The Analogue Pocket vs the Best Game Boy Color

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Temporarily got my hands on an Analogue Pocket, wanted to try it out and compare it to the largest and "best" GBC screen (the Laminated Funny Playing Q5 XL). The Pocket is a great little device! Worth every penny it seems (except for what they're going for on eBay right now, please don't pay that much for one).
Special thanks to / yesterdaystech (for the sprinkles Pocket Rocks buttons)
And to retrogamerepairshop.com/ (for the screen)
And honorable mention to / natalie.thenerd (will be installing her LED button board in this Q5 GBC soon!)
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@kr4t0sg.28 2 года назад

YESSS!!! you are the ONLY person on RU-vid that did this comparison

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Haha I wasn’t sure if I was, but wanted to compare it anyway since I had both laying around :)

@sojannedos 2 года назад

Glad to see you back! Looks good! Love that laminated Screen & buttons. Good video as always!

@davidrooke-bates5530 2 года назад

Awesome stuff. Personally I think the Analogue is unbelievably good! But there's something about upgrading a device to a potential that it never should of had that makes it special. So for me Gameboy wins but at least Anologue are taking Handhelds to a modern level of existence. Have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year Sean and your player 2 as well. ✌️

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Agreed! And thanks so much! Happy Christmas to you and yours as well :)

@RAHelllord 2 года назад

The frame blending is for the rapid flicker sprites to simulate transparency effects. You can see that really well in the chain of Chain Chomp in Link's Awakening (one screen to the left of where you wake up at the start of the game). In fact, if you still have the Pocket at home a comparison of the chain between your Q5 GBC and the Pocket would be neat. That's one thing previous iterations of the Funnyplaying mods have struggled with but supposedly it's better now in the newest version?

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Ohh nice! Thanks for letting me know. I’ll give that a test :)

@marioferraro8347 2 года назад

But I have noticed screen tearing when Ash moving or not?

@jesterlee7526 2 года назад

Does it hurt if we just keep frame blending enabled?

@RAHelllord 2 года назад

@@jesterlee7526 It doesn't, personally I have it always enabled.

@evilmarc 2 года назад

I don't like the pre-order structure but I'll certainly be picking one up when they're finally in stock.

@Mario-tq9pi Год назад

they won’t be

@RyanMcQuen 2 года назад

That was some smooth assembly.

@MachoNachoProductions 2 года назад

Great video! I just got mine the other day, also a white one. Happy holidays buddy!

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Can’t wait to see your video about it too!

@Deniki666 2 года назад

So beautiful. Every video I see just makes me wish mine was coming sooner. But I'm satisfied knowing I will one day have it.

@esotericsean 2 года назад

One day for me too. Love my Game Boys :)

@st3ddyman 2 года назад

You should change the screen to Original GBC, then set the Desaturation to get the best screen mode. Frame Blending is for games that flash frames to simulate transparency

@RGmodsitalia 2 года назад

Awesome Video Brother! The analogue pocket is Amazing,need one of them soon..in the meantime Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🐗❤

@clindberg1 2 года назад

great comparison, thank you!!!

@Dallen9 2 года назад

the original GBA mode is giving you the matrix lcd display mode very nice to have totally see why no one would want to use it though.

@cozymonk 2 года назад

Frame blending is for games that use fast tile switching to create a fake transparency.

@ScruffyLookinRGB 2 года назад

Awesome comparison video that pocket screen is beautiful man😍 Im looking forward to the pc engine cart adapter. Happy Holidays man! Hows that nutmeg coming along?

@vSwiftNinja Год назад

Thanks for the content, it’s helped me make a decision.👍

@vel2118 2 года назад

thanks for the comparison

@GASH_one 2 года назад

4:40 Where did you get those colorful buttons from? They look nice!

@ufcfan3940 11 месяцев назад

Just got mine 6months later worth it blows away all my modded gameboys so sick

@gamers7800 2 года назад

You got the white one, I opted for the same, still waiting on mine.

@michaeldemers2716 2 года назад

I have a question. Can you play with a bluetooth controller when it's not docked? Just wondering?

@andrec1629 2 года назад

Nothing beats taking any old gameboy and mod it yourself with a new screen or amp , or a brand new shell. Nothing beats the feel of the original stuff , even with all these new retro handhelds on the market. At least for me that is.

@danieldiggs9574 Год назад

I think that's the thought of someone older. I feel the same but I bet if we were 10 years old again the Pocket would be our choice. It's all about age too. I used to buy and want the latest stuff as a teenager even portable CD players that started to come with am/fm radio but nowadays I'm happy with the same portable CD players I still have from 20 years ago.

