Flipping Faulty Gameboy Games

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I bought 12 Gameboy Games to try and fix. How many do you think will survive? 😊
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@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Comment down below how many you think I'll fix out of 12 before watching the video :)

@King_Scorpion 6 месяцев назад

i think you'll fix 50 of em

@tjnorton100 6 месяцев назад

@Dtr146 6 месяцев назад

That one game that was completely bubbled up. Buy a aftermarket PCB and transplant the chips. Or, you can find another game with a similar PCB and transplant the ROM and RAM chip to see if you can get the game to work

@TheSkaldenmettrunk 6 месяцев назад

I read that to late..😂

@jasonrichardson1999 6 месяцев назад

Joey you didnt blow on the cartridge, you forgot how to fix all of them easily

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

😂😂😂 it’s so true!

@adamc92 6 месяцев назад

I like that you're trying to fix something a bit different, I'm definitely appreciative of the variety

@jonmarler 6 месяцев назад

Broken traces along where the shell touches the PCB is a very common issue. A dry pencil eraser is one of the best tools for cleaning the pins. You can also use a rubber polishing bit for a dremel without the dremel. Also, if the battery is so dead it starts acting like a resistor, that can cause the cart to fail. Considering the age of these games, all of those batteries should be replaced.

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for the advice :)

@jonmarler 5 месяцев назад

@@JoeyDoesTech My pleasure Joey! I've really been enjoying watching your videos. Your enthusiasm and positive attitude is amazing. Whether you succeed or not, you always stay positive. You are a true inspiration to all of us hobbyists who try, and often fail, to repair things. Cheers!

@154_C4 6 месяцев назад

you should do more broken games as its quite interesting and fun to watch

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Okay thanks :)

@miro_trendafilov 6 месяцев назад

Here's the names of the games I could find: 0:29 Pachi-slot Kids 2 0:59 Unknown white cartridge - possibly a GB Memory Cartridge (cartridges for the game rewriting service "NINTENDO POWER" developed by Nintendo) 5:07 Dragon Quest Monsters Terry no Wonderland 6:44 Bomber Boy 8:25 Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba 9:39 Game Boy Wars 12:03 Shikakui Atama o Maru Kusuru: Sansuu Battle-Hen 13:02 The King of Fighters '95 17:07 Shinkenzemi Chuugaku Kouza - Chuu 2 Eigo (or one in the series) - educational science game for the WonderSwan Color 17:25 Unknown grey game 18:29 Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru 21:04 Doraemon 2 - Animal Wakusei Densetsu Unfortunately, my last night's comment providing the names and links to websites for some of the more curious ones got deleted, hopefully this one's okay.

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Appreciate you Miro ❤️

@miro_trendafilov 6 месяцев назад

@@JoeyDoesTech Right back at ya, Joey!

@dymardo_ 5 месяцев назад

@@JoeyDoesTech You should be able to get the grey game's title from the ROM chip serial.

@miro_trendafilov 5 месяцев назад

@dymardo_ I tried, but with no result, maybe someone could find it. Good shout, though, that's how I found the name of the white game.

@Xoduz85 6 месяцев назад

On the last game that you put into a new shell there was a broken pin next to the ones that where scratched. I was just up on the top of it, really hard to see, but it was a small rip, you can see it if you pause on 24:27, it’s the last scratched trace on the right, the one that barely has a scratch. Really good episode 😊

@seguramlk 6 месяцев назад

Awesome, Joey. You did great on those games. I want more videos like these. Cheers from Brazil

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Okay good to hear! Thanks Segur :)

@dymardo_ 5 месяцев назад

The white game does look like a "Nintendo Power Cart". You can rewrite them using a GBxCart RW. It's fun finding working ones and see what was the last game someone put on there when the kiosks were active in the 90s.

@drivenbyfate 6 месяцев назад

Good to see a different kind of video! I love watching you fix stuff, but was starting to get tired of all the Switches and PS5s.

