"Let's see how this speaker sounds" **dead silence** "I think that's pretty good"

This brings back memories of my DS snapping in half

“I made a GB out of a DS” _just breaks DS in half_

I just found my old DS lite 8 years later and its in pristine condition. I always told myself as a kid, "This will be worth a lot in the future."

I just realized that the Switch is the first Nintendo console since the N64 to not have any form of physical backwards compatibility. Even the Gamecube had an attachment to where it could play GameBoy Advance games.

21:12 i hear nothing "i think that's pretty good" xD

This brings me back 10+ years ago. When I had a DS light. My top screen Hinges broke and the screen was white. So I used it as a GBA system instead. But you can also still play Mario Kart DS. How you ask? What I did was that You don't need the top screen. You can still drive by playing the bottom screen mini map and shoss all the action icon items that are on the track and players. I was still able to play Mario Kart DS with my friends with a Broken top screen.

I'm super glad that you went with the "bare minimum" approach on this one. Sometimes It can be intimidating or even demoralizing to see a super well-made shell on something so simple. Keep it up and thank you!

This is the first time im actually gonna buy a sponsored product in a video ive seen... useful product for a good price and has actual features that the switch is lacking on its own; good sponsor dude

You can do this without soldering a resistor also, just by separating the led lights from the lcd top screen and leaving it connected and just either stuffing it back in the housing or putting the led’s in a straw across the top for a cool light effect.

Hears the word soldering* Me: Aight Imma quit

when i was a kid, both of my ds' screen survived :D unfortunately, i played mario kart ds so much (and with so much force) that my A button didn't pop out as much it should've. made it impossible to rapidly tap

Someone was clearly playing Pokémon Ranger by the looks of that touch screen

My family lost two DS lites to torn off screens (dagum grabby siblings). It's nice to see one that is getting some new life out of it.

"let's see what the speaker sounds like with This placement" *Absolute fucking silence* "I think that's pretty good"

Great vid. I converted my broken ds lite into one of these, i removed the ds card slot and put the speaker in place of it, drilled 4 holes on the case for the speaker holes. I removed both x and y buttons. Used car body filler, to fill in the holes of the two buttons, also other parts of the ds, like where the hinges used to be, the ds card slot and where the stylus once was.. Then painted it matt black. Looks real smart. I am now Currently on with doing the same with an original ds phat.

FYI it may be a better idea to do this than to buy a GameBoy Mico, the prices on Ebay are ridiculous. You could also buy a RevoK as well, which is arguably a better GameBoy micro that supports cartridges.

I have a rare thing: a non broken never repaired ds lite

Me looking at my DS wanting to do this: Okay, I need tools. My DS: get sweat person meme

I have a broken DS Lite myself. It broke when I was moving it to another spot to charge and my sister got mad about it and shoved me, causing me to drop it and break it. Seeing this video now kinda makes me want to do this myself. It wouldn’t just sit in my closet collecting dust

"I'm gonna sleep early today" Me at 3am:

You could always reconnect the top part of the shell to act as a screen cover. Maybe even make a custom logo to put in the gap where the screen previously was.

Something you need to be cautious of if you get a replacement shell for the DS lite is to make sure when you are putting the back casing, where the battery is held, on to the motherboard, that there aren't any places that are hitting up against components on the board. When I was installing a new shell on to my main DS lite, there was one area that was initially not sitting properly when I was trying to assemble the DS, though it went most of the way into place after several tries. I thought everything was fine with the DS until I tried to charge it, and discovered that the casing had broken a component that was absolutely necessary for allowing the DS to charge when it finally was flat enough to close it. I ended up taking the back casing off and sanded down the area that partially broke, and was still hitting against, the component that allows the DS to charge and was able to get it to lay flat without breaking more of the component, but I still need to solder a new part on to replace the broken one so I don't have to continue to use a second, half-broken DS lite to charge other batteries that I can switch out when my main DS lite is almost dead. TL:DR; Check to make sure that the back of a replacement shell doesn't put pressure on any component on the motherboard before trying to close the bottom part of the DS.

This brings back memories of this kid in my elementary school class that had a black DS lite with its top screen hanging on by only the cords. Somehow that thing worked perfectly and he would bring it every day and invite people to play Mario 64 DS with him.

Oh yeah I've had a dead DS lite in a drawer with a DESTROYED top screen and a perfectly okay bottom screen I'm doing this now.

Yes!! This is my project this week!!! Love Tech Waves since the very first episode Jon, yesterday during the Spawncast you guys were talking about the first few episodes and I was a little surprised to realize that means I've been subbed for 4 years (old account at the beginning) and have seen almost if not every video on the channel!! THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK JON!! Spawn Wave is best Media!!!

