Follow my instagram for more! - instagram.com/theretrofuturephotos/ I hope you enjoyed the little intro. Unfortunatly the song I had first used to make the sequence ended up being copyright claimed... So I had to use something else which didnt work quite as well.... but OH WELL! I'm not Hollywood.. Hopefully you can still enjoy! x

Eiden was a chain of electronics stores based in the Tokai region (Nagoya, etc...). They were part of a group of electronics stores with different names in different regions of Japan. In 2012, all stores were brought under the “Edion” name nationwide.

Elliot: says Nintendo usually doesnt do black/clear black systems Also Elliot: names multiple black/clear black systems

My brain always glitches when you say "Jersey." I'm like, there're plenty of best buys in Jersey...wait. Yes, you mean the cow place.

When I did read the title, I was expecting that something was broken, what made the screen display no color.

"for use in Japan only". Elliot, I hope you can run faster than Nintendo lawyers

"What level of game boy are you?" "I keep batteries in my pocket" "That's an 8!"

0:18 - Sonic Screwdriver? Elliot is a Time Lord confirmed. Also, Eiden (pronounced "aid-un") was a Japanese home electronics store chain that was founded in 1955. After a series of mergers they were rebranded to Edion, which is why the original "Eiden" name might not yield many results in searches.

its so cool that these are like so rare and so expensive and you have them all

Elliot and GameBoys: Gotta catch'em all!

I didn't know I was watching Gaming Historian. Hey, I'm not complaining.

I picked up a totaled GBA from a car boot for a fiver. When I say totaled I mean it looked like it had been chewed by a dog. By some miracle however, it was electronically sound so I ordered a smoke black aftermarket shell. I used red enamel paint to fill in the Nintendo logo as well as the Start/Select labels. Much as it was a super simple, cosmetic only mod, it looks awesome.

Love the video. There is a Clear Black 2DS that is only Japan Exclusive.

I’m a relatively new watcher, but you really piqued my interest. I really enjoy learning about retro gaming from you. After I told a friend about my new interest, he gave me a GBA SP for my birthday. Thanks, from a kid who has a similar first name. Edit: I changed grammar to make my comment more clear, but in doing so, the heart was removed. oof

Daiei Hawks was the name of a Japanese baseball team from 1988 to 2004, while they were owned by the Japanese supermarket chain Daiei (nowadays they're owned by Softbank and called the Softbank Hawks), iirc there was also a Deiei Hawks GBA made with Nintendo's partnership

It looks like a vertical sega game gear

I initially thought that the display wasn’t color 😂😂

Elliot:Doesn’t this just look like nothing Nintendo would ever make Switch Pro Controller:😢

The intro was enjoyable. Different, I like the direction you took with it. Keep it up!

I loved the intro! Very smooth and crisp. And also pleasantly educational 👌

Love the cinematic b roll footage at the beginning... great review as always. Thanks for your art man

Eliot: This doesnt look like a thing Nintendo would make Switch Pro controller: What? am i a joke to you?

I just added an aftermarket shell for my gameboy pocket. It was a greenish forest looking color with grey buttons, but now it has a yellow color with black buttons! Only $11 USD too!

Good to see you progressively growing as a content creator Elliot, keep it up man

Oh, you worked so hard on this video. As I saw on Twitter you spend 3 hours on a little part of this video. Great Job, The video is amazing!

Finally youtube recommended me something very cool, subscribed. Love that black gbc

That synopsis intro was super amazing, hope see that format again

''This Gameboy Color isn't a Color'' Color: Black Me: I mean... Black is A Color...

At launch day in Belgium they only had two colours available. Purple and Atomic Purple. The other colours were going to be available few weeks later but I couldn't wait!

When I lived in Japan from 2007-2011, there were quite a few Eidens around. They were a lot like the old "Comp USA" stores--dedicated more to electronic devices than they were to media. Like, they had a single aisle for games, but no music or movies. The main part of the store was computer hardware and small household appliances. You could find some fun stuff there though, like adapters to plug in your Playstation controllers to USB.

