Am I The Only One Who The Thought The Original Gameboy Was Overated?

I 1st got one in 1995 and i didnt really support it. I think i only had one game and thats it. Sure i played many gameboy games that were okay buti just didnt care enough for them to ask someone to buy it. Besides if u want to compare just gamesGamegear gameswins hands down.

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Yes you are!

i had tetris, donkey kong, and pokemon on my gameboy. thats 3 games right there.

i had tetris, donkey kong, and pokemon on my gameboy. thats 3 games right there.

zarshack

Well the GB was ok but when Pokemon Blue came out it became pure awesomeness!

Edit: And Link's Awakening of course.

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i had tetris, donkey kong, and pokemon on my gameboy. thats 3 games right there.

PSP107

I 1st got one in 1995 and i didnt really support it. I think i only had one game and thats it. Sure i played many gameboy games that were okay buti just didnt care enough for them to ask someone to buy it. Besides if u want to compare just gamesGamegear gameswins hands down.

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I really only had Pokemon on it, and Pokemon Blue/Red/Silver/Gold are some of the best games EVER!

I never owned one, but I can see the appeal.

It was the only handheld in its time not to suck the life out of eight batteries in five minutes.

Pokemon Blue/Red was enough to justify it. :P110million

The GB was unique in that it's a handheld you can justify buying for even one game.

Wow brings back memories. I remember when i was a kid walking into Toys r Us going to the game section and buying a Silver Gameboy Pocket with Donkey Kong Country (i think).

Damn that GB was amazing. Then when pokemon came out, my whole world changed.

It's not so much that the Gameboy was overrated. Nintendo had a headstart in the handheld market and secured a lot of developers. Gamegear had some decent games. I remember playing Streets of Rage and Sonic at a friends and was really impressed. Part of the problem was how expensive the Gamegear was. You could spend a little extra and get a full console.

I will go on record saying the Gameboy's screen was atrocious. I don't think I could tolerate that ever again.

no, i don't think so. gameboy was like the first hand held system out there beside those like $5 pixel things that were one game things. i had a game gear when i was younger. it was a great hand held to play sega games on.iam2green

yeah the GB was a clunker. but they had GREAT support by publishers. EVERY game back in the day came out on NES, SNES, Genesis, and Gameboy and Gamegear. Plus the Gameboy was cheap and the batteries lasted forever. Gamegear was superior, but didnt have as many great games and 6 AAs that would go dead pretty fast. I never owned an original GB, because i had a lynx. Superior graphics, sound, but had a small game library.

It's not so much that the Gameboy was overrated. Nintendo had a headstart in the handheld market and secured a lot of developers. Gamegear had some decent games. I remember playing Streets of Rage and Sonic at a friends and was really impressed. Part of the problem was how expensive the Gamegear was. You could spend a little extra and get a full console.

I will go on record saying the Gameboy's screen was atrocious. I don't think I could tolerate that ever again.

juno84

Hey! I grew up with those games too! (along with zelda and such)

I grew up with the GB and the GB's (GBC, GBA) were the only consoles I owned when I was growing up (The GB and other home consoles were my bro's though). The Gb introduced me to gaming so I think you know how i feel.

Pokemon plus Super Mario Land was more than enough for me.

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It's not so much that the Gameboy was overrated. Nintendo had a headstart in the handheld market and secured a lot of developers. Gamegear had some decent games. I remember playing Streets of Rage and Sonic at a friends and was really impressed. Part of the problem was how expensive the Gamegear was. You could spend a little extra and get a full console.

I will go on record saying the Gameboy's screen was atrocious. I don't think I could tolerate that ever again.

boredy-Mcbored

Hey! I grew up with those games too! (along with zelda and such)

I grew up with the GB and the GB's (GBC, GBA) were the only consoles I owned when I was growing up (The GB and other home consoles were my bro's though). The Gb introduced me to gaming so I think you know how i feel.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I loved my Gameboy too. It's just in retrospect, I absolutely hate the monochrome green screen. The GBC felt like such a step up for this reason alone.

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I 1st got one in 1995 and i didnt really support it. I think i only had one game and thats it. Sure i played many gameboy games that were okay buti just didnt care enough for them to ask someone to buy it. Besides if u want to compare just gamesGamegear gameswins hands down.

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sixringz1

I endorse this statement!

Going from my living room playing castlevania and metroid on my NES, then getting in the car and playing castlevania and metroid on my GB. Pure awesomeness.

It was, like, the first highly successful handhelds... how can you say that?NAPK1NS

I loved the GB. Even when i got a pocket and a colour I would stil play the original one. That is until i rolled off my bed when I was asleep and my knee went straight through the screen :cry: That was the saddest moment (gaming) in my life.

All Nintendos handhelds are overrated and have bad graphics IMO.djsifer01

They have bad graphics because they're handhelds.

Anyway, the Gameboy series (GB-GBA) will never ever be topped.

The original GB had a huge impact on the industry but i think the GBA is the best handheld when it comes to games.

[QUOTE="NAPK1NS"]It was, like, the first highly successful handhelds... how can you say that?TX360

Yeah, I still have Super Mario Land and Pokemon blue, red. and yellow for it. I wish I had gotten one earlier, but I was a Sega diehard at the time so Game Gear was my primary handheld. :P

I 1st got one in 1995 and i didnt really support it. I think i only had one game and thats it. Sure i played many gameboy games that were okay buti just didnt care enough for them to ask someone to buy it. Besides if u want to compare just gamesGamegear gameswins hands down.

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PSP107

I 1st got one in 1995 and i didnt really support it. I think i only had one game and thats it. Sure i played many gameboy games that were okay buti just didnt care enough for them to ask someone to buy it. Besides if u want to compare just gamesGamegear gameswins hands down.

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