Do the Game Boys in Shadow Boxes actually work? Let's find out! 

lol that's not the purpose of these frames

Im really interested in building that now. I might try it some time.

@@challenger516 yeah but the rest of us don’t have to feel about about a gbc in prison

@@challenger516 You could still display it as a frame. It's a bit wasteful to use a working video game console just for show

Now that would be the God-Tier-Version of the Framed GameBoy Also Bonus-Points for having a Gamepad-Connector on the Bottom-.Side of the Frame, and hiding the Battery-Pack in the Back for easier Acess (maybe as well as an Gamepad-Holder and an access to the GameBoy-Powerswitch)

Me too :)

Though I would think if you had a enough money to own a framed ___, you probably have a few usable ___ lying around

@@Ellesdy1 Yeah, no. Lmao

Thanks for spoiling the whole video 🤦‍♂️

If it’s gonna be framed why would you want it to work?

Haha appreciate it!

This

Yep, easypeasy!

I was cringing and thinking the same aswell, no IPA and no flux 🫣

Yup!

@@turji Flux is to make the solder flow easier. My dad’s a electrician and rarely uses flux since he uses resin core solder tin, which technically is flux.

my first thought was 3d printed mounts that you screw onto the boards and shells using the already existing screw holes. Then you can glue those to the board an nobody would care.

Exactly what I was thinking … they can literally use something like “E6000” which is like hot glue but can be removed out of 99% of things

Double sided Velcro tape

@@Hectik17 Velcro leaves a nasty residue

The problem would be alot of people would find it annoying if they were taking working Gameboys off the market

thank you for saving 24min of my time.

Technically it was so dead but he repaired so if you get one and put it together it won’t work.

Well, not fully alive, more like not completely dead

hello!!!!!!!! i think your photos are cool

Agreed

Nothing was stopping you from doing it

Good to know! Was thinking about trying it with one of their iPhones. But they’re kinda expensive.

@@esotericsean The iPhone's work, but they all have an iCloud lock which makes sense honestly. No way they would do this with perfectly unlocked phones.

"THERE'S*" there + is = there's

@@customfantasyhotwheels NO + ONE = CARES Go be a Grammer teacher if you're that hard pressed.

@@customfantasyhotwheels oh shiet i was like "uhhh, do they mean they're?... nope, uhh their?... not... what the fu-?"

ya but think of all the returns when little ol timmy breaks a piece and now cries to his mom that it came broken.

Teach kids how electronics work and whats inside a gameboy. Good idea tbh

@@IDoABitOfTrollin I know over where I am there a store The Source, that you can make a little laptop, teaches kids about how things are built, I did it with my nieces it was fun

I remember as a kid there was an electronics kit that used tensioned springs to hold wires and connect components together, like a breadboard of sorts but in a cardboard box. I remember making a buzzer with a pizzo component once.

@@haloslayer255 Do you mean those 200 in one electronic kits, where you make the curcuits in the manual, this had a bread board, I once combined 2 projects together, only just had enough parts, and wires, a radio curcuit, and a amplifier, worked in tandem still have that built to this day, and it was able to find 3 radio stations, and very loud through the inbuilt speaker.

I remember as a kid I had a 1440 block ps1 memory card. It took a trip in the washer with my bed quilt, then took a trip in the dryer after that. Amazingly it still survived and works to this day, after 21 years I figured out it was a multi page memory card and can now access all 96 pages.

@@haloslayer255 those were the good days lol. When things were made to last. Now things are made to break, or just look good and break if you sneeze the wrong way around it.

@@jamesgolden7317 Right though? I remember as a kid (really young), and walking in to check on a family friend in the bath for my mom, and this mf lil girl had my Gameboy swimming with her dolls 😂😭 pulled the gameboy out, let it dry in the desert sun for like 2 days, put the battery in it and it worked for years after that till another cousin stole it from me xD

@@jamesgolden7317 I mean, those memory cards are basically just flash storage with some pins and a controller. It's too light to get damaged by blunt force very easily, and it was packaged with clothes. Since it wasn't receiving power, it couldn't have shorted anything, meaning the only danger would be corrosion, but they said it was out through the dryer, meaning that there was likely not enough water on it for long enough to do any damage.

