collecting old Gameboys and handhelds

Correct - it was batteries...

I forgot to mention that - the ebay seller said he removed them due to their age. (Or something)

Heh, not on Ebay.com at least - none listed at the moment, last one sold for $72 - came with a beat up box and nice manual - unit was in good conition but not collector worthy.


If you can find me a Game Boy Light in working condition and no major cosmetic damage for $5-$10 I'll gladly take it off your hands :nod:


(EDIT -- Combined a double-post)

 

yeah, get limited versions of the Jap. gameboy. There were many, many versions.

 

Probably the best gameboy website in the world. Has pictures of the majority of the Gameboy units.

http://www.imgcab.com/gameboy/gameboy0.html

I have the Tezuka Shop version of the Gameboy light mint in box.

 

a friend of mine owns the famitsu light NEW, and likes to sell it since along time.

btw. how much does a gold light NEW go for?

 

The greatest handheld ever: The PC Engine GT

Quite simply way way ahead of it's time - whilst the Gameboy had a dot matrix screen, the GT had active matrix LCD colour screen back in 1990! NEC led the way in LCD technology and to think that LCD TV's have only become available to the mass market in the last year or so, you can see how far advanced it was. Add to that fact that it was effectively a 16-bit* handheld in an 8-bit era, that even the recent GBA struggled to match! It really has taken 16 years for it to be beaten with the release of the PSP.

And to think it ran with just 16KB (yup, kilo!) of ram and 7Mhz, you realise how gifted the developers were when you play games like Coryoon or Soldier Blade!

I'm not knocking the Gameboy in any way as it did produce some very addictive games but battery life aside, the PC Engine GT was light years ahead for it's time.

* (actually it was an 8-bit machine with two 8-bit video processors - it is often mistakenly described as 16-bit).

 

I wish I had this, http://www.imgcab.com/gameboy/gb_image/pokej/gray.gif

My GB Pocket is Ice Blue, but I'd certainly like to have one that resembles the old gray brick, but without the bulkyness and shitty screen and poor battery life.

 

For years i deamed of owning a gt but when i finally got one i was pretty dissapointed with it.

Just one small problem, the resolution is so low that some games are totally unplayable as theres not enough pixels on the screen to show all the text clearly in a lot of games. Battery life was terrible too it cost a fortune to keep powered.

Great handheld certainly but best ever, lol not a chance the gameboy still holds that title.

 

True about the text but who plays Japanese RPG's unless they can speak Japanese lol though I disgaree with you totally regarding playability. Really most of the top games was all about the graphics and playability which it certainly excelled in - you rarely have to read any text in any of the games. It was amazing that something like a 16-bit-esque system could be squeezed into a handheld back then. Astonishing really. The price tag ($299 in 1990!) was prohibitive which prevented any sort of market penetration.

Not IMO ;-)