Creating the Ultimate Pokémon Crystal Cartridge! Swapping the ROM chips from Japanese to English

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Hey guys! Been a little while. Still trying to catch up on orders. Little by little as I wait for the new ElClonos and FreckleShacks from BennVenn.
This was a fun little project, I've always loved the back of the Japanese Pokémon Crystal cartridge, but want to play it in English. I saw someone on Reddit swap the ROM chips a long time ago ( / pokemon_crystal_rom_swap ) and have wanted to try it ever since. Turned out better than I expected!
And before anyone asks, I already gave away the Japanese Crystal that's inside the US cart shell. For some reason a LOT of people wanted that one on Instagram.
I have a bunch of new videos in the works and coming soon like How to add a rechargeable battery to your GBC. I'm also going to be officially working with BennVenn and KyleAwsm on videos for the new backlit screens for Atari Lynx, GameGear, GBA, and more! So I'm excited for that.
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@TheRetroFuture 5 лет назад

Awesome idea.

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

The Retro Future Thanks Elliot!

@playgroundsinc 3 года назад

Why are you on all the vids I watch lol

@hawkfeather6802 3 года назад

@@playgroundsinc Probably shows you have good taste in videos.

@TheNutshaq Год назад

This comment aged beautifully

@esotericsean Год назад

@ethanhayden2255 Haha it did! :D

@dinmoshe61 3 года назад

Holy shit! I thought I was the only one who wanted the English ver with the Japanese board! I had no idea it was this DIY-able. This definitely made my day better.

@BigTrees4ever Год назад

I think any non-Japanese speaker who’s seen the back of the Japanese pcb wants it in their own language. Sorta feels like Nintendo doesn’t actually like any country but Japan.

@ionclimbs 5 лет назад

the Japanese sticker is way cooler looking imo

@TheDeathmail 5 лет назад

Eh... I kinda disagree... it feels so cluttered... though I think the logo is kinda better for the Japanese and I like how Suicune is larger...

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

I like the Japanese one too, but wanted this to *feel* like an American cartridge, I guess. If you or anyone else attempts this, they can feel free to use the Japanese sticker :)

@ClaireAzi 5 лет назад

You can buy reproduction game cartridge stickers on the internet. I would also try adding a cmos battery slot for easier battery changing.

@netforce0 5 лет назад

Just learn japenese

@shikabaneconga 5 лет назад

Ian McDonald i was just gonna say that lol

@magicchainsmoker 5 лет назад

better method for sticker removal/replacement: apply a few drops of liquid Zippo lighter fluid to the edges of the stickers. This will rubberize the adhesive, causing the bond to break between it and the plastic. The fluid will evaporate, and the remaining adhesive will easily brush away. this leaves you with a perfectly clean, adhesiveless sticker with no damage to the paper itself. then apply spray adhesive to the back and reapply.

@captskuzzbruh7087 3 года назад

I had a Pokemon Emerald with a problem on the motherboard where the time refused to be kept despite swapping the battery. I followed this guide and swapped the rom chip with a known working Japanese Pokemon Sapphire. This saved me a lot of money. I am ecstatic. Thank you thank you thank you!

@BigTrees4ever Год назад

This is valuable information! Did not realize there was a fix like that

@sadizz455 2 месяца назад

Does it have a crystal In it? I think that is also the problem for time issues

@dgdiggz3918 5 лет назад

i'm pretty amazed on your success in the sticker part. i don't think i've ever successfully taken a sticker off that cleanly

@BigTrees4ever Год назад

Try using lighter fluid. Drop it onto the sticker until it’s saturated and let it sit for like 30 seconds to a minute, then remove. It does something to break down the adhesive temporarily, and when the lighter fluid evaporates the adhesive is sticky again like it’s brand new.

@extellahollow3098 5 лет назад

Your voice is very calming. I truly enjoyed this video and was immersed with your work. I learned something new today and will be subbing.

