Making Game Boy Player WAY Better
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
- Time to defeat the evil Game Boy Player disc
Game Boy Interface created by Extrems
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GameCube Memory Card Manager: wiibrew.org/wiki/GameCube_Mem...
Exploited Save Files: gchomebrew.com/gamesave-explo...
Specific save Jon use (for PAL Mario Sunshine): github.com/QbeRoot/shinehax-gc
Swiss Homebrew: github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc/...
Game Boy Interface: www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index...
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0:00 - Nintendo's Software and its problems
3:22 - Introducing Game Boy Interface
3:48 - How to get GBI
7:21 - Forcing Nintendo's Software to 240p
7:49 - Game Boy Interface Overview - Hry
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Minor tip, if you rename you GBI dol file to a letter like "A", holding that button will boot directly into GBI when you open your GC
I can’t express how helpful this is. My fiancé was given a GameCube with a game boy player, and we’ve been looking for the disc forever. This is amazing!
this just makes your Game Boy Player useless, though. You basically replace your GBP with an SD reader....
@@Fools_Requiem Comprehension is tough I know....I suggest you rewatch the video and pay attention this time.
It still uses the Gameboy player. The SD card is just for the software. That’s why he said the disc was useless. The Gameboy player is still needed, as the sd card he was using wasn’t emulating these games, it was just using homebrew software. @Fools_Requiem
Fun fact: the GBA "emulator" for the 3DS ambassadors isn't actually an emulator. Technically it's native because it's playing the games using the built in DS hardware, which contains GBA components. Despite the DSi and 3DS not having GBA cartridge ports, they are fully capable of playing digital GBA games natively with either the ambassador games on 3DS or homebrew applications. It's similar to GameCube compatibility on the Wii U in that way.
There's also been efforts to make a DS(i) homebrew that acts as a hypervisor for playing GBA games!
Looking forward to further gbarunner2 development '*-*
@@seseiSeki yes, this is what I was referring to when I said homebrew applications! On the 3DS, it's usually better to use GBA Virtual Console injects as those have higher compatibility (native), but gbarunner2 is a good option for DS(i) users!
It's quite amazing! Thanks to that I've been able to play Metroid Fusion when I would otherwise have not, since I don't own a Wii U!
What about the Gameboy Advance Pro Ultra handheld support for the New 3DS XL Remix feat. Dante console?
How does that work on the DS?
I heard that the Wii has an Overclocked GameCube CPU and GPU (same on Wii U, Overclocked Wii CPU, and a dedicated Wii GPU, so basically just overclocking)
Is the DS just an Overclocked GBA? Hell is the 3ds an Overclocked DS?
Note that at 5:59 it's supposed to say "Restore", not "Backup". I spent a good amount of time thinking I did something wrong because it showed me the gamecube memory card's contents instead of the SD contents. It wasn't until I read the screen at that point in the video that I realized Jon gave the wrong instruction.
Same. Upvoted.
This comment needs to be pined
This is insanely good timing. I literally bought a GB Player and Platinum Picoboot GameCube just last night.
He knew. He Watches you all the Time. He is just Watching all of us. Smiling
it's true
Eep. My model lacks the serial port 2. :/
@@herrzeiens3503 Sometimes he whispers to me in that deep voice....
@@psharpe5904 I would hope there's another method to mod those without that slot, but I didn't find one with a quick check on Google. Maybe something involving the memory card slots?
I just did set this up a month ago to play GBA on my CRT in 240p. It is so amazing and beautiful. I can vouch this video would have been really helpful.
How do you scale the player so that it fits your crt? Mine has a lot of empty space, I could adjust my crts scan settings but it'd be a pain to set just for gameboy games
You don't need an expensive game disk for swiss anymore! A raspberry pi pico with picoboot works wonderfully.
Also, the SP2SD2 has a v2 for like $2 more where the sd slot is at a 90° angle and accessible from the side of your console. No need to take off the GBA player to make SD card changes.
IF you can, and want to do a small amount of soldering. I can microsolder, as it is my job, but I don't want to mod my console like that.
This. This is the real deal. Best possible mod to get.
