I'm glad you bought a GameBoy, I know you needed one.

6:49 as dankpods would say, "SOMEONE'S BEEN IN 'ERE"

So..I have 2 of those cases from my childhood and during the early part of last year I decided to get back into video game stuff and repairs. Anyway, I had this same issue with my cases. What a mess...I kept mine though..sentimental attachment and all...but I get why you’d chuck that. 👍🏻 Love the content on both channels.

every time you say IPA, my brain thinks of beer.

Bring back childhood memories to see prices in francs (French currency before Euro began a thing around 2000/2001) and the hand writed bill from a tiny local shop is stunning. Big nostalgia vibes for me, as a 90’s French kid. Keep up the good Work Elliot !

Just a tip @ 14:27. You want to make sure that the plastic screw holes don't have water in them before screwing together the chassis. The screw will compress the water and the plastic will eventually crack. Water will often stick to those holes and it can be a little hard to get it out. I usually blow into them with my mouth to make them dry (make your mouth dry first too).

Finally, another guy that restores stuff and commentates. I don't like restorations that are just music and the things being fixed and cleaned up.

I can listen to that robocop soundtrack all day! Great video, thanks for the upload!

Honestly, if that had been real mold, like fungus grossness, I'd have done that whole thing wearing a P100 respirator and nitriles. Definitely prefer dealing with disintegrated plastics than mold

I laughed when Elliot said he's not going to rescue the bag because he doesn't like it. It's the simplest things! x3

Oh god, when you first open the pack. I struggled to hold down my breakfast. You did a great job Elliot!

A major improvement! How do you keep track of the history of each GameBoy once you've restored them and they all look so similar?

Dude, everything i know about refurbs comes frome your two channels, thanks for being my fav youtuber.

My favorite part of these videos are the cleaning of the contrast and volume wheels. So oddly satisfying.

I have the same bag from childhood and the foam is broken down in the same way. Loved that case it went everywhere with me as a kid :D

Oh man! Back in 1996-97 I got my first gameboy pocket for my 6th birthday and Mole Mania was the first game I got! Seeing this game cardridge brings back so many memories!

I love these types of videos. Great work! Can’t wait to see more videos from this channel and your main channel too.

"Oh no, I said 'fantastic' twice" is a sensation I'm all too familiar with.

The fact every single one of these games was in the case upside down drove me insane... There's even an indent that lines up exactly with the top of the cart... It's so infuriating.. Lol.

i've had that same black carrycase since the early 90's. i love it.

I want that robocop soundtrack to be the outro on all vids in the retro future...

1:47: Next game we got here is "Mould Mania" 🤣

I love a good restoration, soooo satisfying. I got one of these for Christmas 1990, that Robocop game is nostalgic.

Legend has it, if you've ever owned a GameBoy you manifest a copy of WWF Superstars somewhere in your home....Also, Robocop is a banger of a game

I was born blind but can see lights and outlines, I had no idea I needed this in my life. This is my first video of yours and it's really calming and I get to learn things along the way. I've subscribed.

Please tell me that you washed your hands, like.... 7 times 😳

that gameboy looks... fantastic :) its interesting that ive seen maybe a dozen videos like this from you but i learn a new thing about gameboy restoration every time

Never seen more dust in my life 😂

Hearing the Robocop soundtrack brought back some good memories, Ocean games really had amazing soundtracks

I sneezed looking at the dust 🤧

Kudos to you for keeping it the way it is, nice to see the little guy getting some tlc. I've recently acquired an original gb in a box of stuff, but it's in worse condition. The snes console that I keep out for use is really yellow and alot of the plastic is broken. I nicknamed it "the tank" because it works perfectly, and I kept the $29.99 thrift store price sticker on it for added bling. Gotta go check out that sountrack now!

I had the same thing happen to the case I had since 1991 for. my Game Gear. Just disintegrated all over my (thankfully) cased games and console. Not too bad to clean. Had to send it out to get new capacitors, but it was fine after that. Just some banding on the aging screen that will have to be replaced at some point.

