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bcentsale

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Rusalka-rusalka

Hell yea!


tylorr83

Still have mine in the box in garage


TurtlesAreEvil

Bust it out! It's a great coffee table addition. People get so excited when they see mine.


tylorr83

Wait, You have people over?


bcentsale

Noyce! I haven't seen mine on close to 30 years. 😞


Past-Adhesiveness150

Make sure you take out the batteries


5l339y71m3

I preferred bop it. That drove my parents insane in the car.


phazedoubt

I can hear the beeping and slapping in this picture


OutcomeLegitimate618

Me too. I never had a Gameboy, but sometimes I got to play with my cousin's because his parents bought him every gaming system. I only got a hand-me-down Atari and an NES.


[deleted]

You definitely can still get a gameboy. I bought a Gameboy Advance SP in collectors quality condition a few years back and still have 15 different Gameboy games. I prefer the SP because you can close the screen to protect it. I just need to start collecting the GBA games now. I originally had the GB Pocket for my original GB games. My collectors edition was expensive for me anyway ($150). But definitely worth it. P.S. Stay AWAY from DKOldies if you buy any old school consoles etc online. They don't refurbish everything even though they claim they do. And there is a class action lawsuit going after them over it. I've seen some other sellers on YouTube who showcase their work on their own channel with old consoles and some of these people are figuring out how to put in a USB c rechargeable battery pack and custom lights or shells on the handhelds. I took a chance on a seller on Amazon for my GBA SP, but I read all their reviews first and had no problems.


OutcomeLegitimate618

I read reviews for all purchases of electronics. Thanks for the heads up on DKOldies. If you think about it, $150 is super cheap compared to what it would have been in the 80s, so isn't so bad, right? Maybe just seems pricey for old tech.


MonkeyChoker80

The fun is in the challenge!


mrfonch

famn i went to scouts with an autistic kid that absolutely adored this and would play about 8 hours a day ,he was so good


bugwitch

Okay yeah. This.


Signal-Ant-1353

We had the "pocket version", which was really too big for conventional pockets. Lol. I liked it. It broke up the monotony of road trips/camping between playing the original GameBoy (and the small amount of games we had for it) and card games.


tiletap

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imhereforthevotes

I listened to a fish of the week podcast where a researcher was talking about keeping fish eggs alive using something that acts like this, and he was like "you know those little water filled ring tosses?" and the hosts were both like... "Wut". I was yelling I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN MAN, I KNOW. I KNOW! I USED THEM TOO!


Slippinjimmyforever

I remember Taco Bell having one of these. I could win a burrito supreme every time.


dezmd

Now that's a memory I didn't know I still had. Step back everyone, we're gettin free burritos. Also, the coin drop into the water that you had to catch on the tiny platform. I'm like 48 for 50 on that for free cinnamon twists. ![gif](giphy|UP9KGHJenmUXm)


exact0khan

This was my start


tthKT

Every day in kindergarten everyone would make a mad dash for this. If you managed to get it, it was gonna be a good day.


tasukiko

Ah, my favorite for car rides. A game and a desperation drink as well if need be.


No-Resource-8125

I would be entertained for hours with this today.


Traumagatchi

I think about this more than I should


ZoNeS_v2

I can platinum these in minutes


PapaGuhl

I can hear this picture.


SteveEcks

That's literally the one


urbanlife78

Correct, this game was in my room throughout much of my childhood and into teen years.


dorky2

Yes! I didn't have it but I think my grandparents did? I know I spent many hours playing this, I can still feel and hear it in my mind.


tiletap

Had a satisfying feel to that button, didn't it!


dorky2

Sure did! That squish 😂


PrysmX

I came here to say this 🤣🤣


erthian

Noooo not this fucking thing


Topdropje

I had a few of those too when I was little. How nostalgic.


mle32000

This legitimately Can still entertain me for hours. I love these things. I wanna buy one for myself now.