@@MagisterHamidcheck out the kunai mod for GameCube 👌
@@pikabluownerGC Loader is still the best mod for GC good luck finding a chip though
As someone who lost that disc a long time ago but still has the player this is pretty tempting to get
If you haven’t, I 100% recommend it. Also if you’re willing to do a little soldering, I’d recommend installing a raspberry pi pico, and setting GBI as an option to boot directly into while holding a button (say, B). Also, if you’re using a GameCube on a newer TV, I’d get a Carby, and/or an upscaler. Gameboy on a TV has never looked better ime.
Seriously, Jon’s content is amazing!
Those are big facts!!
@@chivalrous_chevy1163 I know, right?
You forgot one thing: The later run Gamecube consoles do NOT have the GBI port.
I thought it was just the digital out port that they got rid of
Just use a SD memory card instead.
I got so happy when you mentioned you could play 4 swords with the gameboy player, I've been doing that sort of stuff for 2 years now and I never saw it anywhere else, so glad this neat trick is out there! also I found out about this using pacman vs, makes the game WAY less tangled
Not every cube has SP2. I bought one and I was like, well that sucks.
I'm all good now though! Lots of options.
Yeah mine doesn’t, what did you do instead?
The reason there was a dark filter is because games at the time typically were designed to be overly bright because of the dark gba screen
the videomaker knows this he's like 40 years old. he is an influencer that's why he insists to destroy gaming hardware.
This could be a reason, but they added the dark filter to Virtual Console when it was running on Wii/U. Notably for N64 and GBA.
The reason as far as I know is actually for anti-seizures. The bright flashes of white would be fine on a low-contrast small screen like a Gameboy or GBA or a fairly dim CRT, but when you have the game in black and white on a large LCD TV it could cause serious problems for anyone with epilepsy.
They were probably worried about other companies not updating their ROM's to tone these effects down (for example I'm pretty sure Nintendo reduced the flashing from Electric moves in Pokemon Yellow on 3DS), so they applied the filter globally in VC with problem games, especially if you were running on Wii/U, as that would be hooked up to a TV.
The reason why is probably because they're a kids company but also because of the Porygon episode that sent a ton of epileptic kids to the hospital.
to be clear - i know all about the GBI and i had an inkling that’s what the video will be about but i am still enjoying this so much. great video, the narrative and editing it’s all so good!!!
I was looking into this after watching your video, but I have a DOL-101 Gamecube which does not have serial port 3. Good thing I checked before purchasing the SD2SP chip.
Same :[
Perfect timing for this upload, man. I've been setting up a shiny hunt for Wishmaker Jirachi in Pokemon Ruby, trying to figure out all the tricks to actually get a good recording has been such a pain these last few weeks. I'll make great use out of this video, thanks :-)
Really enjoying this series of ways to enjoy original hardware to the max!
Thanks! Ordering everything soon. And love the Zelda collection, a man after my own heart.
11:45 You could flash your own cartridges too. That's a pretty fun way to run ROM hacks on native hardware. I do it all the time with my GBA. Had the Mario movie trailer running on it recently.
Fun Fact about the 3DS' GBA Emulator for Ambassadors: It isn't actually an emulator, rather its running natively on the 3DS (much like how the Wii U is completely capable of natively running Gamecube games)
So that means 3ds hardware is just overclocked DS hardware, and DS is just Overclocked GBA?
Because the way it works on Wii U is that the Wii is an Overclocked GameCube, and the Wii U is an Overclocked Wii.
If I remember correctly, it goes something like this:
Gameboy was the original.
Gameboy Color is an overclocked Gameboy.
Gameboy Advance uses a new architecture, but also contains a mini Gameboy Color inside. Worth noting is that GBA games do not touch the GBC hardware.
The DS uses a similar architecture, but also contains a mini Gameboy Advance inside. Unlike GBA games, DS games do actually depend on the internal GBA hardware.
The DSi is an overclocked DS.
The 3DS again contains a mini DSi, but since DS games depend on GBA hardware, the 3DS also contains a mini GBA.
The New 3DS is an overclocked 3DS.
The Switch is a completely different series from both the console and handheld lines, but its ARM64 architecture is closely related to the ARM processors used in the handhelds from the GBA onward (as well as nearly every mobile phone on the market today). I'm honestly curious if the Switch could theoretically run unmodified GBA code, even if it doesn't support the interface.
Game Boy Pocket came out in between the GB & GBC.
And you can also hold Start or Select for 5 seconds when launching a game and it's gonna be pixel perfect but smaller. IMHO pixel perfect looks a lot better despite the smaller image.
