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bigpenisesaremessy
I'll be honest, I read the sixth one and immediately thought, "Oh yeah?! WELL I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF A PIECE OF JUNK"
Mistrwu
If the child wasn't exposed to it, how are they blamed for their ignorance? Parents, it's ur responsibility to show your kids Bubble Bobble
DMQ88
"Oh no, the kids aren't growing up with the same stuff I did. These kids must, therefore, be worse humans."
unimportantname
I remember how excited I was when my parents surprised me with one of these... don't care how old that makes me! (I'm only 31)
kidfuckmohammad
⚠️⚠️⚠️ All consoles are born of incestuous relationships and are targeted at children. #mohammadan
TheGrubinator
...I'm fairly sure consoles don't come from sex. I mean, I could be wrong, but I was always convinced they came from computer engineers.
GadenKerensky
You bet your ass I still have my Gameboy. I mean, I don't play it, but it's there, if I feel like a wave of nostalgia.
Ynigmatik
I have my game boy advance. In my attic somewhere
andrewthemiller
That Gameboy still had better resolution than this post.
Superchief86
You feel bad for us? Kid, we had tetris and joy. You get online harrassment.
whatupmyknitters
Sennox
Well the second to last is also right. The Gameboy was nice and all but also a bit shitty and went on for too long. I still love it tho <3
NutNight
Is tht a gameboy without a game in it? Gotta agree with the kid, a gameboy without games is boring
PhenTsoksar
That is an origianal gen Gameboy with a Tetris Cartridge
capngoat
Some of them have games in them.
oshodatwan
They later had the kids insert the game to show the full experience
Trustmeiminaband
look at the 4th from the last it clearly has Tetris in it
greenking13
Alright, this is utter crap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pCp8g-VjOs Watch the video, most know what it is.
Ulthirm
And... These are independently chosen to make a bang. Same with those TV commercials were 90%of the people test for the brand they hate
Ulthirm
(Remember the bing vs Google ones with the xboxes?) I can guarantee this.
Ulthirm
They definitely got the "face book audience" down "oh all these children don't recognize toys from 20 years ago, the world is
Ulthirm
Over, they deserve to be hit. They're so stuck up "
nanyatenyaa
Yes kids say the darnedest things... when you record dozens of them and pick a small hand selected group.
sirelurksalot
This just in: People without prior knowledge or context give entirely reasonable knee-jerk reactions.
TheGrubinator
Totes reasonable for kids now to not be interested in 25 year old gaming technology. People be stupid, gettin' upset like that.
sprbwlshuffler
Back in my day, we only had 151 pokemon. ALL WE LIKED IT!
Rapiecage
A few years later, we had 251 and those games were much better
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pudgychicken
I actually love literally all of them so far, and I'm going to probably get S/M after my exams c:
KevinBhall
most of the games on the devices those kids mention are inferior to warioland!
Rapiecage
The "secret" route of Wario Land 2 drove me and my cousin crazy
TheGrubinator
That's a matter of opinion. m8. Not objective fact. And it's perfectly reasonable for kids now to not take well to 25+ year old tech.
TheGrubinator
I mean, I don't hear you extolling the virtues of "Spacewar!" on '50's mainframes.
KevinBhall
yea i hear ya but i think some of those types of console like games hold up a bit better than the average angry birds or endless runner type
TheGrubinator
I'm not saying some of those games haven't held up well. Some of them certainly have. That doesn't make the Gameboy a superior piece of (1)
TheGrubinator
tech, or modern games all rubbishy shit.
theonedudeoverthere
with the exception of the last kid, i wanted to dragon punch every single one of them
IMissZach
I am the grandfather of everything
Sordiy
Well in the grandgranfather
Deadpoolio7
Zeus?
CartLicker
Father Abraham?
StrangelyCalm
Helllloooooo genetic diversity!
