How I Stream REAL Gameboy Games on Twitch (GBA and older)

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How I Stream REAL Gameboy Games on Twitch (GBA and older)

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Күн бұрын

In today’s video I show you the ultimate way to stream REAL gameboy games on Twitch! This works for Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Color, and Original Gameboy games. (Product links below)
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@jourdynne27 3 жыл бұрын

That little happy thumb dance at 7:10 as you patiently wait for ByeByeBye to absolutely DESTROY that ekans 💯

@carlyjo467 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVED that Beauty and the Beast game, hearing the music was like a time machine! Absolutely love watching these on Twitch and it’s cool to see how you do it!

@disneyfanaticsanonymous6344 3 жыл бұрын

Cool setup! I was obsessed with Home Alone and Tetris on the old green screen.

@panda_phat 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I was looking for. Some of this stuff looks hard to track down but I would love to record video of my first GB Shiny hunt. Gonna be looking for Deoxys soon :D

@bland9876 2 жыл бұрын

People keep saying they're playing games on a CRT TV one question is how did you get that thing into your house for starters my parents have a CRT and it's in the basement so there's a set of stairs in the way and then where I live on the second floor there's a second set of stairs.

@ajkohkoh3921 Жыл бұрын

I warpped mine in a caouple thick blackets and used a dolly

@Crimsonchinn2010 2 жыл бұрын

For Pokémon games : n64 and transferpak would work great. My Yamaha AV receiver is a little older but has a scaler for outputs to hdmi and it includes the options for a video, component etc. if someone was looking at a switcher and various output adapters finding an av receiver would let them have all that plus power some speakers and more.

@levvvy Жыл бұрын

Final Fantasy Dawn of Souls was my all time favorite GBA game growing up. I played it on the gameboy advance sp and put countless hours into it.

@virtualfantasm9316 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the video, it was incredibly helpful. I just started looking into putting together a more retro setup for streaming and this was very easy to understand. One question I did have real quick is, would the retrotink also be compatible with a wii for capture?

@XilentFlex Жыл бұрын

Incredible video James thank you so much for sharing this with us!

@wakenblakeyo 3 жыл бұрын

Made perfect sense man 👍 subbed / great vid The struggle tho wit getting Pokémon to obs.. I hate it haha 😂

@silverplayz7800 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I will defiantly be using this tutorial later on when I have the money for the equipment.

@thatpokelad Жыл бұрын

Pokémon LeafGreen is my favorite GBA game but Blue and Frogger are also favorites

@amberrobbymann9725 9 ай бұрын

All time favourite game boy game is Tetris 💜

@RubenZCrazy89 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you are awesome! I totally agree with you on using original controller layouts. I myself have doing it for years during the Wii era and thanks to a May flash adapter I can do that with the switch to. If I play a N64 game I want to use a N64/Gamecube controller with it, granted I got more used to the Gamecube for N64 because of the Wii Virtual Console, but I digress. I also am glad somebody appreciates the Game Boy player without just knocking it and complaining about such minor details. Unfortunately, I abandoned my Gamecube way back in the day once I had a Nintendo Wii. (Yes, I do regret it for nostalgia reasons) I actually was pressured into selling my Game Boy games by some punk who I thought was a friend when I was in school, so I lost a lot of original games during my youthy. :/ I have resorted to emulators but, I play them on my Home-brewed Wii using either a NES or SNES controller to get the closest experience to the originals.

@TheSqueakerNerd Жыл бұрын

I was able to get the hacked memory card! It's awesome to use. Though I have a question: How do I change the aspect ratio? In the video it looks like you are able to do 3:2 but when I load mine, it shows in 4:3.

@RetroSetJoe 2 жыл бұрын

001 consoles can use the HDMI upscaler and AV cables simultaneously (If you didn't mention that after 6:22). I use the HDMI for capture and the CRT for my viewing pleasure!

@ZEXUDO_RECORDZ 3 жыл бұрын

I loved your video bro! Thanks for the info.

@starletfawn8719 2 жыл бұрын

Good video very informative. I really wanted one of the new analogue pockets not as authentic but a lot easier however they seem impossible to pick up atm.

@JamesChats 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's definitely a fantastic addition to the hobby. It's so nice to see new tech that properly supports old tech.

