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[Doomsday]

I came across this one on my mobile phone last night but couldn't copy/paste anything over to Codexx so decided I'd wait until I got home and could use my laptop.

 

A number of members here are probably too young to remember what it was like to hold the original, but I'm sure at some stage they've held a predecessor (Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS etc)

 

On 21st April, 1989 Nintendo officially released a small grey brick looking device that started a revolution in terms of hand held gaming.  They named the device the 'Gameboy' and it was a hit.  Some games that were initially released on the Gameboy and caused the game names to become household names, passed down through generations in newer more updated forms including:

• Tetris (not much more can be done to 'improve' this simple but addictive game, but there's a few that have 'powerups' and the like.
• Pokemon Red and Blue (the initial Pokemon games that are still going strong today.  Red and Blue were even remastered for later versions of the Game boy series, called Fire Red and Leaf Green.
• Mario - Originally Super Mario Land, everyone knows Mario
• Zelda

So... happy birthday to 25 years of handheld gaming revolution.  There have been other hand held gaming devices, but it seems that Nintendo has really weathered the storm and owned the hand held gaming market over other devices such as Atari, Playstation (which PSP looks like a slimmer version of my hand held Lynx Atari) and any others that have tried.  It's most major threat comes from the more portable Mobile phone market now that smart phones are a big thing.

[Doe]

I remember holding the original and thinking that was it, the pinnacle of technology, a nintendo I could take with me everywhere. I forget how young I was but I think I was about 6 or 7 at the time.

 

I was without a doubt one of the biggest pokeaddicts around,  would play my gameboy day in day out, this went on for a good 6 months before I think I got bored. My life literally was pokemon for a good time span as a child haha.

 

Awesome thread, took me down memory lane. +Rep (no idea if it's worth a shit or not)

Edited by Doe, 22 April 2014 - 11:05 PM.

[Kat]

Neat Didn't have the original, but I had a gameboy color and a gameboy advanced when it came out. My favorite was the SP! Had three of those between me and my dad

[Eefi]

My cousin had a original Gameboy and at some point I took her Tetris and Super Mario Land 2 because she didn't play anymore. My first console was a Gameboy Color with Pokemon Blue <3 It has a washed out sticker at the back from when I forced my dad to accompany me to a shop 25km away to get a Mew. Pretty sure that must have been the first event distribution around here. So many memories <3

[Katya]

This remembered me I still have a GBC and a dozen games somewhere in the attic somewheeeeere inside one of the MILLION boxes from when me and my husband started living together.

 

I should go upstairs I searched for it.

 

My son would love it.

And my daughters would love it too. Such a tomboys (?) just like their mother.

Edited by athayde, 23 April 2014 - 04:53 AM.

[Sweeney]

Imo, the Game 'n' Watch was a more revelatory gaming development. The Gameboy just added swappable carts.

[Doomsday]

This remembered me I still have a GBC and a dozen games somewhere in the attic somewheeeeere inside one of the MILLION boxes from when me and my husband started living together.
 
I should go upstairs I searched for it.
 
My son would love it.
And my daughters would love it too. Such a tomboys (?) just like their mother.

If you can't find it you can get working ones off eBay pretty cheap, I bought a replacement game boy color for about $AU15 and the cartridges are about $AU25-$AU40

[Pilot]

25 years dayum

 

Bubble Bobble on it will always have a special place in my heart