I love my grey brick. I never leave home without it. Last year, thanks to a black friday sale, I picked up a Game Boy Everdrive and it's been one of the best decisions I ever made. Not too long ago, I was playing it in public somewhere and someone asked permission to take a picture for their facebook page because they couldn't believe some people still play the original.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great story. I was just recently playing Game Boy in a park a couple weeks ago and got some funny looks as well. Long live the Game Boy!

@someguyoninternet802

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBirdGaming Yeah I know its like when im eating the school food with chopsticks

@nellfuntimecoops5331

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I still use mine everyday but put new shell and backlit and got an everdrive x7 on way to hold all the best games.

@tooturtletastic

3 жыл бұрын

I'm playing through Castlevania Adventure on the Xbox one Castlevania Anniversary collection with the Gameboy original filter on. IT. IS. AWESOME. As I'm doing it I'm trying to get myself into my mentality back in the day when rocked my Gameboy. It's a retro-zen experience. I'm loving it.

@lensboi1229

3 жыл бұрын

Mod it with IPS display and it will good for another 30yrs :)

I will never stop collecting for the Game Boy - it's so beautiful - I'm at about 300 boxed games and 280 loose carts. The nostalgia, the box art, the square boxes, the font - I love it all

@benironside1264

Күн бұрын

That’s a hell of an impressive collection.

I think the portability component of the original Gameboy can not be overstated enough. Back in the day it was pretty common for a family to only have a single TV that they all had to share. For me personally, I wasn't always able to play my NES because my parents wanted to watch something on TV. The Gameboy solved this issue for so many kids back in the day.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, portability within the home is such an underrated concept. It's really convenient.

@gamegab7271

3 жыл бұрын

And now it’s full circle with the Nintendo Switch, which is the best of both worlds: TV Mode and Handheld Mode, with Desktop Mode as an added bonus!!

I'm a fresh out of college young fella who just recently got his first big-boy job and discovered expendable income. As I already had a modest Gamecube collection and had just been introduced to the glory of the HDMI adaptors people make for them, I was thrilled to play my favorite Gamecube games in the highest definition the system natively outputs to. And oh, my! Games looked stunning on my modern HD TV. I couldn't hold myself back from shelling out the money to get a Gameboy Player, and wow, was that a good decision. The few gameboy games I had looked so great through the HDMI adaptor, it was like playing the NES mini! Since that moment I became a bonafide Gameboy game collector. I was pleased to discover that many gameboy boxes aren't as expensive as you would think, considering how old they are and how many got thrown away. For any "major" title, I get the box and manual, and everything else I'm fine with loose cartridges. I'm really happy with how easy it is to throw together a decent sized collection, with not too too many games running high in price. Especially with Gameboy Advance, I try to focus on GB and GBC, but find myself constantly running into GBA games that I'd like to have, and are priced pretty fair. I'm getting close to a full set of mario games all in boxes, and I'm basically finished with all the non-GBA pokemon games all complete (talk about nostalgia!). I tend not to shop for sealed games, as I like to play the games that I own, but there are a couple I have here. One, is Super Mario World, because how many different ways do I need to play it? I have the Switch, the SNES mini, and I have it on the actual SNES. When I found a sealed copy of it for the GBA with the yellow Best Buy sticker, I knew I'd be fine with it. My other sealed game is Resident Evil Gaiden. Not the greatest game for the system, or for the franchise, but I'm a big RE fan, I have a loose copy to play with, and the game doesn't have many copies floating around, so it's my own little piece of history. My favorite thing about the Gameboy is how many games and franchises it has that are incredibly fun but have faded into obscurity. Most fans seem to respect the Mario Land series, but there's so much more to discover, and a lot of the titles can't be found on modern eshops. How many gamers have never played Donkey Kong 94? A lot of people talk about Golden Sun, but how many have the opportunity to play it? Then there's games like Mole Mania, Ballon Kid, Survival Kids, Legend of the River King, Gargoyles, and all the major franchises that have had their time on the systems, like Zelda, Kirby, Mario, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy even had some ARPG spin offs, and of course, Pokemon. I absolutely love this little section of retro gaming I stumbled upon.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear a younger gamer who loves the original Game Boy. It's got a lot of fun to offer.