@michaeldemers2716 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite is probably Legend of the River King 2 after being run through the Gameboy ROM Analyzer for Windows. I play with Rumble on the Pow Kiddy V90 after Etching and partitioning it with the Pocket Go Firmware Update. I used the Gameboy ROM Analyzer to change the cartridge type to 1EH and fix the header. It enables Rumble. Nushi Tsuri Adventure-Kite no Bouken English patch has Rumble as well. Great Games.

@Electro_GamingYT 4 күн бұрын

I bought a pokemon game for my gameboy poket but the game I bought only works for gameboy color or poket color so I had to buy another game so I got pokemon yellow

@christianthedragon420 3 жыл бұрын

I love how this guy right here flexes his shiny Kadabra LOL XD 7:40

@JamesChats 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for noticing lol

@JamesChats 3 жыл бұрын

Funny story. This save file is from the first time I ever played a gen 2 game. I didn't know shiny Pokemon were a thing (I thought the Gyarados was just some special thing they added). This was the first Abra I encountered and caught. And because it barely looks different than it's non shiny counterpart I played the whole game not knowing it was shiny. The first shiny Pokemon I ever caught was a full member of my team and I didn't even realize it.

@yeseldiaz3453 3 жыл бұрын

@@JamesChats my first shiny caught was in Diamond, near Jubilife City. An Abra with a Duskball. My first shiny ENCOUNTERED was in Gold version, off the coast of Cinnabar Island. A shiny Tentacruel with green brainy parts. I thought a Thundershock from Electrode wouldn't kill it because I was team swapping it to lvl it BUT.. crit hit. Death. Sadness.

@JamesChats 3 жыл бұрын

Oh nooooooo. RIP green brain boi.

@sadyechester6934 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, all the nostalgic feelings. I will always have a soft spot for Pokémon Red..That was my first intro to Pokémon other than the tv show and movies. My godmother who got the console for me, also got me ‘Britney’s Dance Beat!” Haha! I don’t think I ever completed it. She also off topic, got me my first Barbie as Britney Spears., and my first CD was ‘Oops I did it again!’ XD.... anyway, this set up is rad! I have tried the emulator and it is just not the same feeling. I was horrified and scared at entering caves to the point where I stopped playing Pokémon but as an adult, I think I want to give it another try.. just have to go through storage to find all of it again.

@FranklinSninsky 2 ай бұрын

Do you have a video on how to stream NES and N64 or SNES actual console games played on your tv to twitch live? I have been having trouble with that would love a video about that as well thanks!

@bland9876 2 жыл бұрын

6:50 was that a game where you play Puzzle League to fight other Pokemon? Wtf. Also you can get better than an actual Gameboy because they need to be charged and the cable does not supply any power. Plus some game safe just better with a joystick live vertical or horizontal shooters.

@TheSqueakerNerd Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I've been looking for something like this! Thank you for the informative video! I do have one question though. What do you use to stream the games off of? I usually use OBS for recording and streaming. Is there something else that you're using or do you also just stream and recorded from obs? And then just do the cropping of the GameCube borders and such?

@SweetPickles Жыл бұрын

I'm also wondering the same thing!

@mjolio 2 жыл бұрын

You can also just put webcam or mobile phone on top of game boy and stream from there. Picture quality isn't of course as good as it would be from setup like on the video, but still reasonably good (I've streamed gb tetris like this for over a year) What might be problem there is that you need to keep console on your table, play with your fingers (instead of thumbs) and also you need to find good angle where the camera is on good angle, but also that you can see the screen and also you need to have reasonably good light. You could alternatively make setup where game boy attached somewhere where you could play with your thumbs. That's how it would be true og gameplay :D

@linc_gb Жыл бұрын

All these accessories would cost lots of money. A cheaper solution would be the GB-Operator by Epilogue. It gives you a Game Boy like experience (except for the controller) as there isn't really anything bugging you on the screen unless you move your mouse. If you don't like using a keyboard, you can use a controller instead. Best of all, it's 100% legal. It costs $50.

@StandFirmInJC 8 ай бұрын

still confused. so would i be able to play pokemon and have a mic set up so i can narrate while gaming. and then take the video and audio i recorded and do editing before making it a youtube video??