@luke9511 6 месяцев назад

future reference, reflow all chips on a gameboy game they tend to come loose for some strange reason

@apalmer102 6 месяцев назад

This time on Joey Cleans Tech lol. As always a great Video JDT

@joshkelly4682 6 месяцев назад

Came straight from mymatevince's electric toothbrush fix video to joey on retro gaming

@tiggydorset9041 6 месяцев назад

lol, from here, Vince is my next stop ;)

@LucasSaturn 6 месяцев назад

17:19 - that's a Benesse Pocket Challenge W game, which is an educational game. I believe it translates to something along the lines of "Shinken Zemi Junior High School Course Junior High School Science Pack".

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Thank you :)

@MoreFunMakingIt 6 месяцев назад

Bit of variety keeps things spicy! Maybe I should send you a broken ZX Spectrum. 😂

@retroradar_de 6 месяцев назад

Quick tip: you should never put a bad condition game in your gameboy without cleaning the contacts first. Through the scraping of the game boy contacts, you will get the dirt and rust particles in your game card reader reducing its overall success rate in reading games. And its definitely harder to clean the gameboy cartridge reader than a cartridge. Nice video though, i like seeing old stuff being repaired even if there is 0 market value for it.

@pow9606 6 месяцев назад

5:02 possible damaged trace. Could just be a blob of something on the PCB trace.

@SparksNZeros 6 месяцев назад

the hitomi cartridge has the same width and cartridge pin out as a game gear cart so it might be for that, the fighting game is King of Fighters 95, also buffing the pins to an even shine and removing the corrosion is easy to do with melamine foam (magic eraser) and alcohol. great work joey! :D

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Amazing! Thanks for the info :)

@MrDrokkul 6 месяцев назад

I think that green cart is for the Benesse pocket challenge handheld. There are a couple of versions, but one has carts that look like that.

@intoxicode 6 месяцев назад

Yeah like everyone else said use eraser magic eraser or a cleaning pen like a fiberglass pen and deoxit to clean contacts, and also make sure you do continuity tests between the end of each contact and chips connection to make sure the traces are all working

@tethera 6 месяцев назад

really appreciate that you got actual faulty carts and were honest about the non-working ones. There's so many fake restoration videos on youtube so it's nice to see a legit one. 0:19 from left to right I see: Pachislot, Bomberman, Dragon Quest Monsters, a Nintendo Power rewritable, no label, head improval battle, GB Wars, Yaiba, Goemon, Doraemon, Benesse Pocket cart (educational handheld) and King of Fighters 95

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for the info :)

@tetsuo666pr 6 месяцев назад

even if the pins are solid a good reflow never hurts it may be cracked solder underneath

@johnkearns2086 6 месяцев назад

Tip an old timer showed me - regular A4 office printer paper is pretty good at cleaning oxidation off pads like that. It's actually mildly abrasive, just enough to remove the oxide layer without doing any damage. Just rub it on the pads as if it was sandpaper. Sounds silly but definitely works!

@docsnavely1010 5 месяцев назад

Fiberglass pens with IPA work wonders for cleaning corrosion off game cartridge contacts.

@martinnash007 6 месяцев назад

You could do with a Gameboy Breakout / Passthrough Cartridge so that you could check the data and address lines with a scope!

@mrman991 Месяц назад

I would love to see the process of saving the water damaged one. I have a 1990s laptop with a similar issue and I really want to save it.

@nielsen145 6 месяцев назад

the 2nd to last gameboy game, is based on an anime that started in the 70s and still running on and off today and most of the early stuff is also lost media. today they are only making movies

@MikeG-rh1lk 6 месяцев назад

After looking into older cartridge games I was surprised how many fake ones are out there

@bittrix 5 месяцев назад

bro doesnt know king of fighters 😭☠️ much love, joe ❤

@Samsemillya 6 месяцев назад

Deoxit and Magic Eraser is the way to go here Joey.