MorfoPorky
Grandfater of grammy porn?
coolfriendlynicebuddyguy
Username not relevant.... I'm confused
ThouHastNoPizza
That last kid doe
Yeld69
These reaction videos are despicable. Exploiting children/elderly and our own damn nostalgia. Fake, scripted bullshit made only for profit.
TheBigReveal
This did seem kinda scripted. Especially "You don't just turn it on and get the apps?" also "iTouch" did she really say iTouch in the video?
ArcticEwok
How exactly are they being exploited? They watch videos, say some inane stuff and get money. Doesn't sound too bad.
Yeld69
Sorry for the phrasing. They are USING children and eledery people to exploit the viewers natural affections.
ArcticEwok
Like 99% of YT videos. Any given cat/dog/other animal/baby/etc. video. There's nothing sinister going on here. They're just dumb videos.
SacreDoom
This is genius, 'cause it panders perfectly to the "aging gamer" crowd. A bunch of "bad" kids who don't appreciate archaic technology 1/2
SacreDoom
That they're randomly handed, and then you have the one "redeemer" kid who just completes the pandering circlejerk sandwich by appealing 2/3
SacreDoom
to these old assholes' sense of self-righteousness. These kids were without a doubt told to act aloof and arrogant and even barring that 3/4
SacreDoom
The original GameBoy really is a piece of shit by modern standards. Stop falling so easily for pandering bait and insulting these kids 4/5
SacreDoom
For not jerking off your nostalgia boner. They're put there on purpose to incite rage by donning a false mantle of ignorance.
bttycrckr
(1) Ill never understand why people criticize younger generations for not knowing shit that came before them. If u grew up in the 90s,
bttycrckr
(2) were you an expert on everything there is to know about the 80s? 70s?
TheGrubinator
I grew up in the 80's and 90's. I had a decent appreciation for a lot of the things from the previous generation. However, I thought (1)
TheGrubinator
many of the things I "appreciated" kinda sucked compared to new stuff. These kids are no different than we were. How many people from (2)
TheGrubinator
my day knew the first damned thing about mainframe games?
thtguyjosh
" I think it's a piece of junk "
TheGrubinator
Take off the nostalgia glasses and look at it compared to modern hardware. It's inferior. It is, objectively, a much lower end piece of (1)
TheGrubinator
hardware. Doesn't matter that you grew up with it. It just doesn't hold up after twenty-five years.
thtguyjosh
Of course it's inferior but the kid was clearly not raised to respect things. The Asian kid didn't love it either but he appreciated it
TheGrubinator
...Inanimate objects are owed *respect*, now? Chair, I respect you. Door, I respect you. 1985 Dodge Pinto, I respect you.
thtguyjosh
Yes I'd say so, you respect and appreciate the craftsmanship of a chair. The time and effort put in to create something
pengu228
Come on let's be honest the game boy was crap, we loved it because it was the best at the time but now, ehhhh
Millillion
*is crap, not was.
TheGrubinator
Was great at the time. Is crap now. That's how technology works. People who can't accept that are... Well... They're turning into their (1)
TheGrubinator
parents.
Rapiecage
uuuh, no. It has lots of games that hold up really well
pigthegig
compare it to the nintendo 3ds or the ps vita. it's ok. just because it aged well means nothing in comparison to new consoles.
TheCrazyVulcan
there are many but tbh GBA has aged far better.
Rapiecage
Definitely. GBA has the sweet spot of design that keeps on going
pengu228
Yeah some, like every console there's always games that are well but most of the games are only considered good because there viewed through
Rapiecage
let's try this way: Game boy has more good games than phones and tablets
TheTrueQuarian
https://imgur.com/9bWXjfJ
TheTrueQuarian
You can get an emulator on phones that give you access to thousands of games spanning generations. Also phones have Bloons Tower Defense 5.
pengu228
Rose tinted glasses
Rapiecage
Nop. I've played all the games I listed in another comment in the last 2 years. Some were just easier than when I was a kid
akbrewer
Stop better games on that than available on phones. I don't understand how we have so much power and no good games
Bricklemeyer
It's hard/impossible to make a game fun on a touch screen.
areyoudisturbedyet
Because the shit tier games rely on compulsive behavior and microtransactions rather than the game being good.
