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Title: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 06, 2009, 06:04:00 PM
Thats right today is the 20th aniversary of the original Gameboy.Do you still have the original Gameboy?What games did you have for it? What games did you enjoy alot?What games did you not like that much? Tell us your memorys of the Gameboy.:)
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 06, 2009, 06:23:48 PM
20 years ago.Wow. I was 8 years old.I remember getting my Gameboy.Tetris was bundled with the system.I played that alot.A few other games I remember having was Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2.I beat the game.I was happy.Dr.Mario was one of my favorite games.I could get up to the 16th stage from the begining.TMNT:Fall of the Foot clan was fun.I knew all of the secrets in the game. Super Mario Land I made it to the end and beat Tanaka.Link's Awaking is probably my favorite Zelda handheld game.I liked all of the mario referances.Figuring how to get through the Wind Fishes Egg was a nice way to use tools in the game that you wouldn't expect.The final battle was nice. After that it is fuzzy till Pokemon. I remember having spent lots of time with Pokemon Blue.My friend had Red.I was a pretty big fan of Pokemon.If I recall it wasn't talked about till I showed it off to people.I created a nice circle of friends that enjoyed the game.I enjoyed battling and trading with them.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: TJ Spyke on April 06, 2009, 06:30:40 PM
Actually, April 21 is the 20th anniversary (it released in Japan on April 21, 1989).
I turned 3 the month after it launched in the US. My first Game Boy was the Game Boy Pocket, I later bought a Game Boy Classic as a collectors item basically. I only owned a handful of original GB games: The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Juggernauts Pokemon Red/Pokemon Blue/Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition Tetris
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 06, 2009, 06:41:34 PM
April 21st was when it was released?Well don't I have egg on my face.I guess we should just keep this topic going till then.Maybe the staff can do a retrospective on the Gameboy.
I had a Gameboy pocket.Really nice system. I had a "Play it loud" Gameboy.I had the clear one. The one that you could see the insides of it. Thank you for reminding me I did have Pokemon Yellow as well as G,S,C.Fun games.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Ian Sane on April 06, 2009, 07:46:27 PM
This honestly makes me feel really old. The NES is old but I don't distinctly remember when it came into existence. I honestly just went to my first day of kindergarten and a whole shitload of kids had an NES and I didn't. So I didn't really think of when it debuted or what life was like before it. It was just this thing that other kids had that I didn't. No surprise since my Mom had done a good job of sheltering me from anything, you know, FUN. In retrospect my Mom did a fantastic job of making sure I was a uncool the second I entered elementary school. Thanks Mom, but I digress.
The Gameboy however was the first Nintendo system I distinctly remember knowing about before release. There was buzz in the classroom about it. Ads on TV. Coverage of it in Nintendo Power. It seemed significant because we all previously just knew videogames as "playing Nintendo" and now Nintendo was expanding beyond the NES. Yeah I knew about Sega but at the time they seemed like an inferior Nintendo knock-off. Nintendo was the standard and it was like there would be only one Nintendo. So this Gameboy with different games in a different format seemed strange.
Because I can remember when it came out though it makes me feel very old to note that 20 years have gone by. I can remember when my cousin got a Gameboy in Christmas 1989. Now he's married and is expecting his first kid. And he's younger than me. ****. :)
But I never had a Gameboy as you could probably guess from the description of my mother in the first paragraph.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 06, 2009, 08:02:40 PM
Well Ian as I was telling Stratos when he turned older. It doesn't matter how old you are as long as you are having fun. You never had the original Gameboy? Have you had other versions of it such as GBP,GBC or GBA?
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: AV on April 07, 2009, 02:25:38 AM
how much you wanna bet that Nintendo will celebrate this by having Virtual Game Boy games for DSi now that would be cool.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 02:46:26 AM
We can be grumpy old men together :)
I remember opening my Brick with it's pack in Tetris on my bed when I was little. I got Mario Land and Mario Land 2 for Christmas one year I remember. I also had both Yoshi and Yoshi Cookie as well. F-1 Race, Donkey King Land, Pokemon Blue and Star Wars. I remember being frustrated because you needed two games to play multiplayer. Back in the day you didn't have no fancy single-card play, and you had to walk up hill both ways in the rain and snow to play with a friend! No snazzy Wi-Fi connection then either.
