Buying a GameBoy Advance SP In 2020

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • I took a trip into town today and bought an almost brand new GameBoy Advance SP and a couple of games! Super exited about it.
    #TheRetroFuture #GameBoy #Nintendo

Komentáře • 447

  • @slopesgameroom
    @slopesgameroom Před 3 lety +296

    I'm loving this little system more and more

    • @TheRetroFuture
      @TheRetroFuture Před 3 lety +7

      The GBA SP?

    • @slopesgameroom
      @slopesgameroom Před 3 lety +3

      @@TheRetroFuture yup

    • @Brittany123214
      @Brittany123214 Před 3 lety +1

      @Shinra how?

    • @GBA_Raspberry
      @GBA_Raspberry Před 3 lety

      @Shinra care to fill me in? I'm quite nosy myself

    • @EpicEmberOriginal
      @EpicEmberOriginal Před 3 lety

      It would be very ironic if Daniel was a scammer. He plugs his patreon and merch, but not any more than any other CZcamsr and less than many. So if you'd care to explain your comment?

  • @MrAnu8is
    @MrAnu8is Před 3 lety +97

    That creepy nook reflection.... Guy is Not joking around with his credits....

    • @GabrielleTollerson
      @GabrielleTollerson Před 3 lety +6

      if you ignore your payment,he'll come after your knee caps!

    • @MrAnu8is
      @MrAnu8is Před 3 lety +1

      @@GabrielleTollerson 100%!

  • @Tetasha
    @Tetasha Před 3 lety +17

    It warms my heart seeing Golden Sun in that poster

  • @chefubero
    @chefubero Před 3 lety +44

    If the price sticker is just on the surface and no surface damage below (if you see no white cardboard from the rip-off below), you can remove the residue with WD40 spray, i use cotton buds, let it soak up a bit and then you can carefully remove it - the Gameboy boxes below usually are not affected from it - otherwise it would soak up the white cardboard underneath...

  • @mimitheninja3001
    @mimitheninja3001 Před 3 lety +326

    Hi, my boyfriend just found his old backlit GBA SP. He says he won a contest on a milk carton when he was a kid. He sent in his light blue GBA, told them his favourite colour was green, and that he liked giraffes. They sent him back a light green one with giraffe print stickers and his name on it. He thinks it was done by Nintendo or at least someone professional because it’s all very neat and well done. Any ideas what this contest was and if it was actually done by Nintendo? Is the green a special colour? Thanks

  • @MrAbbas95
    @MrAbbas95 Před 3 lety +1

    You made me fall in love with the gameboy sp, I ordered a glow in the dark shell from retromodding and I seriously can’t wait! Keep it up with the great videos.

  • @harmentersteege5614
    @harmentersteege5614 Před 3 lety +8

    When I was very young and I accidentaly broke my brother's Gameboy Advance SP (he was also young but 7 years older than me) I felt very sorry but luckily you could buy them easily. Now that i'm older I saw it again in a picture and learnt that it was a tribal special edition which now go for €250 - €400. this makes me feel even more sorry and that's why I just bought one, as a sorry for breaking part of his youth and nostalgia.

  • @LordYamcha
    @LordYamcha Před 3 lety +20

    Room setups are always cool especially with all of your rare items

  • @Skywardstrike123
    @Skywardstrike123 Před 3 lety +3

    You have made me obsessed with Gameboy repair videos and like it 👀

  • @jimshady07
    @jimshady07 Před 3 lety +3

    One of the best gameboys Nintendo ever made, ive just recently picked up a silver SP easily my most played handheld. All the best - Jim

  • @thatgamingjez2155
    @thatgamingjez2155 Před 3 lety +1

    I also bought one of these recently, it was a tribal version AGS 001 and have now re shelled it and put an ips screen in also. I also have managed to get all pokemon games from a friend and a few other like kingdom hearts chain of memories. Because of you elliot I had something to do during this terrible time we are experiencing atm. I now play my gameboy alot and the nostalgia is amazing. Keep up the videos dude. 👍🏻

  • @xxgrimmsxx42
    @xxgrimmsxx42 Před 3 lety

    Nice video, Elliot. Love the cases displaying everything. Super cool!

  • @becchiscorner
    @becchiscorner Před 2 lety +1

    super nice display! that's making me want to get boxes for my consoles too - that's a great idea to keep them dust free. i didn't want to display my consoles before for that reason, but now i might...

