I Bought A 1989 GameBoy Refurbished by Nintendo!

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I Bought A 1989 GameBoy Refurbished by Nintendo!

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The Retro Future

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@Kramathon 4 жыл бұрын

“There’s some sort of a carcass of an insect...That is AMAZING” 😃

@abaev 4 жыл бұрын

Soon all over eBay - fake Chinese bug carcasses.

@Clavinohou 4 жыл бұрын

A M A Z I N G. :D

@DrJIMMI 4 жыл бұрын

Actually received an old game boy a while ago and when I opened it up because I heard a rattling there was about seven of those same exact carcasses. I wonder what kind of bug it is that you and I both have the same thing happen. From USA btw so it's at least a bug found in both of our regions.

@Clavinohou 4 жыл бұрын

Steve Steve Didn’t ask for self promo reported

@dr.maddness 4 жыл бұрын

TheKRAM mmmmmmhhhhhhhhhh protein

@the-shork 4 жыл бұрын

Steve from Nintendo: okay, I replaced the shell and the button membrane, now I just have to add this dead insect and close it back up

@IsomerMashups 3 жыл бұрын

Seal of quality.

@Dillon69 3 жыл бұрын

My game boy had that to lol

@Dillon69 3 жыл бұрын

But it was a big bug

@gavin2009 2 жыл бұрын

@@IsomerMashups 💀💀

@rulaan_xxvii 4 жыл бұрын

This is the first time i've seen someone so happy to see a dead insect lmao

@ayetimes2 2 жыл бұрын

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@TheRetroFuture 4 жыл бұрын

I am SO sorry about the second half of the video. I had strong words with my audio guy after this, and I can assure you he won’t be eating for a week.

@akash8182 4 жыл бұрын

The Retro Future lmaooo

@KyoteKy 4 жыл бұрын

Can I have his food

@ItsJrTheFur 4 жыл бұрын

@@mcglavin9337 congrats

@KevinChristianTheUpright 4 жыл бұрын

i love the audio of second half of the video tho ._.

@izzieb 4 жыл бұрын

But you're already skinny enough! Don't starve yourself.

@DestronYT 4 жыл бұрын

*Sees a dead bug in the gameboy* Elliot: THIS IS AMAZING Me: wat

@S_R_S08 4 жыл бұрын

Its amazing

@chclony 4 жыл бұрын

Me: love this guy for being so freaking positively excited about such things 😅 Well done man. Keep stucking these old goodies. As always - great vid!

@DestronYT 4 жыл бұрын

@@abaev 1 dollar carcass VS 10,000 dollar carcass

@srd430 4 жыл бұрын

when=

@butterccm 4 жыл бұрын

Technically Nintendo still does this, the only difference is its over mail instead of right in front of you

@TeruteruBozusama 4 жыл бұрын

What happened to my switch after Odyssey bricking bug..! Is it fixed now? Can I dare to play it again?

@TeruteruBozusama 4 жыл бұрын

@Logan Weatherhead there was this weird bug that corrupted your SD card, you couldn't go online, and when you turned on the Switch with the card inserted it'd freeze turning orange or with just black. It didn't happen to all switches but it was really annoying and had to send the switch back multiple times as I didn't understand that it was the SD card that was having the issue... Maybe some bug with having the save of the physical game on an SD card or something..!

@butterccm 4 жыл бұрын

Brayden Quarles did you get a replacement 3ds?

@butterccm 4 жыл бұрын

@@TeruteruBozusama I've never heard of that issue what sd card are you using? I reccomend using sandisk ones, make sure they aren't fake.

@TeruteruBozusama 4 жыл бұрын

@@butterccm It was a Samsung one I bought at Carrefour, they should have relatively good quality shouldn't they? I never buy SD cards and USB sticks from sketchy places..! Even if it would be useful sometimes...

@celicasang 4 жыл бұрын

Elliot: Sees a dead bug "AMAZING"

@mrgame1140 4 жыл бұрын

The WHAT

@Tronicsfix 4 жыл бұрын

Love these videos!

@RedLogicYT 3 жыл бұрын

This has no likes even though you're a big KZfaqr?! Lmao. Anyways hi!

@IAmExisting2.0 10 ай бұрын

I've also seen your videos!

@ungratefulmango 4 жыл бұрын

"Yes! We've got an insect carcass! Hell yeah!"