I love watching a good long Let's Refurb right before work. Put's me a good mood

Take a drink every time he says “nice”, “clean”, and “fantastic” lol

His realization of saying fantastic 2 times in a row was hilarious

This video has been in my watch later for months. I just watched it today, (07/05/2021) 3 weeks ago tomorrow, (16/04/2021) my younger brother died from a huge heamorage just hours after being told he'll be going home from soon (from hospital). Every friday for the last year, we played games together and the last time he was here, we both sat and listened to the Robocop theme track for the Amstrad Version. When you mentioned the theme song at the end, I couldn't believe the theme was the same. It's one of our favourite video game theme tracks of all time. Amazing. My brother didn't deserve to have his life cut short, I'm so heart broken that he'll never get to listen to that music ever again. 33 years old and to spend his last month in hospital, that's no way to go. Scott, Brother, I love you and miss you. Elliot, thank you very much for this video and letting the song ring out.

There's nothing quite like the feeling of "Clean button confidence"

Thanks! This is like "how to clean a Game Boy" video with neat tips, just what I was looking for before cleaning my own Game Boy :)

12:47 You can also use this method for fixing crunchy noises coming from the headphones, and sound coming from the speaker when muted.

Look great, especially for a stock DMG! I am partial to glass lenses but a good plastic one does keep it looking original. Great job.

Brilliant, just in time for lunch!

i've put bags like that through a baby clothing boil wash and they've come out looking great, it helps to put some towels or bedding you don't care about in with it so it doesn't get too beaten up but worth a try :D

I love your channel I've watched most of your videos! Keep up the great work and super jealous of the gameboy collection you got going on!

Yes I'm here even before the HD version of the video is available! 360p team! I'll be back later when I got the time to actually watch :P

Is it bad that I knew EXACTLY which case that had been sitting in from the preview photo? Those foam inserts are notoriously bad. Loved the video!!!

Always great to watch a regular game boy restoration :)

I got something EXTREMLY similar to this at a garage sale. It came with the SAME EXACT bag, disintegrating and everything, a Gameboy, and a few games. I tried to save the bag, but ended up throwing it out. The Gameboy wouldn't turn on at first, but after giving the battery contacts a good clean, it flickered on. The screen had a lot of lines on it, but I fixed it with my old soldiering iron, which I threw out a few days later because it melted itself and no longer heated up. The games worked great, after cleaning them, of course. I later accidentally tore the speaker out and, with no soldering iron at the time, had to live with it. I haven't soldered the speaker back on yet, but it works!

did you at least salvage the tray from the bag? could be quite handy!

WWF Superstars just has a habit of materializing in the collection of every single Game Boy owner without exception even if they're not actually collecting shit.

Totally a shame that you don’t have more subscribers! I’m not big in the community, basically because I’m the hugest lurker in existence, anyways, imo you’re one of the retro modding ogs. At least on KZfaq, and sure you haven’t been around since the beginning but you’re incredibly knowledgeable and it’s obvious you appreciate the significance of the items that come into your hands. I would absolutely trust you with restoring any of my consoles or handhelds. It would be like a badge of honor to me if you repaired or even modded my N3DSXL.

Just plugged my Gameboy Color into my headphones, stuck in that 61 in 1 multicart you reviewed once and put on RoboCop just to listen. Banging tune mate!

I used to have that bag!!

omg the ending holy moly i was almost in tears that sound track is fire

Great Gameboy and cool games. And a nice cleaning. Much love.

I don't think that's mold. It's the padding of the bag disintegrating.

Thanks for making this video, it helped me repair a "broken" GameBoy.

I picked one up probably 10 years ago and just stored it in a closet in my game room. I see now I need to get it put and restore it as well. Mine needed a new case cause some idiot took white out and used it like paint and painted it. I'll probably pick up a new case for mine though. It did come with about 8 games and a small carrying case but not a big case like you have in the video. Great content.

Tbh that doesn't look like mold tho. It just looks like the inside foam/flocking material deteriorated with time

Thats soot not mould.. If that was Mould the the paper on the manuals would have been warped and curled.

In this bag is my childhood.

"Oh no I said fantastic twice." Best quote.

I would love to have that nice bag! 😅

Everyone:MR CLEAN Elliot:mr sheen

My cousin's Gameboy case and games has this same exact issue! So I guess it's a case defect overtime

I have this exact problem! Bag turned to dust and now gameboy is all fucked up! Godamn. Crazy seeing this.

