Fixing up a GameBoy Advance Limited Edition Pokemon version from Japan! Sendico: bit.ly/45YHm0q #TheRetroFuture #GameBoy #Pokemon Sendico link is an affiliate link.
As much as i love the videos you upload on the main channel, i think these less edited videos are extremely relaxing to watch, i could watch hundreds of these simple repairs
Hi elliot. I love watching you and do take notes on some of your tips in refurbing. But I have one question. Will you ever do a tutorial on how to use sendico?
@@Flo280386riyou can get single items shipped if you want to, it’s just more cost effective to buy a few things to save on shipping. I made my 1st order on sendico a few days ago and it was really simple!
I'd love this too. I've bought a bunch of stuff from Buyee and I'm sure Sendico is just as easy to use, but I never quite know exactly how much it's going to cost all up, because I can estimate using their tools, but I don't know if getting it repackaged at the warehouse is going to cost me more or less if the box goes up in size, and if it would be cheaper to send as 2 smaller packages, or one big one. Knowing how Elliot does it would be amazing.
Enjoyed that. Having to try multiple times for the game to work but still remain calm, kudos to that. You definitely showed why a screen upgrade is the way to go. Still got my SP to upgrade... at some point.
This is why my favorite mod is the GBA 101, where you put an AGS-101 screen from an SP into an OG GBA. Good ergonomics, accurate back lit screen, and you're still using all original OEM parts. I totally understand wanting to keep this GBA completely original though. I imagine you dont really intend to play on it much anyway with how much you spent on it. :p
The two screws vs three screws difference, I actually know the reasoning for!! It seems the units that use 32-pin display ribbons have 3 screws. I think those are the earlier revisions. The systems with 40-pin display ribbons have only two screws inside. Probably a later revision
It's the other way around. 40-pin versions came first and usually have 3 screws. 32-pin versions are late revisions and almost always seem to have 2 screws.
@@SaturnHST that's odd. My 40 pin GBA only had 2 screws when I got it, and I was the first one in it. But you might be correct about the revision order EDIT: Yeah 40 pin was first. The screw number thing is odd then. I must've gotten one of the later 40 pin units when they reduced the screw count
Nice find, Elliot. And I agree! Sometimes it's nice to play on OEM hardware, even if mods, and emulators can provide improvements. Cheers on the repair, and enjoy mate! :)
I totally understand the part about not modding it I bought a glacier blue gba with the intent of modding it with a ips screen and new shell , but it's in such clean condition and the buttons and switches are all tight and work perfectly I can't really bring myself to mod it
Nice repair. Wouldn’t mind adding a backlit screen for better viewing because who knows if they have those little plug in port lites anymore as well as rechargeable batteries for the sake of batteries potentially leaking
My guess on the history of this device is that it was sold, however returned soon afterwards due to the the screen issue. Then the shop owner seems to have not sent it in for repair (likely due to the warning on that paper you pulled out), so they just used it as a display unit. That would explain the great condition and completeness of it, and the slight sun bleaching on the box. But that's just my guess.
Almost unplayable is exactly how I remember the GameBoy Advance's screen. My brother had one, but I got myself an Advance SP because I hated the dark screen and the mushy button of the og Advance. However, I recently bought a GameBoy color and was very surprised at how clear its screen was in daylight an even under normal ceiling lights. I still replaced the GBC's original screen for a backlit one, as was the plan all along, because I like to play in the dark (eg in bed just before going to sleep), but that really makes me wonder: Is the GBA's screen actually darker than the GBC's, or is it better than I remember? 🤔
just did a quick (completely unscientific) test of the gbc compared to the gba and it'd seem that the gba's screen is a bit darker??? could be wrong though
Dumbfounded by how easily you managed the shoulder buttons. Any time I do a GBA, those things go flying across the room a few times. Am I just dumb!?!?
Keep at it with your Motorcycle test, it took me 4 times to pass.... And I failed for the same reasons (Cost me a fortune too) I didn't give up and now I've my license for two years.
Love me some Snood. I think I had my GBA for less than six months before the first light mod came out for it in Japan. I utterly ruined it installing the light, which wasn't that good, but first mod in about 2002.
@@EatMeBeatMeMusicSays the fake police FYI the polarizer on LCDs will appear more or less worse based on lighting. If Elliott has taken the thumbnail photo with a camera flash, it will show more of the TRUTH you bunch of naysayers get a life
When it comes to Nintendo I always prefer to have a none modded console with a r4 type of card or cartridge. It’s just a different feeling playing it none modded.