@AmpRules96 9 ай бұрын

What Capture card and converter would you recommend today still the ones in the video? i see this is 2 years old, but working on this rn and so excited

@truekisoka 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite one would be pokemon emerald, the first pokemon game I got to play. But just behind that I'd place Penny Racer. Maybe because it's the first gba game that I got

@Greaseworld Жыл бұрын

I really don’t like emulating. I been wanting to record my Conker Pocket Tales . I’m cluttered with systems and cords just to get a original video . Thank you for the Video I will try this someday

@7upjawa 2 жыл бұрын

if you have a wii, you actually don't need to buy a memory card where its someone else jacking up the prices on someone elses effort to make the mod. Just copy the file on to an SD card and transfer it from your SD card to your Memory card, very easy to do with GCMM! I assume most people have a modded wii, but if you don't its very easy to do. Thanks for the capture advice!

@JamesChats 2 жыл бұрын

The assumption that most people have a modded Wii is a bold one lol. Definitely a valid route, but not the route for me. Buying a blank memory card and an SD-GC memory card adapter, combined with the time invested in learning and performing the process (as easy as it may be) made paying someone a couple extra dollars for the convenience a no brainer imo.

@garretthoggan1479 Жыл бұрын

Twas helpful thanks

@GuacamoleoD 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the data, can you show us your set up, that could be another video for the channel

@RoyAdame 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informaction guapo

@its-da-toonz5307 Жыл бұрын

Can i connect my gba sp to pc and upload my pokemon to bank for the nintendo switch ?

@FukuritaMariko 3 жыл бұрын

Even though I do own a gamecube with a gameboy player with its boot up disk when I record my gba/gbc games on either my retron 5 or my ds capture card and my favorite gameboy game gbc shantae gba fire emblem blazing sword.

@VoltThePikachuOfficial 3 ай бұрын

Hey bud, the gb operator exists. You should get one

@benisblunt7 3 жыл бұрын

Look who it is

@Pskit0 2 жыл бұрын

Pokemon Red Gang for life!

@BEELZEBABE69 Жыл бұрын

would this work with a normal gbcolour?? cuz that's what i wanna use :0c

@TheBudBoss 2 жыл бұрын

I was ur 420th like on the video lol

@n0lain Жыл бұрын

Is the RetroBit Prism guaranteed to work with the GBI memory card approach (as opposed to the OEM boot disc)? The eBay seller I used (the most popular one) said in the description it would only work with AV cables and not with something like the GCHD Mk II (upon messaging them to ask for clarification). Can anyone confirm whether or not this works?

@FeeBee3001 3 жыл бұрын

I have been wanting to play pokemon games on my channel with the real consoles and this answers my question about how to do this in a way that suits me. I was also looking at going down the modded console route but was thinking there had to be another way and I love this way far more. I don't have a gamecube but it something I would be happy to add to my collection of consoles I seem to have more Nintendo then anything else. I have the first wii with gamecube backwards compatibility so I am now wondering if I can possibly get it to work on that. Going to get the cable and try before I try and track down a gamecube.

@FeeBee3001 3 жыл бұрын

And I have brought the gamecube and the gameboy attachment in the couple of hours since I watched this video.

@JamesChats 3 жыл бұрын

This truly is the best way to do it. It's certainly not the cheapest way, but sometimes you gotta fork out the money for the luxuries lol.

@youtubenoa 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there I had a question while currently making a setup similar to this. You recommended the RetroBit Prism, which I'm planning on getting, and the modded eBay memory cards to launch the Gameboy Player w/o the startup disk. On most of the Memory Cards you linked from eBay, in the description most of them say they only work with AV cables (red, yellow, white), but do you think this would be a problem with the RetroBit Prism since it is Digital AV Out? Anything helps, thanks in advance.

@JamesChats 2 жыл бұрын

Oh this is a VERY interesting question. If I had the retrobit I would be able to tell you for sure. Since I already have the upscaler/s-video set up that I'm happy with I haven't been able to justify buying it. I never saw the fine print on the memory cards regarding only using the analog out. If you find a concrete answer please let me know!

@Jtmingus1 2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesChats Hey guys, for the memory card you recommended, I actually bought the memory card. When setting up everything, it all worked into capturing the software into the Elgato program, in which it was completely chopped up. Do not try the hacked memory card with the RetroBit Prism, I'm currently waiting for my official gameboy player disc to arrive, and am sincerely hoping it captures the footage.

