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Handheld Gaming (Happy 20th Birthday to the Gameboy)
Zerokku
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Today is the gameboy's 20th birthday, so I thought I'd make a thread dedicated to handheld gaming.
It all started with this...
While nintendo had their game & watch series before hand or Milton Bradley with their Microvision, It was the gameboy that really made portable gaming into what it is today. It was the first handheld console in the Game Boy line. It was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo's Research and Development 1 — the same staff who had designed the Game & Watch series as well as several popular games for the NES. When Yokoi designed the original Game Boy, he knew that, to be successful, the system needed to be small, light, inexpensive, and durable, as well as have a varied, recognizable library of games upon its release. By following this simple mantra, the Game Boy line managed to gain a vast following despite technically superior alternatives which would have color graphics instead. This is also apparent in the name (conceived by Shigesato Itoi), which connotes a smaller "sidekick" companion to Nintendo's consoles.
The gameboy was bundled with this, and a hit was born.
You're gonna have that song stuck in your head all day now
Nintendo's portable gaming system launched two decades ago in Japan: April 21, 1989. Despite many other, technologically superior handheld consoles introduced during its lifetime, the Game Boy was a tremendous success. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color combined have sold 118.69 million units worldwide. Upon its release in the United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within weeks. Since then, it's slowly began to legitimize handheld gaming as a medium. Some of the most memorable games of all time were released on the gameboy
But it didn't stop with the brick gameboy we all know and love. Nintendo kept the Gameboy line going for another 16 years.
It's often commented that the gameboy line is what helped keep nintendo afloat during some of their more trying console years, and there's probably some truth to that. The low cost and high margins of Game Boy hardware and software kept Nintendo's coffers in the black even as its many of it's fanbase was slowly defecting to Sony and Microsoft's camp.
5 years ago Nintendo released the spiritual successor to the gameboy line, the nintendo DS
It was released in 2004 in Canada, the United States, and Japan. The console features a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP, with two LCD screens inside—with the bottom one being a touchscreen. The Nintendo DS also features a built-in microphone and supports wireless (Wi-Fi) allowing players to interact with each other within short range (10–30 m, depending on conditions) or online with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service, which launched later in the console's lifespan. The DS has been the most succesful nintendo handheld since the original brick gameboy. It's style also hearkens back to Nintendo's first foray into handheld gaming, the Game & Watch.
Nintendo wasn't alone however, and it's success brought in rivals. The most memorable being The sega gamegear and the sony PSP.
While nintendo has always been the most succesful in the handheld market, they didn't own it completely. The gamegear released with full color and backlite, something nintendo didn't do for another 10 years.
Work began on the console in 1989 under the codename "Project Mercury", following Sega's policy at the time of codenaming their systems after planets. The system was released in Japan on October 6, 1990, North America, Europe and Brazil in 1991,[1] and Australia in 1992. The launch price was $150. Sega dropped support for the Game Gear in early 1997.
The Game Gear was basically a portable Master System with a lower resolution screen, but allowed for a larger color palette. In addition, it could also produce stereo sound (through headphones) as opposed to the Master System's monaural output, though very few games made use of the stereo capabilities.
The PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the console was first announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press conference before E3 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005.
The PlayStation Portable is the first handheld video game console to use an optical disc format, as its primary storage media. Other distinguishing features of the console include its large viewing screen, robust multi-media capabilities, and connectivity with the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, other PSPs, and the Internet.
Despite the fact that it's sales having lagged behind nintendo's handhelds, It has nevertheless, been "the most successful non-Nintendo handheld game system ever sold".
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I decided to make this topic to celebrate the gameboy's birthday, and handheld gaming in general. Handheld gaming holds a special place in my heart, as the first gaming system I ever personally owned was a small metallic blue gameboy pocket. Even now, in many ways I prefer hand held gaming to console gaming. It's not because I'm busy or such that I don't have time to do anything but handheld gaming, there's just something about it that makes me love it. We've reached a point where a lot of console games are all style and no substance. In handheld gaming, that simply doesn't fly. They don't have the power to show off flashy graphics and style, so they usually have to rely on substance and gameplay to make it.