@rita-Shi-Mi 4 жыл бұрын

It's So Mysterious How The carcass was in there and that's why he is excited. He wants to know where did it come from and How did it come in the console since the console was Refurbished

@ungratefulmango 4 жыл бұрын

@@rita-Shi-Mi I'm fully aware

@dannydanny9875 4 жыл бұрын

7:54 "Someone's been in here!" - DankPods

@Alabastard 4 жыл бұрын

Haha yes!

@alandia764 4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking off!

@NonsensicalSpudz 4 жыл бұрын

sexy bluetooth speaker voice

@pr9334 4 жыл бұрын

Lmfao!

@maple2441 4 жыл бұрын

omg yes

@Pfahli94 4 жыл бұрын

I have never seen anybody so happy to see the carcass of a dead insect inside his Gameboy.

@iancraigm 4 жыл бұрын

7:20 I've never been more excited to see a crease in anything my entire life lol.

@dean_c 4 жыл бұрын

You have a typo in the title my good sir. Should be "a" not "an".

@TheRetroFuture 4 жыл бұрын

Dean creedon thank you!

@tahirsutube 4 жыл бұрын

Well spotted. Didn't notice that myself.

@dean_c 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRetroFuture no problem 👍

@fivestringpat 4 жыл бұрын

you mean *an typo

@tommartella3596 4 жыл бұрын

Also in a typo in the little cut in @ 6:25 think you mean to say the audio file "corrupted" not "corruped" - just FYI!

@cortinoias 4 жыл бұрын

That insect carcass now sits in a small bell jar on his favorite shelf.

@mr.coolio4321 4 жыл бұрын

When I started watching this, I thought it was an episode of only Fools and horses!

@Rantusha 4 жыл бұрын

Haha i love only fools and horses

@FritoFredrik 4 жыл бұрын

I do have a gray "remanufactured" by Nintendo DMG-001 :D

@airplane6417 4 жыл бұрын

Good for you, man. Thats pretty darn cool.

@mrsg1137 4 жыл бұрын

Guess that bug was Steve the work experience employee, who's job was to replace the membranes... he fell asleep on the job clearly.

@YardmanRich 4 жыл бұрын

“This bag is original as well...” 😂

@Daily_Gaming 4 жыл бұрын

I've never seen somebody so excited about finding a bug in a gameboy! Love this channel, love taking apart and frankensteining gameboys myself. Great video as always!

@BryanX64 4 жыл бұрын

Play It Louds came out in '95 so closer to 25 years haha that's really freakin' cool though. And yup indeed the stamp on the board begins with a 5 so manufactured in 1995 =)

@smallsthetimelord4066 4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that anyone was able to damage their Gameboy to the point of needing to fix or replace it.

@auburrito5168 4 жыл бұрын

A Gameboy can apparently survive a bomb, but cannot handle a person!

@MikeStavola 4 жыл бұрын

I went through 5 or 6 DMGs between 1989 and 1994. My brother would huck them at walls, threw one into boiling water, and broke one over my face. Mostly, the screens would break. I dropped one in my parents' driveway and it broke, too.

@jayst 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Stavola your brother sounds like he was a douche

@smallsthetimelord4066 4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeStavola How was your face after the Gameboy broke?

@MikeStavola 4 жыл бұрын

@@smallsthetimelord4066 I think he gave me a nosebleed, probably bruised my cheek or forehead. It was almost 30 years ago, and he beat me up a lot, so I lost track.

@ryanmikelonis8571 4 жыл бұрын

"Oh look an insect carcass from the early 1990s" .... and that's how COVID -20 started in England............

@spexly 4 жыл бұрын

I sure hope she took her game with her, it was still in the console at the end of the clip. Hopefully won't be down a copy of Tetris.

@samtwitch3740 4 жыл бұрын

Just fitted my first ips screen with it's new housing on my gameboy advance, absolutely love it wouldn't be able to do it without your videos so thank you mate!!

@bapt_andthebasses 4 жыл бұрын

You need to set your camera framerate. I can see the light flickering :p - Nothing too bad, i'm just pointing it out, cheers!

@Magnitude7 4 жыл бұрын

Not frame rate, shutter speed

@bapt_andthebasses 4 жыл бұрын

@@Magnitude7 Yep, sorry, wrong vocabulary! You're right, I meant that, the shutter speed! Not a video tech here, just a viewer :)

@spy.re-drobe20 4 жыл бұрын

Nice find, The refurbish part was pretty shocking to me,this could only pin-point just how incredible... These finds can be. The most fascinating part is the fact that someone touched this gameboy, and no-one has ever recorded such an event, until now. my inner-child is quite intrigued.