A few years later my parents also got a Brick for my little sister because we took a lot of long car trips to visit grandparents. But my parents would never buy her the same games as me because they thought we could just trade them. So the only crossover title we had was Tetris and Pokemon (different versions of course). I remember she had a Barbi game called GameGirl (LOL) and one of the Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle games. I remember once in highschool I found an actual GameBoy game chip in the tennis court. I predicted it was a pokemon game that was hated on. I pulled apart her Crazy Castle game (with her permission of course, she had given me most of her games at that point anyway) and I replaced it with the mangled ROM chip. I had to wedge the battery back in the case as well but when I booted it up it was a copy of Pokemon Silver. Still works too. Not a bad find to complement by copy of Gold.
We talking about the Pocket and Color too or just The Brick?
I still have both of our Bricks but neither of them work.
I didn't get to fully play Link's Awakening (my favorite Zelda game) until the DX edition.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 03:19:31 AM
I remember borrowing Super Mario Land 2 from a neighbor.I found a discarded Original Game Boy.I remember playing through all of the levels.A little fun fact.In Nintendo Power the game was on its Power Charts for 90 months.That is the record.
Stratos this is about the 20th anniversary of the original but I suppose we can talk about the entire GB line. The GB line left a great legacy.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 03:40:28 AM
I remember borrowing Super Mario Land 2 from a neighbor.I found a discarded Original Game Boy.I remember playing through all of the levels.A little fun fact.In Nintendo Power the game was on its Power Charts for 90 months.That is the record.
Stratos this is about the 20th anniversary of the original but I suppose we can talk about the entire GB line. The GB line left a great legacy.
I remember the Power Charts. Wasn't Link's Awakening also near the top of that as well? I remember the 007 game and Pokemon also dominated as well.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 03:46:16 AM
I think Link's Awakining had 72 months. Pokemon had 60 months. In a more recent time SSBM had 40 months.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 03:49:00 AM
I think Link's Awakining had 72 months. Pokemon had 60 months. In a more recent time SSBM had 40 months.
I remember voting every month and getting excited when my picks moved up the charts. I also remember voting on under dog games to hopefully tell Nintendo I liked them and wanted more like them. Games I thought were overrated on the charts I would not vote at all or put lower on my ranking.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 03:56:19 AM
I think Link's Awakining had 72 months. Pokemon had 60 months. In a more recent time SSBM had 40 months.
I remember voting every month and getting excited when my picks moved up the charts. I also remember voting on under dog games to hopefully tell Nintendo I liked them and wanted more like them. Games I thought were overrated on the charts I would not vote at all or put lower on my ranking.
I remember doing the same...
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 04:12:31 AM
I think Link's Awakining had 72 months. Pokemon had 60 months. In a more recent time SSBM had 40 months.
I remember voting every month and getting excited when my picks moved up the charts. I also remember voting on under dog games to hopefully tell Nintendo I liked them and wanted more like them. Games I thought were overrated on the charts I would not vote at all or put lower on my ranking.
I remember doing the same...
Here we go again... ;)
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 04:20:27 AM
I think Link's Awakining had 72 months. Pokemon had 60 months. In a more recent time SSBM had 40 months.
I remember voting every month and getting excited when my picks moved up the charts. I also remember voting on under dog games to hopefully tell Nintendo I liked them and wanted more like them. Games I thought were overrated on the charts I would not vote at all or put lower on my ranking.
I remember doing the same...
Here we go again... ;)
Hmmm What Gameboy systems did you have?
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 04:28:39 AM
Brick, Color, Regular GBA and an SP. I missed out on the Pocket because by the time I could have gotten it I heard the Color was around the corner so I held out.
