Elliot: WHY DOES THIS EXIST! Also Elliot: Today we are gonna make the original gameboy taller for no reason

INCREASE THE "WHY" FACTOR BY MAKING IT LONGER AND ADDING A SECOND SCREEN. THIS SHALL BE YOUR MAGNUM OPUS.

2:07 * Takes a sniff * "Smells awful!" 2:11 * proceeds to take another sniff * "NNAAAAWH"

I had one of these and I loved it. Mine was black though. My favourite was taking it with me on car journeys and playing V-Rally.

My head canon is that his hat is pronounced "why" for this video and not "we"

I can imagine this thing would only be usable with a screen lighting mod, because that bulky housing would surely prevent proper outside lighting from getting to the screen.

No one : Elliot mid driving making sound effects : Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

That's really clever engineering, thanks for the video too! I love seeing these old peripherals, there's so many diverse ideas out there and some of them can be really interesting!

2:07 me when I enter the loos at wetherspoons

Just imagine, playing F-Zero in this thing.

The problem is that since it's still using the D-pad, you won't get the precision you would expect from a better steering wheel accessory, so something like this would work best if it connected to the extension cord, and even then, it would only work with games designed for it.

Imagine carrying this around 😄 You have a sponsor proud mom tears 😆😆

Well, that “steering wheel” is made way more complex than it seems...

I had this when I was younger. I really enjoyed it with GT Advance II

Oh, this is the first episode of Why? that I've caught. I dig the format, love watching your channel grow!! Keep it up Elliot

The easiest way to open clam shell packaging is with a can opener. You just clamp it in place, turn the crank, and let the blade do its job. I kind of want to see you play Metroid Fusion with this. That would be a crazy video.

Lmao I actually had this as a kid, my parents bought it at Radio Shack and I don't think I even actually asked for it. The original GBA was already hard enough to see as it was, and adding this contraption didn't make things easier and I just chucked it in the closet lol

For this "Why" video, I appreciate that you wore your "Why" hat.

That makes for a unique display stand for a GBA, when not in use. Attach to mains power, put a game with demo mode on it, and presto, tiny conversational piece on your shelf. Heck, I have something called GBA movie player. Video from CF card. Record some gameplay from various games, and have it play on a loop. Instant art piece! :D

"Why?!" *begins furiously slapping head* "Here's why!"

*Almost every console had a steering wheel. Even if it doesn't have racing games.* (Trust me, that could happen)

If it weren't for the shoulder buttons, that could have become a popular accessory. Gadget Racers would be fun to try.

My first thought when I saw this video was "oh God he's made a steering wheel, too." Honestly, I kinda wish you did.

That's absolutely amazing .. I thought of building such a device for myself but seeing this exists I will definitely search for that and buy one ... maybe even buy one on my next Italy vacation

*Opens the packaging* immediately inhales it

As someone who owned one of these, thank you for the Nostalgia trip!

2:45 "[...]You just chuck it in your pocket, where is THIS going?" In the trash. The answer is in the trash.

this would be amusing with a gba game called spyhunter, there's a ps2 version but the gba is most memorable for having an inexplicable arcade mode where you have to run over as many chickens as you can within a time limit... yes i don't know either

Wow, what a neat little thing. I was expecting something like those Wii bundles of 'sport' items (golf club, tennis racket etc).

Something that would have been nice is if they had a way to simulate analog control for steering.

You know I've been watching you for a while now, and it's been fun to watch your speaking confidence go up

I’d love to see someone playing on this with GameCube link cable function

ELLIOT about 2 days before you posted this video, I bought 3 of these sealed for about $10! They’re so neat!

I thought this was another custom mod video

GT advance and V Rally 3 were both great GBA installments for racing fans.

@theretrofuture ur my best friend during this troubling time

I'm quite surprised Metal Jesus Rocks has never found this and done a video on it 😂 he's always talked about how much he loves his GBA racing games

Come to Italy, we have the wheels for the GBA!

Thats why i love retro stuff.

you gave " don't drive and text " a new and retro view

Awesome video hope to see more random accessories for the game boy 😁 keep up the great contest!

He smells it once, hates it, smells it again, Hayes it again, then you can hear him smell it throughout the rest of the video. Nice, Elliot

Yooo this is actually really interesting to see, and the Why? series name is perfect for it!

This is the best we have ever seen you play Mario kart.

Wow! I bought a US branded one of these from Best Buy's clearance section for 1 penny about 15 years ago. I completely forgot about it until now. I spent a week trying to convince myself it was worth the single cent I paid.

V-Rally 3 is my favorite GBA game, so I immediately bought one of these on EBay lol

Only now that the gba consolizer exists can I somewhat justify this… thing Edit: I just realized you wouldn’t be able to attach it, is there a snes wheel? That could work.

His hat has the answer Wii Yes The answer to why is yes

Imagine playing the whole Super Mario Advance series with THIS...