@lewis-3631 4 жыл бұрын

Hey retro future. Have a look on eBay, there’s an interesting item for sale (bidding) called the “game child” it’s boxed. It’s a gameboy clone but it’s a pretty interesting piece. Not sure what year it was made but it’s fairly old.

@tobiasdirksen6498 4 жыл бұрын

I started to watch your vids when you had around 1000 subs and now you have 250.000 subs. You totally deserved it, the quality of the vids are great since the beginning

@TheRetroFuture 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much x

@robh2100 4 жыл бұрын

Man starts getting all giddy and joyful over greasy finger prints and a carcass... Absolutely brilliant 👌

@_Real 4 жыл бұрын

Did you leave the bug in there when you closed it back up tho?

@moz2186 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly why I came to the comments 😂

@kowhaifan1249 3 жыл бұрын

Nah he ate it afterwards

@gamingchinchilla7323 2 жыл бұрын

that intro clip tho... at least you did not have to take a good ten-fifteen minutes to swap out your data to the new console. Back in the day when your saves were always on the cartridge and all games were physical and simple to plug n play those were the golden days my friend.

@eicas_11 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!!! Been watching all of your old videos again and am anticipating every new video you make. Keep up the incredible work!

@flp322 4 жыл бұрын

Next video: Adding a Second Screen to a Rare Refurbished 1989 Game Boy!

@Kelly-ip9nf 4 жыл бұрын

“Then my audio corruped” “I am sorry.” Idk why that made me laugh so hard

@mailouww9816 4 жыл бұрын

i’m still baffled that you keep finding these types of things

@samueltheweber 3 жыл бұрын

Now that I think about it, I think I have a remanufactured Game Boy. My Father bought me one from an estate sale as a gift, and it too came in a plastic baggie with tape. It’s been sitting on a suede pad I made for it, and while it does have a few scratches here and there it is quite mint. Thank you for bringing this to my attention!

@mayravixx25 4 жыл бұрын

I never knew Nintendo had that kind of program back in the day, I always thought it was a more recent thing starting around the DS line of consoles. Very cool to see a piece of history like that.

@theqnkshow4157 4 жыл бұрын

You’re handling that Gameboy like I did the Donkey Kong Jr Game and Watch handheld I found at a local thrift store for $1 in near mint condition...minus I couldn’t hold my composure as well

@DYLDYL91 4 жыл бұрын

10:39 thought he was about to pull his old fella out.

@IanC14 4 жыл бұрын

Old fella? 😂

@MightyJabbasCollection 4 жыл бұрын

I could be wrong, but I doubt that the Nintendo Power Swap Program was a membership service that people paid to belong to. I think it was just a way of expediting warranty service so you didn't have to wait for things to be repaired.

@JRald2016 4 жыл бұрын

I get the feeling he left the bug in there when he put it back together

@Smex 4 жыл бұрын

the "then my file corruped" at 9:26 was hilarious to me bruh

@alextube2506 4 жыл бұрын

People like you inspired me to restore my gameboy advance sp. you are awesome!

@lauraschantz9058 3 жыл бұрын

"I've never seen a Play It Loud port cover" I didn't even know there was a port cover on the OG Game Boy.

@DJNightcoreHD 4 жыл бұрын

He's like a kid in a candy store haha! Also, the 2nd half of the video sounds like it was recorded inside a tunnel.

@tomrohlfs5538 4 жыл бұрын

Never seen someone so happy to find a dead bug in a Gameboy.

@chambres 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know about this, but this is pretty cool. Nice video!

@banortwi 4 жыл бұрын

3:00 There's no way these fingerprints can be 30 years old. It's difficult to find a EU 1990 DMG., not to mention the fact they were only grey back then. Play It Loud! launched in 1995, with this console (judging by its motherboard) being manufactured around June 1995. That makes it already 25yo or younger. But realistically... it's just a fingerprint of the man who sold it to you.

@RWL2012 4 жыл бұрын

yeah my "1989 looking" grey DMG is a late(ish) UK one, 1994 on the purchase card but the box itself says 1993 on it so would've been made in 1993. could you help me with my other DMG...? unboxed, but it's *translucent blue* - does have the serial number label on the back. do you reckon it's an official colour, or just a very well-done reshell...?