Sadly my Color was stolen but I still have all the others. I would really like to get a Micro.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 04:35:32 AM
Hmm I got all of them.The only one I still have is the SP. My Brick's screen got smashed,Same with Play it loud Clear.Pocket I remember letting someone borrow he moved with it.GBC missing.GBA stolen. As you can tell my luck with handhelds isn't that great.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 04:44:30 AM
Hmm I got all of them.The only one I still have is the SP. My Brick's screen got smashed,Same with Play it loud Clear.Pocket I remember letting someone borrow he moved with it.GBC missing.GBA stolen. As you can tell my luck with handhelds isn't that great.
Yeah, I loaned my Color to a friend back in high school since I was sitting pretty with a GBA but he took it to school and someone stole it from his backpack. Bummer there. I'm especially hoarding the GBA and SP because I might eventually gather enough to play 4 player Crystal Chronicles and Four Swords.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 04:50:11 AM
I never had anybody to play Crystal Chronicles with.Its a shame its a good game.
So what GBA games do you have?
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 04:56:37 AM
At most I've gotten three people playing together but not for long. Two is usually the best I can do.
Too lazy to type them out right now so here's a link to them. (http://backloggery.com/games.php?user=stratos&console=GBA&rating=&status=&own=®ion=&wish=&alpha=)
I thought I had more but that appears to be it. I borrowed a lot more during that era as well.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Ian Sane on April 07, 2009, 02:20:21 PM
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Well Ian as I was telling Stratos when he turned older. It doesn't matter how old you are as long as you are having fun. You never had the original Gameboy? Have you had other versions of it such as GBP,GBC or GBA?
Yeah I got all caught up when I got GBA. Though I actually had experienced some classic Gameboy games during high school using a certain practice of questionable legality. ;) I ended up buying all the ones I put serious playtime into anyway so it all worked out.
Link's Awakening is my favourite game of all time but I didn't end up playing it until at least five years after it came out. Funny how these things work out.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 04:13:28 PM
Hmm when I got my GBA I got Golden Sun with it.I also got Sonic Advance,Columns Crown.I also got Mario& Luigi Superstar Saga.I liked all of them but Columns Crown.I usually like puzzle games but this type of puzzle game I didn't like.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 05:06:19 PM
Hmm when I got my GBA I got Golden Sun with it.I also got Sonic Advance,Columns Crown.I also got Mario& Luigi Superstar Saga.I liked all of them but Columns Crown.I usually like puzzle games but this type of puzzle game I didn't like.
I do not have a favorable opinion of Golden Sun. I think the game is ridiculously overrated by fanboys.
Link's Awakening is my favourite game of all time but I didn't end up playing it until at least five years after it came out. Funny how these things work out.
You and me both. I love the Ballad of the Windfish. Did you hear the version of it that was created for Brawl but wasn't included in the final game? It is wonderful. I play it all the time.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 05:14:45 PM
I am interested in hearing this version that was created for Brawl.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 05:18:55 PM
There is a whole collection of "Brawl Lost Tracks" that were not in the final game.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 05:27:39 PM
Um I'm not sure if you are allowed to post torents.PM me the site and edit that out.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 05:32:00 PM
It's not illegal material. Torrents are not illegal unless they have illegal material in them. If I linked to an OC Remix Torrent or a Torrent of public domain music it would be OK as well. Besides, I linked to the site not a torrent. Not all the stuff on there is torrent either. It is an option for people who have a client like that. There are options for people w/o a torrent client.
Now if I linked to a site that had torrents for popular music and games, that would be illegal.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 05:34:32 PM
Ok thanks for the clarifactions on the matter.:)
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 05:37:05 PM
No problem :) I don't like to break the rules.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 05:41:18 PM
Well that is nice to hear.
Hmmm is any staff taken my idea of a Gameboy retrospective into consideration?
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 05:43:43 PM
Hmmm is any staff taken my idea of a Gameboy retrospective into consideration?
I know they are planning a Super Metroid Podcast Edition soon. You should write them and see if we can at least get them to talk about it during the mail section for a good deal of time.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 05:48:20 PM
Yeah thats a good idea.I would also like an article on it too.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 05:56:15 PM
Your a news guy, can't you do a quick news article about the fact it is the anniversary to create awareness?
