I remember in elementary school there was this kid Mitchell who was a shit bag with a bowl cut, haven't thought about him in years, and he had the illuminator.. was trying to enjoy my Sunday Elliot...
@TheRetroFuture3 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt I’m really sorry to have brought up this bad memory for you. I really hope Mitchell is doing well because no one deserves failure. However I hope he’s thinking of you, and thinking only of the sweetest sweetest things. Because Matt you are so sweet please let me hold you.
@kitkat37073 жыл бұрын
MattColbo x The Retro Future merch please
@arubberroomwithrats3 жыл бұрын
@@TheRetroFuture r/suddenlygay
@IDoABitOfTrollin3 жыл бұрын
@@arubberroomwithrats *starts fanfiction*
@arubberroomwithrats3 жыл бұрын
@@IDoABitOfTrollin that's sus man 😳
@mini-_3 жыл бұрын
I always catch myself thinking "Who buys these?!", then I realize these companies obviously make these accessories for Elliot to unbox in the future. It all makes sense now.
@ldm__3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ncot_tech3 жыл бұрын
And Sendico are clearly just enabling him - "What's that? You own all the Western Nintendo devices? Well... come this way, we want to show you something..."
@qlum3 жыл бұрын
I remember having some sort of light for my Game Boy Color, back when I was a kid. Lights while most of them are not great, were a must when playing in the dark. I was really glad when I got a GBA SP, it was so much more comfortable.
@TheFreakINcontrol3 жыл бұрын
@@qlum Nyko Worm Light? I remember it being a staple for many of road trips during my childhood once the sun fell. I never got a regular GBA and went straight to an SP. It was life changing!
@Dargonhuman3 жыл бұрын
Mostly well meaning but clueless relatives looking for a cheap birthday or Christmas present without fully understanding the device they're buying for or how the accessory works.
@commander_frog3 жыл бұрын
Gameboy: has survived bombs in literal war zones Rhino skin: we can do better
@Benzona3 жыл бұрын
only the original gameboy to be fair, the gameboy advance can't withstand a light breeze
@commander_frog3 жыл бұрын
@ATepClips That wasn’t an accident, someone assaulted your gameboy, and someone must pay
@bread92763 жыл бұрын
@@commander_frog Agreed
@paulofduty20053 жыл бұрын
The packaging on the plastic cases are sharper than most knives out there.
@bland98763 жыл бұрын
World's sharpest blister pack knife
@danielconell11893 жыл бұрын
Well there's a channel that makes knives out of unconventional materials
@MrAntematkovic3 жыл бұрын
and that's a fact!
@tronpig3 жыл бұрын
*casually sharpens box*
@Dargonhuman3 жыл бұрын
My sister bought a new set of knives that came in that crappy packaging and she texted me a picture of it with the caption "If only I had something sharp to open this with..."
@CyborgForgael3 жыл бұрын
I had the Flo Light. It was easily my favorite early GBA accessory. The illumination it provided was pretty cool, and I liked that it folded down to protect the screen when not in use. A nice touch is how the light was exposed when folded down, which gave it a cool "flashlight" feature with the momentary "try me" button on the front. Gamester did a great job with that one.
@randomcow505 Жыл бұрын
yea I was thinking that, it looks like you can stand it up on a table or something looks like it would have been great as a camping light for a kid
@ncot_tech3 жыл бұрын
That Illuminator thing at the end is straight out the 80s with its dim little bulb. I guess it was one step above holding a torch (with equally bad bulb) while trying to play a game in the dark.
@Kalvinjj3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's literally from before bright LEDs existed at all, let alone white ones. The double arm one is from when they already existed and were still horrible blue + yellow to make it look white but atrocious for screens. It's no real wonder why Nintendo stuck with no light for so long after we look at what Sega, Atari and NEC had to do to get their color screens lit (Also Nintendo themselves on the GB Light).