  • @born-again-nerd5537
    @born-again-nerd5537 Před 3 lety

    Nice video! Love your studio set-up, very nice - the Gameboy advance Sp is my absolute favorite handheld - camera view is also way better! Tootles! ⭐️

  • @chapss
    @chapss Před 3 lety

    Had to build 20 of those glass cabinets once. Never again.
    Great video!

  • @joshu1918
    @joshu1918 Před 3 lety

    Love your vids. I collected vintage Nintendo before seeing your videos, but since your adventures are so interesting I recently started a gameboy collection!

  • @mariocastanon3481
    @mariocastanon3481 Před 3 lety +2

    Best Channel to see in the morning!

  • @LxRv
    @LxRv Před 3 lety +37

    Was there a Warner Village Cinema in Jersey? They had a lot of branded stuff for their characters as decoration.

  • @wyattstandard9732
    @wyattstandard9732 Před 2 lety +1

    I had all the game boys, all of these years of playing them, good days.

  • @matthewnations501
    @matthewnations501 Před 3 lety +1

    Second channel is awesome! Keep it up.

  • @NoshAbroad
    @NoshAbroad Před 3 lety +34

    2:59 someone is stalking you. You better pay off that loan.

  • @hi_tech_reptiles
    @hi_tech_reptiles Před 3 lety +2

    Love it! 100 pounds seems like a deal with the games included. SPs here in the states are pricey especially in good condition or with the better screen etc.

  • @paulturner5208
    @paulturner5208 Před 3 lety +7

    I think you got a decent deal there for boxed stuff in very good condition. And road runner rules. Meep Meep!

  • @srdiaz1989
    @srdiaz1989 Před 3 lety

    I love that light blue and icy colored wonderswan. Looks beautiful.

  • @azleevasquez8530
    @azleevasquez8530 Před 3 lety +9

    Yup awesome price $100/$130(usd) considering their in original boxes and in great condition. In the states I’ve seen countless GBSP for sale roughly in $69/$90(usd) price range for just the unit w/1 game without boxes.

  • @jarusgiri007
    @jarusgiri007 Před 3 lety

    You remind me my childhood
    I love this stuff 💝

  • @PuppetMaster8707
    @PuppetMaster8707 Před 3 lety +10

    That SP is magnificent

  • @Peachgguk-tz6yb
    @Peachgguk-tz6yb Před 3 lety

    Thinking abt buying one , I actually had the color you have, my brother a silver one and my aunt a light pink one. Still fun to play:)

  • @ClaudiaDeLa17
    @ClaudiaDeLa17 Před 3 lety +1

    What a nice clean color, I love it

  • @gavinbahram
    @gavinbahram Před 3 lety

    I have a gba sp but it is very scratched up. I bought it off of a freind at school for 10 bucks. I would love to have one in the condition yours is in. Love the vids! Keep doing what you are doing.

  • @cranhic4400
    @cranhic4400 Před 3 lety

    I've got the same exact huge cartdrige!!! SUPER 68in1 !!! didn't thought i'd see another replica of this big boy...

  • @lifecamerakaran
    @lifecamerakaran Před 3 lety

    A 100 quid is a steal where I am; Dubai. There's a fat chance I'd find an SP, let alone one in such good condition. Nice video, the battery in my black SP ran out a decade ago...good times were had!

  • @Th3OmegaPoint
    @Th3OmegaPoint Před 3 lety

    Nice find on that SP, it looks mint!

  • @lordtssd
    @lordtssd Před 3 lety +1

    Such joy I had as a kid with my Gameboy Advance SP. Still have it and it works, its all scratched up though. But yeah, the game boxes were really not designed to be kept.

  • @GabrielleTollerson
    @GabrielleTollerson Před 3 lety

    oh my gosh..you have a dream collection 🥺

  • @BRITTWOODNESHIE
    @BRITTWOODNESHIE Před 3 lety +1

    I remember I had a red gameboy advance. The memories. I've always wanted to buy another one as I've gotten older.

  • @chairgaming1997
    @chairgaming1997 Před 3 lety

    Love the road runner picture

  • @BodiesandBricks
    @BodiesandBricks Před 3 lety +4

    nice to see you treat the wonderswan with such respect : ) look out for rockman and treble

  • @andrewbrooks2001
    @andrewbrooks2001 Před 3 lety

    Epically awesome display and collection

  • @MCJdiz
    @MCJdiz Před 3 lety

    Still remember having that poster up in my room!! You have GOT to try Advance Wars! One of the finest games for the GBA!