Millillion
It's harder to sell a full priced game on a device that's not made for gaming. Especially with all the competition from the crappy games.
TimbiquiDarkThirty
Looking back, the lack of power WAS the magic... seriously in our life time, tech. went full dystopian novel on our asses.
HD226868
Back in my days everything was better! Now everything sucks! - Every generation ever.
Rapiecage
eeeh, I play the pokemon TCG for gameboy every other year, or so. It holds up. Also, Darkwind Duck, Kirbys, Wario Lands...
akbrewer
While I was waxing nostalgic a bit, the main point is the computing power we have in our hands every day but no good games to play. Any recs
HD226868
Dota 2, as long as you have friends. Portal 1 and 2, Undertale, Resistance again as long as you have friends.
akbrewer
For mobile?
HD226868
Mobile? No help there, I don't play games on my phone.
ThenTheWingedHussarsArrived
I found one game I've not been able to put down on my phone. It's called Inotia4
Tytcher
Explain
ThenTheWingedHussarsArrived
It's an RPG Maker game in the style of old school Final Fantasy Games. Story is okay, gameplay is addicting.
AxelYamanaka
Is it really that good? I tried the first one and wasn't that impressed.
ThenTheWingedHussarsArrived
It's as good as it's gets for mobile games.
AxelYamanaka
Idk, symphony of eternity is pretty good.
ThenTheWingedHussarsArrived
Fair enough. It's good for a completely free mobile gamw
AsAHistorian
Wow, a lot of commentors here sounding like assholes because little kids don't fall in love with gameboys the first time they see them.
SocialMediaMakesUsLessSocial
Did you really expect anything better from imgur. I came here SPECIFICALLY for the responses!
TheWickerBoy
They gave them the Gameboy without any games
TheActualDonKnotts
Nah, lots of people just don't like children.
JoanRiversVagina
i don't even love my gameboy and I'm an adult. I can't get rid of it, nobody fucking wants it.
Mrjizzeasy
today's your lucky day lol I'll take it lmao
JoanRiversVagina
will the little game cartridges from your country work with it if it's from australia?
Mrjizzeasy
Ah man I can't, I just read up on it. Gamecube games are region locked so the gamecube games from Australia wouldn't work in US.
JoanRiversVagina
it's Gameboy Color not gamecube.
killernerd
*don't fall in love with obsolete technology.
BradleyDoesntGiveAFox
Right. My parents don't wanna slap me around cause I don't want to listen to music on cassettes and shite
RobertNAdams
I bet in 20 years your phone will be long dead and your 50-year-old original Game Boy would still work.
OneTrueSaviour
Obsolete =/= long lasting
killernerd
doesn't make it any less obsolete though, everything that gameboy can do my phone can do better. so moot point is moot.
bluejegus
Well right this second I can get literally any gameboy game on my phone. Along with several other consoles, and in 20 years who the fuck
bluejegus
Knows how crazy technology will have gotten. I definitely appreciate the gameboy, but I don't have to compare it to superior technology
notquitebilbobaggins
Oh look, kids who have objective comments about an outdated piece of tech that was way before their time. Let's get angry!
Grymhar
I'm thinking you mean subjective.
kanihaznaiph
I think it has more to do with pic 6, 7, & 8 (junk, sad, & "bored in 2 days") they sound like they're looking down their nose at it, which-
kanihaznaiph
a lot of kids don't learn (& parents don't teach) is something that is really rude, even in ignorance, & shows a lack of empathy or
kanihaznaiph
awareness for other peoples feelings.
steazyae
... whose feelings? The gameboys? I promise gameboy is ok. Thats like saying that hoops and sticks are boring. Dont hurt the hoops feels!