@EmanueleX3 жыл бұрын
at least you dont have to hold it
@SproutyPottedPlant3 жыл бұрын
And those bulbs have a better CRI than LEDs
@AmaroqStarwind3 жыл бұрын
A torch? I'm not sure I'd want to hold a flaming stick next to my GameBoy.
@Kalvinjj3 жыл бұрын
@@SproutyPottedPlant Yep, specially early white ones like I said above, tho for the original GB not much of a problem either
@BillyAltDel3 жыл бұрын
Wish I could travel back in time and give my younger self that Gamester flo-light. Looks absolutely brilliant.
@GreyHulk21563 жыл бұрын
“Sorry, my cheap-feeling, boney-looking friend...” I’m sure He-Man once said that to Skeletor. ;P
@grafxgear3 жыл бұрын
That moment you realize Skeletor is really just wearing a bikini.
@retrospect3 жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of your videos dude these are so freaking cool
@derektorres6583 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@TheRetroFuture3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@RobeonMew3 жыл бұрын
you should go to his main page and spam his playlists
@RC32Smiths013 жыл бұрын
I've had a Flo Light for about some years now! Great to see it in action here
@akaJughead3 жыл бұрын
I had that accessory back in the day. I definitely remember it had a reputation for being one of the better light options available at the time.
@RC32Smiths013 жыл бұрын
@@akaJughead Yep!
@stevesstuff14503 жыл бұрын
Don't ever remember seeing one out in the wild - we certainly never had them to sell, where I work, but it does look really rather good! Even after all these years! :-)
@gamepad31733 жыл бұрын
when I first got my gameboy advance I actually had a flo light, made things easier when playing Metroid (and now Pokemon Creepy Black).
@NovicetechGames2 жыл бұрын
I got one recently from a relative with their GBA and I was surprised to see it here! It works pretty well here.
@atinysoftbean16453 жыл бұрын
I have never seen somebody look *this* well put together and stylish in just a simple hoodie and a cap. I'm honestly impressed. :0
@jimmyguy4283 жыл бұрын
I've had the "Rino-Skin case on my GBA-SP from day one, about 16 years now, and it still works flawlessly. My GBA-SP still looks like new as well. Great product!
@cadikaorade8282 жыл бұрын
They made a version for the DSi also and I still use it.
@jdisdetermined2 жыл бұрын
You wear a fanny pack on occasion, don’t you?
@kanesmith82712 жыл бұрын
@@jdisdetermined Woman type passive aggressive humor made by a man called Keith
@test1q73 жыл бұрын
Anyone else thinks the gba SP case looks like an airplane seatbelt?
@musiclover-ev6dg3 жыл бұрын
I DO
@Soupus__2 жыл бұрын
Now I do
@Simply_CH233 жыл бұрын
have you ever thought about mounting like some camera on a headband for the gameplay shots? that way you could probably get the POV nearly at eyelevel
@Punmaster90013 жыл бұрын
That first lighting device was surprisingly good
@LumariaAmaranth3 жыл бұрын
Hey Elliot, I just realized I've been watching your content for a little over a year now! You're the most consistent KZfaqr I've watched! All my other channels usually end up going in a different creative direction than what I'm looking for, but your content is always top notch, high quality and very reliable. Thank you for the work you put into this, it's very obvious how much it really does mean to you
@JuicyJakeRepairs3 жыл бұрын
its never fails to amaze me how many different screen lights there are
@robbiemer81783 жыл бұрын
I think it would be interesting to watch you go through the RumbleFX and repair it. I remember trying exactly one light for my Gameboy way back when and being so underwhelmed by it that I didn't bother to check any others out. That Flologht looks pretty decent, though. Thank for sharing these with us!
@RDelacroix3 жыл бұрын
I had one of those Gamester lights. It came in a bundle with the GBA and some other accessories. It was nice to play Pokemon Sapphire late into the night but it when through batteries like crazy. I had to save up to buy 2 sets of rechargeable AAs (4 AAs in each) which was cheaper than buying regular alkalines in the long run.