@Bo-kq8tn 5 лет назад

I just want to say thank you for keeping your workspace clean, I just watched a similar restoration video and it looked like they hadn't cleaned their workstation in months, flux and random stains and misc screws everywhere, it bothered me so much!!! yours is so much better

@salinaember9527 5 лет назад

the back of the American crystal cartridge always bothered me when I was younger... I always wondered why they didn't put a cool design there with it being so much exposed blank space and a see through plastic. Didn't know about the Japanese design until a few years ago. I would definitely be interested in having the Japanese style on an American chip since crystal is my all time favorite game.

@ToxicMedz 5 лет назад

Been wanting to do this for ages, finally went ahead and bought a Japanese Pokemon crystal and did this mod myself. Love the look of the Japanese pcb!

@SlovakMountainMan 5 лет назад

That's really cool, I didn't know about the Japanese Back cover

@haleman1704 5 лет назад

Neither did I. Awesome...

@doomsong11 2 года назад

Just did this swap, but kept the japanese sticker! Really love this, such a good idea

@mingotrd 5 лет назад

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻I applaud your tenacity and patience great job great video !!!

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Thanks so much!

@cesarguerrero5630 4 года назад

The most difficult part would definitely be the label swap, I’ve never done that successfully.

@hosseruk 2 года назад

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration to do this. I had a working JP cart and an EU cart with a broken RTC - clock would not advance during gameplay, or when the cart is switched off. Very annoying. Checked every trace and even replaced the quartz crystal with one from another working cart, but couldn't fix it. In the end I decided to do what you've done here and swap the EU ROM into the JP cartridge with the working RTC. Now I have a fully working EU cart and a JP cart with a broken RTC, which is definitely preferable! Thanks for the heads-up on that Chipquik stuff too, it's magic stuff - well worth the money.

@esotericsean 2 года назад

That’s awesome! Glad you got a working cart in the end :)

@artofraw8151 Месяц назад

I just completed this mod based on your videoand it came out great! I was lucky enough to have someone sell me a non-functioning U.S. copy and I scored a working Japanese copy for just $16. Only thing was I had a load of trouble trying to detatch the chips with the fine point solder tip, but switching to a chisel tip made it waaaay easier for me. Anyway, thanks for this! Awesome resource!

@kdub_ Год назад

This is what I've been looking for! I have an english copy of the game but the golden fingers are done for and cannot be read by any of my handhelds. Thank you!

@datsi11 4 года назад

Just a tip for the future, when you go to clean off flux use one side of the q tip with alcohol than the other try to get most of it than take a paper towel with some alcohol on it to fully clean it off well. The surface area of the paper towel really helps get it spotless.

@EposVox 5 лет назад

Man this is cool. I want one now! xD

@Dragondude2525 5 лет назад

The Pokemon ROM hack you describe already exists. It's called Pokemon Ash Grey and it's a mod of fire red/ lesf green

@swordcrafted 5 лет назад

The japanese board is also really nice too , because it is white and doesn’t look weird through the seethrough shell

@mychemicaljojo 5 лет назад

for the sticker is best to keep using the hairdryer as you peel off

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

José Tomás Albornoz That’s a good idea! I’ll try that next time. :)

@HamsterXFiles 5 лет назад

José Tomás Albornoz He would need 3 hands then.

@justatypicalyoutuber8402 4 года назад

@@HamsterXFiles You literally only need 2 hands

@samdogygaming918 Год назад

Just bought a copy of Japanese Crystal thanks to you.

@esotericsean Год назад

Awesome!

@camer0nb0n92 5 лет назад

actually really cool and it deserves more views, nice job man

@ClaerisGames 2 года назад

so I bought the japanese one to do exactly this and I've been fram modding my pokemon games, but turns out the jp sram chip is 32 pins instead of 28 like the US board. Do you happen to know of a workaround so I can use fram on the jp board, so I can do the rom swap? I can't seem to find 32pin fram chips anywhere

@AmyraCarter 5 лет назад

I have to say, well done. It's obvious that the BIOS doesn't care that the board is Japanese, that's cool. I guess all that's left is getting an EEPROM chip the same size and getting Crystal Clear into a legit cartridge, lol

@HDDoggyStyle 4 года назад

You can already buy crystal clear on a cartridge look on ebay

@vladamirkalashnikov3704 2 года назад

Yeah, I have a few cartridges like that. Downside: playing vanilla crystal is hard to do now that I am used to always running on my CC cartridges!

