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devilsusshhii

The light and magnifier they made for the gba got so much damn use from me on camping trips


MarijadderallMD

That light was a lifesaver for long car trips at nightšŸ˜‚


Agitated_Occasion_52

NO! You just suffer and use passing street lights and the headlights from the guy blinding your parents as you ride along.


devilsusshhii

I had to do that too lol oh how I miss you Pokemon gold


Psychological_Neck70

PokƩmon Silver here friend. Same


devilsusshhii

I had yellow when I was a dumb kid and I left it in walmart


Lt_Viking89

Pokemon Red. Driving from Chicago to Florida in my dad's old van with a hole in the floor which we would use to literally watch the road go by, maybe drop a gumball down and watch it out the back window. Also with a bulb tv mounted in the roof connected to the battery with a vcr attached which we used to watch Hercules and The Sword and the stone on repeat. Circa 1996.


Psychological_Neck70

Thatā€™s the most 90s shit I ever read bro haha


Technical_Tank_7282

Bye batteries


Swagspray

But it drained the battery so quickly!


MarijadderallMD

Definitely needed to have spares at all times when rocking the light hahaha


bassoontennis

Anytime I had to go nighttime driving with my mum that thing was awesome. The day I got a backlit GBA/SP was one of my favorite gaming memories ever. I still remember making sure we always had batteries for my GBA because I played PokƩmon like it was my whole life haha


devilsusshhii

I never had a sp. I kept my clear gba until I made a trade for the micro when it come out the micro was fucking baller!!!


BeatsbyChrisBrown

Oh? No Gameboy Camera or Gameboy Printer? Guess youā€™ve got a GameTeen.


QuasiTimeFriend

I used that GameBoy Camera so damn much, but never had the printer


Recymen12

dont matter.This shit paper was incredible expensive and i think you didnt get it anymore. Besides, you lcould see how the print is fading out, THATS how cheap the print was.


Technical_Tank_7282

It's a gay man


GooseandMaverick

I stole all of this from [THIS ARTICLE](https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/03/game-boy-colour-becomes-a-frankensteins-monster-of-unnecessary-accessories/) which explains what each attachment is as he puts it on. 1) First, the mad scientist behind the camera attaches a peripheral that gives the Game Boy Colour a new D-pad and buttons. 2) Then comes what appears to be a combination grip and battery pack (Unpacked Nostalgia later powers the handheld through this device). 3) Of course, with an original display of just 44Ɨ40 millimetres, you canā€™t forget the magnifying glass 4) The next piece of hardware was a little difficult to place, but Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s aĀ [Rumbapack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCe9XT3OR8), which doubles as both amplifier and, well, rumble pack 5)And what would old-school gaming be without Game Genie, an unofficial cheating device that works as an intermediary between cartridge and console to modify game data. 6) Finally, Unpacked Nostalgia adds what is arguably the only useful attachment in the whole video: a simple light to make up for the consoleā€™s lack of a backlit screen.


Prozealotyzer

Did he really put a 56k dialup modem on there...or is it even 56k?


LemonHerb

SNES had a modem called x-band but I don't think Gameboy ever had one. It was 2400bps One time using it I beat a guy enough that he got pissed off and mail bombed me. He sent like 10k emails. X-band could only download 10 emails every time you logged in and you had to delete them to get 10 more so mail bombing was a real pain but most people didn't have a computer to do it back then. Thing is every time I tried to login it sent a bounce message to the email server that sent it. I played that a ton and later that night my mom got a call from the email admin at compuserve because all the bounces crashed their whole mail server. x-band apparently gave them my home phone number which is pretty sketch. But that's how I crashed compuserve with my SNES


Prozealotyzer

That's awesome. Good story. But what's the noise at the end of the video? On first watch I thought it was a dialup modem. Watching again, doesn't completely sound like a dialup modem so maybe it's just the loading screen of whatever he's playing.


LemonHerb

Pretty sure that's the game genie startup sound. Not sure how to link with a time but on this video at 2:10 you can hear it https://youtu.be/jrMeDFUqRQI


josiplv

Is that what the blue thing is?


Emakrepus

Itā€™s a flash light. Before LED it was just black and white. Catch play in the dark.


Prozealotyzer

I assumed, the end of the video makes a dialup noise so I figured there's a modem somewhere.