@Kevingaming234YT3 жыл бұрын
The Flo-light accessory has to be the my favorite, really seems to do the job. The other two looked like small street lights.
@Bleachigo663 жыл бұрын
This video made me grateful for how much humanity has calmed down with that unnecessary *thick* blister packaging. The number of times those drew blood from me as a kid 😂
@stevesstuff14503 жыл бұрын
Terrible things... sadly still used at times! :-( Worst design for packaging.... Ever!
@Bleachigo663 жыл бұрын
@@stevesstuff1450 and they don't even hold up well! I remember a collector talking about how difficult it is to get stuff like N64 controllers mint
@weberman1733 жыл бұрын
@@stevesstuff1450 i mean, they where meant to be terrible, to make shoplifting harder, you cant rip it open in store easy, and they are often far larger then required so they cant be put into pockets as easy
@8bitgalaxy983 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so entertaining yet also oddly calming to watch, i always look forward to them
@EwanJP20013 жыл бұрын
Yo why does that thumbnail make it look like the Gameboy has one of those backpacks the Ghost Busters wear?
@Dargonhuman3 жыл бұрын
You mean an unlicensed nuclear accelerator, aka a proton pack? I mean, yea, it really does, doesn't it?
@dustyodea8473 жыл бұрын
Who are u gonna call, GAme BoY
@filibertosalinas68163 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad I read comments sometimes
@JohnDlugosz3 жыл бұрын
The one accessory I recall getting my nephew for the original GameBoy was a light. It was a purple bendy stick with an LED on the end and it plugged into some port which it used for power. I recall being impressed that the cost of white LEDs had come down to that point; early LED flashlights worth using were quite expensive.
@pallsmortion47503 жыл бұрын
“Hold it with me fingers” Love it
@hammouchyusuf67723 жыл бұрын
“Look at this primitive bulb as if Edison made it yesterday” 😂
@Nintentoad1253 жыл бұрын
It seems like the Gameboy has thousands of weird accessories
@mustacheboyo3 жыл бұрын
So does the DS and the PSP
@Dargonhuman3 жыл бұрын
That's cheap trend marketing 101 - find a popular thing, find a way to "improve" it the cheapest way possible, send out a hundred thousand units of your solution, make it seem like an "essential accessory" that will "elevate the customer's experience", and wait for the money to roll in. It also helps if you don't target the primary consumer directly but instead market your product to the people associated with the primary consumer who don't understand the main product, the more gullible and easily confused they are the better. Guaranteed the majority of these weird accessories that were actually sold were bought by well meaning grandparents, uncles, aunts and parents who thought they had a home run gift for a birthday, Christmas or other special occasion and had zero clue about what they were getting.
@crazisaturn22743 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the workboy keyboard for the first gameboy.
@emly...3 жыл бұрын
every time he says "very cool" he sounds like a grandpa reviewing nintendo products on christmas trying to talk to their annoying grandchildren
@Trakker19853 жыл бұрын
I remember the flowlight, it was by far the best GBA light I ever found. Such a nice even light with no weird spots of glare. Of course I had no use for it when I got my GBA-SP lol
@Astaroth733 жыл бұрын
Elliot: "I'll link that in the card" *2000 years later* Me: "i'm still waiting for it to show up"
@kndr20943 жыл бұрын
Today we transformed gameboys into -a rabbit -an angler fish -a department store -a zippo lighter
@AustinD_YT2 жыл бұрын
You are too good at showing off products! I legit was thinking about getting the gameboy advance light (the one that worked well) and then realized "wait thats like forever ago i don't need to worry about this"
@krunschold3 жыл бұрын
The Illuminator ismy favourite. It reminded my on how I lay in bed, my duvet over my head so my parents can't see me playing and a mini maglight in my mouth to see the screen Sooo long ago
@jamieg86273 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! I remember me and my sister having those exact flolight for our GBAs! I guess it was also sold in Canada as well. Careful with the clip that holds the bottom of the screen, it's very delicate...