High quality video, thanks for getting the word out to people about the gbi :)
Great video John! I did this very upgrade myself a few months ago. Results are astounding. Also PAL GC runs RGB scart so you can get an amazing 240p picture for the whole Gameboy family in arguably better shape than an NTSC cube with component. RGB through the retrotink 5x is better than component IMO. GBA is my favourite portable of all time so this awesome software finally does it justice.
Wow, that’s quite the setup! Cool stuff.
This was an incredibly helpful video Jon!
Jon, you are a breath of fresh air every time I see/hear you on screen. Bless you, sir.
Actually the 3ds ain’t emulation either. That’s running on hardware, just with scaling applied to it
It’s similar to a wii-u playing GameCube games
Wow, didn't realize there could be such a difference from the official software. Or that it was so easy (and cheap) to have the GC loading homebrew software. Thanks for the video!
Shout out to Extrems for making this all possible. He’s the mastermind behind the GBI project.
This is great, I have misplaced my official disc, this will help me out greatly
Thank you . Just got a bought a picoboot modded GameCube with gameboy player . This is cool
So with this can we say that modding your GameBoy Player is surprisingly easy?
I got lost early on in his explanation.
By modding your console by using Swiss it makes it better
definitely getting this, thanks for the video
3 Jon videos in a week! This is awesome!
Absolutely loving these modded type videos and the historical videos about the industry as well! The ultimate PS2 video was awesome. Any thought on doing anything for the PSP or PSPgo as a portable emulator in the future?
Very cool - doubt I will ever get round to pulling out my CG and GB Player again but still cool.
I bought a GameBoy Player a few years ago specifically for this, such a good piece of software.
The icon that Swiss is using for the memory card though, reminds me of the "Totally not a virus. Trust me i'm a dolphin" meme
Great stuff, am going to give this a go.
I love the GameBoy Player.
Don't have mine anymore as my mom sold my GameCube back then but I always thought it was really fun to play with.
Plus on those old CRTs we had back in the day, latency wasn't as much of a deal.
Seeing those prices on the bundle of the Game Boy Player + Disc makes me feel lucky when I got Game Boy Player + Game Boy Player Disc + The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition for like 30€ + Shipping a couple of years ago
Massively lucky.
Btw there is a little nicer SD to sp2 adapter which replaces the door flap and lets you access the SD from the outside, costs the same but is more convenient, also fits with the gb player
The GBI I ordered immediately after watching this video delivered yesterday! It's tinkering time!
My Sd2sp2 is going to be here in January! I am so excited to play authentic pokemon in high quality on my tv.
Either I just got used to it or I just didn't misremembering, but actually when I played my GBA games on the big screen via the Game boy player back in the 2000s I did not actually notice the input lag. Anyways it was just such a cool thing to have. I mean I grew up in the 90s and I loved my super game boy, but then being able to play the GBA games and The Game boy color games on the big screen with the Game boy player who was just even better. Playing advanced Wars in the big screen was awesome! Mario and Luigi Superstar saga was amazing to play on the big screen.
I would argue that one should sell their disc rather than throwing it away, it would help a lot of collectors 100% their collection. But great video! I might actually look into picking up a Gameboy player now!
I haven't watched the video yet, but I wanna say that I'm really happy you included the PAL GameBoy player disc case in your thumbnail! When Scott the Woz indirectly denied its existence in one of his videos, it was kinda upsetting that yet again, the European side of Nintendo is an afterthought to the rest of the world.
I don't know if that's just due to a lack of people talking about these things, or a lack of research or something else? 🤔
Anyway, I look forward to the video 😆
thank you for the very informative vidio , im definightly cheacking this out 👍
I build a consolizer gba over the summer (a gba turned into a home console with HDMI out). The picture is 720p and looked awesome. A few months later installed the picoboot and learned about swiss and GBi. I was so impressed with the GBi that I sold my gba consolizer and it’s my main player for Gameboy games. Great job to all the programmers that made and gave this to us for free.
Holy moly, this video's amazing!
Probably have to give this a few watches because I am a pretty slow learner when it comes to a lot of information dropped on me at once. But the reason I never got a Gameboy Player was because of the disc and how much is costs, it just isn't worth the prices since the only GBA games I actually play on my GBA these days are two Pokemon games, Metroid Zero Mission and Sonic Advanced. Being able to play them on the TV and without the gameboy disc seems like an appealing option.