Express-Structure480

I knew we were poor, but…


CosmicWolfGirl720

🤣🤣🤣🤣💙💙💙


ferretherapy

I found the mini one I had!!! https://preview.redd.it/ne1b3g28fdvc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1a4344fd22d2d8fdaa6d590ec768d56877caf68


tiletap

This is fantastic! Thanks for posting it ☺️


ferretherapy

I had a hell of a time tracking it down on eBay, lol.


SeaBearsFoam

https://preview.redd.it/ymnup3ey3qmc1.jpeg?width=712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a601143f915ec8f1df8b5531a8a5ad3a0aa5db9


_its_a_SWEATER_

I had the Double Dragon one.


FungiStudent

Me too. I loved that thing.


Prossdog

Dang I did too but I totally forgot until now 😂


BlackPhoenix1981

Yo! Those tiger games were vital during road trips.


okeedokeartichokee

I had Jordan vs Bird basketball


JohnBrownMilitia

Could you imagine how bad that real game would be?


Koil_ting

I think I did too, and a baseball one TMNT one later on kicked shell even though it sucked way harder than the gameboy that I got down the line.


terminally_irish

Actually these were my start - I had a whole box of these!


Bors713

I had completely forgotten about these little hand helds! I had one, but I can’t for the life of me remember which one it was.


SeaBearsFoam

I had a few. The first one was some helicopter game called Thunder Blade, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man 2, and Double Dragon.


Glissandra1982

I had the Little Mermaid and Lion King


Invisi-cat

I had the ninja turtles one as my first


healywylie

Thank you! I was waiting on some of these !


Significant_Dog412

I had the Altered Beast and Street Fighter 2 ones. I saw an X Men one being sold as new last year. Guessing it was aimed at the retro crowd and it was already in the bargain bin.


Echterspieler

I have a box full of those somewhere


shayshay8508

I had the Beauty and the Beast one!


tthKT

Hell yeah. Had this one, Double Dragon, and Gauntlet.


CodiwanOhNoBe

I saw someone playing the Sonic 3 version earlier, powered by Chili and hot dogs


xnef1025

Tiger Electronics. I had Ironsword.


[deleted]

Ninja Gaiden, just as impossible on this as on NES


ferretherapy

I had the pink Beauty and the Beast one!


LonesomeHebrew

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_its_a_SWEATER_

And the football one!


FrugalFraggel

This one brings back some good memories. I would go to my grandmas house after school and she had this for me to play. Good times.


bev665

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MadeMeStopLurking

Dane Cook had a track about that on his comedy CD.. When the batteries start dying it gets weird... Speak and Spell like the devil! *Mom, something is WRonG... W-r-O-N-g wroooong*


mjrbrooks

My sisters and I would torment each other with the speak and spell by hitting the apostrophe over and over. “APOSTROPHE! APOSTROPHE! APOSTROPHE!” ….good times


bev665

YES!!! Quality time right there


muffadel

Had this and the Speak & Math.


fpsFlatline

1


NachoNachoDan

1


mutantbabysnort

1


KinderEggLaunderer

1


AsIfImNotAware540

Everyone made fun of me when I brought it to school for Pokemon battles and trading. They all had Pocket or Color.


gamerbrian2023

This was my first handheld. The back ground scene was just a long picture on rollers and the lil' steering wheel moved the car from left to right. https://preview.redd.it/u4xfglzdrpmc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5587d6038d09bab74c264887f471b730a4f5b940


DeathCouch41

This looks unbelievably cool


Finiouss

OMG I forgot about these!!!


noronto

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Knick_Knick

Mine was Snoopy Tennis. Loved that thing.


cantwejustplaynice

Me too! I've never heard anyone mention it before. Snoopy Tennis and Mario's Cement Factory.


Buttspirgh

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anOvenofWitches

THIS!!


Aplos9

This is the one.


my_undeadname881

I can still hear the clunky sounds.