@madliquidswordz181 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of pc do you need for this?

@corygrgic8422 2 жыл бұрын

Im Getting a gba advanced sp for christmas. I just don't feel like emulating it is as fun as playing the orig pokemon games.

@JamesChats 2 жыл бұрын

NICE!

@ElliotGindiVO 2 жыл бұрын

Emulators are not at all in a legal gray area.

@flethacker 2 жыл бұрын

"you had only one job..." - missing simple diagram of setup

@billyhatcher643 Жыл бұрын

emulation is preferctly legal but with nintendo they dont like emulation when its them doing the emulation its fine

@DocTrower1980 3 жыл бұрын

To answer your comment question, I'm a Tetris player through and through.

@dean5826 2 жыл бұрын

WHATS THE LAST GAME CALLED

@CrashFan03 Жыл бұрын

the spongebob one? that's battle for bikini bottom

@AverageDev506 2 жыл бұрын

I won't be able to afford this

@TomBydand 3 жыл бұрын

neat.

@TheStarforce2 2 жыл бұрын

i have all this equipment laying around, so I can stream this shit lol. I also have all the games. I think I have the SP adapter too, though not sure where i last seen in and my SP still fires up despite not being charged for years in a drawer

@JamesChats 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, it probably does. But if your battery IS shot, I highly recommend Helder (www.heldergametech.com/shop/batteries/game-boy-advance-sp-megabat800/ ). I've been using one for a while without hiccup, and it's been very favorably reviewed by a lot of modders. Currently out of stock, but keep an eye out.

@TheStarforce2 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a battery recommendation for switch? I've already replaced it once because the stock one failed but the battery life still sucks...

@DentonFury 3 жыл бұрын

seems a lot of effort, when you can use emulators as long as you have and own the physical game.

@JamesChats 3 жыл бұрын

The effort is worth the "feel" in my opinion. An emulator can't adequately pull me into the period of time these games were released. It's like eating Sam's choice sandwich cookies instead of Oreos. It WORKS, but lacks that special quality. At least in my opinion.

@patrickcornelius935 2 жыл бұрын

kirbys dreamland is the superior game

@mariodrago840 2 жыл бұрын

It would have been interesting to say exactly how much it all costs, I assume I need 'bout 500 bucks to do this, I will just stick with emulators hahaha even though I agree the feeling is better on the original consoles

@JamesChats 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's DEFINITELY not a cheap option. More of a luxury. I do consider it a multi functional purchase though since it's also a GameCube, and the upscaler can be used for basically all my retro stuff. So most of the purchases have uses outside of just Gameboy streaming.

@cintafluffyballs2168 3 жыл бұрын

Harvest moon!!! Lol

@roninstormYT 2 жыл бұрын

instead off going through this problem why not emulate them mgba is the best emulator there a ds emulator why not emulate. i understand the pirating and stuff but emulating is just better and smoother experience .you have a pc you did not know you can do this ????? you can emulate ps1 ps2 ps3 and Wii and Wii u and 3ds and ds and PSP and ps vita on one pc instead of having all this mess off wires with switches i used to do this but I emulate my retro games now.

@vilepixel5538 2 жыл бұрын

It's a different, almost nostalgic feeling of playing the game onnthe original hardware. Lets say you're a shiny hunter, there's something much cooler about getting a shiny on your original childhood cartridge

@93whizkidd 2 жыл бұрын

can you stream emulators on twitch?

@CrashFan03 Жыл бұрын

@@93whizkidd ...yes

@ryanmccall1475 2 жыл бұрын

How is this worth all of it 😭 I’d rather emulate

@JamesChats 2 жыл бұрын

For me it's more than worth it. For others it isn't. We all operate differently.

@saxenart 2 жыл бұрын

It hits different if you play it on an actual gameboy

@richardkassouf5719 2 жыл бұрын

This seems like a crazy amount of work, when you can do this with an emulator and just pop in a controller. Sorry but $250+ or $0 and a lot less effort. Which do you think folks will choose? I get this guy is getting affiliate payouts and he's making a living off this video, but I'm in the internet of spending my own living wisely 😂 Edit: For those who will shout PIRACY IS BAD. I never said pirate the games. You can buy a legal copy and own a version of the game before emulating. Then youre out of the "grey area". BOOM hundreds of dollars headaches saved.