I played on my dads Gameboy super Mario land and the dpad broke god I loved it

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

You must've played the heck out of that thing! Well done.

@someguyoninternet802

3 жыл бұрын

um.. oki

@snowfalloverheaven

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBirdGaming thank you bird

@snowfalloverheaven

3 жыл бұрын

@@someguyoninternet802 don't ask about it

Lots of great memories playing the Gameboy. Best Christmas ever when I got it as a kid.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh the memories :)

That green GBC is gorgeous!

Just finished Castlevania: Circle of the Moon for GBA and it was really tough. The GBA games I believe took handheld game complexity another level.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

The GBA had a nice solid lineup of Castlevania games.

I'm from the U.S. but I'm living and working near Tokyo and I agree Japanese GB games are the way to go! In most cases they're usually the exact same game with maybe a different name. Most games cost only the equivalent of $3-5 dollars (even the hit games). I usually pick up a new game every weekend at the retro shops, it's a nice way to collect something and treat myself without breaking the bank!

I LOVE my game boy. the library has so much range in genre, and the portable ports of games are usually wayyy better than their NES counterparts! I personally like the form factor of the original game boy because it's so comfortable to hold! One of the best handhelds ever made and probably the best system to collect for.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

You're right that it's incredibly comfortable to hold and use. And yes, the amount of games you can collect for it is endless!

I'm kind of late seeing this video in January 2021, but GB is and always has been my favorite console. It's the only one I collect for (though the Switch is rather appealing in the same way, too). I'm currently at around 115 titles for the DMG, but I also have nice collections of color & advance titles. It's still fun to play & goes anywhere a cell phone can...which is EVERYWHERE!

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I love hearing about people who have collected a ton of GB games. It's a fun system to collect for :)

I have another argument in favor of the gameboy screen without a light. I find it to be the perfect device to play outside in a sunny day. That's when the screen looks the better and precisely when other devices don't. I find it almost impossible to play my 3ds or psp out in a bright day. The same principles apply with reading a physical book or an electronic book outside. So if you go on a camping trip or a picinc and want to relax under a tree playing some video games, get your gameboy or gameboy color. Btw gameboy color is my prefered way of playing all gameboy games. The screen is far better than both the original, the pocket and the advance (without light), and the battery life is just insane 30+ hours, you can finish a whole rpg with just two AA batteries. Which is far greater than whatever modern system you can take on a trip. Another point for gameboy

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Great point! I didn't think of that!

@llamathenerd1672

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how bad screen-burn can be since I've never experienced it, but beware of that if you want to go outside. Though honestly, if you're watching this channel you probably already know about it.

@diegog1853

2 жыл бұрын

@@llamathenerd1672 I think it happens when you leave your gameboy in the sun or in very hot places for prolonged periods of time. I think it is difficult for it to happen to actively used gameboys. Since people also don't stay in the sun long enough to be burned. I lived in Mexico and played with mine for years and my screen is pretty good. But yeah thanks for the warning!

@llamathenerd1672

2 жыл бұрын

@@diegog1853 Yeah, that makes a lot of since, leaving it in a sunny window for years vs. playing it outside for 20 minutes. Thank you also for your perspective!

Still collecting Game Boy Games today! Heck people are still making Game Boy Games to this day! If your a fan of Castlevania I suggest Black Castle. My parents were not rich so they thought games would ruin there tv, so no consoles for me. The Game Boy solved all that and that was my 1st very own gaming system. I play it laying down like I would playing with my toys, so for me it's like going back in time to feel like a kid again. My Game Boy will never get old.

When you mentioned taking batteries from the TV remote, man, that made me smile ha! Used to do that all the time even if it meant facing the wrath of my folks. Gameboy is and always will be a classic. My advice to any collector as always is to simply buy what you feel you'll play and interest you, not what everyone else considers the best; that way you'll possibly build a more humbling and personal collection. Great video as always.

Some of my best memories from childhood was sitting on the playground with all of my friends and swapping games back and forth and talking about Gameboy games non-stop. It was an amazing time to be a child.

