Building a GBA Classic in 2022 - Screen Mods, Audio Mods, and more!

Published 2022-06-03
Thanks to Handheld Legend for providing the parts needed for this week's mods! handheldlegend.com/ The GBA is arguably one of the best handhelds ever made due to its form factor, big screen, and backwards compatibility with the entire Game Boy library. Today there are lots of mods available to make the experience with a GBA even better than ever. On this week's Fix it Friday, we build the best GBA possible - the GBA Classic!

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Parts:
Screen: handheldlegend.com/collections/game-boy-advance-gb…
Battery mod: handheldlegend.com/collections/game-boy-advance-gb…
CleanAmp: handheldlegend.com/collections/game-boy-advance-gb…
Audio Filter: handheldlegend.com/collections/game-boy-advance-gb…
Speaker: handheldlegend.com/collections/game-boy-advance-gb…
IPS Ready Shells: handheldlegend.com/collections/game-boy-advance-gb…
Screen Lens: handheldlegend.com/collections/game-boy-advance-gb…

Music:
Asuka 120% Final Burning Fest (Sharp X68000)

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All Comments (21)
  • I've been modding gbas for a long time and I'm always excited to see a new gba mod video. Even better when it's from you 👍🏻 Hope whatever is ailing you goes away soon. You seem to clear your throat a lot in this one.
  • @disciple_316
    One of my favorite modders. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to fix it fridays.
  • @shanebarnes4622
    Love Handheld Legends! Good parts and customer service! Glad you teamed up with them.
  • Definitely going to do these mods to my GBA ,Thanks for the video i really enjoyed it !! Also love the Retro classic look
  • @larkan511
    Final product looks amazing, well done.
  • @tbj84
    I live for your content every Friday! Thanks so much for all your hard work!
  • @Nytroman24
    Awesome job! Looks great and now I want a Gameboy advance again, these mods looked doable for me
  • Years of working with a pawn shop I now have ideas for many of the broken units to fix and enjoy and pass on greate videos keep it up
  • @McGuinness89
    Looks amazing dude! Keep up the great work 😁
  • @Demokirby
    Definitely want to do one of these with a spare I have (I like to keep my childhood systems mostly stock outside of recaps and non-intrusive mods.) so I can have a go to GBA since my SP is definitely showing its age.
  • @arey256
    That’s awesome 👏🏽 that’s all I’ve ever wanted on my gba
  • @rshapiro6
    Awesome mod, I love my George Portugal special. Also picked up some stuff from HHL recently. Great place!
  • @kibagami25
    so happy that fix it friday is back. Love them.
  • I wish I had kept my first GBA because I do remember the shape of it and the buttons being more comfortable than the SP. The SP is more than fine but it would have been nice if Nintendo had released a backlit original GBA model. Also I really enjoy watching these Fix It Friday videos. Nice work!
  • @paulchester4240
    Great mods! I've done all that to mine, minus the speaker upgrade. I need to do that next
  • @NinSonyFan
    Ok, i'm gonna save this video in my modding list, i gotta do all this to my gba!! I'm currently playing Bomtai 2, so i think the touch oads option for the brightness control will work better for me, since Boktai 2 uses the Select+L/R combination for weapon and magic selection in game, just like Metal Gear Solid (same creator Kojima)