@BL1N93 жыл бұрын
I had the flo light when I was a kid absolute game changer for gba night play only downside was the added weight but the trade off was so worth it absolutely loved my flo light awesome video as always Elliot
@JelloFluoride3 жыл бұрын
The case may not be great for a pristine Gameboy but for carrying around the one you actually use.
@c0ldb33r3 жыл бұрын
I’ve had a rhino skin on my GBA SP for years. It has never scratched the top or anywhere else. It feels amazing.
@redthecrusadertiktok3 жыл бұрын
Remember when Video Game Nerd did this? If so, you get a veteran discount.
@yoyohanaBR3 жыл бұрын
It's actually a cute little bulb in The Illuminator (I feel like Doofenshmirtz saying this name). This brings memories back in childhood where we used incandescent lamps.
@ncot_tech3 жыл бұрын
I had a rhino skin for my Tapwave Zodiac. It was also kind of sharp, but the metal casing is pretty cool. I wanted one for my mobile phone until I realised it would make the wifi and bluetooth stop working.
@Z3R0FiR33 жыл бұрын
The last item reminded me of an atomic purple worm light I had for my GBC back in the 90s. The light was dim AF but it was good enough to play pokemon in a dark room.
@missedinformation70683 жыл бұрын
I still have my Flo light. I called it my flood light
@michaeljennisonjr.74103 жыл бұрын
Elliot, I would LOVE to see you upgrade the LEDs (+diffuser) in the gba arm, and the illuminator. I'm sure you could find a screw in LED replacement for the illuminator, so you wouldn't have to "mod it" per se.
@JadenMoon14753 жыл бұрын
Imagine adding Power Rumble FX & Flo Light to a GameBoy Advance. Probably looks ridiculous, but must play SPLENDIDLY!!!
@Pozorrogo Жыл бұрын
A spring hinged case like this would absolutely save so many of those floppy DS lite systems that are perfectly fine but the hinge is so loose it wont stay by itself. It would be such a great solution rather than junking the systems or putting effort into swapping shells
@ArinJager13 жыл бұрын
Eliot: "that's not going in very well" me: "don't say it, don't even think it!" my brain: "tHat'S wHaT sHe SaId!!!"
@LovelyAlanna3 жыл бұрын
you've fixed a looot of gameboys and you still have some laying around with their screens scratched and stuff
@geodesical3 жыл бұрын
I've had a Rhino Skin since I got my GBA SP, got it at a mall game store going out of business in Michigan, they had a few others; it must've just gotten tossed once it didn't sell but it's actually kept my SP safe from dozens of drops and bangs! I would fully recommend it if you can find one.
@DE-GEN-ART2 жыл бұрын
bro, could you even imagine having a backlit modded gbc back in like 1999? you would have been beaten and robbed by everyone on the playground
@Niolokoloio13 жыл бұрын
I had the rhino skin back in the day. Made it great to just chuck in my bag and not worry at all about the gbsp
@adriel3113 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: my Walmart still have the game boy advance logo on the part of the consoles and video games
@yeismeload Жыл бұрын
2:10 I absolutely abhore that military-grade ballistic packaging with every fibre of my being. It's one of the things I really miss from my time living in Japan; packaging there is almost always convenient and well thought out. I remember being in awe when my phone came in a simple plastic bag with an easy access zipcord at the top. Meanwhile, here in the UK you need scissors to open your new scissors.
@fauxaccount62333 жыл бұрын
I remember that rhino case, I always wanted one but it was really expensive (at least for a child). It cost something about like $40 bucks, a little more than the device I wanted to protect.
