I can't speak for everyone else, but there is nothing more satisfying then seeing a broken electronic work again. Nice video.

I love this video. It's great to see someone restoring these old handhelds. It's kinda sad how people are just ready to throw stuff out because it's a little dirty.

Dude this is so cool, I could only wish to be like you in the future. We'll i mean like surrounded by consoles and knowing how to fix them.

im glad i stumbled upon your channel. i always see things like this on ebay too. Your mentality is very positive, and inspiring. Humans are blessed to have members with minds that work in the ways yours does.

I wish I had someone like you around town so I can repair all my faulty consoles.

Been fixing Gameboys for years and never knew about that thing with the screens, I figured they were just broken. Thanks for that!

im really starting to enjoy these types of videos especially because i love all the old consoles keep up the great work man!

This came up in my feed this morning. I've already seen it a few times. I along with others miss your vids. :(

that moment when you realize ten year old batteries are in your gameboy. 😱

Fixed my Gameboy screen by following the advice on this video. You're an absolute star! Keep up the good work!

These videos are strangley soothing and comforting. Love 'em.

Hey mate, just wanted to say that I really admire what you do. It's so fascinating. The time and effort you put into refurbishing collectibles makes me want to do the same. Keep up the great work!

ICE CUBE TRAY!!!!! BRILLIANT !!!!! why didnt i think of that

I've had two of these gray brick GB's for many years and both have had screen issues. I've always pondered if it was just a connection between the screen and board, yet never tried to do a thing. Now, I finally know how to fix them. Thank you for proving my theory.

This video is 11 years old, but it helped me today, thank you)

Sold as junk..... Sad face :(

It was really satisfying to see you refurbish an old game-boy, even so that I subscribed to your channel, hoping to see some more restored old glories. That was actually really inspiring. Thx :D

I'm blown away about the screen fix! I'm totally going to fix mine now!

I'm still learnig these things about fixing things and how to know what to do. These videos are a great help.

Damn, you really do a good job at refurbishing these things. Looks brand new.

i recently got an original gameboy from ebay and it worked perfectly except for the screen, this guide was really helpful when fixing the console. thx

Thanks both of you for the responses! It makes me glad to hear that you can come so far by practice. I wish you both a Merry Christmas.

Conker's Pocket Tales is a game I'd very much love to get. I'm a massive Rareware fan.

I have my own original Game Boy (I brought from 2018) and fortunately it's still in great condition. The system to me is priceless treasure.

1:40 bloody hell he's got a knife m8. call the bobbys

I made a brand new gameboy by doing what was said in this video and I figured out about holding the solder iron away from the contacts on my own. Really cool stuff, and awesome old console to try games on the way they were played.

Awesome video. Great way to show how Nintendo was ahead of the game. Most of their systems die-hard. They don't make them like they used to!

Thanks for this! Just repaired the screen of a game boy I got at the boot fair for £3! I've fitted a new screen cover too and cleaned it up, and it's literally MINT now!!! :-)

I love that you have repaired my favourite retro console! Really great work 👍🎮

Looked great at the end. A good tip, keeping a few spare parts systems, save some time not having to solder etc.

I love ur vids man!!! because of u, i decided to replace my ps4 cd rom drive and mod one of my ps4 controllers. thanks for the inspiration. keep posting ill keep watching

My console/computer repair is all self taught but still love watching these videos, I Just love fixing electronic Gismos of allsorts :)

Really nice job repairing the screen. I never thought to use a solder iron to do that. I always used a heat gun at my shop and it was a major pain in the arse to get it just right.

Nice job. You saved a game boy from total destruction. You win!

you can learn ALOT from this guy!

. Just gana say. wish i had this kind of skill. This guy makes it look simple but you try do some of this stuff with out prior experience. ..well done man.

I remember when my DMG started loosing vertical lines, and it was beginning to make game play difficult. When I finally got a GBC, my DMG had an unusable screen. I didn't know what to do with it so it got placed in a junk drawer and forgotten. Then one day, I saw a video on KZfaq that used that same fix you showed. I tried it out on mine, and I got my screen back. The only problem is that I put a screw in the hole that was marked not to place a screw in it. It put a hole in the foil reflector, but it still worked. I think I bought a DMG with a faulty screen just to fix that one. If I did, It's not really much used today unless I had a flash cart that I could load many games on.