@AmyraCarter 2 года назад

@@vladamirkalashnikov3704 ... tfw a ROM hack makes the original experience vastly inferior... Not many examples of this exist in gaming, so it's definitely an achievement.

@vladamirkalashnikov3704 2 года назад

@@AmyraCarter indeed! see you on the discord, perhaps. I'm usually checking adventures, although my name is different there.

@jaymoniez Год назад

Wait, I’m confused.. if you swapped rom chips, why swap the stickers??

@esotericsean Год назад

I prefer the US label, but you can use either.

@ClaireAzi 5 лет назад

I would try upgrad8ng it to flash save memory, if possible.

@_Asuri 5 лет назад

What would flash memory do?

@ClaireAzi 5 лет назад

@@_Asuri Flash Memory is how the gba games save. They keep saves forever. The Batteries in RSE only control the game clock.

@ClaireAzi 5 лет назад

@jason savchuk try the "Pokemon All Fairy" bootleg. The first 7 GB games on 1 cartridge, that save forever.

@ClaireAzi 5 лет назад

@jason savchuk not sure you can find it on ebay. I haven't checked in a while. Probably about $15 from China.

@cullbear55 3 года назад

@jason savchuk I would get a Monster Brain instead. It allows you to backup your cartridge saves. Then you can replace the batteries, and put the old save on the new battery easy!

@Znation437 5 лет назад

What are you periodically cleaning your solder with? sounds like its making a hissing sound

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Zachary O'Donnell Just a little wet sponge I wipe my soldering iron tip on. :)

@Znation437 5 лет назад

Smart thinking! I wanted to thank you for your videos/content. They are 100% the reason for getting my first soldering set-up for electronics/my gbc. Speaking of do you think a 40watt max soldering iron is sufficient for gbc modding?

@whiskey-ginge 2 года назад

THANK YOU! I just did this chip swap! I love it, its my baby now.

@breaux2806 5 лет назад

I've never had good luck with soldering on boards so I'm always anxious watching you do stuff like this but it always comes out cool

@InfiniteSoahGTACODGLITCHES 4 года назад

Dude soldering is easy it's just practise start with changing caps not surface mount ones, then start doing like 4 pin ICs

@TooFurious4 5 лет назад

Have you ever fluxed a capacitor?

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Fast2Furious4 Haha, totally stealing this joke. I probably have fluxed a capacitor 😆

@BlackLotus2 Год назад

Can you do the opposite and put the Japanese ROM chip on an American or European Crystal PCB?

@esotericsean Год назад

Yep that works too

@MARCSLASH 5 лет назад

The save ram and mapper chip are different too, are your games saving progress at all? The international version uses the MBC3 and the japanese uses the MBC30, a variant of the MBC3. The japanese game sram is bigger too. It's very good to see both carts being well taken care of, point being, worst case scenario you just need to put the chips back and it will be like nothing happened. I wonder how the game software will behave with the wrong mapper and sram chip?

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Been playing it for a few days now and it seems to be saving like normal. Will report back if I notice any glitches or anything different, but so far it's exactly the same as a normal American Crystal.

@MARCSLASH 5 лет назад

@@esotericsean I see. Probably the japanese game will have problems then, I wonder. Thank you for the answer.

@jonniefast 2 года назад

@@MARCSLASH japan cart will likely run into issues doing the mobile phone features i dont think anything else on the cart takes advantage of the ram unless there is a surfing pikachu style minigame i dont know about

@frankiedelgado1094 Год назад

My game won’t save after I did the same is it the chip or is it something else? I’ve changed the battery and checked it but it doesn’t save

@djjjjjd 5 лет назад

Why am I watching this at half 4 in the morning?