Thank you for this.
kirby 2 is another game (like dk) that's amazing on sgb. thanks for the video. always wanted to try out a gb player but never had the chance. how does the original disc version look/feel when used with a CRT?
How very informative
Thanks for the video
Your the Best! Thanks for the video!
one thing you didn't mention during the rumble portion, is that not only you can use gamecube controllers, but you can also use rumble-integrated GBA cartridges as a surrogate such as Warioware: Twisted (gyro+rumble), Drill Dozer and even the official DS rumble pak, and even the DS Slide Controller. (which was only used for the game Mag Kid). so you could, say, plug Mario Advance 4 in the Gameboy Player, and a GBA with a GBA to Gamecube Controller with the DS Rumble Pak inserter.
maybe the next video about hardware-modding should be using the e-Reader Mega Man Battle Network 4/5/6 Custom Cards created by Prof 9: the guy created Western-supported e-Reader cards that can work on both the western and japanese versions of Battle Network 4-6. (6 Japan-only), he's even made versions of the Mod Cards that can be saved locally to the e-reader so that you can redistribute it whenever you want.
The homebrew chip gate is very useful but dang nice info
@@otakuthegreat just read up about it. kind of neat that it can even let you use it in multiplayer, as long as you have 2 extra GBAs+multiplayer cables to daisychain. guessing a physical chip gate worked as a passthrough for the cable itself? or does the homebrew ROM just generate whatever input the game usually physically expect from an actual chip gate?
I have one of those adapters on my Cube, even have GBI installed with Retroarch
I like making as much of my consoles as I can a multi-box that can play more than just one set of games, I did it for my Switch, my Xbox Series X, and even my PS3 and 3DS
Jon doing God’s work by continuing to spread the sacred knowledge in these console modding videos
I'm new here and just subscribed, this was a good video, was given a GBI when I bought a GameBoy Player. What's with the suit?
Just found this channel, WOW that voice 😳🔥🔥
Grabbed an sd2sp2 myself thanks to this video and even came with Swiss on disc to boot directly from. 👍🏻 No need to send Sunshine saves to memory card this way.
Really nice video thank you soo much for awesome content. I'm very curios about the tie and shirt combo choice, most youtubers go casual as fudge. Is a statement againt being casual? 🙂
As someone who is scared to modify any kind of hardware (don't ask why, I don't even know), this video is weirdly fascinating, and terrifying.
I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one. This video made it look easy but I feel like I’ll end up exploding the GameCube somehow 😅😅
@@ibnfu same 🤣
This is so awesome
Fyi GBA on 3DS runs onactual GBA hardware. The same way GC games run on Wii. Only IO (buttons, card read/write and screen) are "emulated"
(More so a translation layer).
There's an option to watch GBA Video on the GBI boot screen. Also, if you have a DS Rumble Pak, you can put it in the GBA when using it as a GB Player controller, and it rumbles! (with games like Drill Dozer for example). Love this thing!
This is really flipping sweet!
Ty for sharing
wait what? how does that work?
@@CrashFan03 The DS Rumble Pak is basically a GBA cartridge. It receives the "rumble data" from the GBA to GC cable. GBI magic.
I'm trying to figure out, do you need the special exploitable games for initial setup, or every time you use this forever? Where does the disc that comes with the sd2sp2 sometimes come into play? thanks!
I say ‘rad as flip’ way too many times in my everyday life. Thanks Jon.
You could also use the new version of the gamecube action replay with the sd card to gc memory adapter to load up swiss
Homebrew gameboy player software is the way to go
Damn bro found a problem and fixed the hell out of it! 🙏
Although you mentioned the ghosting images present in the standard GBI, you neglected to mention the issues present in the others:
GBISR: The refresh rate is awful when playing for certain periods of time, as it causes a huge dip in framerate every 10-30 minutes.
GBIHF: I'm not certain what causes this, but I've come across many people who's TVs simply don't display any image at all when using High Frequency.
Apparently you need a CRT or a scaler to avoid the above issues, forcing many GBI users to stick to the standard one.
I just bought a GB Player disk a few weeks ago and now i find this...Atleast it'll look better.
The GB Player was my go-to way to play GB and GBA games for ages. Now my MiSTer is my definitive way to play GB/GBA games.