Nice video! I've done this myself a couple times, feels awesome to bring back life into something so loved as a child. I've recently gotten into Nintendo repairs myself as a hobby, I'm sure I'll be visiting your channel for reference in the future, SUBSCRIBED.

I just wanted to say I enjoy your videos a bunch man. I always look to see if you have new videos first when I get on here. Keep up the good work man.

i really enjoy watching your videos of your work and repairs. hope you continue to do more.

conkers pocket tales is like 5 pounds on ebay, so you actually kinda got that gameboy for free

I love these video's, nostalgic times.

I absolutely love your Let's Repair series! I think we'd all love to see more of these if you get the chance to do more!

I originally thought that the screen was completely screwed in this project, but I was very surprised when I saw that the problem was that simple to solve. Even though I'm 15, I'm in love with retro consoles and your videos fixing them. I live in Lithuania, and unfortunatly there's no good way to get items from ebay for me, so I usually go to flea markets to look for faulty stuff. So far the oldest things I've come across were a N64 and a PS1. They both work just fine, and I paid for both of em 4 dollars. A nice deal if you ask me :P I love refurbishing old stuff.

I thank u for helping me with refurbishing my gameboy sps. You're excellent at what you do and I thank you for making these videos

No, don't remove that tape it'll void your warranty! Great vid, really nice to see something that could have been binned rescued and given such care. I had a Gameboy with missing lines, I thought it was beyond help so threw it about ten feet up into the loft through the open loft hatch - it works fine now :)

On the plastic housing, hot soapy water and a tooth brush. The metal contacts I simply switched out for clean ones from the donor systems. But if I didn't have spares I would use a wire brush and steel wool to remove corrosion. Basically the same way you would clean any other piece of tarnished/corroded metal.

Nice tip for repairing missing pixel rows, hadn't thought to try that. I've fixed a game cartridge with faulty mask ROM before. Seems the issue was that some of the bonding wires inside the IC package were loose from the chip. Squeezing the ROM chip hard seemed to make it work for a moment, so I did a permanent fix by wedging a wad of paper between the IC and the top of the cartridge shell.

Thanks dude. This one was a fun little project to work on :) . Stuff like this also makes for inexpensive and fun gifts :) .

I found a blue version of this just the other day in the electronic recycling bin in my buildings trash room. It also had a game in it, Super Mario Land IIRC. It worked perfectly, a little grimy but nothing that can't be cleaned. The battery compartment looked fine. There was also a PS1 in great condition, which I left. A couple of days earlier I found a 14" CRT television (w. built in DVD player) in almost new condition. That I use for my Atari 8-bit computer.

Awesome and very educational im planning to buy broken gameboys as well since i dont know anything about computers im very happy to see videos like this. Ive always loved those old Gameboys/old games.

Dude thx for helping me fixing my Gameboy screen it was the same problem like yours and I did the thing you did and now I can finaly enjoy my Pokemon and other games :D

If I were him, I would be ecstatic that my old, nostalgia-filled Gameboy went to such a great home, with someone who took the time to refurbish the thing and get it running again.

Ice cube tray to hold the screws is genius :)

i got a working gameboy for 5 usd at a flea market and its good to know i can self fix the small line issue on the right side of the screen. when i get around to giving it a clean up it will look even better, but for now i thought it was just cool i found a working one for so cheap. despite the fact i still had my old gameboy pocket

Thanks for your informative video. I've just fixed my old gameboy screen following your method. Keep up the good work.

......you just gave an oldie Game Boy it's life back..... I'M SUBSCRIBING!!!!

Excellent gameboy repair and thank you for sharing this video.

Handy tip with the soldering iron. I might just do it on my old ones.

I got a working one for $4.00 USD that was in its box and had Mega Man III in it!

Watching this 8 years later and look at how much the cost of a DMG is now compared to back then 😮🤯🤯

Damn that ice cube tray for screws is an incredibly good idea..

Awsome, love this channel so far.

I really love your repair videos Martin! Waiting for the consolized MVS!

Thanks dude. Same here. I have 2 big crates out in the shed where I dump all my junk electronics. I've also taken to stripping components and boards from general household devices now too, haha. Loads of useful parts to salvage! It's weird, I felt I should have maybe desoldered that cracked power jack for making this vid. But IRL that's not the kind of task I'll undertake if it can be avoided. So I just switched out the rear board to make life easier :P.

OMG! This was really cool to watch! Wish i knew you, i have so many things lying around you could fix hehe!