@PokeRetroFan 2 года назад

I really love the analogies and will get one but nothing beats original

@piplup10203854 2 года назад

I’m not huge on the price and the preorder structure 😕 it sucks that it won’t be available till like late this year or 2023. I also don’t have a lot of cartridges as I sold off a lot of my games when I moved but it is really nice and the white looks really good! That screen is super nice. I’m huge on those crisp and well saturated colors.

@Wavebeam64 2 года назад

Got my hands on a Pocket and am blown away by it. I do have a small issue with my flash cart not working properly on it, but it’s overall great.

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Which flash cart do you have? My old BennVenn one seems to have no issues so far.

@Wavebeam64 2 года назад

@@esotericsean I've got a Everdrive GBA X5 Mini. everything works great except eeprom saves can't write from RAM to SD, so they're effectively non-functional.

@simplemindedsage 2 года назад

@@Wavebeam64 The flash cart issues are just strange. My X5 Mini works fine; same for my GB X7 and GG X7. Krikzz has tested some carts that he had on hand and some work and some don't. There's a good chance Analogue tested various flash carts and just didn't run into any issues.

@ninetendopesaitama2107 Год назад

Use openfpga. No need for a flash cart. ☮️

@Wavebeam64 Год назад

@@ninetendopesaitama2107 lol thanks man, at the time openFPGA wasn't available. that said, my flash cart should still work and offers the benefit of being able to use the display modes that still aren't available with openFPGA. The everdrive actually got an update that fixed that issue as well though, so i'm all good!

@raziel3099 2 года назад

Nothing beats an OG gba modded.

@rubensilva2983 Год назад

Have to put also the rg353v in that compare

@philipquaglino 11 месяцев назад

I just pre-ordered it....I was back and forth on this vs original hardware, I determined the games are what make it best for me and I DO have an analogue product (Super NT) and its premium high end that future proofs stuff without needing to add a crap ton of things to convert signal and upscale. At this point in Retro gaming I see Analogue as the Gucci or Ferrari of consoles. Affordable and after market goes for big money. This will help keep things clean and modern. I was looking ad GBA SP AGS-101 but in the end I would rather have more flexibility with this. Imagine if Nintendo made updated retro consoles like this (not just the mini).

@garethlee6875 2 года назад

Everyone else lucky to get a analogue pocket: oh my God, freaking wow, daily driver forever right here. This guy: ohh okay, nice, *tap, tap, tap*. Okay I'm just gonna quickly mod a gameboy.

@doorht 2 года назад

I kinda really want one of these but I dont know if I can justify it because I have so many modded gameboys already haha

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Haha same…

@lovinade8564 2 года назад

Might as well reach for the brass ring bro!!

@xenosaga1348 2 года назад

Good video. I like your channel.

@kornstew 2 года назад

Whats with the analog pocket dot In the top left of screen?

@esotericsean 2 года назад

It’s a little bubble in the plastic screen protector that you peel off. This one isn’t mine so I didn’t peel it off :)

@kornstew 2 года назад

@@esotericsean oh! That makes sense, great video! Merry Christmas!

@retrorestored 2 года назад

Impressive device but I'm all about playing games on original hardware.. highly modded of course. XD However, for someone interested in something like that it looks amazing!

@stevejohnnicholls 2 года назад

I have an original modded gb, this is far better.

@WhiskeyAfterHours 2 года назад

FPGA is emulation at the hardware level so for all intents and purposes it is original hardware.

@darkrulier 2 года назад

@@WhiskeyAfterHours not really but ok

@Samuel-qi7in 2 года назад

It’s technically original hardware however it’s not exactly at the same time.

@Ragesauce 2 года назад

I love how he took the time to put together that laminated gameboy and basically never picked it up again so he could play on the Pocket. haha legendary.

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Haha whoops. I sent off the Pocket to its owner now though so all I have is the Game Boy 😅

@Ragesauce 2 года назад

@@esotericsean I was wanting that exact laminated set for my poor old GBC and waited and waited for it to come in stock, I thought it looked absolutely incredible since it was first announced, maybe someday...

@potatosenpai9934 Год назад

Hi, I noticed that you have an English ROM in a Japanese Pokemon crystal cart, was this possible through a device like the GB Operator ?