@banortwi 4 жыл бұрын

@@RWL2012 As far as my knowledge goes, there has only been one translucent version of the DMG: "Skeleton" - transparent, without any tint (easily recognized by pink letters on the front shell). Thus, I consider your console to have had its shell replaced. With that said, there's nothing wrong about it, especially considering how greatly the quality of aftermarket shells has improved recently. PS It's commonly known that up until 1995 DMGs came in every color as long as it was grey. Hence, it might be a good idea to verify your translucent blue console by checking the motherboard dates. A pre-1995 date will prove a reshell. PS2 I came across more than 10 "1989 looking" grey DMGs here in Poland. The earliest motherboard date I found was March 1991. One thing worth noting about these - european serial numbers (G with 8 digits) only went up with time. If you can find a console with a number starting with "G00", it will likely be an early example.

@titosimoes9782 4 жыл бұрын

if I were him i'd put that insect carcass on ebay. Don't leave profit on the table~

@anamewillcomelater 4 жыл бұрын

0:40 That guy in the training video says "warranty" very strangely.

@RWL2012 4 жыл бұрын

like warantee - guarantee but not! not the first time I've heard that

@IFCKEDAGOATWICE 4 жыл бұрын

Neil I believe it’s because we keep in hearing the word quarantine, and he says warranty similarly.

@rainbowbw95 4 жыл бұрын

@@IFCKEDAGOATWICE no the dude literally says warenteeeee.

@mrniceguy7168 4 жыл бұрын

Warren T, famous rapper from the 90s

@Harsha04120 Жыл бұрын

Elliot: “it’s kinda eerie that there’s a 30 year old fingerprint” Me: “ The owner of that fingerprint is probably dead now”

@hovanthecool1995 4 жыл бұрын

Why are the colors from the different camera angles switching from yellow to orange?

@newtekie1 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever seen someone so happy to open their console and find a dead bug.

@Jack-ig1jv 3 жыл бұрын

In the ad she leaves a cartridge in the gameboy

@PixelManiaLeCast 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I think the Play It Loud series (the color DMGs) came out in 95, right? In the title you mention 89. Did I misunderstand something? I may be wrong, but if my memory doesn't fail me it's 95 for the Play It Loud.

@calvinrogers6652 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to *Bear grylls* taking apart a remanufactured gameboy.

@rwild7054 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the Play it Loud Gameboys were only manufactured from 1995 onwards? Could be wrong. Brilliant video either way, I remember refurbishing old psps and finding those exact weird insect carcases in there. I was not as impressed as you were 😂 I think they're little housefly larvae

@javierowo 4 жыл бұрын

Okay but im getting some ASMR vibes from that intro scene of the power exchange program-

@KingZeusHN 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, look I need help from an expert in Nintendo consoles like you. I recently saw a KZfaq video for a "DIY Gamebit Screwdriver" and accidentally got some plastic stuck in the hole where the screw is (It's a Gameboy Color btw). So I was wondering if you have any idea of what I can do to fix that. Please help.

@mountaincubing6901 4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Morales poke it out?

@damianguerrero1564 4 жыл бұрын

Great video man! I am surprised myself on how exciting this was. Cool piece of gaming history you have there. Congrats.

@UwUshun 4 жыл бұрын

On one hand its funny to see a guy excited over a bug and some marks on a motherboard, on the other it's quite nice to know some people are genuinely passionate about what they do.

@pinkwolf6407 4 жыл бұрын

Can we see a video about the diagnostic cartridge you use? Maybe one showing what would happen if you put it into a faulty gameboy?

@krizzys 4 жыл бұрын

This video was a ride! The tech equivalent of unsealing an Egyptian tomb!

@chimera5588 4 жыл бұрын

If you check Wikipedia, and go to the Discontinuation portion of the History section it tell you how much the Power Swap costs. It was $25 for the NES and Game Boy, and $35 for the SNES. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System

@austinwilburn1772 3 жыл бұрын

Can confirm, Nintendo still has the same phone number. Tried it last year when I was hanging out with friends and we found a gameboy color.

@obliviousmode575 4 жыл бұрын

I remember doing that so many years ago. I think there was a one time fee per swap.

@aibolife3627 4 жыл бұрын

Never thought id see a man be so happy to find an insect carcass in a gameboy.

@MikeStavola 4 жыл бұрын

My mom broke my ice blue Gameboy pocket by chain smoking while playing Tetris for weeks, and getting it filled with tar. She took it into one of the repair shops and replaced it with a regular blue one, and I was pissed. I bought a different ice blue model years later for the same price I bought my original one for.

@mch2007uk 4 жыл бұрын

I replaced my bottom screen for my 3ds xl, it was very scary.