This episode has got to be one of my fave episodes you have done so far. Long live the Gameboy!

@RetroBirdGaming

2 жыл бұрын

I think this is the video that inspired the Game Boy mod for you too!

I love the original GB. I just hate I started collecting later in life.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Late is better than never!

My gameboy experience goes all the way back to 1992. Overall a very shit year for me but for my tenth birthday my dad sent me some birthday money and I used it to get a gameboy and I freakin loved that thing. Took it to school and played it just about everywhere for a while. It was technically my first Nintendo console as the swap deal that saw my master system with 8 games become a NES with four games happened afterwards. It was so cool at the time to buy it new and to get that full unboxing experience at the age of ten. I really wished I kept the box but it wasn’t until the late nineties that I realized that keeping the box and looking after it is worthwhile. By the mid nineties I was expecting the OG gameboy to be finished due to its limited graphics but then a game called Pokémon came along and not made me glad I still had a gameboy in fact it made me glad I could get a second gameboy very cheap, for less than half of what the corresponding Pokémon game cost brand new. Haha good times. One more thing tho I held off on getting a GBC because I was hoping for a bigger jump in graphics output and the GBA made that dream come thru and it only took three years. I can remember getting a brand new GBA at toys R us for my birthday almost ten years after getting my OG gameboy. Naturally I kept the box for that and still have that console in addition to my OG gameboy

I feel bad for Mr 8 glasses a day. He is always made fun of for the right choice.

@snowfalloverheaven

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I drinked like 2 liters a day

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

But is also always well-hydrated.

@computerkid1416

2 жыл бұрын

@@snowfalloverheaven *drank

“game on the go and let everyone know” i think you have a good T-shirt idea. great thorough video. Did you finish Donkey Kong? i liked it alot but it was so long i was relieved when it finally ended.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah that's what the save battery is for Jake! I've always admired your ability to play a game all the way through before moving onto something else. To answer your question, no, I'm far into the game and like to come back to it here and there. It's definitely super long, especially compared to most Game Boy games.

@jakek5417

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBirdGaming Thanks for the compliment. I can be a bit stubborn about finishing a game. It's a blessing and a curse, lol.

Always enjoyable! Love collecting for the GB, GBC and GBA. An absolute ton of variety to be had for not a lot of money. Agree with the SP buttons but the 101 is my weapon of choice, for gaming that is!

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the SP has so many things going for it that it's still a very worthwhile option.

@jangobango2847

3 жыл бұрын

I been using the bottom screen of a DS Lite to play GBA games and I want to mod it and remove the top screen so I can have a backlit GBA!

I’m planning on collecting for the game boy really soon. There’s some great looking games for it

A word of caution with the SP. There's a fuse in the charging system that's known to blow. When that happens, you can't charge the system or even play it while plugged in once the battery dies.

I always enjoy the videos keep making them.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Thank you for watching :)

@Marioisnotbald

11 ай бұрын

Me too

Definitely agree that getting rechargeable batteries and a recharger was the way to go. Just don't leave the charger in a hotel room when you're on vacation. Related to that lapse of judgment, the game boy, to me, felt like a badge of maturity. I was able to take care of my game boy pocket well enough that my parent's bought me a gameboy color when they came out.

I loved the Gameboy. I had the original and pocket. I now how the gameboy light and love playing that in the dark. I also had a ton of fun with the gameboy camera as as kid.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

The Game Boy Light is pretty sweet! I've always considered getting one of those but they're pretty expensive now.

I had the long/tall official hard shell plastic case for my original (DMG) Game Boy. I’d be able to carry everything in it and despite the number of years I actively played the machine I’d never run out of space for my games. I guess I never felt the need to have many of those strangely enough. I honestly remember the total number of games I put into it being roughly 11 or twelve, but also that being my total library of games for the machine. But that would be a lot for a kid with a single console in the 90’s who relied upon birthdays and Christmas’s anyway. That sounds about right actually. Great Stuff, as always.

Man that lime green gameboy color and my favorite old trusty green pocket is peak nostalgia. Had the OG advanced too. Better form factor than the SP, but the SP lighting and Rechargeable aspect made it goto. Wish rechargeable batteries were as efficient and affordable back then.