kanihaznaiph
If someone came into your home & looked around, & then told you "I feel sad for how you live" would you be offended? I would be, hence my
kanihaznaiph
You wouldn't tell your grandmother that you feel sad for her for playing with a hoop & stick (I hope anyway), surely you could tell her it-
kanihaznaiph
That's just my opinion & how I see it though
SocialMediaMakesUsLessSocial
You sound like a fucking snowflake.
notquitebilbobaggins
Is it really rude tho? I don't think so. It's just honesty, which I appreciate. People should also learn to look beyond their nostalgia.
espressoandpostrock
It's annoying that people get upset at this. Of course they're not going to know about a 20 year old outdated gadget that no one uses now
andrathor
"Outdated" come on, they are making 8-bit games in 2017 that have insane reviews. Old, yeah, ask this of the same kids when they're teens.
Twiggeh
Maybe we feel old and want it to be somebody elses fault? :(
Tylvian
oh good god, this is gonna be gold in the future. every single year we meet kids who just got on the internet.
SlightlyFabricated
Eternal September.
Z00DIGY
My aunt always makes fun of me for not knowing what a crank car window was when I was younger, just because I had never seen one before.
raminagrobis
more annoying is people staging kids to trashtalk on old tech, especially since retro gaming is big and old working consoles expensive AF
Daetur
My dad still uses it. Yes, is in the bathroom and has Tetris in it
seemetrollinh8in
30 years old
Jallenallen
I was going to say closer to 30 years old
OracleForCheap
Closer to 30.
jeromygride
I'm thirteen and I recognise it
jeromygride
I mean just cause It's not in use doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to know about it
charmander222
I'm 14 and still play my gameboy
dcwldct
I mean I was an snes kid but managed to figure out an old Telstar console from the 70s that my dad found at a garage sale
Whitefox789
Nothing wrong with getting some anger from the realization of disconnection. It's only a problem when we blow everything up and burn it.
Whitefox789
Which is easy to do on the internet.
BlastedSand
That is the opposite of a problem.
Pulsivi
Could someone honestly say they enjoy playing the gameboy more than modern games without being blinded by nostalgia)
NEEDMORECOW8ELL
I enjoy playing Tetris on my Gameboy Color more than most modern games I've played and I'm not old enough to have had one as a child.
RoseFaery
So you like spacial reasoning puzzle games. There are modern games that are similar, phone apps & such.
NEEDMORECOW8ELL
I'm not a huge fan of gaming with a touch screen... But I have a Gameboy emulator with Tetris loaded up on my phone
RoseFaery
Yeah, touch screen gaming is kinda bleh, especially with small devices. I feel you there.
DaithiUK
Yes of course, strange how I know about the abacus which is an out of date gadget that no one uses now.
cleverbeans
The abacus is still used today and most of the kids I know grew up with one. I certainly played with one as a child too.
LupusIgnis
The abacus has been around for thousands of years. The Gameboy had less than 10 good years. Not nearly enough to be remembered by history.
Octobub
You also aren't 5.
TheSecretPower
I would not call gameboy outdated, more like oldschool. Something outdated is something old and you would not wanna play with it, but 1/2
TheSecretPower
Something oldschool is something old that are still fun to play with and you would revisit them because they hold up pretty well.
StalkerSan
So the Gameboy is outdated. Gotcha.
ThySausagePrince
I still play the shit out of my GBA.
ThySausagePrince
Other than emulators, it's the only system with Final Fantasy V, original graphics, in English.
MrTautology
I'm not annoyed by that. I'm annoyed by their attitude. Show me mongol era longbow and I will appreciate its beauty and the history 1/2
miserableprincess
Yeah and you're also not a child.
MrTautology
behind it, not complain that it sucks compared to my fucking Uzi.
veelafleur
Do you feel the same way about a fax machine? You have emotional ties to the gameboy, that's the only reason you're upset.