@mysteriotube12333 жыл бұрын
aww man back i. the day when to play in the dark we had a big blind spot where the bulb was directly on the screen haha
@baconmaster0953 жыл бұрын
"It's as if Edison had made it yesterday." Haha great video as usual. Keep it up!
@Mitch3D3 жыл бұрын
The florescent light was actually really good, but with back-lit lcd mods I'll never go back.
@64jimboy3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing to think that all of these accessories have been through idea, design, production, packaging, and whatever else to sell them. I can't see how any profit could ever have been made. Oh well.
@trevorrandom3 жыл бұрын
Oh I didn't miss the silly light accessories
@Gorillarevolta3 жыл бұрын
me: about to do work Retro Future: uploads a video me: ... gotta watch a video about Game Boy accessories!
@MrSammichMANOMNOMNOM3 жыл бұрын
The Illuminator gives off the vibe of being a pioneer, playing Game Boy by candlelight.
@JR-je7ce3 жыл бұрын
Elliot: there we go that is in... well you know what that feels amazing that feels absolutely awesome Emily muttering under her breath: i remember when you used to say that to me
@Sun-ut9gr3 жыл бұрын
Remember, white LEDs weren't a thing in 1990. That Game Boy light was using cutting-edge technology for its age 😂
@Sidecutter2 жыл бұрын
They used to make cases that same way for a lot of phones. I know I had one for my Palm Pilot back in the day that kept it safe through a lot of abuse when I worked IT at GE Appliance Park.
@AmaroqStarwind3 жыл бұрын
Maybe you should try to fix that broken GBA accessory, and/or see how well it does in conjunction with the Flo Light
@d3m1g0d43 жыл бұрын
Fellow younger brothers, our older brothers have suffered and slaved away for games and their accessories to be were they are today A big thank you to them all
@lucamorente3 жыл бұрын
I just found your channel like 2 days ago, and I am hooked!
@gerog25953 жыл бұрын
I thing every kid who have a Gameboy in 1989 buy a lot of accessories like this.
@gmcnewlook3 жыл бұрын
All I had was the game boy and two games.... (Tetris and super Mario land) didn’t have any accessories for it
@bdillmore403 жыл бұрын
Elliot, I really liked the Gamster Flow Light! It looked compact, and had a great light! I'm sure it made the GBA a lot heavier though with taking 3 AA batteries. Just out of curiosity, but after you open brand new items, do you keep the box or packaging it was in?
@jogonyachickennugget49112 жыл бұрын
Imagine the vibes back in the day in the dark in ur room playing game boy with the light attachment
@AndyLundell3 жыл бұрын
Wait, go back! A metal case for my Palm Pilot? Yes please. Palm Pilots and Game Boys feel like they have the same design philosophy. They were never "cutting-edge", but they took tech that was a year or two out of date and made something that was really nice, really usable, and could take a lot of every-day abuse and keep working. I'll take that any day over a "high-tech" device with six minutes of battery time that breaks if you look at it funny.
@mcpeteymcnustard7777 Жыл бұрын
The OG gameboy looks like it’s about to go scuba diving with the illuminator
@Usuario34521 Жыл бұрын
These accessories look awesome. The little problem is... When you need that every time you should to have to each place, and it is very weight. And I did don't know that these exists
@violetsteele350 Жыл бұрын
3:30 I think the top was designed to be reminiscent of flip phones of the time. It sure reminds me of some my dad had in the 2000s
@user-bp6mm4rs3g3 жыл бұрын
Since you mentioned the rumble FX used a lithium battery I sure hope that smell you noticed weren't gases escaping the battery. I think you should open the device up and throw out the battery.