@The Retro Future I don’t know if you’ll ever see this comment. But after seeing your previous video and watching you restore the TPS-L2 Walkman so well it made me remember my TPS-L2 Walkman. When I had bought it from someone two years ago the battery container was completely corroded. I was a lot younger back then and I had started to dismantle the Walkman and I had started cleaning it and got it to take power again and even run a little. But then disaster struck as I was cleaning one of the battery contacts two of the battery wires fell off. I tried asking a friend to re solder the wires back on but then he ended up disintegrating them also dropping a ball of solder into the Walkman. After that he tried to “fix“ the issue and he ended up hot glueing new but wrong wires back onto the contacts. It left me with a broken Walkman and I’ve never been able to find someone to fix it or fix it myself. I don’t know if you do this but have you ever repaired and restored something for a viewer? I would be willing to pay the costs to repair it and for whatever you needed for restoring it. It also has some of the wear your Walkman had in the video. I don’t know if you do that but maybe it could make a cool video. I’ve just never seen anyone who knows how to restore and repair this model like you. I hope this gets to you. Maybe I could send it via your PO Box if you would be interested in doing the repair and restore of it. I also commented this before on the Walkman video.

I too look completely to the side when greeting people

I didn't know that, THING, existed. Great video!

You know the one eyed bird in Futurama? I reckon you could GBA up a forearm thingy so you can wear AND play your GBA a treat, bit of leather offcuts on ebay, some stretchy elastic to give it some grip to your forearm, dunno if you could curve a GBA screen but some screens can be curved a little. Get Vince on board to build up some super power hand trigger and motion sensor using sixteen different Chinese connectors and a handy output for making a cup of tea or mowing the lawn... :P

I remember a Ford Rally Carr Racing game on GBA that i used to play

There is ONE game I know of that this is useful for. Yoshi's Topsy-Turvy.

Elliot: takes a good whiff of the box Also Elliot: OOOOOOOOH thats AWFUL

This is extremely interesting for some reason. Thanks for the awesome content!!

Pointless Project idea: make a full racing chair setup with this

This could have been really neat, if the Game Boy Advanced had analog pressure sensitive directional buttons then you'd be to steer a little and get small amount of steering in game. Have on/off button hooked to a will must be a bit of a trip.

I love your stuff brother! Would you be able to do an updated video with where you use a Gameboy player and the GBA as the controller. This way you can look at the TV screen and use the steering wheel below.

I wonder if a game cartridge could have support for steering, like the tilt controls in kirby’s tilt and tumble for game boy color.

This thing might be perfect for OutRun from the Sega Arcade Gallery...

"WHY" -TheRetroFuture 2020

Just found your channel today, also just found out there's another person with the name Elliot with one "t" (I don't actually have 3 t's in my name lol) so I had to subscribe.

Couldn't be a more accurate time since *NASCAR* just came back again

Nobody: Not Even a mouse: Him: I A M. U S I N G. T I L T. C O N T R O L S

2:50 "Where's this going?!" 😏

*smells awful* goes back for a second sniff.... Stay golden lol

Derek from Stop Skeletons would be ALL over this!

Hi, Elliot! Please do a video on a custom modded original 2ds. I would like to see the physical mods you can do to it.

Loving the wii hat

Dear Retrofuture! I would like to ask you, to make a Digiblast review! Its a really cool competitor from the nintendo ds, Sony PSP ages, and its have many cool functions. And this console was have many licensed games, like spider men, Xmen, and Atari brands. I think this cool handheld deserve an episode in your channel! Thank you and have a nice day!

I imagine this being a really cool toy for a child at the time. Legit. But the lack of a solution for L and R kills it, Mario Kart and F-Zero are unplayable without them and were probably first and second racing games on the console.

yo Elliot, an italian youtuber called Karim Musa (Yotobi) also reviewed this wheel! And the box is in italian too!

Bro love ur vids keep up the amazing work

The Rally Boy Steering Wheel claims to be "The world's first racing wheel for Game Boy Advance." It's compatible for every Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games.

i definitely see myself as a kid wanting to have this.

His Wii hat is awesome

Mod it with the paddles for shoulder buttons and pedals which activate a and b using cables.

I am not going to lie, probably half the software in the world is a the software equivalent of that steering wheel, it is a beautiful physical representation of abstraction.

Now I need a Super Famicom styled GBA.

Don’t break the steering wheel, you might end up breaking the internet

Brilliant for Shreks Bog race

Give this man a couple million subs

0:44 "The Gameboy Advance has shoulder buttons, which is not something we'd seen on the previous 4 generations." Wait what? 0_o hmm... DMG, pocket, color, ???. Umm What was the 4th one?

Now time to play some Metroid on it.

The Rally Boy Wheel and NO V-Rally 3? C'mon! :D

U might have got this alot but I appreciate that u are able to pst such entertaining vedios during this time,wish u could help me with my Gameboy but u seem to be ignoring my Dms .

Wow, didn't know this existed - actually pretty neat!

This guy is like DankPods but DankGameBoys

"Where's this going?" I think you and I both know where it's going.

This is probably how dunkey plays his gba

This wheels is going to be perfect for Yoshi Topsy Turvy

Petition to rename this channel to odd Nintendo hand held accessories?

I had this! I played my barbie spy game car level with it! It didn't do anything (beneficial) but I had and used it

No one: The retro future: *opens and smells it* aaaaaahh that smells

Elliot: Ugh, smells awful! What is that?! also Elliot: (smells it again)

Just to have a laugh, how would the steering game perform while beating a zelda boss for example? Like how hard would it be to play non-racing games using the steering wheel?

To be fair of you went OG and wore it like a Mercedes hood ornament around your neck, it'd be slightly more portable whilst making you look a total berk at the same time, that's a 2 for 1 win.

I'd like to see something like this but a little better built, and more modern in construction.