![]() Below the EXT port is the volume control dial. The left side of the Game Boy Pocket now has the EXT port which has changed but can still be linked with the original with an adapter for head-to-head play, this is the same smaller version of the port found on all Game Boys from this unit on. The front of the machine has all the same features with the Select and Start buttons now horizontal vs. Outside of that hardware changes you get all the same ports as the original. we would have to wait for the Nintendo Game Boy Advanced before we got back-lit Nintendo handhelds. The Japanese version, called the Game Boy Lite, was this same unit but with a back-lit screen. the green cast on the original and doesn’t have the blur issue that the original Game Boy displayed. Even thought the unit is smaller, the screen is bigger, 2.5″ diagonally! The screen color on this guy is also more black & white vs. Quite excellent.The Nintendo Game Boy Pocket is a smaller, lighter redesign of the original Game Boy. With the emulator, you can even put the Super Game Boy borders (etc) on the games that support it. I'd have to say the best way (ever) to play any GB game is a DS Lite with "M3 DS Real Perfect Bundle" because you can play everything, and on a larger screen that you can see perfectly, and enlarge - without compromising the aspect ratio I hate the "stretched" mode that the GBA could use on original GB games. ![]() You can zoom the screen bigger (and I don't mean stretching the aspect ratio) so it's really an excellent way to play. So I never used the GB, GB Pocket, GB Color, GBA, or GBA SP anymore, ever. I was really, really pleased with it when I got it, so I kept my mint one.Īfter I got the DS Lite, I play all the GB/GBC/GBA games on it - through emulation. It reminds me of those 80s-early 90s cellphones! So it's cool in a retro-way, but yeah, the display sucks. I kept the original GB because it's so retro-looking, I think it's cool. (Collecting is just for the sake of collecting, and needs no endorsement). It's hard to think of a reason why you'd want to use anything lesser, FOR ACTUALLY PLAYING. This unit marked the **FIRST TIME EVER** you could ACTUALLY SEE THINGS EASILY on a GB. If I were intent on playing original GB and GB color games much, there's really no point in playing on anything less than the GBA SP 2nd ed. ![]() I never played most of them, so I got rid of 'em, except for the original GB and the GB Color (and DS Lite). I had a collection of every one they ever made, including the GB Light. Tho, now that I did a quick check on eBay, atleast there their prices, even for unboxed ones, has gone up. Also, some "sound enthusiasts" could complain of the extra "whine" the EL panel produces when its turned on.īut a used without box should go for less than 50usd. Only problems I could say about the Light is that due to its size being closer to the Pocket, fitting 2 AAs in its design didnt go too smoothly, so the battery cover has some awkward looking bumps that protrude quite some. ![]() ![]() As long youre ok with staring at an "indiglo" screen for longer times. The frontlight is also very good, making gaming in pitch black no problem at all. The display is identical with the Pocket, so lot less ghosting than with the DMG-01, however due to the aquagreen EL panel thats on top of the screen, the screen does have a slight greenish tint, even without the light on, similar to the old DMG-01. Out of all monochrome display GameBoys, the best choice is the Light.Ībout 12h batterylife with frontlight, and 20h without. ![]()
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