@esotericsean Год назад

I used the GBxCart from InsideGadgets

@potatosenpai9934 Год назад

@@esotericsean thankyou

@excadrillo99 2 года назад

Got my pre-order in for Q4 2022. I'd been trying to build a backlit GBC for years but all the screen mods and revisions along with the weird issues with IPS screens kept me from doing it. After seeing the Analogue Pocket and it's amazing hardware accurate screen modes for GB/GBC games I have to say I'm glad I waited haha

@Dark_Jaguar 2 года назад

The screen is far superior to any modded screen currently on the market, but there are issues with the rest of the hardware. Once that custom screen becomes a distinct mod, I'm going to consider that as an option.

@lukaskidd4621 11 месяцев назад

Good idea

@LCDLCD-cl2qp 2 года назад

Link cable it’s possible ?

@ulfrinn8783 2 года назад

I'mma be blunt. Fuck the pocket.

@rmuns1262 Год назад

Why?

@MobileDecay Год назад

My pee pee didn't fit in the cart slot. ☹️

@informitas0117 2 года назад

I was thinking of swapping the screen and battery mod on my old gameboy pocket, but seeing this device doing everything I could do but better kinda makes me lose interest in it all.

@cljoe35 2 года назад

I just got mine yesterday and it is amazing And btw 1:55 lol

@ajcics 2 года назад

Your voice is soothing

@ilive4retro 2 года назад

I love my analogue pocket, can’t even go back to me GBC anymore.

@cyberfreak777 2 года назад

what do you think about the miyoo mini

@esotericsean 2 года назад

I don’t really stay up to date on all the third party consoles. I’ll take a look at that one, though.

@blakryptonite1 2 года назад

The 2 things the Analogue Pocket lacks are cheats and fast forward mode. It's so hard to go through pokemon at 1x speed for someone who has played it in FF mode.

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Well, I guess that’s what ROM hacks are for. Or maybe they’ll release some of those features in the future! They’re planning to update the firmware/OS soon.

@MSBomberman94 2 года назад

Talk about its price and compatibility 😉

@juanjosegh2423 2 года назад

Are the colors good on the analogue other then the fact that they’re bright or is it slightly off in comparison to a modded GBC?

@darylgonzalez5666 2 года назад

I just canceled my pre order , too many complaints about cartridges moving or even coming loose while using the shoulder buttons . Original game boys that are fully modded or still the best option

@BrandonNielsen87 2 года назад

Yeah that's one major reason why I decided not to preorder it after I saw some review complaints of the loose cartridge. That's a big no-no for me.

@Zentsey 2 года назад

I just bought a Game Boy Pocket Color mod for the same money than a Analogue Pocket, i really prefer theGame Biy Original with mod cuz all the pros that it have

@ninetendopesaitama2107 Год назад

Really? Do you have save states? 1440p? Dozens of consoles accurate as og hw ? Arcade pcbs accurate like og hw? :) ☮️

@NeptuneSega Год назад

@@ninetendopesaitama2107let them miss out. How dumb they feel now.

@kdkseven 10 месяцев назад

I've never had that problem, and I've had my Pocket for a couple of months.

@BashoStrikes 2 года назад

You left out one important factor - "coolness". The real deal is much cooler. Seriously, the pocket is pretty good and considering the problems with the Everdrive will eventually get worked out, it's fine. But it's way too expensive for what one gets and it's still not a Gameboy. I also feel Analogue should have sent more of the first production consoles to their actual backlogged customers, opposed to flooding the reviewers with the first run of units as they did.

@DNAMobileGaming 2 года назад

That's how I play all my Pokémon games I just tap the crap outta the back of my gameboy hoping to catch em all by glitching 🤣 I can't wait to get my pocket but for now I enjoy my GBA IPS V2 with my usb c rechargeable mood

@Madblaster6 2 года назад

The Analogue Pocket "emulates" pixels to look like the OG. Meaning it makes larger red blue green pixels to make white. This is from the my life in gaming video. I only own modded Game boys.

@tomypower4898 2 года назад

Quick answer is yes !

@williamocarroll1982 2 года назад

I have one one order but have to wait till 2023. I have been putting off getting a modded GameBoy for years because I couldn’t justify the price for what is essentially a 20+ year old piece of hardware an emulators just don’t appeal to me. This is exactly what I wanted, a brand new piece in every sense of the word, that plays genuine original software. It is going to be an interesting exercise in patience though LOL

@esotericsean 2 года назад

Totally worth it, though! :)

@cavemandan543210 10 месяцев назад

People who don’t like the OG pixel mode didn’t really grow up w the original look smh 😞 it’s painstakingly accurate to simulating a sunlit gbc screen. Analogue mode is a bit over saturated and doesn’t include pixel borders that help to shade in a lot of the pixel art.