@cybercynz 4 года назад

Idk did the same on a sunday

@HighDollarHobo 4 года назад

I laughed and looked at my clock 3:58 AM haha

@lonestar313 3 года назад

Me right now..

@Vary180 5 лет назад

what makes this an ultimate cartridge? is it just that is looks different or what am i missing?

@rodanhibiki5980 5 лет назад

What’s the board on your desk called? It looks really convenient for hardware modding and Gunpla.

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Rodan Hibiki It’s a silicone soldering mat. If you search for that, you can find them on Amazon, eBay, and Aliexpress :)

@rodanhibiki5980 5 лет назад

esotericsean Thanks!

@superviro 3 года назад

Is your GBC using the PAM8302A audio amplifier? If so, what speaker are you using with it?

@TheDrewser 5 лет назад

I'm new to soldering. What happens if you accidentally leave a bridged connection? will it just not work until you fix it or does it short circuit it and break everything? and is to easy to see if there is a bridged connection? Just trying to get these things down before i even attempt to solder

@cesarguerrero5630 4 года назад

I have a copy of Pokémon emerald that is missing resistor r9 (probably accidentally damaged during a battery swap), would you recommend this method to swap with a cheaper Japanese cartridge to get it working? Or do you know what replacement resistor I would need?

@JMC_90 5 лет назад

Taking those stickers off would have been so much better with some metal gear music in the back ground, that shit was intense, love the video!

@brianwalker7771 5 лет назад

Great job. Personally I would have stuck a sticker on the back of the board with the same image on it. Slap some Kapton tape on the back of the board first to make sure the sticker or decal does no damage and done.

@adersonpassos 2 года назад

You should be careful with lower fusion solder, since it can stain your work surface while you still place electronics on top of it. You can accidentally bridge something on the back of PCBs. And try using kapton tape when working on cartridges. You don't want solder to accidentally spill over the contacts...

@REALchocochan 3 года назад

whaaat, I was literally planning to do the same and there is a vid about it! pog

@tombstoner6360 5 лет назад

Did you leave flux _underneath_ the rom chip?

@Bearsarecats 5 лет назад

man this video is awesome. this is great work

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Thanks Izzy!

@Bearsarecats 5 лет назад

esotericsean no problem 🤙🏽

@eatyourvegitablespt.262 5 лет назад

Okay so couldn't you have just swapped the ROMs by ripping the rom with a device and then uploading that back

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

SugarBug You can rip a rom and save data and you can write save data, but you can’t write back rom data. Original Nintendo titles had copy protection that prevented that.

@ellielovesbands 5 лет назад

This is so interesting and your voice is very calming! Nice video

@187StaticMr 5 лет назад

It takes nerves of steel. Nice job bro. You're da man.

@afs824 5 лет назад

Hey Sean, where did you get the silicone tray? I'd love to have something like that for when I work on my projects.

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Got mine on Amazon, but they're available on eBay, Aliexpress, and lots of places. Search for Silicone Soldering Mat :)

@chvIry 5 лет назад

What a fucking nice guy

@NikOutchcunis 5 лет назад

Another great video! I may actually attempt this someday thanks to this.

@christopherrowe2720 5 лет назад

So I've spent an hour or so trying to figure out what the difference is. As far as I can tell it's only to change the look of the cartridge and that there's no other significant changes

@dantehensley6799 Год назад

If youre trying to remove the chip, id advise against putting on more sauter on top of it. Its better just to heat up the contacts and remove the chip, then if the contacts need more sauter, ad it and attatch the new chip.

@esotericsean Год назад

The solder I used in this video is a special low melt solder which is designed for removing chips. It’s not your regular lead solder. :)

@AntonioGarcia-cn1wi 18 дней назад

Perfect! I just did this and I saved a Pokemon crystal! Thank you!