Qoincy
Are you honestly comparing a mongol era longbow to a piece of technology that has only been in existence for like 20 years? Geez
MrTautology
Yes. At the pace technology moves, the difference is nearly as profound. Computers themselves are hardly 80 years old. Also, I was using 1/2
Qoincy
Ye only a gameboy is not really considered history yet.
MrTautology
2/2 hyperbole to drive home the point
WEAREGRID
Obviously none of these kids play Pokemon or they would know what it is.
Tylvian
Most kids play pokemon? on the DS.
Sakoray
A bunch of kids still play pokemon. Just on like the ds and fancy shit like that.
TimbiquiDarkThirty
It's not Pokémon if it's not on the Pokémon yellow edition Gamboy
Tylvian
really should have had a /s i guess but its alright, i got it.
ShaunDreclin
not sure why you're being downvoted so much for this comment
NerfHerderTurdBurglar
Only 3 of the 60+ Pokemon games that exist were on the original Gameboy.
TimbiquiDarkThirty
*only 3 actual Pokémon games exist... no cinnabar cheat = no Pokémon... always trade gen 1 back for rare candies. You are THE LEAGUE
RosencrantzNGuildensternNeverLived
You're a god damned nerd. Good for you.
NerfHerderTurdBurglar
gotta max out on Master Balls too
Rapiecage
4, technically
Pizzachow
I mean, when I started playing Pokémon they weren't on the original gameboy but I could have guessed what it was if you showed me
WEAREGRID
That's basically my point, if you play Pokemon it has to be on a Nintendo console and all their handheld consoles are based on gameboys
PowwerOrb13
The DS is based on the game & watch, not the gameboy at all. Especially with the calm shell design
Pizzachow
Granted that was ~5 years after red/blue, not 20 so what do I know
Rapiecage
Wait, 5 with the card game
NerfHerderTurdBurglar
I think everything after yellow was released on Gameboy color, but some of them were compatible with the original like Gold and Silver
Rapiecage
Up to Gold/Silver they were closer to gameboy games that were also compatible with color. The full color games had different cartridge
Rapiecage
But I meant RBY+Green (technically), and TCG
NerfHerderTurdBurglar
true, Green was only in Japan though. But that's still a very small % of all the Pokemon games that exist
notquitebilbobaggins
Wut? I don't know if you know this, but they made pokemon for other, newer consoles too. You know, the ones these kids would actually have.
WEAREGRID
......No?
notquitebilbobaggins
I know for a fact that there were games made for the DS handhelds, which are different from gameboy, regardless if it was based off of gb
WEAREGRID
Oh wait sorry thought you were replying to a different comment of mine. All the Nintendo handheld consoles are based on the Gameboy.
notquitebilbobaggins
Yeah so? Just because it was based on the gameboy doesn't mean it is a gameboy or that the kids would know about the gameboy.
PowwerOrb13
No they weren't, and even if so, why in the nine would they have to know this?
notquitebilbobaggins
They'd most likely play it from the NDS. That doesn't mean they'd know the DS was based off of the gameboy, and what the gameboy even was.
WEAREGRID
If you played Pokemon you would have a basic knowledge of Nintendo and handheld consoles and also what button arrangement it has.
RosegoldEverything
Not.. not really. Did you miss the whole Pokémon go thing?
PowwerOrb13
I'm sorry sir, but some CHILDREN just play games, not everyone knows that the DS stemmed from the game & watch which predates the gameboy
notquitebilbobaggins
EXACTLY.
PowwerOrb13
And playing Pokémon only guarantees that you have a basic knowledge of Pokémon, nothing else. Hell I didn't know what Nintendo was as a kid
WEAREGRID
I'm just going to rephrase to "obviously none of these kids are huge fucking nerds like you two"
notquitebilbobaggins
Huh...??!
WEAREGRID
I'm just going to rephrase everything to "obviously none of these kids are huge fucking nerds like you"
notquitebilbobaggins
Dude they'd be playing their games not looking up the inspiration for the DS on wikipedia