Because of my love of handheld gaming and the fact It's the gameboys birthday, I figured I'd make a topic for the original gameboy itself, and the handheld gaming we all know and love now because of what it did for gaming, and a history of it all.
HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY GAMEBOY!
[TINY]Yes I shamelessly copy-pasted a lot of that information from wikipedia and other sources, Sorry for not wanting to type that all up myself xD[/TINY]
It all started with this...
While nintendo had their game & watch series before hand or Milton Bradley with their Microvision, It was the gameboy that really made portable gaming into what it is today. It was the first handheld console in the Game Boy line. It was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo's Research and Development 1 — the same staff who had designed the Game & Watch series as well as several popular games for the NES. When Yokoi designed the original Game Boy, he knew that, to be successful, the system needed to be small, light, inexpensive, and durable, as well as have a varied, recognizable library of games upon its release. By following this simple mantra, the Game Boy line managed to gain a vast following despite technically superior alternatives which would have color graphics instead. This is also apparent in the name (conceived by Shigesato Itoi), which connotes a smaller "sidekick" companion to Nintendo's consoles.
The gameboy was bundled with this, and a hit was born.
You're gonna have that song stuck in your head all day now
Nintendo's portable gaming system launched two decades ago in Japan: April 21, 1989. Despite many other, technologically superior handheld consoles introduced during its lifetime, the Game Boy was a tremendous success. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color combined have sold 118.69 million units worldwide. Upon its release in the United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within weeks. Since then, it's slowly began to legitimize handheld gaming as a medium. Some of the most memorable games of all time were released on the gameboyBut it didn't stop with the brick gameboy we all know and love. Nintendo kept the Gameboy line going for another 16 years.
It's often commented that the gameboy line is what helped keep nintendo afloat during some of their more trying console years, and there's probably some truth to that. The low cost and high margins of Game Boy hardware and software kept Nintendo's coffers in the black even as its many of it's fanbase was slowly defecting to Sony and Microsoft's camp.
5 years ago Nintendo released the spiritual successor to the gameboy line, the nintendo DS
It was released in 2004 in Canada, the United States, and Japan. The console features a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP, with two LCD screens inside—with the bottom one being a touchscreen. The Nintendo DS also features a built-in microphone and supports wireless (Wi-Fi) allowing players to interact with each other within short range (10–30 m, depending on conditions) or online with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service, which launched later in the console's lifespan. The DS has been the most succesful nintendo handheld since the original brick gameboy. It's style also hearkens back to Nintendo's first foray into handheld gaming, the Game & Watch.
Nintendo wasn't alone however, and it's success brought in rivals. The most memorable being The sega gamegear and the sony PSP.
While nintendo has always been the most succesful in the handheld market, they didn't own it completely. The gamegear released with full color and backlite, something nintendo didn't do for another 10 years.
Work began on the console in 1989 under the codename "Project Mercury", following Sega's policy at the time of codenaming their systems after planets. The system was released in Japan on October 6, 1990, North America, Europe and Brazil in 1991,[1] and Australia in 1992. The launch price was $150. Sega dropped support for the Game Gear in early 1997.
The Game Gear was basically a portable Master System with a lower resolution screen, but allowed for a larger color palette. In addition, it could also produce stereo sound (through headphones) as opposed to the Master System's monaural output, though very few games made use of the stereo capabilities.
The PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the console was first announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press conference before E3 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005.
The PlayStation Portable is the first handheld video game console to use an optical disc format, as its primary storage media. Other distinguishing features of the console include its large viewing screen, robust multi-media capabilities, and connectivity with the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, other PSPs, and the Internet.