@arnoolve 4 года назад

Did you clean the flux? I might have missed it probably.

@davidpallotti4502 5 лет назад

That ROM of the Pokemon anime sounds like what I have always wanted!!!

@PHGameTech420 5 лет назад

Why couldn’t you just switch the faceplates instead of taking off both stickers

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

PHGameTech Since the circuit board inside is different, the shells are different (the screen posts are in different spots), so unfortunately this won’t work.

@arejaybee 5 лет назад

Take a look at Pokemon Ash Gray! It was a lot like what you're looking for

@TankEngine75 5 лет назад

I was gonna comment on that

@tutoriais5266 2 года назад

Bro why didn't you cleaned the board before closing it? That yellow gunk on the chip was really rough

@gameboywolf 4 года назад

Dumb question. Does removing the ROM chip erase the save data? I'm sure it does but just making sure

@adersonpassos 2 года назад

I'm pretty sure it doesn't, since it's a ROM (read only memory), and the save data is stored elsewhere.

@adersonpassos 2 года назад

Unless there's some weird detail I'm missing.

@teamomama1040 2 года назад

By exchanging the English chip for the Japanese version and this for the English... this Japanese pokemon game cartridge with an English chip acquires the celebi event?

@Narutophin 3 года назад

Was looking into this and really want to try it out but I don’t have a donor US version of Crystal. If I buy a repo or flash a US rom onto a donor repo cart and remove the chip and replace it with the JPN version, will it work?? Please let me know!

@esotericsean 3 года назад

Unfortunately no, repro carts all use different chips and none of them will be the same as the one Nintendo used, so the pins won’t line up and even if they did the protocol would be different. This only works with OEM carts. Sorry!

@Lancechingchong Год назад

just did the same mod. How has the English sticker held up since transfering it over to the new case? Has it stayed on or is it peeling at all?

@esotericsean Год назад

I’ll have to dig it out and see, but last time I checked it was okay!

@Lancechingchong Год назад

@@esotericsean awesome thanks!

@bubble_ghostie3438 5 лет назад

Really interesting! The cart turned out great. 😊

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Thanks! Nice to see you here :)

@LordPsychocutioner 2 года назад

I have a question, does it save okay? cause someone in a discord told me if you do this it will be unable to remember saved games is this true?

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Yep, I played about 50% through my copy that I did this to and it has been saving just fine. :)

@MelancholyJoker19 27 дней назад

Is this possible to do with the GBA games? Like is it possible to create the "ultimate version of Emerald" using this method?

@joeferris7689 5 лет назад

At what temp do you keep your soldering iron?

@Haph_hazard Год назад

This is a longshot but I literally have no idea who else to ask. I made this as well but it wont launch on a gameboy. I have a device to rip roms onto pc and I can plug into that and play it on my pc just fine but on gameboy it does the nintendo logo, goes blank and doesn't do anything else. You have any idea what I can do to make it run?

@esotericsean Год назад

Those devices bypass the logo check, so it's possible that some of the pins are just not fully connected or have cold solder joints. I'm sure the Game Boy works with other games, right? I would try reflowing the solder again. You can follow each trace and see if it connects to the pin on the bottom as well if you have a multimeter set to continuity mode.

@Haph_hazard Год назад

@@esotericsean You're amazing haha. The gameboy does work with other games. I have reflowed every joint on the cart it seems. Do you know where I could find a schematic to meter it, or do I just gotta squint and suffer? haha

@jin-roh211 5 лет назад

There actually is a rom hack that is called ASH GRAY and it actually is just like the Pokémon series with misty and broke and it also includes the Pokémon movie in the game

@JoseReyes-rv3xz 5 лет назад

I have played it before great rom

@itsgreenblackman 5 лет назад

Would I be able to use this technique to save a pokemon crsytal cartridge that has heavy corrosion on the pcb? the board is beyond repair but the chips are fine. Would i be able to take a crappy game and remove their chips and replace them with my crystals?