@goblinmcgameface 4 жыл бұрын

Shame they don’t do this with Switch Joy-con.

@alolanpikachu7330 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@kowhaifan1249 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@strra 4 жыл бұрын

The service center phone number sticker is on the back of all US GameBoys

@Oms.R2 4 жыл бұрын

Best KZfaq person is this guy

@bmoto0044 3 жыл бұрын

I like how the Gameboy looks orange on one camera and yellow on the other.

@gaia_felipe 4 жыл бұрын

4:52 "gonna do this very, very gently" that's what he said

@diealex4241 4 жыл бұрын

WOW apparently I have one of these! Thanks for this video, I would´ve never known otherwise! ♥️ It´s nowhere near mint condition but it´s in very good shape for the fact that it has clearly been played with a lot over the years. It’s the transparent one. :) My boyfriend gave it to me on christmas of 2018, funny that it randomly ended up in germany. :D I thought I would peel off these big stickers at some point but now they obviously have to stay. ☺️ (also your happiness about the dead critter was hilarious haha)

@_CH33ky 4 жыл бұрын

That bug is 31 years old

@ethand4784 4 жыл бұрын

aw man I'm a bit late but this was a great vid it felt just like your old videos and I'd totally love to see another classic dmg maybe a mod or someone I'm thinking of giving one bluetooth

@OnlyEpicEmber 4 жыл бұрын

I've never seen someone so happy to find an insect carcass.

@adamgardner28 4 жыл бұрын

You admit it's a "Play it Loud" edition, which would be 1995, not 1989.

@GEKGanon 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ... Elliott, between this and the Gameboy Advance, you keep finding legendary quality stuff.

@VIRAL_DNA 4 жыл бұрын

I had one of these and had no idea lol Mine was green though. I might still have it in storage, but I think I got rid of it a while back. I think I peeled that barcode off as well lol

@dschaedler 4 жыл бұрын

Why is that test cartidge so freaking huge?

@soulagent79 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of the Power Swap service before. I guess it was only offered in the USA.

@edgelord8337 4 жыл бұрын

You should have your own tech repair company. You clearly have a talent and passion for fixing and making new things out of old things and that type of mentality isn't very common anymore. Tbh I should learn how to do this type of stuff in my quarantine.

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you get all the game boy advance that you use in your videos?

@AlyssaNotChlisa 4 жыл бұрын

That dead bug most likely didn't know that it was going to be appreciated because it died in a console

@laurencelennard920 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, I am a huge fan! Can I ask you something, please? Do you remember when you did a video about the best ds game money could buy? I bought the exact same thing but 208 in 1 game cartridge and it worked fine but the next day it stopped saving my game progress, I wanted to know if you knew anything about how to fix it. Please get back to me soon. Louis

@claycrafter2461 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this, I recognized the sticker with the phone number, and I realized that my gameboy camera has the same sticker! Not new shell tho, just bought it off eBay. So apparently I have a refurbished by Nintendo gameboy camera! How cool is that?!?!

@lexicution4044 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but that sticker is/was on most nintendo stuff. To my knowledge, every gameboy has that on its battery cover. Pretty rare to get something with that sticker in good condition tho. Also, nice find dude!

@TimurSokol 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Gameboy color with that sticker that I bought for €1.00 because I got really lucky to find it in a flea market that didn't know what this is. The screen was not working properly but I fixed it by removing rust with some alcohol. And there also was completely perfect cartridge with Pokémon Red in it!

@MyDearYan95 4 жыл бұрын

I discovered your channel recently and totally hooked up with your videos. Im having fun watching ! Hello from your new subscriber !

@imaboutthislife 4 жыл бұрын

I love that yellow GB

@oscie 4 жыл бұрын

Ive never seen someone so excited about an insect carcus. Also, there is a typo in the title, btw (it should be "a" not "A" as it is not the start of the sentence).

@relevo86 4 жыл бұрын

Oscar Plays It’s the title

@b-tony30 4 жыл бұрын

Love this channel. You always keep it blunt man. keep up the good work Retro 👍

@lennon4710 4 жыл бұрын

I've never seen a man so excited over an insect carcass. I hope this doesn't awaken anything in me.

@miked4088 4 жыл бұрын

@the retro future Will you ever do a showcase video of your collection?

@zuppler 4 жыл бұрын

you maybe forgot to color-correct the "overhead"-cam. With the Main-cam the gb seems orange-ish, and with the second-cam it looks more yellow... greetings!