This video was the one that showed me that modding game consoles wasn't as hard or scary as I imagined them to be. The Metal Gameboy Color was my first big scale expensive mod I've ever done (and it's still my favorite over all the others I've done so far!). I did this after I graduated High School from last year, and boy what a ride it's been so far (especially when after you posted this, a couple months later drop-in LCD kits became a thing! 😄). All I can do is thank you Esotericsean for getting me into this!
Solid video. I've seen Metal EDC posts about this on Instagram, but being shown how simple it is to set do makes me want to save my nickels for this one.
I'm waiting for the option 2 to arrive so I can build mine. It will be with the brass buttons. The shell is amazing quality, top top notch. Definitely recommend getting one if you get the chance.
just a testimony to the quality and design of Nintendo and their games, that in 2019 almost 25 years after the release there is a community still making aftermarket parts and upgrades, and I have a 3ds with the virtual red blue and yellow games and I still want to build this.
I would absolutely love to see a GB Boy colour adapted to fit in to one of these because I wouldn't want to buy a second hand Gameboy color just to have to tear it apart but doing it with a knock off doesn't seem like a travesty at all lol
I adore my Gameboy Advance SP for night play because it doesn't burn my poor eyeballs. I'm probably going to front light my color because I love the look too!
@@esotericsean Nodnods. :) I also realise this video is from a few years ago. But yeah even though the battery pack has some kind of protection circuit built in... Not all have short protection. And even ones that do, can fail. And LIPOs can pump out a lot of juice if they want to, and sometimes explode in the process. never a good thing. :)
Great video. Great shell but I gotta stick with the NES shell lol. Depending on the vender, the one I got came with options on red and black buttons (had to keep it authentic with black d-pad and red buttons 😂) and It’s also made for modding as well. No cutting or anything if you want a colored LCD mod installed.
Hey Sean, I recently made one of these (using a red anodized shell and brass buttons), and utilized one of the Chinese ribbon cables (sadly, right now its pretty much the only viable option for one of these mods because the bennvenn cables are not readily available) and would like to see your take on a correct installment, especially if you use the metal buttons. I made it happen and its awesome, however, the install was much morr finicky and difficult due to the nature and build of the chinese rubbon cable and the board it uses. For example, the female end on the small board that accepts the 101 screen gets right in the way of the silicone pads and the buttons (which without trimming or adjusment WILL kill the cable coming from the 101 screen from pressing down). To remedy this, I had to shift the bpard to the left a millimetre and a half as well as shave down on of the pegs on the brass botton so it wouldn't hit the cable at all. And also adhere the silicone pad to the gbc motherboard instead of resting it on the buttons so it wpuld clear the cable. Its hard to explain but if you assemble one, as well as the finicky placement of the wires for the screen brightness, youll get it once you make one. Its not quite as straightforwar dor easy and takes some finesse. Plus as some may have found out, the wrong kind of pressure can crack the screen too. I bring this up to you because your work is clean and meticulous. Me and many others wpuld probably love to see you do a gbc color light mod with one of these chinese ribbon cables (utilizing one of these metal bodied systems as well) because I found it to be particularily tricky. Doable and awesome once done. But not easy.
Bren Lowe Hi Bren! That’s absolutely on my list of videos to make. I have a Chinese PCB and the new BennVenn PCB should be arriving this coming week, so I’ll be making a video comparing the two. :)
The only thing i dont like about the way u remove the battery contacts is how u have to push on the contacts ive broken many pads by doing that i just put some solder over it and hold the board up until they fall out
Don't know if i like the place the charging pcb goes(under the battery), because those tend to produce some heat.... But outside from that its beautiful.
Some solder wick would probably work wonders when removing those battery terminals. And have less of a risk of scratching the shit out of your board...
Great video! Thanks for sharing! I'm wondering, do you happen to know if there is going to be an updated version of this case for the Freckle Shack backlit screen?
It's a fairly loose slot, so it doesn't *feel* like it's hurting them. He does make a metal cartridge shell too if you wanted to put your game inside a metal shell to match, heh.
I have issues with mine and I can't explain them. It operated no problem until the first charge. The PCB went bad upon plugging in, so I replaced it. Then charged up the battery, it turns on and everything seems fine at first but then wigs out in different ways for every game. While the games play just fine in another Gameboy. I just don't know.
BennVenn ribbons are designed to only work with aftermarket AGS-101 screens. An official 101 from an SP won’t work, so I’m fairly certain an 001 won’t work either. But if you want a front light, you can remove just the front light from the 001 and put it in your GBC using the OEM GBC LCD.
I think it will fit, but it will probably need to either be secured with something like hot glue or a 3D printed bracket can be made to hold it in the proper location. We'll have to wait and see though!
At minute 10:50 , what screws and screwdriver do you use? I ordered a custom built one from boxy pixel, and I guess he accidentally forgot to put two screws in those holes. I'd like to order and put them myself.
Daniel Martinez I would email him and ask. I’m sure he’ll send you some replacement screws. They’re normal Phillips screws, but a specific size that are designed for his shell. They’re not normal GBC screws.
Just weighed them. My backlit plastic GBC is 18.8g and the Boxy Pixel one is 31g, so it's almost twice as heavy but not quite. It feels really nice in your hand, not *too* heavy.
We're trying to play the gameboy color pokemon trading card game all over again with the infrared are you down? We just have to find a device that can be used as an interface or adapter for long distance play and trade so you're gbc would infrared to a receiver that will then send through internet to another person's receiver and then to his gbc infrared. Do you have any idea how we can do this? In other words play and trade with the original gbc pokemon trading card game but in long distance as opposed to being right on front of the other
You should NEVER cut both wires on a battery at the same time. You short out the battery when you do that which will cause a lot of heat very quickly, destroy the battery, and potentially start a fire. You got lucky because you did it quick enough to avoid issue, but its a very bad habit to get into (especially in a video thats basically a tutorial for people who may not know what theyre doing). Even with as fast as you did it, a higher voltage battery couldve smoked or caught fire