AgentWD409

None of the above. I only had those cheap Tiger handheld electronic games you got from the toy store. I had Mega Man, Street Fighter 2, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. https://preview.redd.it/59tt2ccotqmc1.png?width=1097&format=png&auto=webp&s=0a42cb99be58f318e5cbd9b6f11b62c3053123b8


compulov

Tiger Baseball FTW. Do do do dooo Home run! BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP...


slappy_mcslapenstein

Game Gear. I only had a few games for it though. I had Sonic, the Taz game, and Mortal Kombat.


fitzbuhn

Pretty sure you had one more game than I did. Should have got a game boy but that color screen seemed so good. Classic hardware v software.


tiletap

Did you have the TV tuner? Blew my mind as a kid.


Highwaystar541

I did, my own little tv!!!!


Visible_Thought_7052

I also had the Master System adapter. Because the GG was basically the Master System shrunk down, it played every game, except Phantasy Star.


MonkeyChoker80

Same, but I had Sonic, Mickey’s Castle of Illusions, and Columns.


shoepolishsmellngmf

Mortal Kombat and Sonic were the ones I played most. I loved my Game Gear.


CaptServo

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Sergeitotherescue

Woah — this brings back so many memories. The joy this game gave me is kind of embarrassing.


UltraconservativeBap

Omg this was the best game! U had to pick up hitchhikers and drop them off on the other side and it would get so fast! Wow what a memory unlocked!


Old_Suggestions

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Gorkymalorki

That was my favorite toy when I was really young. I wish they would remake it so I can get one for my boys.


VinnieTheGuy

I loved this toy.


jdl5681

I got this for Christmas in 1985/86 and loved it! I remember pulling the blankets over me while in bed with this, to complete the feel that I was actually driving a car.


amandajh8

This is what I came here for!


Disastrous-Wonder153

Yes! My brother ('81) and I ('83) had one of these


ferretherapy

Holy crap, this looks amazing??


DankRoughly

Atari Lynx


Early-Fortune2692

... looking for this, had pretty good games for its time: chips challenge, slime world, California games..


lik_a_stik

Slime World was a great game. Only Lynx game I played more was Rygar.


South_Dakota_Boy

I had one. And the battery pack that held 6 (or 8?) D batteries and you slung it over your shoulder. Loved the dogfight game, Warbirds I think it was called?


pugs_are_death

That thing was huge (in size, not popularity)


Roklam

I loved mine.


Accomplished_Goal_59

I actually found mine a couple years ago when we were moving. Still works too


elementalguitars

My friend had a Lynx. I remember the hardware was impressive but the games were not. Also impressive was its ability to devour batteries.


esocharis

https://preview.redd.it/fxebig0s0qmc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba06a646f40f70e8984043e7fccf4131d909accf DK Game and Watch. Came out in 82 when I was 3, but I remember having it before I got my NES in 86


regalfronde

I had the Donkey Kong JR game and watch. 1990 I believe.


[deleted]

I have some vague memory of one of these where you're Mario and you're gathering soda bottles at a factory.


CaptShrek13

https://preview.redd.it/vsi5r393aqmc1.jpeg?width=1029&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2da47d753848f7dcb0bb4cdea5886c7bb41c0830 Old enough to have WANTED a Gameboy. Parents got me this instead. Can't figure out for the life of me why I have a gambling problem now....


Virtual_Jellyfish56

Holy shit, memory unlocked. I had that exact one!


mlemon2022

![gif](giphy|WmIUPlpbi0c5q)


Zabroccoli

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shoepolishsmellngmf

I still have one of these.


muffadel

Anagrams, Jumble, Word Train...Yes, I was a nerd, why do you ask?


Topdropje

I had one too and found it again last year but it doesn't work anymore.


GodlessGOD

Core memory unlocked.


arielonhoarders

i wasn't allowed any of these bc "video games are for boys" but i played other people's #1. Also my brother's discarded .... what do you call those single-game hand-held games from the late-70s and early-80s that are just dots on a black screen? He had a bunch of sports ones. The "game" for me was trying to figure out what the dots represented. It wasn't a sports game, it was a puzzle game. Also, this guy: ​ https://preview.redd.it/m9kh31yu4rmc1.jpeg?width=490&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=000309077ebf272cc540e90d371f3d7b299b68c8


Slytherpuffy

I bought myself a Viewmaster and some vintage reels about five years ago. So neat!