@SirZanZa 6 месяцев назад

1st one you need to tin the gold pads on the bottom.. they are too worn to make a solid connection. the plastic of the case also rubs on them and can create small cracks in the pads

@Google_Is_Evil 6 месяцев назад

The batteries that are low could cause save memory to be corrupted. Depending on how the game is written, that could result in the game checking for corruption, figuring out something is wrong and not starting. Taking the battery off and replacing it in theory could set the save game memory to a "regular" empty state. I personally would not condemn a game before having replaced the battery. The one game with the deep scratch on the contacts might have the ridges on the scratch push the game reader pins out and prevent proper contact. Maybe get the ridges down so the chances of the reader making good contact bigger?

@Somnifuge 6 месяцев назад

It's a shame Game Boy Wars couldn't be fixed, there were a bunch of games we never got before we were allowed to have Advance Wars in English.

@andrasszabo7386 6 месяцев назад

Nice video, Joey :) I don't know if Magic Eraser is available in the UK. That usually helps with cleaning the pads more easily.

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@Mr.Sequiro 6 месяцев назад

Looked like a Game Gear game possibly. They had that bump at the top and were wider.

@dany-ps2my 6 месяцев назад

Pencil eraser was a savior back in the day

@CaPtNcApS1 6 месяцев назад

I know that this is Not really your Thing, but I freaking LOVE fixing Videos of old Video Games. Please, if you ever feel the urge to do so again, do it! Maybe there are NES/SNES or even N64 Games in need of fixing?

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Appreciate that! Maybe :)

@stephenarkless9444 6 месяцев назад

Never forget always check all the legs on all the chips

@UnCoolDad 6 месяцев назад

Magic eraser works well for cleaning pads.

@thehatwithfunnynames 6 месяцев назад

That second last game is Doraemon. Never played it but I know the character.

@davemcd2579 5 месяцев назад

wish you'd been able to figure out some of the more challenging ones as I have a similar hard to solve issue with a copy of Tetris (Japanese version). I picked it up for $10 Australian and so far all I've got is my money's worth in soldering practice. Trying to figure out how I can prove if its a dead chip or not.

@Unjustself 6 месяцев назад

@StezStixFix had a similar video and he found a lot of them just had old solder joints

@garydustin 6 месяцев назад

Gameboy game #3 is Dragon Quest Monsters. The Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest Monsters series rival Pokemon in popularity in Japan. Dragon Quest V's monster taming feature can be thought of as Pokemon's grandfather in many ways, and likely inspired many of the mechanics in the original Pokemon Red and Green versions. Really cool bit of history on that cart.

@danieltampin4339 6 месяцев назад

Should have a P.O. Box to get some try repairs of stuff people no longer want

@jareddoesstuff358 6 месяцев назад

Could get 5 or 10 bucks for Dragon Quest Monsters. That's a pretty fun game. Though you'd probably need to sell it in Japan lol

@birdfish86 5 месяцев назад

Should really give all the chips a nice reflow.

@jerrybomcool 6 месяцев назад

Im sure you can buy replacement PCB’s and just move the chips over to salvage a game from PCB damage

@shinobuiscool 6 месяцев назад

The game you said has a pokemon like menu is a Dragon Quest Monsters game.

@Bro3256 6 месяцев назад

wished you were able to fix that copy of Bomber Boy, since that's the first ever Bomberman game in the series to feature a battle mode even has a remake of the Famicom/NES game too

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

I actually managed to fix it in a livestream yesterday :)

@Bro3256 6 месяцев назад

@@JoeyDoesTech very cool, do look into getting a second copy for link cable play

@matthewmaidment8464 6 месяцев назад

Zedlabz amongst others sell replacement cart shells, not sure on stickers for them though

@CrashFan03 6 месяцев назад

can vouch for zedlabs. i accidentally bought one of those aftermarket shells that just says "game" off ebay before realising it wouldnt fit actual gameboy pcbs. i found out zedlabs makes shells that actually fit real pcbs and they work perfectly. as for stickers? idk your best bet would probably be to print em off yourself

@GP7shorts 6 месяцев назад

yo joey, for a video, you should get a broken gameboy, get it working, and mod the crap out of it.

