Are all the original Game Boys so green?!?

[gumbyandpals]

As ugly as the green screen is, I find it better for motion blur than my game boy pocket.

The green gives it more contrast and you can see the action through the blur a little better.

I tried playing super mario land 2 on my pocket and was pretty frustrated, but found it much easier on the original.

Perhaps nintendo had their reasons?

[Push Upstairs]

I think the screen tech was just not there. Or it was, but it was really expensive.

[snester]

Yeah, I too find it very difficult to go back and play on an original Game Boy green screen now that I'm spoiled by improved technology. I remember buying the Super Game Boy SNES adaptor when it first came out and loving every second of it. There are only a handful of Game Boy games that I think really stand up today though (Link's Awakening, Wario Land, Tetris, Metroid 2), and I find those games much more fun to play on a TV through my SNES. Super Game Boy even looks okay on a plasma screen.

[Mobius]

LOVE the game gear commercial reference!

For those who have no idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVL3uW9uV4E

Hey, I think that's Randy from My Name is Earl.