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Cool Uncle Mods: Repairing and IPS Modding the
Cool Uncle Mods: Repairing and IPS Modding the Wonderswan Color
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“YourCoolUncleMarisa”
When I first saw the Wonderswan, I was reminded of the knockoff toys you saw in every shop in the 00s. But looking deeper, this handheld had enough potential to hold its own against Nintendo’s handhelds, even exceeding their handhelds’ capabilities in several areas. So what happened? And what’s…
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Just to prevent anyone from actually buying a SwanCrystal because it’s backlit, the SwanCrystal had a TFT screen that was not backlit but was worlds better than the WonderSwan color. But you still need a backlight kit, which makes the WonderSwan Color with an IPS display just as good as a SwanCrystal with an IPS display. People generally recommend against modding a SwanCrystal, as they are rarer and the screen is quite nice even though it’s not backlit, and WonderSwan Colors are plentiful, cheap, and the screen is pretty awful. Thanks for covering the WonderSwan!
Wanderswan is an unsung hero. I did a bunch of small solder points this week and I now have alot of respect for this part of what you're doing!
My Anbernic came supplied with a folder full of WSC ROMs, but – as you mentioned – they're all the Japanese versions, and… well, I don't speak Japanese. Thank you for making me aware of the translation patches! I think it might be time to take another look!
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My only connection to the WonderSwan is that (though it wasnt named) it was the main handheld console in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, a videogame themed toku. Makes sense cause both KR toys and the WonderSwan are made by Bandai ^-^
The Wonderswan is almost as cool as Uncle Marisa! Unfortunately, I can't read Japanese.
Guess I'm in the market for a WonderSwan now.
I'm actually mad that we didn't get this in the states back in the day. It's a jrpg machine. Amazing games.
if you a rub a graphite pencil tip against each button's contact-padding, that brings them back to life.
Fun bit of handheld history: The Atari Lynx was designed to be usable in both the horizontal and vertical orientation.
I was going to say the video game crash of '83 was a hit job on the ColecoVision specifically, but that would just make me sound crazy. I'd need like an Oliver Stone movie to legitimize that take :p
Mostly I'm just bitter that 3 months after I got my ColecoVision, the industry imploded :p
I can't believe how good this channel is, keep it up!!
I'm so grateful to see this! I got a Wonderswan 15 years ago and I just fell in love with it's unique approach. Truly in a league of it's own.
Woderswam Color meets our favorite uncle, and it becomes awesome 👍. Thanks Marisa. You're the best. Greetings. :8)
1:06 why? please don't be one of those. Disrespectful mispronunciations for engagement. I guess you're happy and it worked because I'm commenting now. f me. damned if i do etc.
Great video! I love your reaction to the single battery lol
Such a nice and cosy video! I've always kinda wanted a Wonderswan, but like for what games?
I've never done the research on what the WonderSwan is, so I really appreciate this video!! Thanks Marisa!
I recently started emulating WonderSwan games and its such a wonderful handheld, but I did learn the screen/games refresh at 75hz, which is super cool. Luckily I have a monitor that reaches 75hz, but most if not all backlit replacements refresh at 60hz, so if I ever got a real WonderSwan I don't think I'd want to replace the screen (even if the stutter from the pulldown is minimal)
Fun fact, there are actually a few DS/3DS games which are expected to be held sideways. Guitar Hero for the DS is one weird example, because it needed additional hardware, but there were others. To name a few: some visual novels, Brain Age, and Planet Puzzle League (a personal favorite).
Yeah the game gear is nuts, mine (used) came with a battery pack and AC adapter luckily cause even back in the 90s people knew. Otherwise my parents probably never would've bought it 😂
WonderSwan! There's some real good stuff in there, like Guilty Gear Petit 2 and Pocket Fighter… Gosh like, I honestly feel like the black-and-white model shouldn't even have released, like, 1999, by then the Game Boy Colour was already a year old, and the Neo Geo Pocket Colour released the same year! But nope, they release a B&W model and then a colour model the very next year? Why not just skip to the colour one? Then every game could have been in colour! C'mon Bandai… And unlike with the GBC, there weren't any games that were compatible with both, they were either monochrome or colour…
Oh well, at least it had quite possibly the best handheld soundchip for a whole 2 years before the GBA came out!
Just a wee thing, the WS Crystal didn't have a lit screen, the screen was just easier to see than the Colour one…
I found out about the WonderSwan and WonderSwan color as a kid into emulators because of the Mega Man games that were released on it and haven't really thought of it since! This is so cool!
oh MAN the wonderswan
Some WonderSwan love! Definitely a system I want to check out, and probably one of the few I just can't get into via emulation. Maybe it's because of the quirky console design – it may be time to actually add a WonderSwan to my collection 🙂
I love your videos so much!!
cant wait for a nintendo DS mod video
Protip: when you are in a car accident, get away from the road.
I've always wanted a Wonderswan ever since my Inuyasha days in the early/mid 2000's and heard there were inuyasha games but only on the WS and only in Japan lol
Not physical buttons, but the ds was sometimes played vertically for games like Rhythm Heaven. And guitar hero with the big accessory plugged into the gba slot
I've always wanted a Wonderswan, that design is peak 2000's