The black one looks pretty slick, reminds me a bit of the switch pro controller that is also slightly clear black

Awesome stuff. Always loved the black translucent cases. Might pick up a new shell for my GBA SP

Thanks again for sharing. I get to live my dream collection through you Elliot :)

I love how Elliot so excited that the black Gameboy Colour is the same shade as his shirt!

Carphone Warehouse is/was a in a partnership with Best Buy that went way back and that's why the two never crossed markets.

Toyota, oh we did that last time! Slick intro, another good pickup. Perhaps try running the Bad Apple rom on a flash cart as it would be a good way to show them off for the demo section and keep the footage in focus on a fixed camera angle.

I have my DMG in exactly the same colour scheme except it has orange buttons etc etc nice find Elliot 👍👍

Another high quality video, good stuff!

I recently ordered a clear black gameboy color shell for a build I'm doing. Such a nice color

Damn, you’ve got a prop replica of David’s sonic screwdriver? awesome.

I didn't understand correctly the title of the video and i thought that It was a Gameboy color with an original Gameboy screen, the more i think about the better It sound.

0:07 haha, he said the funny number

I was in Japan for three weeks on 2019 and I never saw any of those Eden Stores. Bic Camera and Yodobashi Camera, on the other hand, are everywhere!

Elliot got me addicted to SolarStriker hahaha really fun time killer and the GBC palette is gorgeous

I decided to change the shell on my GBC because the original shell was absolutely destroyed and I kinda settled on a clear-black shell (with a gen 2 pokemon screen lens) on ebay because it was the only one that would arrive in a reasonable amount of time. I hadn't played anything on it in years but wanted to fix it up because it looked disgusting. (It used to be my brother's, it was a kiwi green one and had black sharpie all over and glue from duct-tape on the back because the battery cover was lost) Obviously the shell I got is a reproduction, so it's not special or anything, but I had no idea that an original clear-black shell was so rare. I've been thinking about changing the shell for something else, something that feels a bit more Nintendo, but honestly the black has kinda grown on me.

That was such a cool intro. This channel is only going to grow

For a scratched up screen, you can use something like PolyWatch or any other kind of plastic polish. I recently bought a pretty beat up Dingoo A320 on eBay, and essentially rubbed out all the scratches with some effort and patience.

Your videos make me want to start collecting handhelds

I love this little docu at beginning Love from germany🇩🇪❤️

Looks absolutely amazing.

Is it the Gintendo Bame Coy Nolor?

Are you planning to do any more walkman videos? Those are some of my favourites. Can't find too many walkman restorations and yours are done really well.

I really like the way this looks, so clean and modern

Love the green transpart desing

Looks cool keep it up

Wow great production quality

I had a original Nintendo 2DS in that color, and it was awesome! Great find and 'color'

Honestly the GBC is one of my favorite classic GB models. It’s the easiest to mod with screen mods that are just complete drop in kits, flash carts can be installed into them, their shells and screen covers have multiple color options as well as their buttons, and overall it’s a far more comfortable system to hold compared to the GB DMG and the GBP. Overall out of all the classic game boy units, I feel the color is the best because of its versatility and design, as well as its overwhelming fan support.

hey Retro Bro, do the screwdrivers youve linked for us in the description include some newfangled nintendo proprietary bits? do handhelds even come assembled with hardware we'd need proprietary tools for?

I had presumably a generic yellow Game Boy Color and a Red Game Boy Pocket. Never had another Nintendo handheld system till I bought a grey Switch Lite and recently two 2DS XL's (cyan/black) the Mario Kart ones.

Love the intro!

I picked up solar striker cause I saw it in one of your earlier videos. my buddy told me about Ponkotsu tank(trax) and now they're my go tos. so easy to pick up and knock out a few levels

you should keep an eye out for a Tsutaya GBC! it’s a beautiful clear blue with yellow-orange buttons! also from my bit of research online, it seems that Tsutaya is similar to a Toys-R-Us. i luckily got one in good condition and put in a Freckleshack, definitely a prized possession of mine 😂

Props for Solar Striker, one of my favorite games as well!