Is this only to play emulated games, or can you still put in the gba cartridges and run them through the gameboy player? I still have gba games that I haven't played in a while and would love to play Fire Emblem on a big screen.
as someone who just uses vba gx on his wii either way
this is a good video
Was literally looking for a GBP before this came up on my recommendation
My head hurts and heart stops when I even consider these methods
One of my fave things about GBI is that it's probably the most "official" way to use a shader to emulate the non backlit screen. You otherwise need emulation or a CleanScreen screen replacement for the GBA.
This looks cool. One question though- Do you still have to use the Wind Waker disc every time you start it up?
yes
I have a question. I have a GameCube memory card that has an SD slot on it do I still need to go through the homebrew channel on the Wii or can I bypass that step since it’s on an SD card plugged into the game cube? Only asking because I don’t have homebrew on the Wii and I would have to do that also. Thanks!
Would people recommend GBI over the official disc if you're using a small screen? I'm using an intec screen for the GameCube and want to know if the difference is substantial enough to warrant the modding process for a smaller screen (I already own the official disk).
tysm! this helps are retro gaming setup. and it is safe to stream then - it is legal, isn't it?
I just connect the GameCube and Gameboy Player into my original 1994 Sony Trinitron 32” Tube TV via component input and it looks great.
I followed this, and then couldn't figure out why I couldn't get any games to play in 240p. Those files you said I didn't need, are actually needed so that you're prompted to choose video options when starting GBI. I was going crazy for 4 hours trying to figure out which device in my chain of video components wasn't to blame. Great video otherwise, but yeah that part misled me and burned up my Sunday night.
Where do you put those files on the SD card?
This video taught me a lot. I am doing this this weekend and maybe I will sell my disc for $100!
if only this video came out a day earlier, I just bought one of those sd card adapters for the memory card slot that I apparently don't need :(
is your Super Famicom/SNES a 1chip model? because that was exhibiting some serious ghosting on your Mario Land comparison. fixable; but requires soldering skills
9:08 I legit thought he was gonna Weston Super Mare
Lets say i have to put a game to exploit to access the game save exploit file to launch swiss, do i have to insert the game everytime i want to access swiss? Or is this just a one and done deal? Also, can i remove the disc, once swiss has been launched?
John's a true Nintendo fan
Can't believe you told us to throw the disc away.
11:27 i believe if you use the high fidelity version you can run gba video carts. i was able to watch spongebob with it lmao
So, other than Sunshine, are any of the other exploited save files compatible with PAL? If not, then I deeply regret selling Sunshine after getting 3D All Stars...
You can put an GameBoy Interface boot.gci on the the memory card to skip swiss and boot right into the GameBoy game plus you don't need an sd2sp2
While I have the GB player disc, I have an ODE and use the file for it, so I might as well try this version
You have an amazing voice. You should be doing voice acting for animation.
is there a way to make the image quality better, but also keeping all the cool borders the original gameboy player had to offer?
You forgot to mention that some of the DOL-001 consoles don't have the third serial port on the bottom. I found out the hard way after 2 weeks of trial and error trying to get this to work.
10:23 : Ladies and gentlemans... we have Dr Frankenstein here.
You could also opt for a GC Loader, which replaces your optical drive with an SD reader, and will boot Swiss. No soldering required, a very easy mod. If you can get your hands on one and have a spare GC or don’t care about discs, I highly recommend it.
Yes but you'll never be able to run disk games anymore xenogc is less invasive
@@nyquilforthekill1620 Some GC discs are reportedly beginning to deteriorate (MGS Twin Snakes). Not to mention 20+ year old lasers can't be expected to run indefinitely. This is the most practical solution for long-term use.
@@EpilepticDiarrheaV2 I've Xeno GC many GC and the laser assembly only faults at higher resistances when you adjust them to read burned disks. Quite alot of the time you can get the to read at a lower resistance and they last a long time I haven't had many fail. My physical games have no problem keeping up and I have an original drive a backup, I haven't touched it yet!
Yes I agree about having absolutely no filters turned on, It gives the best performance and makes all the pixels as sharp as possible. Why would I add the blur back in after paying for this TV ? I still have my Crts if i wanted to ya know?
Damn, almost thought I could do the Wii thing but I have the Black Wii that doesn't have Gamecube stuff