@Enki_The_Mischievous3 жыл бұрын
So odd... I pulled an old box out earlier from some storage and saw my old GBA from when I was a kid and it had that purple rumble speaker attached to it, then I come here just to check one your new vids and you try to review it lol. For anyone wondering, it was a good option for a rechargeable battery and had good sound from what I remember but It was a bit of a lead weight. I don't remember anything about the rumble though so it couldn't of been that good :P
@NeonSonOfXenon3 жыл бұрын
I would have killed for the Flolight back in the day. Best gameboy light I've ever seen
@Dankhill666 Жыл бұрын
I had that flo light for so long, it still works through the major abuse it took when I was a kid. Thing was chonky but got the job done
@demonocolips3 жыл бұрын
while obviously the favorite was the aluminum case as that was fairly well made. i think a repair/mod video for the rumble fx would be interesting, replacing the battery and switching the rumble motor for a sub.
@iced_coffeelvr10693 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna have to check eBay for one of those Flo Lights! That looked really good.
@kasuraga3 жыл бұрын
wow! I'm surprised how well that light worked! You can see it so clearly and the light is so well diffused that you can see the entire hand held clearly. I would've loved a light like that as a kid.
@bradkyrish80583 жыл бұрын
I had the Illuminator as a kid! Made playing at after bedtime or in the car at night possible, but wasn't the best experience if I remember correctly.
@The144Workshop3 жыл бұрын
I had the Nuby Game Light when I was a kid. I remember it working really well.
@JPlexer3 жыл бұрын
If I see A Video with Weird Gameboy Accessories I keep getting reminded of "I WANNA BE SEDATED BY THE GAMEBOY"
@thisme67493 жыл бұрын
Elliot always keeps me entertained
@satan216953 жыл бұрын
This is the opposite of unbox therapy... The way you open those packages are traumatizing
@Tylxrr.wompwomp3 жыл бұрын
Poor GameBoy Advanced is all scratched up. It's probably his Trademark testing one.
@jaxibarton86023 жыл бұрын
watching you excited about something in a video makes my day
@radwanr.i.p89043 жыл бұрын
FINALLY!! I was waiting for next video where u present freaky strange gameboy accessories
@mocha57782 жыл бұрын
12:48 There's such an absolute charm to this. as bad and archaic as it is, I love it!
@DIYisntDead3 жыл бұрын
I like this type of content. Reminds me of Stop Skeleton from Fighting with reviewing weird peripherals.
@leosc243 жыл бұрын
I love this!! I had the rumble speaker and the flo light for the advance when I was a kid and I honestly forgot all about them! This is amazing, more like this please
@TheBestOfAll20103 жыл бұрын
Cool gadgets, I would have loved to have any of these back in the day. I had to make do with one of those book LED lights that could grab onto the book. I'd sit on the bed, console in hands and light on my chest aiming at the screen... I got through Metroid Fusion with that setup so it wasn't too bad but it wasn't ideal either. These days I have a black GBA, much like yours and I modded mine a long while ago with the AGS 101 screen (IPS mod wasn't too popular at the time) and glass lens. The good ol' games I used to love as a kid I now love even more because I can actually see what everything actually looks like.
@nightvisionnn9093 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the new home my dude!
@kgames94033 жыл бұрын
I actually had that Flo Light as a kid, didnt use it all the time but it was a godsend on roadtrips
@stefanegger3 жыл бұрын
11:06 - "A GameBoy LIGHT Accessory" - why would anyone buy a light for a gameboy light, that is stupid marketing
@Echidneys3 жыл бұрын
Your joke sucks and you're not funny
@gravysamich3 жыл бұрын
i had that folding light for my gba. i also had a black gba too so that was basically my setup. i hated all other lights because it always glared. this on the other hand was absolutely perfect. got a lot of use out of it too because i never ended up getting a backlit gameboy of any kind.
@PoutingTrevor3 жыл бұрын
That's some good looking lighting right there!
@grenademan81233 жыл бұрын
Weird, but cool. I like the flo light.
@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris2 жыл бұрын
I remember these things I had these for my game systems. Even the ones for the Game Gear, Sega's Gameboy.
@aaronblair95833 жыл бұрын
Rhino skin was a huge maker of pda cases. Haven't heard that brand name in years.