DigitalSpace
04-19-2007, 01:47 AM
I figured I'd make this a weekly thing. I covered Genesis last week and NES the week before, and there are still a couple systems that I feel deserve this kind of thread. This week's system is the original Game Boy. And I made sure to remember to enable a multiple option vote this time around, which I forgot to do when I made the Genesis thread. :(
We've got several options here. First, there's the original Game Boy, and the later "Play It Loud" versions that didn't do anything new besides offering consumers new colors to choose from. As great as the system was in its time, the brick has not aged well today imo. Later revisions and systems such as the Game Boy Color and GBA SP have better screens. It takes four AA batteries as opposed to two AA batteries on the GBC and original GBA and two AA batteries on the Game Boy Pocket. I think it's aged well in the looks department though.
Then there's the Game Boy Pocket, which was smaller and lighter than the brick and as I mentioned in the last paragraph, took two AAA batteries.
Then we've got the Japan only Game Boy Light. I doubt there will be more than a couple votes for this (if any at all), but I gave it an option anyways.
Then we've got the Game Boy Color. Even back in its heyday, the system's most popular games for quite a while were GB games: Pokemon Red, Blue, and the Yellow "Pikachu" edition. Everyone I knew who owned one back then had at least one Pokemon cart.
Then we've got the first model of the GBA, and then we've got the GBA SP (I didn't include a separate option for the GBA SP 2 since I feel it's irreverent to this topic).
There's also two options for playing Game Boy games on a TV screen: the Super Game Boy for SNES, and the Game Boy Player for the Gamecube.
Then there's emulation, and finally, there's the "other" option in case I left anything out.
As for me, I usually use an Onyx GBA SP, though sometimes I'll use my Atomic Purple GBC that I got for $4.99 at a Goodwill a while back. I've also got a Super Game Boy, which I got in trade when I helped another DP'er find an SNES game he was looking for. I'll probably get a Game Boy Player at some point.
We've got several options here. First, there's the original Game Boy, and the later "Play It Loud" versions that didn't do anything new besides offering consumers new colors to choose from. As great as the system was in its time, the brick has not aged well today imo. Later revisions and systems such as the Game Boy Color and GBA SP have better screens. It takes four AA batteries as opposed to two AA batteries on the GBC and original GBA and two AA batteries on the Game Boy Pocket. I think it's aged well in the looks department though.
Then there's the Game Boy Pocket, which was smaller and lighter than the brick and as I mentioned in the last paragraph, took two AAA batteries.
Then we've got the Japan only Game Boy Light. I doubt there will be more than a couple votes for this (if any at all), but I gave it an option anyways.
Then we've got the Game Boy Color. Even back in its heyday, the system's most popular games for quite a while were GB games: Pokemon Red, Blue, and the Yellow "Pikachu" edition. Everyone I knew who owned one back then had at least one Pokemon cart.
Then we've got the first model of the GBA, and then we've got the GBA SP (I didn't include a separate option for the GBA SP 2 since I feel it's irreverent to this topic).
There's also two options for playing Game Boy games on a TV screen: the Super Game Boy for SNES, and the Game Boy Player for the Gamecube.
Then there's emulation, and finally, there's the "other" option in case I left anything out.
As for me, I usually use an Onyx GBA SP, though sometimes I'll use my Atomic Purple GBC that I got for $4.99 at a Goodwill a while back. I've also got a Super Game Boy, which I got in trade when I helped another DP'er find an SNES game he was looking for. I'll probably get a Game Boy Player at some point.