The Game Boy Color was released all the way back in 1998. The console is slightly more powerful than the Game Boy (original) and the Game Boy Pocket. It also, as the name implies, added color, but there was still no backlight or front light. We’d have to wait another five or six years for the GBA SP to release for gamers to actually see their Nintendo portables in the dark.…
Playing games on emulators can take various forms. Using original hardware to play retro games via a flash cart is a more authentic way to experience a game than simply booting up an emulator on your PC to play said retro game. The Game Boy has a few hits that are still addictive, and worth playing today.…
I’ve recently decided to check out the different ways to power different models of Game Boy iterations. Being someone who usually upgrades the screen to an IPS version, the normal way of powering these handhelds with AA or AAA batteries usually isn’t convenient for extended play. I’ve found that the Game Boy Pocket is the console that gets its power drained most quickly.…
The early Game Boy Systems used disposable batteries, which can be seen as both convenient and irritating. They are convenient in that you can replace batteries anywhere, rather than need a port to charge the system. They are irritating in that if you haven’t got batteries, you can’t power the system. While disposable batteries have become more efficient, their use has declined, and almost all devices have now migrated to cable charging.…
The Lord of the Rings is a franchise that sits highly in the modern hypothetical sci-fi and fantasy pantheon. Along with Star Wars it encapsulates hope, freedom, and friendship through strife. The Peter Jackson movies, which are now almost 26 years old, reinvigorated the series and led to an avalanche of Lord of the Rings-related media released from around 2001.…
HISPEEDIDO, along with FunnyPlaying, is the most well-known and professional backlit screen kit provider available. Their products are known for ease of assembly, power efficiency, and high brightness. The Chinese company is also quite economical because their screen kits don’t break the bank (unlike a company with premium screen kits like Retrosix). The screen kits and mod kits that HISPEEDIDO have available are from a wide range of systems from the N64 to the Game Boy Pocket.…
The Everdrive brand of flash carts are some of the most efficient, and premium of all flash carts. They are also available on a wide range of systems. The Nintendo Entertainment System as a system that is now over thirty-five years old is quite easy to emulate on anything from a smartphone to a Nintendo Wii.…
The Game Boy and Game Boy Color are systems that live on in many of our memories but many people don’t know that new games are unofficially still being developed, and released for these systems. Infinity, Dragonborne, and Kudzu are just some of the ‘homebrew’ titles that are being professionally released, and are whole new worlds for gamers to explore on their 8-bit handhelds.…
Using emulators to play games is a fun, often easier than expected, way to experience one of the classics in your collection. Once the chips stop working on your original console and you slash your last Stalfos in Zelda: Ocarina of Time, or stomp on your last Goomba in Super Mario 64, it may be time to resort to using an emulator to recapture that same feeling.…