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 06:02:40 PM
First of all I am not part of the staff.I just posted about this idea in the RFN#140 episode.So hopefully they take my idea into consideration.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Mop it up on April 07, 2009, 07:04:15 PM
I'm not really into portables so I don't own very many GB/C/A games, and had even less back in the day.
I don't remember when I got the Game Boy but it couldn't have been too early on as I didn't get Tetris with it. The game I got along with it was Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land, which is a game of pure awesomity that I continued playing long after I discovered every little secret. It was a while before I bought a second game, which was Metroid 2. I played a little bit, didn't like it, and instead played through Wario Land again. Much Later I got Kirby's Dream Land, which has since mysteriously disappeared. :(
Despite the inhuman amount of time I've spent playing Wario Land, my favourite original Game Boy game is probably FaceBall 2000. It's too obscure for it to not be.
I still have that lovable little brick. If it weren't for it having a buildup of dirt under the screen cover, I'd probably still use it because I find it to be the most comfortable Game Boy system.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 07, 2009, 07:11:46 PM
I haven't had the opportunity to get Metroid 2.I got all of the Metroid games but Zero Mission,Fusion,and Metroid 2.I have Metroid and Super Metroid on the VC.I got the Prime Series on its respective consoles.
I would say the GB game that I played the most was Pokemon Red and Blue.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Mop it up on April 07, 2009, 07:17:39 PM
Personally I don't think that Metroid 2 has any worth today, so you aren't really missing anything. It has aged even worse than the NES Metroid. I understand that people feel they should try it because it's a part of the Metroid series, though all it is likely to do is cause you to realize just how much better the series got.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: UncleBob on April 07, 2009, 07:32:15 PM
Am I the only one who thinks Metroid 2 is really a great game? It's a bit short, but the game makes up for it by giving you so much to explore and no map. Perhaps that's why people don't care for it, but I think it really sets the tone for the game.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Mop it up on April 07, 2009, 07:47:07 PM
Yes, the lack of a map is definitely a big factor. It might not have been so bad if there weren't so few landmarks, many places looked the same. Of course, this is mostly due to the limitations of the Game Boy and being in black-and-white. Also, you need to collect way too many missiles to beat the final enemy, made all the more frustrating by the difficult navigation.
Metroid 2 is the one Metroid game I'd like to see remade.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 07, 2009, 07:48:37 PM
I played Metroid 2 for a little bit when i won it off eBay a month ago but I'm saving it now for when it comes up on the RetroActive. I've got two Metroids so far in the game and it seems pretty interesting.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 08, 2009, 12:35:38 PM
Am I the only one who thinks Metroid 2 is really a great game? It's a bit short, but the game makes up for it by giving you so much to explore and no map. Perhaps that's why people don't care for it, but I think it really sets the tone for the game.
You're not alone. I find the original Metroid to be about as playable as Berserk on the Atari 2600, but I think Metroid 2 still plays well. I don't think an in game map would have helped all that much since the game is pretty linear, but I admit I didn't actually finish it until Nintendo Power finally provided maps some time later. That's because I was some kind of video game chicken back then, though. I never wanted to do anything without knowing what was coming.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Ian Sane on April 08, 2009, 01:36:20 PM
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Personally I don't think that Metroid 2 has any worth today, so you aren't really missing anything. It has aged even worse than the NES Metroid.
I think it's aged much better than the first game but it is still quite dated. But for me it's entirely because it's too easy to get lost because of the lack of a map and the fact that everything is black & white. What I don't like about the NES game is that it's so stiff to control. Metroid II's controls seem tighter and a lot more like what I expect. It also has a real save system instead of passwords. It is an old game and certainly not timeless like Super Metroid but it feels quite playable.
But I think it's due for a Zero Mission style remake. That would be really cool. We deserve to at least see that game in colour, right? Most of the classic Gameboy games either got a DX GBC version or at least Super Gameboy colouring. And it would probably get the original back in print in some form, likely as an unlockable. Just make sure it uses sprites. Polygons would look so stupid.