40 years and still love my Game Boy! Best handheld ever(even the Switch lite)

Nothing is better than playing Game Boy while on the clock at work😎

I love the gameboy. I will admit absolutely everything you said was true, even that part when you were walking around with a headlamp playing your DMG. Once I went camping and brought a DMG and a pocket along and played them with my friend late at night in the tent using a headlamp. And I also admit that it really is better on your eyes too, and playing with no backlight feels so good, even though I do have a modded pocket that I love to death that I use most often. I loved the video but I have one more tip for people who are collecting, and that’s the launch titles. There’s only 6 and they’re all really solid games for like 10 bucks each. It’s a great way to get into collecting

I want to get the same Gameboy Pocket and the same Gameboy Color you have.With the same colors. I've always liked this kind of retro videogame stuff.I was born in Puerto Rico on February 29, 2004 and I always used to play with my older brothers Nintendo 64 after school.Good old times.♥️ Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷👍🏻

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

All right! Nice!

Modded Backlit GBA with Everdrive is my happy place.

I bought a Gameboy from a friend of mine in 1997. He never used it. He got as a Christmas present a few years back. The only game he has was Jeopardy. He played once or twice and stuck it back in the box. I ended buying more games. The problem was I didn't care for it either. So I have 16 games along with the boxes, manuals, advertising inserts, everything that came in them. They've been sitting in the cabinet for almost 25 years. I'm happy to hear that the values have skyrocketed. It might be time to sell.

@bethanyh0123

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, ide be interested in purchasing if you do consider selling it :)

I got a GBA SP blue for 80$ a few days ago, i'm literally stalking my window in excitement everyday waiting for the mailman to give it to me! I need it NOWWWWWWWW!!!!

love your videos man! As for gameboy I love the original one, a tons of memories about this awesome handheld, and I still love to use this badass inspite of the screen, just playing with led lantern on my forehead as you show in this video :)

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

It's got that undeniable charm that makes it worth working around it's shortcomings.

Gameboy was my companion for many years, especially on family road trips. The biggest deals were the 10hr battery life and library of amazing exclusive games. In many ways, I preferred the Gameboy versions of certain series over their console mainstays (eg. Link's Awakening, Battletoads). In fact, Gameboy hardware is in itself a worthwhile collection. My favorite right now is the GBA Micro which is just the tiniest little thing and can legitimately be kept in your pocket all the time.

I actually have 2 fanny packs for gameboy! If I remember correctly some department store had a island full of them for a discounted price and I bought 2.😋

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

That means you can wear two at once. One on the front, and one on the back.

@LegoMaster5197

3 жыл бұрын

Double Boy

Ah yeah! I remember my first DMG. Got it in '96. At the time, I had no problem with the screen, as I didn't mind gaming outside during the day, and near a lamp when outside was not an option. Eventually sold off the grey brick, a dumb decision, but got the original GBA at the time and still played outside or by the lamp. Today, I own the Clear Play It Loud DMG, have a GBC, and a GBA, and a Super GameBoy too. Had an SP 101 at one point, but sold it. I enjoy the DMG for nostalgia, but really can't spend much time on it today, as there are better options today, my favorite for playing old school games is Black and white mode on GBC.

I'm playing through Castlevania Adventure on the Xbox one Castlevania Anniversary collection with the Gameboy original filter on. IT. IS. AWESOME. As I'm doing it I'm trying to get myself into my mentality back in the day when rocked my Gameboy. It's a retro-zen experience. I'm loving it. Oh BTW I LOVE scan lines. So do my aging eyes.

I absolutely love the gameboy line of handhelds. My parents didn't like the idea of video game consoles so asking for a system was pointless. My brother had some friends who here and there let him borrow their gameboys and I loved those days so much. I don't remember the excat details but at some point a friend of mine got a gameboy color and his mother agreed to give his og gameboy to me with my mothers permission. I loved that black brick so much back in those days. So many iconic games I cannot wait for my Analog Pocket to arrive.

This video showed me how to take out games correctly, thanks alot dude!

I was a kid in the early 90s, I remember having rechargeable batteries, needed them for my GameGear!!!!!!

