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Original flavor Game Boy still in the wild.
By Joe Fourhman | May 31, 2008
I feel like I should have held up today’s newspaper in this picture.
That shot was taken today, May 31 2008, and it features a woman on a train playing the original brick-style puke-green LCD Game Boy. I could not get close enough to spy without feeling creepy about it, but I would wager she was plugging away at Tetris. Those GBs are tough little guys, eh?
This ancient warhorse was spotted on a train to Philadelphia, on my way to the comic convention Wizard World. Aside from demos of the Iron Man and Hulk games at the Marvel Comics booth, and an ongoing stage exhibition of Rock Band, Guitar Hero 3, and DDR (everyone chose Rock Band, by the way), there was nothing else video gamey to report. Last year Sony had some significant floor space with several PS3 and PSP demo units. But then again, last year at this time Sony was probably a wee bit more desperate than they are today.
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Comment by Sifer2400 — May 31, 2008 @ 10:55 pm
when i read it i was like she’s probably playing tetris also
lol any normal person must have thought you were some kind of stalker lol
Comment by Stephen Munn — June 1, 2008 @ 6:27 am
My wife and I still have one. It works, but right now it’s taken apart. I was planning a kind of crazy mod on the thing but got sidetracked.
Comment by Shane — June 1, 2008 @ 7:51 am
That’s a great shot. I can’t remember what happened to my gameboy, I might have sold it for a Game Gear. ;-0
Comment by Joe Fourhman — June 1, 2008 @ 9:44 am
I still have two of them, perfect for Link Cable matches of Gauntlet 2 or Super RC Pro-Am!
Comment by Stephen Munn — June 1, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
The SP supports the link functions as well, even between the different models. For example, you can play Gauntlet 2 with one player on a GBA SP and the other on the original Game Boy. Keep in mind you don’t need to still be staring at that ancient screen.