    • @Elesdeclothing
      @Elesdeclothing Před 3 lety

      Played that as a kid it was my favorite. Holy shit the memory’s you just unlocked

  • @m1k3l1f3
    @m1k3l1f3 Před 3 lety

    Still play my GBC and GBA to this day. Not all the time, but sometimes I like to dig them out and play them a lot while at work or just out and about. Recently I've been playing the Doom and Serious Sam ports.
    Edit: was surprised to see you picked up Doom! In box too!

  • @ludyambroise7779
    @ludyambroise7779 Před 3 lety

    This is the exact color I had growing up😍

  • @iswim215
    @iswim215 Před 3 lety

    Nice Video as always!

  • @LordYamcha
    @LordYamcha Před 3 lety +56

    Imagine a GameCube Mini

    • @mmonkeyman1403
      @mmonkeyman1403 Před 3 lety +7

      Since nintendo has officially created a GC emulator for switch with the release of the new Mario collection, I think future gamecube games will be released via the online store if at all.

  • @ASAPShitPost
    @ASAPShitPost Před 3 lety +1

    Wow that newspaper article was actually really cool of your local paper to do.

  • @thecreepchannel3867
    @thecreepchannel3867 Před 3 lety

    The background for your videos should be your collection. I like the framing @ 9:09. Regardless your current layout is iconic!

  • @benbissell6311
    @benbissell6311 Před 3 lety

    Great consept. Hopefully I can locate rare gameboy advance sp to add to my small collection.

  • @carlosparra5595
    @carlosparra5595 Před 2 lety

    You have the great collection game boy.

  • @sethmcclimans7502
    @sethmcclimans7502 Před 3 lety

    Honestly you might get a better picture quality for the the game boy sp with the darker screen if you had a room that was dark for a few seconds love your videos .

  • @jamessoth1479
    @jamessoth1479 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow this is the gameboy I have and I never knew this was what the packaging was like. I got my first GB at like 3 years old so it makes sense why I don’t remember the unboxing experience lol

  • @nicks9287
    @nicks9287 Před 3 lety

    Sick hat man!

  • @ESquadProductions
    @ESquadProductions Před 3 lety +1

    Dude you've got the rare Shrek 2 video? I think Shrek 1 is even rarer not sure. Someone near by on Facebook marketplace was selling it in his collections for 50 bucks! Totally should've picked it up!

  • @JeanRodo
    @JeanRodo Před 3 lety

    That blue system looks good! Thats the one I had before I dropped and broke the shell! Had to swap it with another and the plastic doesn't feel good at all

  • @cafedelchiaro97
    @cafedelchiaro97 Před rokem

    i love the shot at 2:59!

  • @sproatacus3637
    @sproatacus3637 Před 3 lety

    Cool collection

  • @Slot0
    @Slot0 Před 3 lety

    I was almost upset for a minute thinking this was someone with a knock off of your channel. No idea you had a second one. Cheers!

  • @jezreel2854
    @jezreel2854 Před 3 lety +5

    This came in the notifs so this look interesting

  • @Punchemyster04
    @Punchemyster04 Před 3 lety +2

    Good to see brutha

  • @AmericanIdiot2002
    @AmericanIdiot2002 Před 3 lety +1

    have you already made a video on the newspaper article? that seems so cool!

  • @apollolux
    @apollolux Před 3 lety

    Saw that Turbo Express, we now demand that video! >:D

  • @goluckybro902
    @goluckybro902 Před 3 lety

    This is on my Christmas list

  • @notrybro
    @notrybro Před 3 lety +2

    It's wild to see a gameboy with the cartridge grooves not widdled to nothing

  • @lawrencemathews5202
    @lawrencemathews5202 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for letting us into your home. The gameboy bug is something . I can't pass one it seems . have most play it louds 1 yellow 3 reds 1 green 1 black all original. A IPS modded blue custom. . 15 or so working gray DMG. A 10 mixture of other GB platforms. On hunt for DMG blue white and a decent clear to finish set Thanks

  • @tomistaven
    @tomistaven Před 3 lety

    in finland its currently hard to find handhelds for under 100euros. most boxed games go for 20euros and up....However that might be without a box. The fact that you were able to get eveything in box and in reasonable condition is a good find for that price.

  • @gurosafilipino2012
    @gurosafilipino2012 Před 3 lety

    Nice studio Elliot, btw, you are really cute with your accent.