@Dtr146 6 месяцев назад

If you want a challenge. Go online and buy custom PCBs for game boy games. Say for instance like on the one that's completely bubbled up. Transplant all of the components onto that board. Just for the giggles and for the challenge

@seanwilson7740 6 месяцев назад

I'm sure it has been said, but the green game looks like a gamegear game

@jonathanmartin3375 6 месяцев назад

I believe those last 2 games were Legend of the Mystical Ninja. I've only played them on SNES, but they're great.

@revengenerd1 6 месяцев назад

Or Goemon as its called in Japan.

@tomelner 6 месяцев назад

Yep capacitors... The symbol above them and the label C1 are the giveaways

@LetsPlayKeldeo 6 месяцев назад

Wait is that white cartrdige one of the GB Power cartrdiges where you could download games onto the cartrdige ?

@dzulio11 6 месяцев назад

yes it is

@LetsPlayKeldeo 6 месяцев назад

Joey would you perhaps sell the ones that you couldn't fix ? I would love to have replacment parts. Cheers

@John514s 6 месяцев назад

I love Gameboy game repairs, too bad that the only fixable ones are usually Japanese lots

@put4558350 6 месяцев назад

no. 3 dragon quest monster no. 9 box say science for junior high school ... not a game more like a e-dictionary expantion no. 11 Mystical Ninja Goemon (Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!) no. 12 Doraemon 2 Animal planet (Doraemon 2 Animal Wakusei). it's base on Doraemon movie

@brunomsa 5 месяцев назад

How come you don't know King Of Fighters, Joey? 😱

@joakimwimmerstedt2798 6 месяцев назад

Just did a lil' google picture translate and the sticker on the hitomi cartridge translates to this: "Hitomi Pocket Challenge - Shinkenzemi Junior High School Course - Junior High School Science Pack - Benesse". If the other comment down here is true I take it it's some kind of educational exercise game for the game gear? Considering mcdonalds japan did employee training with a nintendo DS i'm not totally surprised. It's weird to try and figure out the value of something like that but maybe it's good?

@andrewchesser81 6 месяцев назад

9 out of 12 is my bet. Good luck!

@xboxnangable 6 месяцев назад

The King of Fighters, Goemon, Doraemon....all great games

@hmello3250 6 месяцев назад

use a pencil eraser to clean the pins

@gnasher666 6 месяцев назад

Joey, I have a PS5 that needs repairing if you are interested?

@Den-nd6xn 6 месяцев назад

16:11 King Of Fighters 95

@acidrazor 6 месяцев назад

Those arent capacitors theyre resistors and the different colour lines tells you the resistance

@adriannp. 6 месяцев назад

Last one its Doraemon!! Well known in Spain, one of our regional tv channel uses to show this series since 2005! Gg Joey

@CrashFan03 6 месяцев назад

it also aired in the uk on boomerang for a short time in 2015

@benjaminheginbotham7927 6 месяцев назад

16k views?! Bet you’re glad you quit you’re day job! Smashing it.

@rrittenhouse 6 месяцев назад

I really had an "itch" for a new video 🤣🤣👍💪

@muradmohsin9539 6 месяцев назад

💀

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

😂😂😂🙃

@chrisgr00ver 6 месяцев назад

In my experience repairing Gameboy games, it’s 99% of the time dirty or broken/cold solder joints on the chips. Just touch everything with an iron and it should work.

@mrschizopsycho3209 6 месяцев назад

The game with 95 on it is king of fighters

@ChefkochFalke 6 месяцев назад

Give us a Chair-Cam too

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Chef thank you so much! massively appreciated 😊

@wilsvgaddiction4456 6 месяцев назад

Hopefully you paid $20 for the fun of trying to fix those and not to resell. Those games are not worth the cost of the pstage.