When I was a kid, our house was severely damaged during a super typhoon and we lost everything. As an early Christmas present, my mom bought me a gameboy pocket, some games, and a butt ton of batteries. The gameboy will always have a special place in my heart and I have always come back to its incredible library. Metroid 2, Zelda, Mario 6 Coins, Kirby, Pokemon, Donkey Kong, Wario, Wario Blast, Megaman 5, and Gargoyle's Quest are all excellent, original Gameboy titles (just to name a few).

Even as someone who grew up in the 2000s, it's pretty easy to get a soft spot for old Game Boy games, even when they were stuff like a Godzilla-themed side-scrolling maze game (actual example of a Game Boy game I'm legit nostalgic for).

The Gameboy was basically a portable NES and lasted 10 years. That's quite the feat. The biggest issue for me was not the lack of a backlight but the motion blur itself. The Gameboy Color screen is a huge improvement. It's still not backlit but the motion blur was greatly reduced and was much easier to see requiring only a little bit of light. You weren't a true gamer unless you were rocking a Gameboy fanny pack in the 90's.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

I agree that the motion blur is the biggest issue, and it makes sense that the Game Boy would improve it's screens with each iteration. You're right, the Color has a really nice screen. But with that said, the original Game Boy's limitations just don't bother me like I would think. It's charm makes up for it with me. Also, the blur seems to be less of an issue with a game like Tetris (making it even more of a brilliant pack-in). Yes, fanny packs are a sign of dedication!

I will, never, ever or won't stop collecting for the regular Game Boy. I like the games, accessories, box arts, square boxes, the font in Gill Sans typeset - I still like it. I played the NES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Adance and the Super NES And I haven't play my original Game Boy games on TV via the Super NES yet.

SP AGS-101 for me. I'm trying to cover maximum platforms with minimum hardware, so an SP and 2DS XL has me covered for all portable Nintendo. I don't like the idea of having to take consoles in and out of storage and mess with connections, so having all game consoles installed and ready to go all the time definitely puts a limit on what I choose to pursue. Already I have 4 portable systems (SP, 2DS XL, Switch Lite, PSP) which are primarily used for playing at home, when I don't feel like screwing around with going downstairs, turning on the TV, the sound system, the console, the controller, and walking over to the bookshelves to get a game and walk back to put it in, then wade through all the splash screens and menus before I can begin playing. The draw for portable systems for me is portability within the home! =D

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

I agree that portability within the home ends up being the biggest use for portable consoles. It's easy to just grab a handheld and jump right into a game.

Still my favourite thing ever to come from Nintendo. I enjoy modern gaming like Sekiro, MW2 and Soma for example... But, Game Boy. That really hits the spot when you just want to sit and have a quick blast on Tetris or Donkey Kong.

GameBoy is my bread and butter, although I play them on GameBoy Advance since it plays any GB game and honestly the DMG screen doesn't look like it's aged all that well. Some stellar games on this thing.

The Analogue Pocket, a modern alternative that FINALLY ships this week (I hope).

This video is 🔥 and hilarious!!! One of your best!!

@RetroBirdGaming

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was one of my favorite videos to make :)

@volt8ge

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBirdGaming Nice, I can tell!!! I love you walking down the street with the headlamp on 🤣 😆

SP's dpad is kinda unique. I always loved it! Its my favorite Gameboy dpad

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you're happy with it. I envy you!

Kids with Game Boys were always the most popular and they would _never_ let you play their Game Boy under any circumstance. It was just an unwritten rule back then.

You're pretty awesome! Never stop being you

@RetroBirdGaming

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It was my first console and I still have it and play it regularly.

Even though we have emulators now nothing can beat the actual experience

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, holding a Game Boy gives a special feeling!

@thejedisentinel658

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBirdGaming yeah makes you feel young again

I love the gameboy games. Still played them today

My handheld of choice is the DS, with the GBA and 3DS right on its heels. That being said, the GameBoy and GameBoy Color has a vast library of games and shouldn't be missed or underestimated. It's funny, I've never seen anyone "whip out" any hand held gaming devices in public. It's a shame cause, if you want to game, then GAME.