  • @BodiesandBricks
    @BodiesandBricks Před 3 lety +7

    Elliot can you point me to any sites (apart from sendico) where I can buy a GBA for less than £40? my mom sold my old black, tribal and MvsDK models

  • @WolfPackYT
    @WolfPackYT Před 3 lety +6

    HE FINALLY MENTIONED THE ON AIR SIGNNN! 🤣

  • @JoeyDoesTech
    @JoeyDoesTech Před 3 lety

    Zoom into Doom.
    Nice pickup 😁 Got mine for £55 with Pokemon Blue, Mario Kart and Super Mario Land, but mine isn't in great condition at all.

  • @AkibaMomoro
    @AkibaMomoro Před 3 lety

    That is a pretty SP. I am jealous as mine are both used since childhood and are scratched, worn, but nostalgic

    • @AkibaMomoro
      @AkibaMomoro Před 3 lety

      Side note: I also have been trying to find a copy of Doom forever now on GBA. I love it on my switch.

  • @BDPTV
    @BDPTV Před 2 lety

    I remember when I got my gameboy advance sp, I was about 7 and got it for my birthday it was a pearl pink color, that was my very first handheld game system too, had it for almost 5 years until it stopped charging...sadly lost it after it died 😔
    BUT! The good news is I got a gameboy advance sp from a buddy of mine. So reliving my childhood has been pretty awesome! 😊😊

  • @hectorsanchez2875
    @hectorsanchez2875 Před 3 lety

    I already love this

  • @ZoMiLeTHIRD
    @ZoMiLeTHIRD Před 2 lety

    You got doom, an instant sub!!!

  • @missingno.1176
    @missingno.1176 Před 3 lety

    hey mate.. this is my first time on your channel. really cool, chill content. take my sub!

    • @extratrois
      @extratrois Před 3 lety

      Same its my first time oin his channel

  • @BloodyFox13
    @BloodyFox13 Před 3 lety +1

    Do you (or any experienced viewer here) think it's possible to build a GBA into a WiiU gamepad shell including using the (or a) big screen?
    I know it wouldn't be as clear as on the small screen, but I fancy that idea since a few weeks now.
    Love your videos, greetings from germany.

  • @Jonahlegocity
    @Jonahlegocity Před 3 lety

    I really love the gba sp pearl blue version!!

  • @squidge8808
    @squidge8808 Před 3 lety +1

    I’m getting an Sp this month as a 17th birthday present to myself.
    I love my colour but I think it’s time for an upgrade.

  • @mrbrocephus3849
    @mrbrocephus3849 Před 3 lety

    I just bought a charcoal black 001 sp last week just need the pink one now 👍👌🏼😌

  • @fbgduval
    @fbgduval Před 3 lety

    just bought a silver one today from a brick and mortar game store, also bought a copy of pokemon red. Trying to get the rest of the Gameboy games now.

  • @lvltoxic
    @lvltoxic Před 3 lety +5

    I would say that the pick up was well worth 100 pounds considering that the two games together are worth more than 100. Sonic is worth about 40 and doom (a real cartridge) is about 70-80

  • @kornelart3122
    @kornelart3122 Před 3 lety

    Awesome !

  • @mancavehobbies6213
    @mancavehobbies6213 Před 3 lety +18

    Looks million time better the camera angle elliot

  • @jeremyb6192
    @jeremyb6192 Před 3 lety

    I like your second channel and the more vloggy videos

  • @shahriarmahmood9886
    @shahriarmahmood9886 Před 3 lety

    I’m amazed that you got Arrekz’s play button 😆 👌🏿

  • @davidtaylor5519
    @davidtaylor5519 Před 2 lety

    I got one for my 5th birthday and literally my favorite present ever, I put so many hours into pokemon on that thing… I’m 20 now and still have it in good condition

  • @sashiewashie98
    @sashiewashie98 Před 3 lety

    I had a silver one too! Very hard to find one not in terrible condition around here

  • @valentineli305
    @valentineli305 Před 3 lety +1

    I bought an AGS-101 iQue GBA SP back in late Jan of 2020 with a Super Mario Bros 4 game card (JP ver.) at the price of 410 RMB, roughly 58 USD. It's had the normal wear and tear but the screen and buttons are all good. I never knew how good original GBASPs are in terms of build quality, as I had was a knok-off hardware clone GBASP in 2009, that ran both GBA cartridges and roms with a built-in 2Gbit flash (and a USB cable). That one had fricking rigid buttons, a speaker that cannot be completedly turned off and a screen with wrong resolution ratio where a strip of image is not shown at the bottom when compared to the real hardware. And the back-lit screen on the fake one has 5 levels of brightness that virtually has no use at all as some buzzing noise will come out if you turn the brigtness down from the maximum level. The pros of that fake one are the flash storage and a real-time clock in its basic OS. For 11 years I thought the real SPs are of the same quality as the fake one I had. But the real one turned out to be really nice with good & soft buttons, speaker, sharp and bright enough screen and slightly smaller size. Maybe later I will upgrade the SP with type C charging port and a new battery (3.5 hours on the EZ Omega is not engough). Heck, maybe even wireless charging mod. But that will come down to parts availability and prices. Maybe when Analogue Pocket is available again, I will buy that one instead of upgrading the used SP.