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

itsgreenblackman Definitely! I have a Pokémon Yellow that was super corroded. I took the chips off to clean underneath each one (I used vinegar and alcohol) and then put them back and got it working.

@itsgreenblackman 5 лет назад

@@esotericsean Thanks for the quick response! You're a lifesaver.

@hexyoutubeaccount 5 лет назад

I feel like I just levelled up in my soldering knowledge tbh. One question I have though; is there a risk in sandwiching the flux between the chip and the board? When you were resoldering the ROM chip to the JPN board, you used a lot of flux. Is that gonna corrode under the board or is the no-clean flux basically negligible risk? Thank you for the video!!! Crystal is my fav pokemon game but somehow I had no idea the JPN board had that sick Suicune design!

@hnidstx270 7 месяцев назад

Is this topic still a thing? I have a question! Is this possible to without soldering, like by connecting the cartridge to a pc and dump a English rom?

@esotericsean 7 месяцев назад

Unfortunately no, these chips are write-only, so you can’t replace the ROM that’s on the actual chip. That’s why you have to go through this complicated process 😅

@hnidstx270 7 месяцев назад

@@esotericsean thanks man, I had hope to have a sick Japanese’s crystal version with German language. My Japanese language skills aren’t the best 😂😂😂

@machomansam 2 года назад

Great video! where can I get one of those surface mats you're working on?

@edgarcervantes1287 5 лет назад

You have a lot of technique with the electric circuits Nice job, buddy continue like that

@sam-ACE-rothstein 3 года назад

I would love to know if you actually played through the game or did all of this just for display purposes

@FenrirTheMenace Год назад

I literally just had this same idea when I found out about the silkscreen difference. I am tempted to grab a Japanese copy now.

@esotericsean Год назад

Do it! Expensive, but worth it I think :)

@FenrirTheMenace Год назад

@@esotericsean not nearly as expensive as a US version, sadly 😂 and also cheaper than Japanese lessons.

@HeldrikBoldhart 5 лет назад

Theres a rom hack like that already... Its called ash grey

@rendevoir4736 5 лет назад

Just got a gbc back, paid 22usd for it, ship included. It was for repair. A bit of alcohol on the on off switch and its as good as.new. Really wanna backlit it, but ill save it for a.gba, since more games.and comfort and all that. Amazing "mod", i genuinely didnt knew you could swap rom chips and still have it running

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Not a bad price for a GBC nowadays.

@ThasmoFrost 5 лет назад

Does this mean you’ll be able to find and catch Celebi in the version now?

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Thomas Frost It should function exactly like an English version, so no probably not. At least not without a glitch. But I’m not sure!

@ThasmoFrost 5 лет назад

Oh ok! Thanks

@starbursts 3 года назад

Just did this successfully a few days ago after buying a broken English copy of pokemon crystal

@Blackrock18 2 года назад

Same! Looks awesome 😄

@mikehawk669 5 лет назад

The Joey joe bags would allow you to backup and restore an english rom on the japanese cart without having to remove chips!

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

I have a Joey! :) Unfortunately, you can only dump a copyprotected rom and save file, you can't write a rom back to it. But there are flash chips that you can install in a Pokemon cartridge so you can use it with a Joey, definitely going to be picking some of those up sometime soon!

@mikehawk669 5 лет назад

@@esotericsean ah ok! Guess I misunderstood what exactly it does!

@_MJ07_ 5 лет назад

@@esotericsean I think you have a Joey jr. The Joey joebags does write too I'm sure

@G7SODA 5 лет назад

Oh I want that. I would pay someone immediately if I knew someone that can do this.

@deepcitrus7023 5 лет назад

hey there, its super easy. give yourself some credit. paying someone for something like this is silliness, literally a few step by step instructions, a soldering iron, and before you know it you too can rip off people for electronic repairs.

@inputfunny 3 года назад

@@deepcitrus7023 If by rip off people you mean providing a service for money; then okay.

