Original Gameboy Vs Nintendo DS: Which is the better handheld?

Gameboy games used to be something you played by yourself, with the exception of pokemon. IMO Even though the original gameboy set the model I believe the DS has had a greater impact; simply because of multiplayer.

Well, the gameboy set a major standard for the world of gaming in it's time, managing to out sell it's competitors, even though they had color palettes.

And the ds is doing pretty well, but has sold 83.44 million units while the gb has sold more.

I guess they're both just gems of their time, doing better than their more graphically powerful competitors.

i love the DS, but gameboy has all the good memories...

i like them to be tied, but the DS wins...

the game boy hacks so many batteries...

Gameboy was the blueprint for handhelds

DS is an impreoved version..

So obviously DS FTW!!!!:D

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I can't help to say that this question will have biased answers.

I can give you an example, if you ask, which one had the biggest impact? Atari or Playstation?

The people born at the generation of 70s that had an Atari will be inclined (inclined, not 100%

of the people, but more than 50% will) to say that Atari had the biggest

impact, because it was probably one of the first consoles ever, giving them a different way to pass their time,

at that time, the Atari was simply amazing.

Now for the people of the generation of 90s, most of 'em probably won't ever care about an Atari, they will

say Playstation, because it took console gaming into the newer generation of 3D graphics (biggest example

are those FF7 players/fanboys).

The same applies for the DS and GB, for the late 80s and earlier 90s, people who had the GB

will be biased/inclined (not all of 'em will) to say GB, while the late 90s (1995 and up) will

be inclined to say DS and won't ever care about a GB.

And answering your question, i will say DS, even through i'm at the earlier 90s generation.

Why? Because DS took handheld gaming into its next step, touch screen, 2 screens, and at

least... decent graphics.... unfortunately the DS lacks the cllassic tone that the GB had.

I can't help to say that this question will have biased answers.

I can give you an example, if you ask, which one had the biggest impact? Atari or Playstation?

The people born at the generation of 70s that had an Atari will be inclined (inclined, not 100%

of the people, but more than 50% will) to say that Atari had the biggest

impact, because it was probably one of the first consoles ever, giving them a different way to pass their time,

at that time, the Atari was simply amazing.

Now for the people of the generation of 90s, most of 'em probably won't ever care about an Atari, they will

say Playstation, because it took console gaming into the newer generation of 3D graphics (biggest example

are those FF7 players/fanboys).

The same applies for the DS and GB, for the late 80s and earlier 90s, people who had the GB

will be biased/inclined (not all of 'em will) to say GB, while the late 90s (1995 and up) will

be inclined to say DS and won't ever care about a GB.

And answering your question, i will say DS, even through i'm at the earlier 90s generation.

Why? Because DS took handheld gaming into its next step, touch screen, 2 screens, and at

least... decent graphics.... unfortunately the DS lacks the cllassic tone that the GB had.

meiaman

DS wins for me because of one single difference... battery life... my god my old gameboy chugged through those like noones buisness.

The ds needs recharging, yeah, but one charge usualy lasts a good bit longer then the gb did + buying batteries for the old gameboy proved quite expencive in the long run.

GB shaped the way for future gaming systems such as GBC and GBA. The GBA was incredible because you could play the SNES remakes. GB games were just plain fun, simple, cheap, and you can keep up with it easier.

GB wins outright!

I grew up in the GameBoy gen. but which is better?

The DS..by far is way better on just about everything it has to offer.