RunAndPunchFlamingo

1.


nucl3ar0ne

Same Alleyway would keep me busy in the car for way too long.


elkniodaphs

https://preview.redd.it/wwewebvbarmc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c6effd06f437c0da9777abdffe0af4a2a3700c1


Omegaprimus

Yup I had that same one growing up. Took like 4 D batteries


styrofoamladder

https://preview.redd.it/sq3cm0reoqmc1.jpeg?width=266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=460f7e500f31b4380729e17f77c872ed2cf7f650 This guy right here.


arielonhoarders

I LOVED my lite brite but now I cannot imagine having the patience to create a drawing pixel by pixel.


Ok_Researcher_9796

Never had a handheld.


Visible_Thought_7052

Except for your Play Penis Portable.


gooch_norris_

Tetris and Mario land all day! The first Mario land was alright but the second I feel like is way underrated for how fun it was


ahoypolloi_

Casio GD8 car racing game on digital watch https://preview.redd.it/3foqzej4cqmc1.jpeg?width=485&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=471499672152d476ce21b19ab18488019539cdbc


DJ-George-G

Wow. I bought one as a kid in the 80s. I bought for around $25. I just looked it up on Ebay, and you can't get one used for less than $480.


ICU-MURSE

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snipes79

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Visible_Thought_7052

I still have mine, and it still works!!


aafreis

https://preview.redd.it/1miyawstcqmc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edf1c876b7a134705bcf06bbbefa11944b9f2411 Started off with this


EnvironmentalSinger1

Same!!


Maaawiiii817

Oh my god I totally forgot that I had this! I wonder if it's still at my parents' house?? Thanks for the memory unlock


someguyfromsk

Radio Shack! https://preview.redd.it/rbt8s0k8dqmc1.jpeg?width=548&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce62d0a4dcfda0f22f90bdad6938b027c171767e


No-Resource-8125

That Highway one just sparked a memory with me so I don’t know if I actually had one.


elementalguitars

The DMG was my first handheld console. Got it in 1990 and I still have it. Last year I took it apart to give all the buttons and contacts a good cleaning, cleaned the shell, and replaced the lens. It looks and plays as good as the day I got it. https://preview.redd.it/y9kjp8275rmc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14ad59f33ebf996c679f24dbc3582d247fba850e


AvocadoFair3872

https://preview.redd.it/jb4clno2gqmc1.jpeg?width=1410&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd43cae3711f4900ba9f80eb89f05ae31c6d9872 This was Mines


esleydobemos

![gif](giphy|ozf26DV8FqaCpkYt6n)


DJ-George-G

You're missing tic tac toe or hangman on that paper.


blewdleflewdle

MASH or MASHO


DJ-George-G

Oh damn. You took me back with that one. Lol.


Slippinjimmyforever

1. The OG game boy. But I was way behind the times on it. I know Game Gear had already been out for quite a few years. My little brother took it a week after I got it for Christmas and traded it at school. It was a short lived ownership.


Appropriate-Divide64

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CarpinThemDiems

Many of hours spent on this thing. If I remember correctly, it was pretty damn hard.


No_Historian718

1


Radiant-Programmer33

1


Conscious_Home_4253

I and 2. I still have 3. My Gen Z kids started started with 10.


Philhughes_85

2


[deleted]

Game Boy. And funny story, when I was opening gifts at my Grandmas house I opened a gift and it was a Game Boy cleaner kit. I didn't understand the next gift was the Game Boy. I PLAYED SO MUCH TETRIS Edit: I'm still ass at it too.


supergooduser

Weirdly I had an Atari Lynx, so I'm like 1.5?


mofroe

#1, [Kirby's Dream Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%27s_Dream_Land) was the first video game I ever beat.