@baseballnathan97 5 лет назад

In my opinion, it would be even cooler to have the Pokemon Crystal Clear rom hack on that.

@TXFDA 2 года назад

Personally "Polished Crystal" is my favorite version of Crystal. Re-adds missing areas in Kanto, adds decorations from HG/SS on DS, adds a mock Wonder Trade in one of the big city Pokemon Centers, adds XP gain on catching Pokemon like the newer games, makes trade evolutions possible by leveling with held items, adds tons of moves, and overall changes a bunch that makes the game better.

@sizzle5775 5 лет назад

Isn't there already a ROM hack based off the anime called Ash Gray?

@SomeNameHere 5 лет назад

the lid of the US version should fit the bottom of the japanese version, so why do you remove sticker at all?

@mrej112 5 лет назад

It does not fit

@wolf1737 6 месяцев назад

I've been thinking for a while to do this, but I was wondering if you can still trade with American/Japanese copies respectively, because that would be completely amazing

@Vendaar 5 месяцев назад

gen 1 and 2 are notorious for corrupting savegames if you trade between japanese and englisch/other versions :(

@michael13849 5 лет назад

This is really cool i wanna try it. Quick question tho. Where did you get that mat?

@Soul94255 5 лет назад

How would you keep your English save after doing this?

@cullbear55 3 года назад

Use a cartridge that backs up saves like a Monster Brain :)

@Soul94255 3 года назад

@@cullbear55 far too late now LMAO. I just started fresh back then, after doing this mod. Don't think I've played it in quite a bit now though.

@cullbear55 3 года назад

@@Soul94255 I understand, I'm simply suggesting for the future. Mine only costed around $20, but it's quite nice for keeping GB/GBC saves preserved. It also technically allows for you to have multiple Pokemon save files, so it's a win win if you get it! I hope you pick Crystal back up sometime soon too :>

@OGskips 5 лет назад

I think Pokemon Ash Gray is a ROM hack you'd enjoy

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Ohh, someone did make that already. Thanks for sharing!

@anonym-g-a-d7817 5 лет назад

It's very great switch mod, thanks. I learn and work for the switch chips

@cloudstrife7926 5 лет назад

What happens if you keep a connected bridge?

@cljoe35 4 года назад

OMG I just did a similar project with the Pokémon crystal. Awesome man!

@conorhumphries8321 5 лет назад

You should download the Pokemon Ash Gray rom hack... it is the anime with fire reds graphics

@Botini_ 3 месяца назад

Is it possible to do in a GBA game? Like pokemon Ruby?

@bengandolfi 9 месяцев назад

Super late to this, but what kind of solder did you use to remove the chip?

@esotericsean 9 месяцев назад

Any low melt solder will work, but the one I used is called ChipQuik.

@bengandolfi 9 месяцев назад

Gotcha, thank you! Found a ChipQuik low melt removal kit with some flux included, I'm guessing that'll do the trick. Definitely plan on practicing before I attempt this though lol.

@Lunas2525 5 лет назад

Or you could alter the us board white paint then a decal or hand drawing or you could make one big sticker and put on back of logic board.

@BigTrees4ever Год назад

Somehow I was under the impression that gameboy cartridge’s pcbs were flashable (mostly because of the flashable light Nintendo carts for sale on Etsy.

@kirachouinard3490 3 года назад

Is there a particular reason why you would use Chipquik rather than hot air?

@esotericsean 3 года назад

At the time I didn't have a hot air station, but that would have worked even better actually.

@kirachouinard3490 3 года назад

@@esotericsean I see, neat

@Mat_Croft 5 лет назад

Why do you put flux before soldering/desoldering ?

@ArlanFixStuff 5 лет назад

Basically it make soldering much easier.

@esotericsean 5 лет назад

Pretty much what Arlan Fix Stuff said. It helps protect the area from heat and the solder used on the battery is very old so it helps get it going. It’s probably not necessary, but I’m in the habit of using it on everything.

@Mat_Croft 5 лет назад

Ok, thank you !