    • @valentineli305
      @valentineli305 Před 3 lety

      My first Gameboy was actually a Mario 20th Aniversary Edition GBA Mirco, JP Ver. that's recommended by a friend who only had OG GBA from 2001. I got the Mirco at the price of 580 RMB (85 USD) with a 128Mbit flashcard in 2008 in first year of my college. It was brand new with box, booklets, charger, pouch and all. The NDS and PSP were already quite popular back then, but I didn't know about them until a year later. But the GBA was the only thing I heard about that I could afford at the price of skimping on other expenses. My second gameboy was the fake GBASP in early 2009 (300RMB/44USD), third one iQue GBASP in Jan, 2020, and fourth one a modded backlit GBC in Feb, 2020 (320 RMB/46 USD). It was your Retro Futer channel and other retro modding youtubers that helped me made up my mind on purchasing more Gameboys 12 years after my initial experience with them. It should be noted that the modding parts and services are cheaper in China, but spending some 100 to 200 USD on modding something two decades old is still not small expense even for an adult. Now that I have GBA Micro, 2 GBA SPs, GBC, NDSL, O3DS, PSP, PS Vita, Switch, it's sometimes hard to invest more on old ones when something like Analogue Pocket and Switch Pro are around the corner.
      Anyway, enough rambling here. Keep up the good work and I will continue to watch your content. Maybe in 2021 I will change my mind again and mod more of my Gameboys.

  • @MrSupersonic2012
    @MrSupersonic2012 Před 3 lety

    Gameboy Advance. I had a purple original GBA, then I had a red SP, and then model you have. Unfortunately the hinge on my completely broke.
    I now have a modded OG model and a DS Lite for GBA games.

  • @P61Gino
    @P61Gino Před 3 lety

    This bring back memories 😂

  • @Psyrecx
    @Psyrecx Před 3 lety +1

    I bought an SP last week, also got a FP V2 IPS, Case swap, and a new battery. Received and assembled everything last night.
    Case swap ended up better than expected. Got something unexpected with it.

    • @louaykanjaa6403
      @louaykanjaa6403 Před 2 lety

      How much did it cost?

    • @Psyrecx
      @Psyrecx Před 2 lety

      @@louaykanjaa6403 Everything was around $175.

  • @siphoned1882
    @siphoned1882 Před 3 lety

    I still have my childhood SP, I remember it was an impuse buy at the time but it was the pokemon emerald green edition and it's still my favourite

  • @theqnkshow4157
    @theqnkshow4157 Před 3 lety

    That copy of Doom GBA boxed made me look at my boxed copy right beside Wolfenstein 3D. Oddly enough 90% of my GBA/GB/GBC games I still own the boxes & manuals for

  • @PinkKirlia281
    @PinkKirlia281 Před 3 lety

    Woah! That really the kind of box the SP was packaged in back then? It's so smol. When my brother got his SP, it came in a much bigger box. Maybe because it was the AGS-101?

  • @Ferx68
    @Ferx68 Před rokem

    Where did you find the GB SP I have been searching for an original one for a long time. Also do you recomend any supplier to change the shells etc?

  • @isaacwilson3955
    @isaacwilson3955 Před 3 lety

    This is awesome

  • @mattnayr
    @mattnayr Před 3 lety

    I bought a Gameboy advance sp in 2020 and I can't stop playing it! It's so cool seeing the old tech and it's just so amazing!

  • @garrettlane6715
    @garrettlane6715 Před 3 lety

    Where did you get the Wii hat? It's awesome!

  • @dn1179
    @dn1179 Před 3 lety

    That's a good picture of road runner.

  • @LFjuniorful
    @LFjuniorful Před 3 lety

    I suggest you to try to build electromagnetic protection like a gauss cage al around that room so if something weird happens to the world (because 2020) all of your incredible collection survives.

  • @speedwaynutt
    @speedwaynutt Před 3 lety +1

    Honestly been a while since we have seen any content on your bike projects.

  • @HitnRunTony
    @HitnRunTony Před 3 měsíci

    I would love to have that glow in the dark GameBoy pocket, for no reason but to just have it 😂