Thank you for showing me how to fix the battery terminal. I just fixed my white one

I don't know if you know, but if not (or if someone else could be helped out by this) a mixture of white vinegar and water (I use about 50-50) can be used to clean corroded battery terminals caused by leakage. I usually mix the vinegar and water in a small bowl and use Q-tips to apply it to the terminals. Good as new!

The battery section is the original and the same one shown at the start of the vid. Just cleaned it out with warm soapy water like the rest of the console. Popped in some new metal contacts and it looks good as new.

Great repairing! Now that GB seems new! My humble request for the next tutorial is how to repair faulty drives on PlayStation and PS2 consoles!

Great fix on the screen . And great idea using ice cube tray top video .

I just wanted to say thanks. This video helped me get my ancient Gameboy working again :)

What was running on the gameboy when you were holding the heat over the connections under the screen to give it a solid black screen?

dude your videos kick ass! dont stop, I always look forward to them

Awesome, didn't know the screen issues were that easy to fix thanks!!!!

Lol, glad you like the vids. Thanks for the comment :)

because of your video I now know how to fix those lines on my gameboy's screen.

I love this video/series! Keep up the good work! I love watching videos on old nintendo stuff. I subbed and look forward to more videos :)

Love your videos man, well explained, simple joy, and your UK based, I enjoy watching a console refurb and the stuff you find is everyman stuff. not too wallet smashing, good work man!

the last catrige maybe works only on a game boy color give it a try , nice video and keep your good work on reviving old but missed and loved consoles

Thanks, I'm glad you like the stuff I do :)

GREAT VIDEO your explanations were also very appreciated !

Thanks. Glad you like the vids.

I appreciate the nice comment :)

Thanks for replying. I am getting a new screen protector plus the screwdriver to dismantle the device. I hope this repair could improve the brightness of the screen as well.

fantastic work. its always nice to see when gaming history is saved from the scrap heap :)

One of MacGyvers best friends!

Sold as junk *sad face* That's epic.

For battery corrosion, I found that vinegar on a q tip works very well. Just don't let it drip into the game.

All black cart GameBoy games are compatible with both GBC and original GB. Same as the Warioland 2 game you see me playing later in the vid. GBC 'only' games have a different shaped transparent cart which can only be used in GBC or later consoles.

To clean corrosion the parts you need is: White vinegar - any vinegar you use 4 ear picks a flat head screwdriver Left over container Old toothbrush 1. Fill left over container with white vinegar -Brush corrosion very good to help the vinegar to clean very good -dip ear cleaner in white vinegar and clean on the corrosion on the plug and negative internal -use the other side of the ear cleaner to clean the corrosion with the vinegar 2. Use flat head screwdriver -Use flat head screw driver and scrape on where the corrosion is located next or on the plus and negative internal -Use another ear cleaner to dip in white vinegar and clean again where you cleaned it'll give a chance to save your device and motherboard. -Use another side of the ear cleaner and clean where you cleaned the same location again. 3.Dry and let it sit -(Lastly) make sure there is no more white vinegar left in locations -Let it sit and dry for 30 minutes or more -Test the batteries ---Tips by Jonathan Litz---

Thanks, I'll try and make more like this in future.

I was pretty happy with how it turned out in the end. I saw this GB on ebay thinking it would be a really straight forward clean up job. Turned out I was wrong :P .

The original Game Boy systems (as in, first batches), all had defective displays, including store displays, usually happened on the right side. I tried many times to fix it, and finally did, only for the system to crap out a few months later (unrelated issue). The later batches worked, but the installs were off-center, crooked, or both.

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

Very useful tutorial. I found a broken game boy too. It costs 300 ruble (about 6 pounds) and have some problem with screen. Thank you I know to do now!

I'm watching this and don't even have a Game Boy. So interesting!

Nope, it's the same compartment and rear housing. That's how clean they'll look after being properly stripped and cleaned ;-). The only thing I switched out were the rear board + corroded and dirty contacts. I mentioned that's what I planned at 9:45. I could have spent time cleaning the old metal contacts with a wire brush but no point since I already had clean spares good to go.

Looks like new. I just turned two broken DC into one fully working one. Now I have parts for a JP dreamcast I may put on eBay. Main board and GD Rom board. May paint the shell for fun.

I just switched those contacts out for undamaged ones from the donor systems. But a wire brush or wire wool will sort them out no problem.