Your preferred way to play GB/GBC games

[Ninjamohawk]

I play them on my backlit GBA SP but I hate how the carts stick out. I wish there were a Gameboy color with that same screen.

What do you all prefer?

[Leo_A]

A Super Game Boy for Game Boy cartridges, and a Game Boy Player for color enhanced Game Boy cartridges, Game Boy Color cartridges, and Game Boy Advance cartridges.

And if I want to play them on a handheld, I always go with my backlit Game Boy Advance SP.

[SparTonberry]

I don't like how they stick out, but I play them that way anyways. For both the light, and avoiding the need for batteries in my GBC.
(though my GBA SP recently deciding to start resetting randomly on GBC. Replacing the GBA's battery seems to have helped, but I got an official AC adapter for my GBC as a backup. I was surprised to find it's almost as bulky as the NES and SNES bricks. :P)

[mattimeo310]

You can get a gameboy lite. Nintendo made a gameboy pocket with a backlight (or front-light, I'm unsure which) which was released in Japan but still appears on ebay once and a while. As for me I just use a worm light on my gameboy color.

[Rev. Link]

I normally just use my SP. If it's something I know I'm going to put a lot of time into, like an RPG, I would use my Game Boy Player, but I haven't had my GameCube hooked up for some time.

If it's a GBA game I tend to use my DS Lite.

[Tron 2.0]

GC gb player that's all realy.

[Aussie2B]

The backlit SP is the only way to go in my book. It's a little annoying, but I don't mind how the carts stick out that much. My fiance swears that it washes out the color compared to the GBC (and the original SP definitely did wash out colors), but I think it's more a matter of the picture just being so dark on the GBC. But for the convenience of no batteries and the bright clarity, even he usually grabs the SP.

[kupomogli]

My PSP. You can have either the original GBA 3:2 size, full 3:2 size where it increases it fully to the top of the PSP screen but leaves slight borders on the left and right so it's it's still the same ratio, but never wide because I don't like stretched or zoom.

If I use a cartridge then the Game Boy Player.

*edit*

I made mention of only the GBA. Well The GB and GBC run full speed on the PSP and you don't want to use an adjustable screen size so I didn't think to even make mention of that.

[Rickstilwell1]

A Super Game Boy for Game Boy cartridges, and a Game Boy Player for color enhanced Game Boy cartridges, Game Boy Color cartridges, and Game Boy Advance cartridges.

This is exactly what I do. I've always just classified the black cart "color enhanced Game Boy cartridges" as Game Boy Color games. Whatever it says on the left side of the original retail box is what determines it for me. That makes Pokemon Yellow a plain Game Boy cart and it gets played on my Super Game Boy. The Game Boy Color didn't add any more palettes to Pokemon Yellow than the Super Game Boy did. It just allowed the GBC to recognize palette changes between each area which the GBC couldn't usually do with other Super Game Boy cartridges.

A good example of Pokemon Yellow's palette scheme not being applied to gameplay on Game Boy Color is Donkey Kong Land 2. If played on GBC, the color palette you choose stays the same through the whole game. On Super Game Boy, each type of level has a different palette.

[Berserker]

The only GB/GBC game I actually play anymore is Link's Awakening. My preferred way of playing it is on the Super Game Boy, but ever since the battery in my cart died I've just been using VBA-M. Basically I prefer anything that scales the image up to fit a larger display.

[retro junkie]

I play my GB games on my Gameboy Pocket. And I play my GBC games on my Gameboy Color. Even though I have all of the portables that Nintendo has put out so far, I prefer playing those games on those systems.

[PentiumMMX]

I typically use my GBASP for playing original GB and GBC games, although I'll sometimes break out my trusty old GBC to do it.

[Press_Start]

GB/GBC go to the SP.

GBA go to the DS. (better backlight)

Gameboy Player just lacks character and polish imo unlike the Super Game Boy, which frankly, is the true Game Boy Color to me. Over 30 colors, interchangeable borders with cute little animations plus one you can draw on...so much better. Well, Gameboy Players has better sound, I'll give it that.

[Greg2600]

GBA SP (might use a GB Player on GC if I had one). Absolutely can't take the old Gameboy's anymore.

[Ninjamohawk]

Yeah I can't be bothered with batteries or attachable lights anymore.

Hey how long do batteries last in GB/GBC games? I was about to start a game on an Oracle of Seasons cart I got.

[Scissors]

I usually play them on a Game Boy Pocket or Game Boy Advance with the Afterburner backlight. Although I have an SP, I don't really like how the buttons feel. If I happen to already have my SNES or GC set up, I'll use the Super Game Boy or GB Player. I still occasionally use the original model Game Boy because I like the feel of it the best.

[Parodius Duh!]

Gameboy light (which is super expensive these days) or super gameboy. For Gameboy color games I use a gameboy color. Every other gameboy related stuff I dont go near..

[retroman]

backlit sp for me

[Sabz5150]

I play my GB games on my Gameboy Pocket. And I play my GBC games on my Gameboy Color. Even though I have all of the portables that Nintendo has put out so far, I prefer playing those games on those systems.

This.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Backlit GBA SP all the way. Or Gameboy Micro with flashcart.