The gameboy color is my favorite gameboy variant and probably just one of my favorite consoles in general, and I kept thinking a clear black one existed but wasn’t sure if that was just a fever dream or not, glad to know I’m not insane lmao

Kept waiting for you to explain it being a manufacturer error and it not having a color screen. Halfway through I realized the title meant the black shell.

I lived in Tokyo for 5 years, and I was deep into electronics. I'd often go to Akihabara (electrictronic heaven). I never heard of that store. A popular store in Tokyo would be Bic Camera. Almost like a department store building of electronics.

LED light flickering is driving me nuts. I suggest changing or changing your F Stop.

I enjoy all of the lesser known variants you show on here. Always fun to watch. Your tinkering videos are cool, but I would probably not check in if you focused on that. You have the right blend of content to put you as my current favorite gaming products channel.

I've seen a couple smoked ones here in the US but this one looks darker. Does anyone know if it is darker or just the lighting ? The ones I've seen look more translucent like the atomic purple ones

You gotta find that yellow CoroCoro Pikachu Edition, few images of that on the web these days. This one would have been my favorite as a kid. I had Kiwi bundled with Donkey Kong.

"Where did i put mi batteries", guess there is a reason why you are always sitting down, no belt would support that amount of weight from all those AAs

I liked the history intro. I didn't realise there was a black gameboy color. I assumed that it was a mod with a custom box

That's cool! I had the black GameBoy Pocket (still have it, right next to me) and I thought I was the coolest kid with that (and I still do, haha!).

If it comes to Colors of GBC in my Collection: i have the Orange "Mirinda" (sadly with missing Battery Back) and a "Ana Airline" Blue. Both are also transparent.

I find it funny that you just have a sonic screwdriver just lying around-

the intro was flame. loved it

*Game Boy Colorless*

You inspired me to collect and fix gameboys. THANKS

This and a smoke N64 would be the ultimate combo.

This isn't just any Gameboy Color video, this is a matured, vintage, hard to find Gameboy Color video.

Upon reading the orange slip in the box, it says that as this is a special limited colour variant, in the event that a repair is required Nintendo may invite you to receive a regular model game boy colour. Details are in the instructions. Not sure that slip came with all variants but kinda interesting.

i feel like in the US there are a lot of variations of things that are exclusively sold at specific chains, but there's no branding involved. Like the Majora's Mask Link amiibo was a Best Buy exclusive. It could have just been a marketing thing like that?

Thats a really classy gameboy for its time nlack really cool

That type of video is sooooo pleasant to watch

You should make KZfaq vids on like reviewing rare n64 consoles and rare games too!

Hey, From where did you buy?? Please put a link down below.

Yes. That's correct. (Fukuoka) Daiei Hawks is a Japanese baseball team. When Daiei Hawks won, the orange and black Gameboy colors were sold to commemorate. Now Daiei Hawks is named "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks".

I'm waiting on a backlit modded one right now!

I never thought about how nintendo uses a lot of color, even the black and gray switch is a close second to the red and blue joycon one they feature as the iconic switch.

And here I was thinking that the Color moniker was in reference to its COLOR SCREEN.

Even though I grew up with a teal GBC, the atomic purple is still my all time favourite.

you should put a gameboy pocket in that shell for the hell of it

I just picked up one of these up on ebay for $65, I didn't think I'd ever find one for that price

Can you please do a video based on the Super Nintendo Game Boy adapter

Great now I gotta look up this king of fighters gba cause I love KOF but didn’t even know that existed

The quality of this video is off the charts

At launch there were 6 colors available. You forgot about the atomic purple one. Not sure why they didn't have a clear variant of all the others at launch and what made purple special? Gamecube at launch was also purple..

I have that orange black n64 :) Wouldnt mind getting that gbc too

Have you played Project S11? It's another fun GBC shmup with a cool soundtrack.