I've realized I miss my GB Player. Being able to play every Gameboy game on my TV using my Hori Pad is just too cool. My Cube is at my parents' place so my brother can use it, since I can play my Cube games on my Wii and my Gameboy games on my GBA. But I just miss the GB Player. I should hook it up to my smaller upstairs TV as the smaller resolution would likely result in less pixelation.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 08, 2009, 06:49:54 PM
I want to get a GB Player but my Cube broke shortly before I got a Wii. When I have more money I plan to grab a new Cube and a GB Player because I would like to have another option for playing GB games at home.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 08, 2009, 07:43:12 PM
Yeah my cube broke after I got my Wii.I had the GB Player.
On that note what was some of your favorite accessories for the GB or what was a game that had a unique way of using the hardware. Wasn't there a Bomberman game for the GBC that used the system uniquely?
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 08, 2009, 07:48:52 PM
I had a magnification/front light accessory that folded open. It took 4 AA batteries and made The Brick even larger.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: UncleBob on April 08, 2009, 08:15:25 PM
You guys suck, with your Broken Cubes... What the heck are you doing to them? And Ian, how dare you abandon your 'Cube at someone else's house?!?
I'm going to go hug my GameCubes right now. All three of them plus my Q, plus the four GameBoy Players.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 08, 2009, 08:38:57 PM
You guys suck, with your Broken Cubes... What the heck are you doing to them? And Ian, how dare you abandon your 'Cube at someone else's house?!?
I'm going to go hug my GameCubes right now. All three of them plus my Q, plus the four GameBoy Players.
You need to share some of those, Uncle Bob. Send me the Q so I can continue to appreciate this brilliant console and behold all it's magical wonders.
The laser on mine just started to give out. It slowly stopped reading more and more games. I tried cleaning the laser but to no avail.
I left my cube at home for my little sister to enjoy when I was away at college for several years. My school was stupid and didn't allow TV's in the dorm rooms so I couldn't use it my first two years anyway except at home. Now they get rid of the rule AFTER I'm not in the dorms anymore.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: UncleBob on April 08, 2009, 08:43:31 PM
I assume they allowed computers - should've hooked it up to a monitor. ;)
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 08, 2009, 09:21:22 PM
The cheapest I found one of those was $50 and I didn't want to pay the price of a full game to play what I felt I had a right to play. One person did that and another brought in a projector to his room. People found ways around it. I just played Gameboy and PC games. StarCraft, Unreal Tournament, Civilization 4, Battle for Middle Earth, Halo and Command & Conquer Generals were popular on the dorm LAN. We did have a big TV in the common room but games were only allowed on it during the weekends and due to certain biases the gamers were almost always given the short end of the stick compared to the sports fans who were always given priority of the TV.
I played a lot of the GBA Fire Emblems during that time.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: BeautifulShy on April 08, 2009, 09:38:21 PM
You guys suck, with your Broken Cubes... What the heck are you doing to them? And Ian, how dare you abandon your 'Cube at someone else's house?!?
I'm going to go hug my GameCubes right now. All three of them plus my Q, plus the four GameBoy Players.
My laser stopped reading the disks.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Mop it up on April 08, 2009, 10:53:11 PM
That's strange that you guys' GameCube just plain stopped working like that. I've had mine since launch and it still works just as well as it did when I got it. How often did you clean it?
I've heard something about how the laser on certain systems can become misaligned over time, I wonder if that's what happened. I don't know if there's a fix for that or not.
UncleBob: Quit hogging all of those Game Boy Players, share the wealth! Sell them to some people who want one to make them happy. You remind me of this miser I saw on GameFAQs who has six Broadband Adapters just because he can.
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stogi on April 08, 2009, 11:00:37 PM
I love you gameboy!
*weeps*
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: UncleBob on April 08, 2009, 11:38:30 PM
UncleBob: Quit hogging all of those Game Boy Players, share the wealth! Sell them to some people who want one to make them happy. You remind me of this miser I saw on GameFAQs who has six Broadband Adapters just because he can.
I have five of those... Four of them are in GameCubes though...
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: UncleBob on April 08, 2009, 11:40:39 PM
If you really want to hate me though, I also have five sets of Component Cables.... ;)
Title: Re: Gameboy 20th Aniversary
Post by: Stratos on April 08, 2009, 11:49:06 PM