Loved that you you played robocop I've not heard that into since I had my original gameboy back in the early 90s, absolute blast from the past!

Robocop will always have a place in my gaming library. I turn it on for the menu music alone from time to time.

Wow, 20 years ago the same box was stolen from me. Specially for the two tetris.....one was from a friend, we was gaming in our school anual trip using the link cable on a bus....great memories. Missing it....

You didn't know WWF Superstars??? This game was soooo cool back in the 90s. Everyone in my class was watching wrestling and this game was a must-have.

Ya it is annoying when when the foam in an old carrying case disintegrates. A few years ago, I found a case of audiocassettes hiding under the desk in the storage room. And when I opened it to find out which audiocassettes were inside, I discovered that everything was covered in foam dust. It had even gotten inside the norelco boxes! At the time I thought it was mold due to the fact that this trailer has a mold problem, among other flaws. Perhaps there was also some mold, but a year ago I found out that the dust was most likely what's left of the foam. I still find foam dust in that case! One of these days, maybe I should vacuum out the remaining dust and put in some archival foam. But the question remains: Why did COAST use a cloth with circular holes to hold the foam padding in place? If it was the industry standard, why? At least Case Logic had the common sense to use cloth without holes _and_ better foam. All you have to worry about with those cases are corroded zippers. I would say to just use leather briefcases, but then you have to worry about cracks in the leather...

Ah yes the infamous 'dilbert 3' music!

20:42 And on.... and on... and on... and Ariston... Thanks, that's now stuck in my head again XD

Awesome, as always :)

You seem like the kinda guy that could fix something rare like a nintendo virtual boy, mine bust after moving home so has been boxed for a year or so now

Hope you copped that logo patch off the outside of the bag. Could re-sew it onto something!

You lucky dog. Id love a cache like that!

Hey Elliot, what might interest you is the fact the Gameboy screws are not in fact Philips, but JIS (Japanese Industry Standard). There are quite significant differences and this is also why it's so common to find Gameboys with rounded screws. Philips head and JIS screws are not a perfect match :)

You best put some RESPECT on the name of WWF Superstars.

Can't wait for the Switch unboxing/restorations here in 30 years or so!

Same thing happened to my gameboy. Left it in the same case, forgot about it as I grew up. Looked exactly like this when I opened it 20 years later.

I actually did buy a DMG from eBay that came in the same case, same situation. I wound up having to chuck the case, the DMG aside from the mold was in pristine condition, and cleaned very nicely. Overall was a great deal

damn gotta give the robocop soundtrack a listen

Great video! Just my 2 cents but a new glass lens and gently using magic eraser around the discolored spots and the GameBoy would look 100% like new while still being totally original.

Last year I bought the exact same case with a gameboy and games. First look inside I thought it'd be mold. Luckily just the case desintegrating. Pretty easy clean 🙂

Best thing to use to get the corrosion off the battery contacts is a brass bristled brush, I do that and then clean up the whole thing with IPA. Edit: best short of unsoldering and soaking in vinegar.

Very nice! :)

You're like the guy from Toy Story 2 that fixes Woody but with Game Boys - it's a nice vibe

You got an awesome pitch up there, lucky. Awesome video as always 👍🏾

that Robocop music totally reminds me of the C64 SID chip music.

Are you mad? Don't throw stuff in the bin! Keep and sell later in lot on eBay

I don't know how you're able to touch the mold with your bare hands, I'd be too scared to touch the mold even with gloves on lol

I bought basically this exact same case and Gameboy from a garage sale for $20!!!!!! I lucked out, the Gameboy is in like new condition now :)

I wish we had local shops that sell things like this 🥺 we don‘t have retro shops...

I once played on a yellow gameboy, the contacts were corroded, and it was a lucky one, because when I booted it up... IT WORKED.

Me looking at my Gameboy, apologizing that I don't clean it as beautifully as you do.

it looks like sumts youd find laying around in the last of us

I think the Robo Cop title screen music is perfect outro music

Too bad you didn't save the bag, it could have been easily saved

Why not just restore the bag as well? It looks salvageable ):

Hey Elliot I have a question I have a little bit of corrosion on my battery contacts on my game room should I clean them up or just leave it