@miro_trendafilov 6 месяцев назад

9! Also, peas!

@johnDingoFoxVelocity 6 месяцев назад

Actually, that's where you're wrong. Several Gameboy games require the battery in order to boot just to let you know.

@brokenm4n 6 месяцев назад

youve been mostly finessed and paid way to much but interesting video

@adzmitch 6 месяцев назад

I don't believe you don't know anything about these when you went straight for the loose legs.

@robinhadley 6 месяцев назад

It's called editing 😉

@frankurmom8741 6 месяцев назад

Last game is Doraemon

@manuper11 6 месяцев назад

There's no Doraemon on that part of the world?

@jackfry 6 месяцев назад

you should just reflow all the chips on all the games.

@richards7909 6 месяцев назад

Cart 2 doesn't look right. Either a fake or one of those 40 in 1 games.

@willrobinson7599 6 месяцев назад

20 quid for that load of rubbish lol . Guessing u not trying to make any money on them lol But as always enjoy watching and seeing how many u could working Keep making the great vids joey Guessing u fix 7

@wakcedout 6 месяцев назад

Some of those looked like “official” releases. I say that with heavy sarcasm. I wouldn’t have wasted time trying to fix those tbh because even collectors might pass them by.

@Marrro 6 месяцев назад

These contacts would be worth cleaning with very fine sandpaper....

@doubleeagleaudio 6 месяцев назад

Those blue things at the top of the boards you kept calling caps are resistors. 👍

@stephenhirst9222 6 месяцев назад

Joey get a fibreglass pen for those contacts, the proper tool for the job

@TheAboali1600 6 месяцев назад

Please change your cloves, they are very dirty and distracting

@Dr_Y_Woo 6 месяцев назад

7/12

@VampyRagDoll 6 месяцев назад

Joey my face isn’t feeling welcome again. 😢

@aarond6131 6 месяцев назад

Japanese games? My guess is you won't even know they're fixed unless you have a japanese console

@jonathanfeemster5242 6 месяцев назад

Most of the time Japanese games won't work in regular games boys unless u have the game boy that plays all country content

@mkfreak22 6 месяцев назад

No the Game Boy is region free.

@supersecularboypants 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Joey, I like your content SO MUCH!!

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@joshkelly4682 6 месяцев назад

Dip a pink eraser in ipa and scrub those pins on the carts it cleans it the best, i don't use any other method and all of my games play first try every time.

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

This is very under rated haha. Done this on the livestream shortly after :)

@joshkelly4682 6 месяцев назад

@@JoeyDoesTech it is very effective

@Noble_M12 6 месяцев назад

Pencil rubber is great for cleaning them. Also I tend to clean any new games before putting them in one of my consoles so the dirt doesn't get transfered to the console pins. Doesn't make a good video if you fix them before testing though haha

@brianepstein8444 6 месяцев назад

bruh, get some 1500 grit sandpaper or emery boards to clean contacts

@jasjaswal4649 6 месяцев назад

reflow all chips on a gameboy game that some times fixes it.They come lose over time.

@CubeBag 6 месяцев назад

0:59 Nice find! That would be the re-flashable GB Memory cart. People in Japan could bring them to a machine at the Lawson convenience store chain and pay money to get new games flashed onto the cartridge. The board is completely different from the other Gameboy carts, and it's a very cool specimen. If you can fix it you'll find out what game (or games!) the previous owner had put on.

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

Perfect thank you! :)

@TheSkaldenmettrunk 6 месяцев назад

Broken traces are sometimes not really good to see, so it's best to test every single one for continuety. Thank you for the good entertainment.

@JoeyDoesTech 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome Leon, hope you're well!

@TheSkaldenmettrunk 6 месяцев назад

@@JoeyDoesTech I am. Thank you! Hope the same goes for you and your family. Not as active as I'd like, speaking of Discord and YT, but moving Flat is over.. just some boxes left to unpack, so there’s light at the end of the tunnel😂 Happy Easter to you and your family.