Trying to Save These Rare Broken Pokémon Game Boys!

Want more Gameboy fixes? I bought every (US) color of original Gameboy to see if I could fix them: https://youtu.be/qAI_68uekrA

I had one of these as a kid. Dropped it in the toilet while I took a leak. When we took it back to walmart I said I dropped it in the toilet out loud but the clerk still gave us a refund, what an OG

I've bought and fixed up a few broken lots of GBCs as a hobby business. In general, the capacitor labeled C38 is related to audio grounding and is pretty much always the cause of speakers no longer working. This capacitor should get replaced when the speaker has visible rust. If you replace the speaker without the capacitor, you just invite a newly broken speaker in short order. For GBC #2, the screen issue most likely due corrosion around capacitor C35. That one connects power to the screen. While the cap itself looked okay, the contacts looked like they were corroded. Fix might need quite a bit of work with jumper wires, so I'd definitely put this one in my "fixable in spare time" pile. GBCs are so old at this point that replacing all three of the larger capacitors (C32, C35, and C38) in every single system, working or not, is recommended since they're at end-of-life. I make sure to do so for every system I fix up and resell.

Pokémon Gameboy #1 (#2 overall) was mine! I was pretty excited to see you were the buyer last summer/fall and I’ve been looking for the repair for months! Super cool to see it on the channel. I bought it at a yard sale with a copy of Pokémon blue still inside it, and I had high hopes. Too bad to see the original board fall to corrosion, but I’m pumped someone gets to keep that shell alive! You’re the GOAT!

I watch so many gameboy repair videos, but this is the first one that explains your train of thought more. I think I am learning stuff! 😅 Maybe I could do this myself one day.

If you need to clean battery corrosion first use white vinegar with a soft toothbrush it will neutralise the alkaline, works for burst / leaky caps too. You know if its working as it will start to fizz slightly. Then you go do the IPA to clean the vinegar.

Definitely need more retro repair videos! Thanks again Steve!

Those game boys look super cool. Also congrats on getting to 1.4 million

Loving the retro love 😎 great repairs, replacing those pin connectors is always a task 😂 Sooome folks make replacement PCBs for Gameboys! If you ever need any more power boards I have a bag full of them 😅

Gosh I love watching you fix old video game stuff . Speical rare broken stuff that cam be worth a lot of money . Would love to see you fix up some rare Nintendo games

Hello new subscriber here, i don't know why but it's just very satisfying to watch a teardown of a system and then see if a repair worked at the end of every video :)

This was right up my alley! Been working on gameboys for a few months now, it’s been great for getting into electronic repairs and mods. Thanks for the awesome video!

I'm chuckling at your comment about using the wrong kind of vinegar. Whatever works! :D

Lovely! Enjoyed this a lot 😊

If I had to guess you used apple cider vinegar 😂😂 awesome video Steve thanks for the retro junkie fix

Love your videos, man! Fixing retro gaming systems is a definite W! Keep up the outstanding work 👏😎

Never occurred to me I could just buy a broken limited edition gameboy, and just switch the innards with a working regular non expensive one. Big 🧠

Love your videos. They inspired me to take out my GBA SP and all my GBC games, and fix all the ones that weren't working. It was a lot of fun 😊

I have that driver set and there's definitely a bearing between the shaft and little blue top part that makes it buttery smooth

Hey! Being one of the best repairman in YouTube and thanks to your videos, some of us get confident enough to do our own repairs.....you have the right to bragg if you wish to!