg4zz 5 лет назад

Honestly I saw this and was like shit idek what happened to my color lmao

@bigmanbazzaaa 5 лет назад

I only have the original game boy from my dad who got it in Australia and the only game in it was Tetris

@cleveromnivore8352 4 года назад

I love watching repair videos with the captions on because whenever he opens a bag or makes a scratching sound it says "(Applause)"

@bobvelocity 5 лет назад

The Bob Ross of GB repair. Loved the video sir.

@MidoseitoAkage 5 лет назад

Let's made some little happy repair.

@timmy3822 2 года назад

This was really informative and interesting to watch. What a difference from before and after! I've recently started collecting various Game Boys of various condition, some I want to mod, others I want to keep in their original specification as much as possible. I never realised there was such a thriving and passionate modding scene for these old consoles. I felt like it was something that would be well beyond my capabilities, but so long as you pay attention and don't get ahead of yourself it looks like a relatively easy piece of kit to clean up and maintain.

@AgentPinkify 5 лет назад

I have an old gold pikachu gameboy still in perfect working condition, I was playing donkey kong the other day lmao

@angelichearts6464 5 лет назад

Lucky!!!!!!!

@DonutKingFilms 4 года назад

I have an atomic purple one that works perfectly but I only have 5 games bomberman, Mario land 2, Pokémon gold, Zelda oracle of ages,and Mario golf

@reyrodriguez7154 5 лет назад

I was born 1991 and i love you for this. Video cant explain how much 90s gamers had to spend on batteries!!

@HEYITSMARKOO 5 лет назад

I have no idea why I'm watching this xD

@imbrenojansen 5 лет назад

Me too. I am blind. But it's nice to listen to.

@HEYITSMARKOO 5 лет назад

@@imbrenojansen how are you even reading my comment hqha?

@CabezaDePistacho 5 лет назад

Breno Jansen lol

@JorgeDelgado-ec4oi 5 лет назад

lmao same

@nachothedrownedlegend704 5 лет назад

Baking soda works really well on caked in stains! Less risk of accidentally scratching it

@michaelpetherbridge1321 5 лет назад

I remember playing one of these when I moved over to Australia from the United Kingdom. Every time the plane was turning, the sun would glare on the screen and I wouldnt be able to see what I was doing and as a child, that was like the worst thing ever. Ohhh how times have changed 😂

@axelxbc 5 лет назад

Who else wanted the intro to keep playing? Great content!

@Rockmaster867 5 лет назад

I think in order to remove the switch cower you yould use some flux instead of new solder to have an even easier time removing it.

@Cjpacman 4 года назад

Thought I was the only person here with common sense

@khhnator 5 лет назад

i found that you can clean most scratches in plastic with an eraser, doesn't fix the plastic but removes all the dirty from it

@multimeter2859 5 лет назад

It just makes me wonder how the hell it got in that condition.

@retro8919 5 лет назад

Came back 2 days later to praise this video again

@BradYeti97 5 лет назад

You got a like and a sub today, however, I would suggest that next time the sticker stays on there, unless it's halfway damaged and coming off. The state that was in, it would have been better to keep it on, in my honest opinion. Still, great video my friend.

@litchtheshinigami8936 5 лет назад

BradYeti97 i agree.. it had a scratch but you are bound to expect that especially if it has been used by a kid before.. i have a gameboy lying around myself (a newer version but still a gameboy) that is battered but has obviously been loved.. same for my original ds.. it’s all scratched up and the hinge is gone as is most of the touch screen (the visuals are fine however the touch is cucked as i used to play alot of touch games and would press down a bit too hard)

@packlesswolf1 5 лет назад

@@litchtheshinigami8936 yeah that game freak text made it unique. I wouldnt of done it either.

@BrookieSmallz 5 лет назад

It’s like that scene in Toy Story 2 where Woody gets repaired and completely cleaned to brand new condition. This makes me that happy.

@ididthisforthecomments.5893 5 лет назад

“Looks good, no corrosion or anything.” RUBS GREASY HUMAN FINGERS ON COMPONENTS

@AlyssaSoftPaw 5 лет назад

It looks like mine did... It went EVERYWHERE with me. And it was theown in bags, played while eating, played on the playground... and more i never went anywhere without it.

@deadtidehero5310 5 лет назад

$61 for a gameboy color that doesn’t work? Welcome to eBay

@kf4744 5 лет назад

@9600GTMAN who cares man. It's his money.

@mountaindewslave 5 лет назад

it's a "Pokemon Center" Gameboy Color; i.e. a limted edition sold only at the New York Nintendo store. There's a more common similar looking Color system than this, but this is a slightly off variant that is hard to come by

@medes5597 5 лет назад

@9600GTMAN that's not a pokemon centre one. It's just a Pokemon one. There's a big difference in value.

@packerman1203 5 лет назад

It’s a pretty rare one, so if you get it to work, you can resell it for 3x as much like he said

@TheElectronicDoctor 5 лет назад

@@medes5597 It.... literally says Pokemon Center at the bottom.....

@jameschannel6231 5 лет назад

There is something oddly strange and satisfying to watch somebody take apart a game biy and restore it , 90s nostalgia for the win

@Nomad524 5 лет назад

all that beautiful work but you took the sticker off :'(

@Wheels8504 5 лет назад

It turns on. All that matters.

@HipixOFFICIAL 5 лет назад

Oh boohoo who cares

@tomypower4898 5 лет назад

Miller Kavanagh Yeeees! the sickers did look that good

@sketti404 5 лет назад

This entire thing is so relaxing

@mingiasi 5 лет назад

for the love of Rossman... FLUX MAN, USE THE FLUX!

@danmac0 5 лет назад

Changing the sticker is like drawing a moustache on Mona Lisa if it needed restoration.

@mimineko1019 5 лет назад

The broken glass inside was concerning 😅

@thebeefybreadstick8858 4 года назад

This video is one of the most satisfying things I've ever seen

@vlonvs8913 5 лет назад

I have one of those and it’s fully working never thought it would be worth lots of money

@imbrenojansen 5 лет назад

"lots of money" 100 dollars. Wow.

@Alex-rl2mk Год назад

Very surprised how well it cleaned up. Well done!

@janeteholmes 5 лет назад

Wow. $61 for a broken Game Boy. Astonishing.

@Blightkun_ 5 лет назад

reviving a gameboy color is like reviving my childhood memories

@davidgodoy9561 5 лет назад

I love how ASMR this is! It is such a satisfying video to watch. 🐛

@YamiGenesis 4 года назад

This repair made my nostalgia heart happy. Thank you

@hollowneedles 5 лет назад

Totally wasn't expecting the teeth brushing and I cracked the hell up. That was great.

@pavelbombic456 5 лет назад

Your life must be wonderful

@tapewaves2783 5 лет назад

Pavel Bombic because he found something funny? Yours must suck pretty bad.

@chiefpepdesign 5 лет назад

Watching this video and listening to this voice is like meditation.

@that_1_trucker826 5 лет назад

Brought me back memories of my childhood 😩😭😭

@OIFEagle 5 лет назад

I like that you changed the sticker. Not that it really matters to me... but because it gives so many other people here a purpose to their lives.

@taylorguestin 5 лет назад

you had my like at the brushing teeth part, well done

@HayItsCJ 5 лет назад

This brings back so many memories.

@ArlanFixStuff 5 лет назад

I always disasemble the switch to clean it. I think it is much more cleaner that way, and i never knkw that pot is for the contrast 🤣 thanks a lot sean