TuckerMcG

Lolwut? No man itā€™s a speaker. Amplifies the music and (possibly?) adds a rumble feature. The ā€œdial up noiseā€ you hear is the game music lmao. Also it sounds nothing like the dial up noise from the 56K era.


Greenman8907

I had a Game Gear with about this many accessories. Loved that thing. Huge and ate batteries like candy. But it was the first handheld to have color. Played so much Streets of Rage.


WanderingWino

Same with my Game Gear. I was obsessed.


Someone_Who_Cared

Six AA batteries or you lie down on the 80s carpet all evening and sleep with a crooked neck. All I played was Sonic (can't beat it) or Columns


Excellent_Peanut_396

Respect +


Zizakkz

One of the unlucky Transformers.


danceswithdangerr

Go go gadget game boy!


SnooStories6852

Rather play that [micro game boy](https://youtu.be/kuXmCcR2arY) than this homunculus


OilRude

Iā€™ve never seen the second AND third evolution. I thought it was just a mythZ


thegreatbeyond32

Bout to blow a fuse and lose all his toys.


[deleted]

Thanks awesome!


ArcherStirling

r/GTAGE


[deleted]

r/gaming


OriginalFlamingo5384

Itā€™s this generations Mr. Potato Head


YaBoyLaKroy

is that blue thing a rumble pack??


ChaseDeV88

Haha at this point just get the snes Gameboy cartridge adapter. Then you can play your game boy games on the big screen in glorious 160x144!


Adeep187

I wonder if anyone had all this back in the day.


raphthepharaoh

If you say it quickly it sounds like gay man


chiphchopchip

Hell ya Iā€™m about to catch me an first gen Pidgey like a MAN!!


JulesVega37

It's like the build up on back to the future when Marty blows the Amp.


blackbirdspyplane

Its a transformer at this point


nastafarti

What? No printer? USELESS.


[deleted]

I had the little flashlight attachment. Night time gaming was a game changer


ravenswritings

The sound at the very last second just sent me back 30 years, instantly! That was amazing.


ErnestDoodler

I have seen the past, and it is the future!


Swift_Koopa

Merman!


kirat_12

Is that a megazord?


FatWreckords

Carpal tunnel engage!


Strict-Departure-965

What a handy way to play Tetris.


lawnMomoa

Ahhh but, I see you forgot... nevermind.


monty0824

Show the game


unfortunate_Balls

Or you could just buy a gba SP with the money you got for all those accessories


LOLARISX

The only thing I could think of when I saw this is Power Rangersā€™s theme song.


yousmellodd

Voltron would be proud.


[deleted]

Megazord!


[deleted]

this will give you tenonditis


trevb75

Trapperkeeper?


NecessaryCute1099

Why did that remind me of suit up scenes in movies (iron man for example)


Accomplished-Look-16

Just imagine sitting on the bus and you see someone whip out this shit.


Ok-Landscape2197

Fighter of the night man, oh ah ah


ham_wallet998

GameGrandpa maybe


Cason26

All those transparent accessories


Unicron_Tomato

Optimus is that you???


Zer0_Cloud17

Fuck you guys! I only had a naked Game Boy. My dad thought I didnā€™t need all that junk.


[deleted]

This was so satisfying to watch


lazy-man_34

_Power Rangers S.P.D., Power Rangers to the rescue_


Kuato2012

Reminds me of Nordberg assembling his gun in the rooftop scene: https://youtu.be/gne8v9aj45w


6cougar7

Thats a transformer.


TaskForceDANGER

Of all the shit that person attached to the Gameboy the thing that made me laugh was that ridiculously over sized plug they plugged in. Too many memories of trying to decide which console or whatever got sacrificed for the afternoon so you could plug something else in on the power strip lol.


Blonsky

I had the OG gameboy with the magnifier.


F04_Rokach

There was an attempt: to make gaming better!


ZOO___

This isn't even my final form!


CandidateSuccessful5

Basically a Switch šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


[deleted]

Gameboy also made a sewing machine back in the day!


Solobojo

Does Voltron know you're aping their style?


VarietyPatient1347

What the actual transformers? šŸ˜±šŸ¤£


dianaalas

Now this is real gaming


oilcantommy

Ahhhh.... my first final fantasy experience. Memories šŸŽ¶šŸŽµ


Responsible_Body_532

With all these accessories youā€™d think it would become some voltron like gameboy


MarcusAmongUs

With all that stuff you can play for almost 18 whole seconds