Despite the fact that it's sales having lagged behind nintendo's handhelds, It has nevertheless, been "the most successful non-Nintendo handheld game system ever sold".
_________________________________________________________
I decided to make this topic to celebrate the gameboy's birthday, and handheld gaming in general. Handheld gaming holds a special place in my heart, as the first gaming system I ever personally owned was a small metallic blue gameboy pocket. Even now, in many ways I prefer hand held gaming to console gaming. It's not because I'm busy or such that I don't have time to do anything but handheld gaming, there's just something about it that makes me love it. We've reached a point where a lot of console games are all style and no substance. In handheld gaming, that simply doesn't fly. They don't have the power to show off flashy graphics and style, so they usually have to rely on substance and gameplay to make it.
Because of my love of handheld gaming and the fact It's the gameboys birthday, I figured I'd make a topic for the original gameboy itself, and the handheld gaming we all know and love now because of what it did for gaming, and a history of it all.
HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY GAMEBOY!
[TINY]Yes I shamelessly copy-pasted a lot of that information from wikipedia and other sources, Sorry for not wanting to type that all up myself xD[/TINY]
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But I'm gonna go hug my brick Gameboy right now.
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It took long enough to collect all that information, I guess I could add in some more info if it would fit, I just wanted to have a decent little history of the gameboy/handheld gaming.
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Then that bitch got remarried.... fuck that shit
My own Game Boy brick still works like a charm. The battery cover is held in by Scotch tape and I don't think I have any GB games left, but I'll be damned if it doesn't boot like a charm every time I find it and try it.
It rocked socks.
Being an idiot, I sold it when I got my transparent Gameboy Color.
Luckily, I still have THAT.
Damn, this thread and the Micro thread have me wanting to get an SP or something to play my old original Gameboy games in style.
Think I might have to fire it up and crank some Pokemon for old times sake when I get home
Youre gonna diiiiiiiiiieeeee.
I owned the original, with all kinds of games. Tetris, Bubble Ghost, Cosmotank, Motorcross Maniacs, Ninja Turtles.
I fucked up my grades when I got Pokemon Blue, my brother was Red.
Advance SP was the first I purchased on my own when I got a job....so many memories.
and
I still fucking love my NGPC. Match of the Millenium for the god damn win.
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It's funny, but nowadays I see handheld gaming as my primary focus, and the consoles are there for nice perks. I have a DSi and PSP, and because I have a bus commute to and from work they get a lot more playtime than my Wii or 360. And, well, I'm a big fan of the GB Micro ]and managed to get some of you to buy one! Handheld games nowadays are great because they fit a hectic lifestyle—more often than not, they're designed around convenience and accessibility to a person who doesn't have time to pussyfoot around with busy work in games. They have options to jump in and jump out quickly, and while a lot are pared-down versions of console games (still impressive when on the go), you occasionally get sparks of brilliance with games you couldn't really do the same way anywhere else, like Meteos or The World Ends With You.
So awesome. Probably one of if not my favorite Gameboy game.
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Course I don't need it for anything. I have both a GBASP and a Super Gameboy if I ever need to scratch my Donkey Kong Gameboy / Metroid II itch.
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My GBA is in a box (w/o batteries).
However, my DS is pretty much my most played systems these days. Over my Wii and 360.
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I only have Tetris and Metroid 2 for it.
Good memories man.
What other classic GB1 games are there?
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Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtOayANUot8
Honestly, I don't know if I could remember many more GB games that I desperately needed. It's also why I'm not really clamoring for a DSi Virtual Console, but I hope to be proven wrong with a bunch of games I'd forgotten about. Wario Land, SML2: Six Golden Coins and Link's Awakening would be musts for me, but I'm not sure what else.
Final Fantasy Adventure, Tetris... I mean, if you want to could GBC, you could throw Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages on the list, but I really didn't enjoy the Gamy Boy all that much. Not until the GBA came around, anyway... that was sexytime.
