Though the Game Boy brand's days are numbered, making way for Nintendo's dual-screened future and profit plans, at least one young gamer is doing his part to keep the old, gray brick's memory alive. Step past the post break for the full story and this week's edition of The DS Life.
Much like when we first ventured into the Mysterious Forest in Link's Awakening, or when we fought Mr. Lee at the end of Kett's Dungeon in Final Fantasy Adventure, this brick of a handheld has cast a spell on Tyler, keeping him rapt with its monochrome screen for the past month.
The Game Boy was originally his mother's, bought in 1992, only recently passed on to his capable hands. Will you be playing with your DS Lite fifteen years from now? Will your kids? That's even assuming the dainty portable will be able to match the durability of its tank-like ancestor. Owners of the DS's original hardware will fare much better.
Even his 61-year-old grandfather, the photographer behind this set of images, calls the system "ancient." Was it really that long ago when we yearningly watched commercials for F-1 Race between episodes of TaleSpin and Tiny Toon Adventures, wondering how on earth we'd ever find three other people to play this jawsome game against?
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7-18-2007 @ 7:34PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I fear how long it'll take him to get through Link's Awakening then. My first GB game. So sweet. Add to the fact there's a jump item. Oh man that sweet jump button.
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7-18-2007 @ 10:42PM
strider_mt2k said...
I still see a kid here or there with a GBC.
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7-19-2007 @ 1:53AM
Ibrahim said...
OMG F-1 Race I still have that! That game was awesome. Link's Awakening too, that's one of the best Zeldas ever imho.
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7-19-2007 @ 2:23AM
Dante said...
Zelda IV IS the best Zelda ;-)
Oh, and Final Fantasy Adventures (aka Mystiq Quest in Germany) - awesome :-D
It's really a shame that you can't play these games on the DS.
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7-19-2007 @ 6:24AM
ssuk said...
It would have cost Nintendo next to nothing to add a 4Mhz chip to the DS to make it play GB/GBC games, I don't see why they didn't add it. Very bad move on Nintendo's part imo.
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7-19-2007 @ 8:03AM
Sketch said...
Awww, that's cute.
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7-19-2007 @ 9:08AM
ConstyXIV said...
@5 ssuk:
I think it was that they were running out of space on the motherboard or something. And to that I have two words:
software emulation
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7-19-2007 @ 10:14AM
strider_mt2k said...
Yeah, "Link's Awakening" is great.
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7-19-2007 @ 10:31AM
ryan said...
@ssuk:
I read somewhere that it was actually a voltage issue. DS and GBA carts run at a much lower voltage than GB/GBC carts.
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7-20-2007 @ 12:34AM
illmasta said...
@4
You can, very easily. All you need is a flash cart and emulator ;-)
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7-20-2007 @ 11:00AM
Kieran Bowler said...
My 3 year old has still got some time to go before I pass my PSP down to him hehe. I'm definately gonna be giving him my old Clear shell original GameBoy though. Cute pics though :)
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7-20-2007 @ 5:05PM
Voteboob - A Sex Blog said...
It just looks so clunky compared to the DS, but I had one back in the day. I imagine the DS will look old and beatup in the future, but people will have enjoyed it just the same.
/old
//get off my lawn, you crazy kids
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7-21-2007 @ 1:22AM
Mainyu said...
Man, I miss my original gameboy
I sold it to my friend for funds for when gameboy colour came out...
I wish I still had it.
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9-20-2007 @ 2:14PM
A.C. said...
It's still nice to see those old handhelds still being played once in awhile today. Gameboy was the first game system I ever wanted when I was kid back in 1990.
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