@esotericsean 10 месяцев назад

I grew up with a Game Boy Pocket and a Color and I agree it does look like that. Maybe I’ve just played too much IPS Game Boy Color and gotten used to not having pixel mode (though some kits have it now too!) Anyway, it’s fine if you want to use that mode, it is done well. :)

@KyleRuggles 2 года назад

I would get it if I had more old games, but I got an Anbernic RG351V, it's... awesome! And doesn't break the bank, plays all the old games and reminds me so much of my original gameboy.

@graalcloud 2 года назад

These are awesome enhancements but for me nothing will ever compare to playing on original hardware, Super Game Boy 2, or Game Boy Player. And for modding GBC I don't think I would want to actually cut the plastic to install one of those screen mods, not to mention they introduce new problems like battery life.

@adrian_veidt 5 месяцев назад

If I wanted to play my cartridges, I would've just grabbed one of those modded GBAs or a DS. I never owned a gamegear or genesis. So I'm fine with software emulation. Retro handhelds like the RP3 plus(the 4 pro had a shitty QC right now) and AYN odin 2 are far more capable. Streaming, native android gaming, browsing the web, a wider and more powerful selection of systems to emulate. Lots of channels raving on the FPGA like it's the second coming of jesus. Well as an electrical engineer, I just don't see that huge advantage worth raving about. The pocket is just not worth all the trouble of getting it. Don't even get me started on the price.

@esotericsean 5 месяцев назад

Some good points. I have a FunnyPlaying FPGBC too but it’s even less capable than Analogue Pocket. I think it’s important that someone preserves the actual CPU in an FPGA so the Game Boy (and other system) environment can be emulated in the future cause eventually all original Game Boy CPUs will fail. But software emulation is perfectly fine too and honestly that’s how I play most of the time as well.

@coreystill7197 2 года назад

I love the analog pocket more than I love my girlfriend!!!

@randomretroplays3123 2 года назад

I actually dont like it that much, it looks too simple and boring. The edges of the frame is too square. I straight up prefer the OG gameboy . Nice video Sean 👍

@8BitPasta 2 года назад

I'll wait for the analogue pocket slim or mini version. It will have the same size screen with much thinner bezels, and be the size of the GBC or GBP. It didn't need to be as big as it is, all the marketing material made it look so much smaller. Still very nice of course

@esotericsean 2 года назад

You know that’s a really good point. I would prefer a smaller Analogue Pocket for sure!

@stevejohnnicholls 2 года назад

Enjoy it in 2030 then - unless you have girl hands its fine.

@8BitPasta 2 года назад

@@stevejohnnicholls ok Steve lol

@RAHelllord 2 года назад

They definitely could have made it smaller by putting components on both sides of the board instead of cramming it all in on one side for aesthetic reasons that literally nobody will ever see. It's fine while playing at home but for on the go smaller similar to the GBC or GBP would have been very appreciated.

@NeptuneSega 2 года назад

The screen has two speakers on the side giving it an amazing sound, that's why there's the bezel it has. I have medium sized hands and it feels great and my hands finally don't cramp up like on the original gameboys. Unless you have trump hands this thing is fine

@keaton718 5 месяцев назад

You've got the best hobby, having all these consoles and stuff.

@dwightdixon8508 2 года назад

Not trying to knock the “Best Game Boy Pocket Color” as it is a very solid piece of hardware but the Analogue Pocket while some have complained about the shallow cartridge slot it must be said that it does so much more than just play GB & GBC games i.e. Game Gear, TG-16, Lynx & Neo Geo Pocket plus future updates will unlock even more potential.

@jacktsang05 Год назад

Og game boy is better. The other is nice, but definitely feels like any knock off handheld. Yea I get the point it’s not really emulation, but it ain’t the same if your a purest

@nyquilforthekill1620 2 года назад

I don't like it I'd rather have the original, and If I can't find an official game cart or a flash cart rom for the gbc or gba consoles then I got to an emulator device why waste 300$ and then fork up even more for attachments just to dock and play other console games. Nintendo consoles cost half the price to use or modify and still you'd see profit from. You wont sell a fpga 6 months from now for what you paid for it. But the Nintendo classic consoles, now they will be forever wanted. It's a nicely shelf boy you'd never want to take out and run around with because the don't make shells for your wonderful mess ups. Nintendo remanufactured shells are everywhere. ;) Parts are readily available, the RnD has been done, the need to have anything else is not necessary any longer. Just keep expanding on our ideas for the original consoles and we'll keep fishing our even better feats or engineering. No need to make anything new or innovative that can't be already done on your favorite 90's and 2000's handhelds. Good day.