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So many hours playing those games
So many
And the missingno cheat...god that was awesome
Edit: Couldn't, like, every GBC game, barring a few exceptions, be played on a GB?
Catching pokemon is waaay easier in the new games. I couldn't catch a rattata.
I think you have the rule backwards...
Nearly every GBC game could not be played on the GB, barring a few exceptions...
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i've got husks and screens and circuit boards and buttons and all kinds of shit sitting in a shoebox in my closet.
my pride and joy:
fun fact: NES controller buttons are the same size and shape as GB buttons, in terms of fit. The NES buttons are a thousand times better than the GB ones.
My plans for this one consist of backlighting it and using lighting gels to make a single color gameboy, hence screwing the screen plate in.
Oddly, the battery backup on Blue is fine, but I can no longer save a game on my copy of Silver.
Aside from Pokemon (with which I was genuinely obsessed), the Game Boy was all about Wario for me. I cannot tell you how much time I put into Wario Land 2.
Actually, given that I've just rediscovered my Game Boy, anybody want to recommend some games for me? I've never tried Metroid 2; I've been thinking of giving it a shot.
I just got my Neo Geo Pocket Color about a year ago and I cannot say enough good things about it. First of all, it's the single most comfortable handheld I've ever... held. Secondly, it's constructed like a fucking tank. It just feels solid, and the thumbstick is awesome. And Match of the Millenium is one of the best fighting games I have ever played in my life.
I also still have my Sega Nomad. God, I love that thing. Big as a house and it guzzles six AA batteries in about two hours.
Hell, I'd bludgeon a nymph just to get some third party controllers with it instead of a dpad.
My Butterfree got me by many a Brock gym battle my charmander couldn't.
This thread makes me feel so old. I got a brick GBA along with a 5-in-1 pack for my birthday one year. While the gameboy works flawlessly still my poor Blue cart's battery died and the remaining pokes not traded to Gold didn't make it.
My favorite's were probably Link's awakening, Super Mario Land 2, and pokemon. SML1 was too hard for me, and I didn't get into games like metroid until my teenage years.
How much would you sell one of these for?
I couldn't resist including a picture of that in the OP. I think just about every kid did that glitch. And speaking of glitches. For everyone whos started to play through the old pokemon, DO THIS -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkF7Xjxn9jc
Glad to see my thread got a bit more active while I was away
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I can't believe its been 20 years and I still have my gray brick
and it still works.
my god the horrors it's been through, and it still works.
Fucking Nintendo knew how to build shit, thats for damn sure.
20 years, damn I feel old now.
I also missingno'd so I'd bring my lvl 99 Mew up against the Elite Four
Fuck your Dragonite, MEGA PUNCH MOTHERFUCKER
I missingno'd the fuck out of master balls, calcium, iron, etcetera
Yeah we did have fun in our youth, exploiting our balls, didn't we.
You had to convince your parents to buy you two versions of the same damn game. That was a challenge right there.
My first console EVER was a black Game Boy Pocket - my aunt gave me and my brother and sister one each (without telling my parents first) because we hadn't been allowed to have any videogames before then. Coolest aunt ever.
Then later on my friend and I each bought Colors - he got the solid purple while I got the clear purple. A year or so later, his still looks pristine while if you look around the d-pad of mine you can see all the disgusting skin cells and dust and shit caked around the inside of it, cemented by thumbsweat. Clear casing sucks.
Tauros can take some time in the Safari zone...or you can use a modified version of Missingno to do it easily (leave safari zone, goto coastal route)
Dragonite...Just takes time, as does Porygon. In fact the amount of money you'll gain from E4 leveling that Dratini should be enough to buy the coins!
And Missingo-ing Rare Candy was sweet as hell.
Is there a person alive who played the game at that time and didn't do this? xD
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I'm pretty sure I put more hours in red then any other game I've played.