Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Let's upgrade my original Game Boy Advance from 2003 with a beautiful IPS screen, slick custom NES shell, and even add a GBA AV out mod so we can display it on the TV and capture gameplay natively!

Gear from video:
- IPS LCD with AV Out from RetroModding: retromodding.com/collections/game-boy-advance/products/game-boy-advance-ips-lcd-with-av-out?ref=qtrlygpu
- ExtremeRate Shells: https://extremerate.com?sca_ref=6361301.9i6gcr1u7S
- iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit: amzn.to/3yX8CSd

Resources:
- Screen install written guide: docs.handheldlegend.com/s/portal/doc/ips-v2-with-tv-output-EdiPSnWj1i
- Screen install video guide: youtube.com/watch?v=i_RvaDnjpks
- ExtremeRate shell install video guide: extremerate.com/pages/extremerate-gameboy-advance-gba-replacement-shell-installation-guide

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I'm a nerd who codes and hacks around with old and new(ish) hardware.

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🔖 Chapters 🔖

0:00 Why did I do this?
01:09 extremeRate shell
01:21 RetroModding screen
01:56 Let's build!
03:24 Solder time
04:28 Resume the build
06:07 Final assembly
06:43 First test
07:01 AV out!

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