@@tbuk8350 definitely, less likely for things already off. Mine was turned on when I was submerged. So that's why it was so surprising. Also, speaking of erosion. I've noticed how many electronics seem to erode a lot faster, and more easily. Especially compared older models. It's a shame they've been making things cheaper, despite the compared prices of these items. They make things better at one point. Then drop the positives enhancements. Like phones and other electronics that can handle being submerged. Yet drop that perk after that model.

Haha, my audio recorder filled up and I didn’t catch it right away 😅

What happens in part 2? 😅

@@esotericsean bro finish fixing it completely!!! I want to see that thing be able to handle day to day play with no problems!

@@I-C-Y-U-N-V Well it works flawlessly now, I used the motherboard from this in my GBHD Color video, so it now plays games on my TV in the living haha

@@esotericsean music to my ears!

Saw

@@QuinnKallisti no he didn’t use a saw.

There already are after market replacement gameboy shells for sale online so if people wanted they could totally make one of these without using a single piece of a original gameboy

Good replicas that are branded are like 2 dollars from china

Hey friend! Send me an email: sean@seanduran.com, I have some things that belong to you :)

Oh yeah! I've used that technique on a car dent before, forgot that it works. Maybe I'll clean up the rest :)

Haha yeah, it’s actually acrylic too so it wouldn’t shatter like that anyway. Sorry for the clickbait 😅

@@esotericsean No it's fine lol it's funny af

There's such a low demand for those old parts and even if they were sold, they wouldn't be that much. They make much more money making them into shadow boxes. Plus, there's no need for keeping them in working order and storing them in static bags. Anyone who repairs them knows it's best to just go to Ebay and buy a non working console or console lots and use the parts to repair broken systems. It's much cheaper that way.

A version where you source the parts already exists: it’s called do it yourself.

@@JohnSmith-nj4zq You do understand that at some point we're gonna run out of old lots to scavenge? "there's no need for keeping them in working order" what do you even mean? lets be as wasteful as possible because you can always get more parts from _____ ???? they're not being produced anymore

@@deadsince1996 There's is such a low demand for them, it's not worth keeping those old parts. Just like the old TVs and electronics. Those are called antiques. The only way to get them is to go to a antique shop. The only way to fix them is to get broke ones from sites like Ebay, facebook marketplace or yard sales. Nintendo is not wasting them, they don't want to keep the low demand supply parts. That's why they came up with an idea of putting them into a picture frame to get some profit from them. It's either that or throw them away or sell them for a dirt cheap price lots. That's how all electronics are. They get fazed out no matter if you like it or not.

It's neat seeing how crisp looking some of the small CRTs can look, but personally I prefer the biggest I can get hah. As long as it has component or s-video and ideally flat glass.

@@esotericsean Flat glass, huh? I've actually been thinking of getting a CRT for my Mister FPGA and I was wondering about this very topic myself. I'd like the most authentic look I can get, to what I was used to as a kid. Pretty sure I always had the curved glass growing up and I was wondering why you prefer the flat? Also, do the flat sets still have the scanlines because I really want those. I've actually got an old Sanyo 27" CRT sitting in a closet at a friend's house that I was going to try out once I get the VGA converter adapter for my Mister (since most of the CRTs I can find only support composite) so I'm hoping it looks okay. I've read so many different things about CRTs (like going with sets that support component, s-video, or PVM sets) and my head is kind of swimming with the options, heh. Starting to have some analysis paralysis, I'm afraid. I guess for now I'll just go with the cheapest option and try the composite option on the old Sanyo and see how it goes. Any advice and/or information about this would be appreciated though!

@@MoonsideResident most crts have curved glass. The flat glass technology was patended by Sony "Trinitron" the patent expired at end of 90's and thats when you have every brand coming when there own "-tron" tv's using the same technology. Mostly they are the silver colored tv sets 😉

I'd go with 17

Also combinations that include the other buttons as well!

Does it sound bad? I use a nice Rode Lav connected to a Zoom H1. But I'm no sound technician. I do try and make sure it sounds good through both headphones and speakers, but I'll take a closer look!