Jul -- Gaming: Happy 20th Anniversary Game Boy!

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Posted on 07-28-09 05:31:56 PM

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I remember playing with my huge white Game Boy on car rides to school. I had Tetris, and Super Mario Land.

Good times. Amazing that it has already been 20 years.

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Posted on 07-28-09 05:34:03 PM (last edited by Green-Kirby at 07-28-09 02:34 PM)

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I never had the original gameboy. My first one was pocket and I got it with a copy of pokemon red! :3
Love on first play! :3
*Green-Kirby is stabbed

Man, I still think the DS is just another one in the game boy series no matter the name. Maybe that's just me...

And I was planing on reading IGNs thingy earlier today when I saw it. But, it's as badly organized as the rest of their stuff so I'm not going to bother. :/

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Posted on 07-28-09 06:41:37 PM

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What a nostalgia trip.

I miss those days.

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Posted on 07-28-09 06:42:36 PM

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Shiny new layout!
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I still have my big white gameboy.

And a fair number of my games tucked away in a handy carrying bag.

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Hmmm...

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Posted on 07-28-09 07:10:58 PM

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Those days are quite fuzzy; I'm not even sure if I owned one myself or if I just played my brother's.

A few things stick out, though. I remember getting lost in Link's Awakening, not figuring out how to get that stupid key Donkey Kong, and accidentally erasing my brother's Super Mario Land 2 save.

Ah, the good old days...

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Posted on 07-28-09 07:12:39 PM

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Originally posted by Kattwah
I still have my big white gameboy.

And a fair number of my games tucked away in a handy carrying bag.

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Hmmm...

Same here... I also have a color and an Advance...

Sounds like a good day for some Kirby's Dreamland on the can!

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Posted on 07-28-09 07:20:20 PM

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I remember borrowing a friend's Game Boy pocket at one point. I was a console person until I discovered that I could also play Nintendo on the go.

Unfortunately I never got a portable machine until 1998 when I got a translucent purple Game Boy Color.

... jesus it's been about eleven years since then. Wow.

That is also when the first iMac came out.

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Posted on 07-28-09 07:27:11 PM

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Now with 60% more chance of spontaneous combustion.
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Originally posted by Kattwah
I still have my big white gameboy.

And a fair number of my games tucked away in a handy carrying bag.

And I have both right next to me...

...

No batteries...

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Posted on 07-28-09 09:15:21 PM

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My first was a yellow Gameboy Pocket and with it I got Pokemon Yellow version....spent many a day on the can playing that...

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Posted on 07-28-09 09:15:30 PM

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	I have the old white, a green color and a few games next to it. And a 40 pack of AAs, opened. ____________________

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Posted on 07-29-09 12:12:17 AM

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Never had a GameBoy. I was GameGear back then.

But I woudn't mind having one now, if just to collect it.

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Posted on 07-29-09 02:08:08 AM (last edited by TheGreatGuy at 07-28-09 11:09 PM)

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Considering I didn't exist 20 years ago, I can't really remember 'those days' handhelds didn't happen for me for a while.

Anyway, the first Gameboy system I got was a color with Pokemon Red, I actually gave it away after it's speaker got kinda screwy and I already had an advance... Kinda wish I hadn't now...

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Posted on 07-29-09 02:31:57 AM

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Originally posted by Dawn
Same here... I also have a color and an Advance...

Sounds like a good day for some Kirby's Dreamland on the can!

Done. Fuck you Dedede... Fuck... You...

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Posted on 07-29-09 05:20:18 AM

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Yeah, Kirby's Dreamland kicked ass!
And hard mode really was hard.

At least the blimp finally made a comeback in super star ultra, fucking love that boss!

So many good games on the game boy.

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Posted on 07-29-09 05:22:51 AM

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Done. Fuck you Dedede... Fuck... You...

To be fair, you were likely also preoccupied with some business on the can. That can complicate matters.

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Posted on 07-29-09 05:56:40 AM

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I have one of those Play It Loud series gameboys, it's clear, and you can see all of the electronics and bits inside. I was so into that back in the day.

I still boot it up every now and then, but usually to play Motocross Maniacs. That has got to be one of the best games on there, but I really there was... "more" to it, you know? Motocross Maniacs 2 was ok, but I like the classic feel of the first one more.

Oh, that and the blurriness of the screen amazes me every time, I keep forgetting about it.

That and the screen is nearly *impossible* to see unless you have a spotlight shining on it. Man, we're really spoiled these days.

I'd feel very sad if it died... most of my childhood right there is that hunk of clear plastic.

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Posted on 07-29-09 05:59:55 AM

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Originally posted by Drag
I still boot it up every now and then, but usually to play Motocross Maniacs. That has got to be one of the best games on there, but I really there was... "more" to it, you know? Motocross Maniacs 2 was ok, but I like the classic feel of the first one more.

Motocross Maniacs was one of those games that I'd just put infinite time/nitro on and have fun, really.

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Posted on 07-29-09 06:45:44 AM

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Ah, the Game Boy. Had some awesome times with that...

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Posted on 07-29-09 12:23:16 PM

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I remember when the Pokémon fad hit us, and nearly everyone got into that game. I wasn't unaffected, I always brought my Game Boy to school and played Yellow (or later, Silver). I was the only one who still had the older Game Boy, though.. everyone else by then already had a Pocket or Color (this was in 1999-2000 I think)

I also remember when I was completely blown away when I got a Game Boy Camera! I loved that thing. It was pretty much the first digital camera I've ever seen.

Originally posted by Hiryuu
And a 40 pack of AAs, opened.

Oh yeah, the batteries. I always had trouble finding some to use. For some reason, we rarely had any at home..

.. which made using the Game Boy Printer a total pain. Does anyone else remember that one? That thing just ate those batteries away..

Those were good days..

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