ImTheKimJongIllest
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Mar 12, 2019 10:41 PM
ImTheKimJongIllest
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randoMarblePilot
My dad was gifted one in ‘89. Still works. Only cartridge we can find is... you guessed it, Tetris
Beesureel
*was
thechrisp6
That game boy was 10 years old almost before that Nokia came out
genericanamoly
My mom ran over one, and threw the other out the window of our family van. Both were beyond working. Nokia, find a new opponent.
Ceysth
SirJolteon
Coulda sworn it was at the Henry Ford Museum. Guess they moved it?
Fex2o55
Killertortilla
https://imgur.com/VtQ7zBo
jansenart
When I took my wife there, I told her that that was the Game Boy I once saw in a 1991 Nintendo Power.
IOnlyCommentJimCarreyGifs
dustchunk
A GameCube memory card was in my pocket and went through the washer/dryer. Every save file survived. Nintendo isn’t (wasn’t) messing around.
DerangedMagpie
I doubt the original screen survived by the looks of the rest. It was changed out
NewNames
I think Nintendo changed their display.
AndrewCowbell
*one by Metallica plays in the background
QuanticChaos
They did replace the screen from what I hear
MarkPenrice
TBF that IS the weakest part out of the whole original GameBoy. Tends to die all by itself.
wiskinator
I remember reading about the game boy in Nintendo Power that year. ‘Cause me old
ThatQuietlySmirking
Me too! Hello, fellow old fart!
thornmallow
I saw that gameboy on saturday!
LarnRegis
Super RC Pro Am, Mortal Kombat, R-Type
PrettyYarnThings
I have one of those! Got it for xmas in '90 maybe '89. Still works, just missing some non vital bits & frequently explodes batteries. Lol.
slipperyjimboo
I think they replaced the screen, its plastic also but looks perfect? Probably replaced the insides too to get it working, cool story though
MetroidJunkie
Fun story, I had a Gameboy Color that fell into a mud puddle because my grip on it wasn't the strongest. Once dried, still worked.
CoolHandFluke
Had a gameboy as a kid that I lost. Blamed my sister for stealing it for years. Found it in a box of stuff my dad was getting rid of a few
CoolHandFluke
years back. Flipped the switch and that bitch turned on like 20 years later with the same batteries.
livetotroll
How’s the soldier doing?
possiblyablackguy
He's doing fine. He's perpetually plugged in at the Nintendo World Store in New York City
BlueAngel3141
If I remember right that barracks was hot by a SCUD missile. Was the single biggest lost of life for the US in the war 28 killed
BlueAngel3141
Shot/bombed i guess I should have said
MyBigMouth
One can only imagine the sheer power the offspring of these two would have
TrundImaginationBandit
Gamebokia
whitewampa
Impossible, one of them would have to be penetrated and I don’t see that happening.
lenonymes
Be careful what you wish for:
Counterfit
We need a side talking dump!
jargonmon
I have seen this. It really is there.
TheGeeB
Me too! It was running Tetris in a “Nintendo systems through the year” case in the NYC store
SmartHasTheBrainsButStupidHasTheBalls
There's a photo of it in the post. I don't think people are doubting its existence.
GlowGreen
Yeah, but it's interesting to see a picture of something on Imgur and to actually seen it irl (and I've been there too, live in NYC! :D)
LookingForWorkInColorado
I went and was underwhelmed
GlowGreen
That's definitely fair, it does get a lot of hype. I mostly go because it's close and a fun place to waste a couple hours.
LookingForWorkInColorado
I thought it'd be magical. It was a shop.