Handhelds, are they fun or just paperweights now?

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puke_face wrote:Is the GBPlayer compatible with the Wii?
Nope

As for the topic, over the past few years I sold all my non Nintendo handhelds for many of the reasons stated. I did keep my Gamegear, but other than that they were all sold. The only one I am tempted to buy again is a Lynx (IF I can find it cheap). I was not a huge fan of handhelds till I was in college, and since then a Gameboy/GBA/DS has been with me almost daily. There is some fun to play the games on their original hardware, but not worth the cost and space to me any more (even though space is a small factor).
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If you start to collect, start from the Gameboy up, as it will let you see how far the gameboy line has gone, but I would recommend getting a NGPC; that is if you like fighting games :)
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and if anyone has GB games they don't want, I'll take em.
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noiseredux wrote:and if anyone has GB games they don't want, I'll take em.


you trying to jack my shit? lol

I dont know what I am going to do anymore, honestly...I love collecting but without the room to keep the stuff I always have to sell my collection to start another. Which in a way is cool...I have touch some of the rarest items known. Besides things that are 18,000$, but I have touched sealed games and consoles valued at 300-500$ so atleast thats awesome...but...I miss holding um. Was just hoping to find a collection I could keep lol.
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Start a DS collection.
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itsmattxp wrote:Start a DS collection.
true dat homie! 8)

really, every handheld is worth owning except really, really obcsure things like the Gamate
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I dont know what I am going to do...I might just wait for my first trip out this spring and see what calls me that way
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for me, handhelds get played so much more than consoles its a bit rediculous. You just cant beat being able to move about, even inside your own house. I'd rather play a handheld game in the living room while my girlfriend watches tv then have to lock myself in my bedroom feeling like a recluse. My DS, GBA, GB and NGPC games get a lot of game time, and have a big list of wants for game gear, PSP, and wonderswan that i hope to invest in soon. The lynx, not so much...
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I think it comes down to whether you enjoy the system and the games. Doesn't matter much whether its handeld or console then.
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Cov238 wrote:I think it comes down to whether you enjoy the system and the games. Doesn't matter much whether its handeld or console then.
I agree with this for the most part. Like everybody knows, I enjoy the GB/GBC/GBA library more than any other -- but I play it on the GBPlayer (console-style) more than anything. It's about the games first.
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