Game Boy Display Restorations!

Get your game on with Nintendo's 1989 smash phenomenon, the original Game Boy!

In this video we'll restore not one, but two vintage Game Boy store displays!

First, we have a playable Game Boy kiosk with a base so rotted it out it's crumbling away. The back door's been eaten apart and is hanging on with one rusty hinge.

In addition, we have a store merchandising cabinet that is missing its artwork, glass door, and the necessary innards to entice those customers to come closer and pick out those choice games and systems.

And, in a first for my channel, I'll be doing these restorations for another collector. So I'm under the gun and under pressure to deliver!

In return, I'll get a pair of controller arms for my Nintendo 64 kiosk, which seems like a fair deal. It looks pretty simple...new base for the kiosk, fix the door, add the parts to the merchandising cabinet...but it turns out to be much more of a project than I imagined. You'll see that the devil is in the details, and there are details aplenty!

Of course, we can't just focus on the cabinets themselves. It's a great time to look back on the highly successful Game Boy system and Nintendo's Marketing and Merchandising strategy. And yes, you will get that Tetris jingle stuck in your mind once again :)

For those who love the arcade restoration videos, more are on the way. I have multiple projects going at once and some are nearing completion. But if you like those, you will certainly like this journey as well!

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Be sure to check out my other videos, including a crazy Tron restoration, an epic Nintendo Red Tent restoration, and a walkthrough of my extensive video game collection. Thanks!

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Opening
01:03 - The Pickup
05:59 - Another Pickup
08:41 - Evaluation
12:23 - Cleaning Up
15:04 - Kiosk Rebuild
23:48 - Display Cabinet
31:44 - Kiosk Base
38:07 - Putting It Together
48:12 - Filling The Gaps
58:32 - Finishing Moves
01:04:44 - Results
01:05:28 - Reveal
01:10:12 - Closing

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

A Little Bit
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Blockman
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Bola-Buldak
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Cruising
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Dance Of Dunes
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Disco Backin
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High Score
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Kawai Kitsune
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Labyrinth
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Masho
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Musica E' Vida
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Oblanka
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Ready As Ever
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Refresh Mountain
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Rivalry
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Showdown On Machine Moon
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When Push Comes To Shove
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Wingman
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Disco Backin
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Credits:

Game Boy Nintendo Commercials 1989-2000
Tom Long84 (@TomKiyosakiLong)

Nintendo Gameboy Commercial 1991
commercials818 (@commercials818)

Tetris Movie (Just use movie credit)

Nintendo Interactive Retail Store Displays
RetroBits (@PenguinNintendoAge)

Retailer pitch for the World of Nintendo marketing campaign
Toad.T (@ToadTReborn)

Game Boy Color "Get Into It!" Commercial Compilation
The Sponge Boy (@TheSpongeBoy)