Great video, that definitely helped while I think about options for GB games. I didn’t realize the ags 101 pad was a weaker option and completely forgot about the snes adapter. (and everdrive as mentioned in the comments) 👍 As for games I never hear much about Bionic Commando on GB, but it’s pretty solid. I fire it up on 3DS.

I just got a good deal on a modded GB pocket system, so been slowly building up the library of games! (started with a 3rd party flash cart (which might eventually be relegated to games way too far out of our price range.) but trolling the likes of ebay/amazon for good deals I've came across a good handful and have a few on order already! definitely gonna try to cut costs via the JP versions whenever I have to.

Playing on my own Gameboy pocket as a kid and my cousins original Gameboy was great! So many memories.. As an adult I prefer The Switch Lite, because I can play, snes donkey kong, Super mario world, super mario 3+ all stars, original nes Donkey Kong 1-2. and a few more, that's about the only Retro games I play, And I play them a lot actually.. Also Crash bandicoot and Spyro are a ton of fun, the 4/3 tv option mode is great, the only 2 bad things about the Switch Lite are that I can only lie down on the bed or couch on my back whle playing and not sit on a table because of the wide form factor. Second is that I need to rent these classics games and go online every fucking week to play them.. god damn.. But stil the Switch Lite is the only thing I am playing on now, even my 3DS is starting to get boring now, only have a few games for the 3DS... The gameboy advance SP I have an 101 ags FANICOM version, very very cool with my favorite game Super mario bros 3, I can sit normal on a chair and a table playing the SP, it's probably the best form factor of handhelds out there, together with the original Gameboy... But man the original Gameboy WAS SO BIG/COOL back in the 90's..

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I only had a Pocket myself as a kid (which came years after having to beg for turns on people's original Game Boys).

For some reason I now need a Game-Grown Up on display with my other handhelds in my life

I'd argue the experience of playing super Mario ports on the gameboy and gameboy advance is better than home consoles. The smaller screens allow you to take everything in at once and react to enemies and obstacles without moving your eyes.

I have a Pikachu edition Gameboy Color. It is a blast. My super Mario bros deluxe should be delivered tomorrow. I can't wait!

I have a GBA that's modded with the AGS 101 screen, and it's awesome. It gives you the benefits of both the SP and the original model GBA. That said, one game I play crap out of on GBA is Metroid Fusion, because although Zero Mission is a great remake, Fusion had a much more interesting and often scary setting. The BSL Space Station is like a strange hybrid between space station and virtual habitat. I also love the control scheme in Metroid Fusion. Instead toggling missiles with the Select button, you hold R and press B, and this makes it easier to just equip the missiles at a moment's notice to spam them into a boss. Samus will also automatically grab ledges and go into morph ball automatically while holding a ledge near a morph ball tunnel. Wall jumping is easier as well. Metroid Fusion is such a great game, and I could go on for hours about it. The other game I play most on GBA is Mario Bros, by which I mean the remake on Super Mario Advance 3. Better graphics, controls, and it actually includes music. Just a lot of quality of life improvements that were added in the GBA Mario Bros Remake, and it's included on the same GBA cartridge as Yoshi's Island.

6:55 YUP!! Always knew where those batteries went!!

One of the reasons I love my 2ds is that it's admittedly beefy design reminds me of holding an OG Gameboy!

Over 24 later and I try n64 and Pokémon transfers and it’s so cool and nostalgic

For me personally these days I prefer playing all my gameboy games on my gamecube player & Gameboy SP. I like the SPs clam shell design so I don't worry about the screen getting scratched. The only downside to the SP for me personally is no headphone jack & playing OG Gameboy/GB Color games can be a little awkward as the cartridge sticks out.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and I worry about rubbing my fingers against the GB or GBC cartridges and putting unnecessary wear on the labels.

I actually think the SP has the best buttons. Especially the Dpad

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

I can respect that and I still think it's a great little system regardless of how I feel it compares to other Game Boys.

Tetris on game boy is really the best game. I loved Boxes and Links awakening a lot too.

Those Analogue consoles are irredeemably expensive, mainly from scalpers. I stopped bothering to look for one last year

Laugh out loud funny! Keep it up!