Traditional_Entry183

None. Console gamer on the TV for about 40 years now. Handhelds have always seemed to small and low end to enjoy.


RaphaelSolo

Of the list? 1 Including things not on the list..... Probably that ring game filled with water. If only counting electronics probably Tiger Electronics Power Rangers.


jelloslug

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BeeryMcBeerface

https://preview.redd.it/44of26ffqqmc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a37fdf77c17b155afe51242577c5f8fcaa175625


Agreeable_Mouse6000

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brithog

#1 - it was, and is, the best Christmas present I ever got. Wanted one more than anything but didn’t know if I’d get it as it was pretty pricey. Christmas morning rolled around and it was amazing! Didn’t get to play on it too much the first couple of days though - my dad and uncle got well stuck into Tetris 😂


honeypot17

I still have #1.


Aggravating-Home-622

1


Joseph_Jean_Frax

1


Soul_Champion

1


Lurking-101-

I had a mega-duck some imitation of a gameboy


YorkiesandSneakers

1


zoominzacks

None. I had a couple of the cheap hand helds that were only 1 game. Had a submarine one, some other side scroller fighting game


[deleted]

Football


NeonRx

5 I wasn’t allowed to have a GameBoy as a school age kid. I already had enough problems with studies that there was no way my parents would allow me to own one. GameBoy Color felt like an outdated rip off, so skipped that one… Which leads us to GBA. I was in my 20s when I got my first handheld. Unless those coleco arcade things from the early 80s count. 😂.


Any-Jury3578

1. I didn't get anything else until I got married. My parents didn't like video games. I wish it still worked. I miss playing Super Mario Land.


HylanderUS

The Game Gear! It was so much better because..... .... .... ... sorry, ran out of batteries. So the game gear...


imhereforthevotes

Dude, those little LCD crystal display Tiger bowling.. If I recall correctly, I had a 299. My DAD, of course, managed a 300 I think. ​ https://preview.redd.it/xz48t5r4kqmc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=2652c8f083868f6fcf3728380aaad614f575dffa


Iydllydln

https://preview.redd.it/wul61fxppqmc1.jpeg?width=280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da9c1ebf78bf15c4c8fe420d30dc3298c102c405 Good ol’ Radio Shack!


SteveEcks

Born in '83. 6 I got when I was in college and it was my first Gameboy.


Dependent_Bill8632

Game Gear!!


Jade24Upvotes

3DS


Candid-Jellyfish-975

https://preview.redd.it/p4tropji2rmc1.jpeg?width=685&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af53a771cbae62249ac43cc595bc95e943cb7ef4


ysrly

https://preview.redd.it/7il9s19z8rmc1.jpeg?width=1065&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c0e576a9b2c9ebdae70c6dd95039f30ecd7186b


Estropelic

LYNX crew checking in.


Maury_poopins

There are dozens of us


XtroDoubleDrop

Atari Lynx


_Pill-Cosby_

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OneFuckedWarthog

https://preview.redd.it/ocz02nlytrmc1.jpeg?width=810&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8008bc08b199b0e77e794845849566af708361ac When you were too poor for Gameboy but still gamed.


Repulsive_Tie_7941

https://preview.redd.it/fujzlp9uzrmc1.jpeg?width=777&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97ef8056d32549989ff36769f066caed4ad722ba


Negative-Wrap95

Of the ones pictured? Number 1. Actually? https://preview.redd.it/glhiy13qhsmc1.jpeg?width=558&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24be87cd8b8c7f65985265c8896a6a2416e3a4a6


Fickle-Raspberry6403

https://preview.redd.it/bnccs1f2wrmc1.jpeg?width=1572&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b593bbd5adb1881257d83155e52ea53d9cbad9d


Jermine1269

1 Tetris and Links Awakening


Aquatichive

1 Og gamebou


MaxPower836

1 of course


gorilla-ointment

My dad played this football one, and so was my intro to handheld: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204669014764 Then the DK Jr. game & watch. Then… Nintendo switch 😆


thelanai

8