Bro.... this brought back a dark memory of mine. I had an original DS, the top screen was broken off almost but it was still functional being held by one cable. I decided I would only use it as a gameboy going forward and I just ripped the top screen off, and then the bottom one stopped working too. I remember crying for awhile

So. This video keeps peeping in and out of your recommended, and you put off watching it for a while but eventually came back. sAmE

"You won't need a soldering iron but.... here's what you need to solder"

"Let me know what you guys think about the Gameboy Macro and if you're thinking about making one" - 25 minutes ago I didn't even know this was a thing, now I'm thinking about finding a broken DS Lite just to make one.

When my DS finally snaps, I now know what I can do to it! :D

Instructions unclear: my ds lite turn into a dreamcast, does anyone know why?

I bought the Command Case and I love it

My DS Lite had the exact same problem as the one you worked on in this video (except the hinge completely broke, and the wire was the only thing holding the two screens together lol), and I always wondered if it could just be converted into a sole Game Boy machine with the bottom screen. Unfortunately, as a twelve year old with limited access to tools and not equipped with much technical knowledge, I never looked into it and just threw it away. This is really neat!

nobody: me:i want that also me: breaks ds

Plug a small speaker into the earphone jack and maybe use a custom 3D printed covering to go round the GBA slot and make the game carts more flush with the case's new extension and you could set up a neat stereo speaker setup down below the screen perhaps. Saves on the soldering too.

Spawn is my Go to Guy for this kind of Content! ❤️

The command shell looks pretty sweet

Even today i used my old blue nintendo ds. I even remembered how I waited for hours for it

This is so cool! I love the idea of re-purposeing old or broken gaming devices, I would have never thought u could do something like that.

I remember the DS Lite I had broke mysteriously one time. Not sure how it broke, but the hinge broke and piece of it broke off which seems to be one of the common ways the DS Lite would break. I remember dropping my DS Lite a good few times so I don't think that helped either. I feel like the original DS design was more durable than the DS Lite. I'm assuming they sacrificed durability for backlighting and a more reformed design.

At 17:53 I'm like "is that at Doom's gate? It sounds different"

Did this like 10 years ago & Still use it HAHA!! LOVE IT!!

have an old ds light with broken hinges just sat in a draw, gonna do this and play the pokemon games i missed.

Do a review on the command case please.

I always had my DS auto-boot games and set the GBA screen to the bottom so that in the case of my top screen breaking, it would still boot GBA games without a problem

Parents : Snap my 3ds in half Me : the future is now thanks to science Also me : the new 2020 gameboy advanced , only for 20000 dollars

My childhood DS Lite has been dead for years, I did a shell swap by that top screen ribbon cable is so delicate, it just died eventually after opening and closing the lid a few times. Got that Boxypixel aluminium front plate and a bunch of other stuff (USB-C charging port, resistor, Switch speakers, new buttons and an LED DS cart to fill that slot) so really looking forward to reviving this guy!

Seems everyone is doing this. I like it.

If anyone is wondering what spawnwave looks like, there is a face reveal at 13:03

glad someone finally did this. i snapped my old lite in half back in the day when i got a new one and it still works!

pro tip for those doing a top screen replacement: about the wifi cable, tie some fishing line to it and loop it around the slot, tape it to the slot and use it to pull the cable back through on reassembly

Fun fact, it “can” play Gameboy and Gameboy Color games. It’ll also can play Nintendo System Entertainment, and that’s all possible to the EZ Flash Omega and EverDrive. EZ Flash Omega is a solid flash cart for a reasonable price with a RTC on it. Mainly used in games like Pokémon and other games.

I'm gonna grab my DS Lite and just rip off the top screen for no reason.

I did this mod several years ago. I ended up using a larger resistor though. But it worked like a charm, well after putting in the wifi adapter again xD

Ngl this is one of the cooler rabbit holes I've fallen into.

I really think Nintendo should utilize some of the features that are present in the Manji command shell. It would fix a lot of problems I have with the switch like grip, kick stand, etc.

Just saw retro future do this a week or two ago. This is a cool semi-fix

I've been wanting to do a simple project like this. I've got a spare ds lite that's kinda beat up, so I think I'll give this a try!

I would probably recommend using a DS lite with a nonfunctional DS cartridge port, that way you aren't really losing the DS functionality by doing this mod.

This hurts because I had one of these and would love to have done this.

If I would do this, I could do challenges like "Is it possible to beat (x ds game) with only the touch screen?" (And I would keep wifi/microphone just in case, this would we good for Warioware DIY just to show off the microgames with just the microgames!)