Love the clam i have three

When I had my gba I would steal the batteries from my dads rotating tooth brush

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha good place to look!

I just got my GB DMG recently, and I love it. I grew up with the Color, but I have always wanted to own a DMG. One thing I love about the GB is its abundance in platformers. The Mario Land games are so good.

TMNT Fall of the Foot Clan is a classic

LOL @4:12 I do the "headlight" thing all the time! Some rechargable AAs for the GB and rechargable AAAs for the headlight and you're good to go! ... I feel like it makes me look like an idiot though 🤷‍♂

I still have my brother's OG gray brick game Boy I have about 22 game Boy / game Boy color games I wish I had all the boxes only have a couple boxes I have a bigger collection of game Boy advance games plus the value of game Boy advance games are through the roof and I held on to most of the boxes so they are all complete manual and insert😁

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Game Boy boxes (Advance or otherwise) can be really hard to come by. So, at least you had hung onto some of them.

I've never really given game boy much of a chance before but I might take a look one day. And if I saw a murderer using a gameboy as a weapon, I wouldn't bat an eye.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty cheap/accessible to try, so there's not much risk :)

Proud retro gamer

Rocked him side ways to the dome 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Love it from back in the day. Wanna get back into it. I still got link awakening dx and my ags-101. Unlike my nes,n64, gamecube, wii, xbox... I wish i kept them all ahah. Thx emulation.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

That's how it goes for a lot of us. At least you kept what little you did :)

@eachtooth2199

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBirdGaming sick content btw!

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@eachtooth2199 Thank you. Glad that you're enjoying it :)

I have my game boy and so far I have 2 games for it. I have kung fu master and donkey kong land

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Donkey Kong Land is a good one to start with.

@someguyoninternet802

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBirdGaming Thanks m8

Even though I have a GBA SP I still find myself using my old GBC for long play sessions, just because of the button comfort.

I love my gray brick 😁

How are you and pixel game squad not hitting it big on the likes ????????

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Haha. My channel is actually starting to grow. It was significantly smaller even just a 4 or 5 months ago.

Farting while watching Retro Bird videos all while playing an original Gameboy 👍 Now that's multi tasking

I Modded an original gameboy advance. Its great except that for some reason movement can stop when pressing on the D pad. I cleaned the contacts and replaced the membrane but I still have the issue. It was tolerable in Pokemon but a pain for the metroid games. I actually have the GameCube gameboy player start up disc and Hori gameboy player Controller. At home its the most fun. I think I'm either gonna try to find another GBA and mod it or buy one pre Modded. I like the backlight GBAs and don't want to deal with missed inputs.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, missed inputs is a deal breaker for sure.

First, thanks for the content!

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching.

The light wasn't the biggest issue with that crappy screen...it was the motion blur that happened during scrolling games. Or...any game, really, with anything moving.

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

I probably should've mentioned that in the video. Even though it doesn't bother me as much personally, a lot of video bring up that complaint. So, I'd say it's pretty valid.

I wish I hadn’t given my GB collection away. But hey, I was a stoopid kid.

I like buying some of the same games on multiple consoles cuz they all play diff. Example. Pirates of the carribean dead mans chest is a VERY HIDDEN gem on the gba (so is the lion king ). I also bought pirates CAR dead mans chests on the DS for the touch screen gimmicks and psp version plays like a console port even tho it never made it to the home consoles

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

It can be pretty interesting to see the differences they come up with between versions.

"Because of its girth it actually quite comfortable to hold"

Apart from the bad screen, id more than happily play the games

"I WANNA BE SEDATED WITH A GAME BOY"

Get the analogue pocket, it’s a bit pricey, but DAMN is the screen great. highly recommend, also plays GBA games.

Super funny😂

Back in the day, no backlight wasn’t an issue... we didn’t know any different. Going back to it now is tough. With that said, I bought a mint ags-101 on eBay for about $50, a few years ago. I see those are over $100 right now. Side note, why are there no gameboy games on the switch online service?

@RetroBirdGaming

3 жыл бұрын

I would guess there just isn't enough demand for Game Boy games on Switch. Heck, people were practically kicking down the doors for SNES games and it still took them a little while to make that happen.