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Yeah he should make it so the cpu gets guaranteed voltage of at least 3.3V from bats until they are nearly empty. It does look like as soon as voltage drops then it will bootloop for another 2 minutes. It would be better to see crt dying first and get another minute out of it lol
Never in my life have I seen a DIY project that just looks like someone holding a bomb......for the love of god, never bring this thing to a convention
I think if I ever bring any of my creations to a public event they’ll have to be left off 😂 nothing I make will pass any kind of public liability scrutiny
Don't worry, the logistics of getting something like this as an individual outside of Aus is positively apocryphal. It's either super expensive, takes ages to get anywhere, and/or no one is going to let this through anyways.
Wow! What a slick mod! You can't even tell that it's homemade. The case, wiring and boards are laid so cleanly that it seems as if this is not a prototype, but a finished product from the Nintendo assembly line.
Most channels would 3D print a custom enclosure for their project, especially when working with something as potentially dangerous as a CRT. You chopped up several Game Boy shells and hot glued them together haphazardly. Needless to say, you’ve absolutely earned my respect.
It's fine. I've removed the HV lead of an operating CRT television, and not one of those "modern" ones with silly features like "implosion protection."
@@linhero797 It takes a lotta voltage to power them and a long time for that voltage to fully dissipate. Needless to say, not being careful around the back end of one can lead to a one-way trip off the mortal coil.
This channel makes me realize that those cartoons and soft sci-fi stories where the genius character makes a gadget out of junk or by mixing two obviously incompatible technologies aren't as unrealistic as I thought they were.
Gleefully singing "it's modification time!" while starting up an angle grinder at 13:27 is what made decide you are definitely mad. Everything up until that point was just slightly unhinged.
Cutting up two Game Boys with a cutting wheel carries the same energy as the Medic from the Team Fortress 2 commercials, yet somehow manages to be more disturbing. I love it.
@@Games_for_JamesJust keep using at least quality eye protection, flying shrapnel from unruly exploding discs cutting your eye open is not a fun time at all. (Guy lost that eye, docs had to remove it in the hospital)
idk, my pi pico in an absolute mess has made it through strict airport securities multiple times despite even my own parents saying it looks hazardous. for your knowledge it has about 20 wires, beeps loudly and plays flappy bird and snake and stuff
How am I just discovering this channel?? This video was absolute perfection… From the idea, to the “aww shucks” but incredibly skilled execution, to the fantastic editing, to the hilarious commentary. A work of art through and through. Thank you
My first video I've seen of yours. And I must say the tenacity at the beginning was admiral. The arts and crafts wizardry to get it all stuck together was the cherry on top!
Abrasives really aren't that dangerous, they just burn away skin and it doesn't even hurt much. If it were a toothed blade he would look about as good as the contraption he made in the video
@@koolaid33 LCDs back then sucked. The Atari Lynx and the Sega Nomad used those screens and they ate batteries up no problem. The Gameboy outdid all of them in battery life and size (believe it or not)
Who the hell wakes up in the morning and goes "Im gonna make a CRT gameboy today" and the proceeds to make a CRT gameboy. I am honestly really really impressed by this and the state of it at the end was hilarious.
James is an electronics artisian, there is an elegant yet precise and and seamless quality to all of his works. If you looked at a picture of that gameboy and didn't know any better I don't think you could tell it wasn't stock
“But first we’re going to have to do some *careful* modification of the case” *immediately pulls out the most careful kid-friendly tools that money can buy*
I never thought something could be fun, educational, and painful to watch all at once. Shoutout to the poor Gameboys massacred to give us this whatever you'd call this.
normal people: buys filament and 3d prints stuff james: lets grind my gameboy shell into plastic and injextion mold it into a custom case I made from clay
When he desoldered and lifted the pin, I was thinking... ok, he's gonna solder that to 5V directly so the chip is ALWAYS being told to output to AV, nice! And then he did the opposite, and disabled AV, exactly as expected.
@@koolaid33 nahh, just kidding around. I wasnt around for another 10 years during this era of the console wars, but I now own both systems. Honestly, from a technical standpoint the GameGear, or even the Atari Lynx, completely decimates the puny GameBoy and its puke green screen. But the GameGear draining a single battery almost 7 times as fast as a GameBoy will never not be funny to me
Having owned the holy Trinity of Gameboy Lynx Atari And game gear The game gear with the tv cartridge I can attest will flattern batts before you find a station
Having made a very VERY basic CRT as a part of one of my physics classes in Uni, The thought of putting one in a hand held is equal parts hilarious and Terrifying!
Just some advice for hot glue shenanigans. Isopropyl alcohol weakens the bond of hot glue so if you make mistakes or want to reposition something IPA works wonders.
@@ffwast Depends on the project. I've seen people use it as part of extreme overclocking/extreme fluid cooling projects. Though ultimately gin worked better.
Voltage converters that raise the voltage are generally called boost converters. That is true even for -20 V boosting to -24 V, so boosting is relative to the circuit ground (common (zero) reference)
Irwin is a common brand in the states too. In fact, they were founded in Ohio and invented vise grips. Still an American company, though they're owned by Stanley Black & Decker these days
Yeah I'm not sure that was the proper way of making the screen automatically switch to CRT! All he had to do is extracting the firmware from the screen kit, load in it a disassembler like Ghidra, debug the firmware and patch it so that it automatically start from CRT... Maybe he was scared of this solution because he doesn't know anything about programming? Who knows... 😆
I've just subscribed to the channel, based on the great sense of relief that I felt as I realised that I'm not the only guy who makes things fit by sawing bits off and glueing stuff together. Not having a 3D printer, I cannot design a new case for something, but have to go through my spare parts box and select items that could be cajoled into serving as part of the new thing. I have done this many times and it's why I have so many items that are 'gravity sensitive'. P.S. Suggested modifications: Li-Ion cells.
Not knowing who you are and what you're about then learning through this video has been a delight. Your keen eye for detail and ability to tastefully modify the original casing to fit the crt whilst still looking OEM is an incredible feat. I'm subscribing for more!
This is why I watch James Channel because he is the only Mods channel I know that is willing to take something and find a way to MAKE IT LOWER TECH! Keep it up James your a real one.
This channel always feels like a crazed yet calm sorcerer doing arcane magics on mundane things and coming up with entirely new horrors beyond human comprehension and I love it.
Not even the original developers of the Gameboy could know what pin does what anymore. There are like 4 different chipsetsbin it which do jot want to play nicely.
Ehhh, OLED's near identical pixel response times (CRT is faster, but by absolutely tiny amounts in a rational sense) combined with MUCH better contrast give it better motion clarity to my eye. 🤷 CRT absolutely DESTROYS LCD though. Like it's not even CLOSE.
Its funny becauss i remember when i saw james on wades channel he seemed so reasonable and normal, and then i started watching this channel and half of his videos are him making things that would get me shot if i had them in my hand
20:18 - "It even has a constant buzzing noise coming through the speaker, regardless of whether the volume is up or down. IT HAS SO MANY FEATURES!" XD XD
this is the most frankenstein's monster handheld project I've ever seen, and I've watched some ancient videos where people casted their own shells to make a portable N64. The results I've seen from this channel so far have been absolutely bizarre, but I love the dedication put into making these projects fully functional. 😂
i feel like this channel is essentially an alternate world where Sid from Toy Story was Australian and never gave up on his love of frankenstein-ing toys like a sick experiment
