Actually playing on a Gameboy?

[Retronomy]

Well, if I were going to recommend, there are two models.
The first fatty gameboy, for it's superior sound.
Gameboy color actually has the worst sound of the gameboys and the gameboy advance line is only slightly better.

Then, there's the GameBoy Light, which is a gameboy pocket with a back lit screen. Also has better sound than the Colour.

You could, however, always pick up a simple mod kid for putting a backlight in an old DMG model and have the best of both worlds. They come in all sorts of colors, too.

[Curlypaul]

I just cant cope with the screen blur on the grey brick, I normally play GB games on my SP. It squashes the screen down that its pretty small, but at least its clear and doesn't blur.

[Zing]

The first fatty gameboy, for it's superior sound.
Gameboy color actually has the worst sound of the gameboys and the gameboy advance line is only slightly better.

This is true. The original Game Boy does seem to have the least noisy sound, and the loudest speaker volume. One of the first things I noticed with the GBC is the sound quality.

However, the blurry display of the original is very bad. Sure, you can play the games, but you are having a worse experience. Once you have tried the crisp and clear visuals of a pocket or colour, it is very difficult to go back.

[retrosportsgamer]

Then, there's the GameBoy Light, which is a gameboy pocket with a back lit screen. Also has better sound than the Colour.

Interesting.

I personally use a GBA SP-101 but there is something to say for the old original models.

[Jungell]

Interesting!

I ended up buying a GBC, with a seperate light! I figured it would be the best thing, since I want to play both GBC and GB games on the thing and I really want a pre-advance Gameboy.

So now I'm just waiting for it to arrive!

[Retronomy]

Also, prosound mods exist for gameboy pockets if you want to boost it's (comparitively) weak speaker.

I think for practicality's sake, I'd go with a GB Pocket in the end, preferably the Light model.

[ac_90]

a lot of people recommend the sp; it's probably the best price to practicality ratio you can strive for (assuming you want to play the actual cartridges) since it has a backlight and can be obtained for a decent price with the potential for collection expansion (gbc, gba).

if you're just looking for game boy, i'd personally recommend a pocket. game boy light would be ideal, but it's expensive for what it is, just because of how rare it is. many people would recommend a color, but i personally don't find the gbc library to be that good (minus the pokemon games; which are playable on a pocket). it's definitely worse than having a backlight, but game boy pockets play really well in lit public areas or outside!

however, if you just want to play game boy games, i'd recommend you look into emulation via other devices. game boy is probably the most versatile series of systems i've seen; you'd have a lot of opportunities for sure!

[Jungell]

[quote="ac_90"]if you're just looking for game boy, i'd personally recommend a pocket. game boy light would be ideal, but it's expensive for what it is, just because of how rare it is. many people would recommend a color, but i personally don't find the gbc library to be that good (minus the pokemon games; which are playable on a pocket). it's definitely worse than having a backlight, but game boy pockets play really well in lit public areas or outside!/quote]

Yeah, I thought long and hard about the pocket! But I wanted the most "bang for the buck" in my first pre-advance game boy, so I went with the color! Both GBC and GB games seemed like a good way to start! I'll most likely have one of every game boy in a not too distant future... That's just the life for us collectors!

[Jungell]

Ok, today I received a Game Boy in the mail! The fellow was nice enough to include a random Star Wars game and a worm light.

A nifty little tip; the worm light is basically useless as it is. It only lights up about half the screen and with a horrible highlight. But if you sand the surface of the LED to diffuse it, the light scatters softly over a bigger area! I got the idea and tested it by playing Castlevania in a pitch black room and I was delighted when it actually worked really well!

Not bad for something that goes for about a buck!

[ac_90]

Ok, today I received a Game Boy in the mail! The fellow was nice enough to include a random Star Wars game and a worm light.

A nifty little tip; the worm light is basically useless as it is. It only lights up about half the screen and with a horrible highlight. But if you sand the surface of the LED to diffuse it, the light scatters softly over a bigger area! I got the idea and tested it by playing Castlevania in a pitch black room and I was delighted when it actually worked really well!

Not bad for something that goes for about a buck!

solid!