Pratically, a Gameboy Macro! Haha

When I was a little girl I think I was 10 my step brother gave me a Blue ds lite with the hinge broken cause he knew I really wanted one, and I played that so much and at some point the top screen stopped working so you could only play gameboy games on the bottom screen. So many memories xD

I used to throw my ds lite across the room back when I used to use It as an alarm clock. I also used to throw it as hard as I could on the ground when it wasn't working. It would work afterwards. Every. Single. Time. Damn thing worked for a solid 4 years. It was the Nokia Phone of DS Lites.

Kinda wish I still had my first DS Lite now... I remember dropping it or something which broke the hinge and prevented it from turning on. I've since bought a working one from a local game store (ironically enough, it's the same exact model in this video), but it'd have been nice to be able to get some use out of that old one, even if it is pretty redundant considering I have a working one.

I'm planning on doing it with a broken DS lite. However for the sound I might go ahead and mix the left and right channel to output properly on one speaker so I have the proper stereo output over a mono speaker.

The DS light is the only system I ever broke that wasn't my fault I literally tossed it onto a bed and if you've ever seen how soft beds are then you will be confused at how the hinge cracked

Correction: I turned my *broken DS Lite* into a *GameBoy Macro.*

i’m gonna make a second account just to like this again! i did this mod with an og DS, which i believe the community calls a GBA Macro XL, with the biggest benefit being the full concealment of the GBA cart! i got a blue DS with a bad hinge for ~$16 and a sheet of 100 3ohm resistors for ~$10. highly recommend the mod, even for the beginner-intermediately skilled!

2:48 4:02 Man that DS has been through a war or something! Look at all those scratches!

My brothers broke the top off the DS lite. And it still powered on after. I didn’t have to do anything and it works just like the end product of the video. I thought it was awesome ! I’m glad others are doing the same

Didn't Elliot from The Retro Future do this exact video just a couple of weeks ago? 🤔

Ever since I dropped my DS lite down the stairs when i was like 8 I wanted to do this lol

I...might need that Manji shell. First time a sponsor is 1) interesting 2) relevant 3) tempting.

I actually busted the hinge on the left side of my ds lite long ago, and the top screen was pretty much held in by the ribbon cable. Needless to say, the top screen died shortly after that. It would still power on, but nothing would display on the top screen. One day I was playing a GBA game on it, and the top screen finally came off. So, it was pretty much this until it was powered off.

My DS Lite never broke. I’ve had it for over a decade.

That command case looks amazing, I'm definitely buying one

"Let's see how this speaker sounds" *dead silence* "I think that's pretty good"

ive been thinking about this for a while now, and was very excited to see someone managed to do the exact crazy idea thats been dwelling in the back of my head for the past couplw weeks

Wait, if the ds lite has a wifi antenna, can it access the internet? Because mine can't... Maybe i need an extra cartridge but i've always been told that it generally can't connect to the interne at all... Interesting...

*Improvise, Adapt, Overcome*

I love how only the blue ones have the hinge problem. I've never seen any other color get broken like that.

I personally went through 2 DS lites in 10 years, I treated mine with respect. The only reason my other one broke was the hinge broke and the screen fell off, none the less I continued to play it until the wires snapped.

This video is what I needed on a boring Sunday...thanks dude

I tried doing this a few months ago and didn't know about the resister thing for the screen and thought I just killed it. lol Ended up modding my DSi instead to play all my GBA games.

I used work at a small shop that did game system mods and repairs back in the j-tag days and and Wii mod chips, honestly my most favorite job I've ever had and I still miss it

the way he was speaking about it like a doctor speaking about their patient lol

This is basically the equivalent of a GBA Cyborg

I’ve been messing around with two of my old 2DS that I found laying around. It seems to charge. But screen won’t turn on. Anybody have an experience with so? I figure it’s probably a ribbon that disconnected from all the drops.

harry potter and the POWER of this lad

If I has a dollar for every time this man audibly said an S I would be able to bring back blockbuster video.

Hey! does the manji case come in other colors?

“It tests things before it powers on, so that’s why you have _a minute or two of delay_ before it turns on.” Christ, is it a DS Lite or a Commodore 64??

This is such an eyesore. Why not just huh a beautiful game boy micro.

I’m pretty sure that there’s actually a natural ground on the board that can be used instead of getting a resistor. It does nothing but complete the circuit, so the self check says everything is fine.

Hey SpawnWave! My PS4 pro (release day edition) Died on Friday 😢 When I unplug the power cable and plug it back in, it beeps, blue light flashes once and that's it! Any suggestions? And I'm cool with it being in a tech Wave 😁

"I took the top screen off a DS lite"

I've had 2 of these sitting in a drawer for over half a decade. Time for them to see the light again. And I even have a snes and a wii to pull resistors from

I watched this video this afternoon. 4 hours later, I have my own Gameboy Micro. Thank you so much for showing what I could do with my broken DS!