Why Isn't There a More Prominent Game Boy Scene?

[Exhuminator]

But that's just this little bear's opinion.

Not a bad opinion but who the hell's letting bears up in this place.

[alienjesus]

Personally speaking, I think it would be better to have multiple Top 10 lists divided up by genre. That way, people get exactly what they want to get instead of having to dig through a massive list of games they mostly don't care about.

But that's just this little bear's opinion.

This stands to isolate certain games that could be included such as the Game Boy's music 'games' - where there probably aren't 10 games in the genre at all, and if there are, very unlikely to be 10 noteworthy ones!

[Ack]

Personally speaking, I think it would be better to have multiple Top 10 lists divided up by genre. That way, people get exactly what they want to get instead of having to dig through a massive list of games they mostly don't care about.

But that's just this little bear's opinion.

This stands to isolate certain games that could be included such as the Game Boy's music 'games' - where there probably aren't 10 games in the genre at all, and if there are, very unlikely to be 10 noteworthy ones!

Fighting games would probably have this issue too, and First Person Shooters definitely would.

[alienjesus]

Personally speaking, I think it would be better to have multiple Top 10 lists divided up by genre. That way, people get exactly what they want to get instead of having to dig through a massive list of games they mostly don't care about.

But that's just this little bear's opinion.

This stands to isolate certain games that could be included such as the Game Boy's music 'games' - where there probably aren't 10 games in the genre at all, and if there are, very unlikely to be 10 noteworthy ones!

Fighting games would probably have this issue too, and First Person Shooters definitely would.

It would equally exclude a great many worthy platformers and puzzle games from the list, which the game boy has in abundance.

[the7k]

Personally speaking, I think it would be better to have multiple Top 10 lists divided up by genre. That way, people get exactly what they want to get instead of having to dig through a massive list of games they mostly don't care about.

But that's just this little bear's opinion.

This stands to isolate certain games that could be included such as the Game Boy's music 'games' - where there probably aren't 10 games in the genre at all, and if there are, very unlikely to be 10 noteworthy ones!

Then why not a Top 5? Why not a Top 20 for genres that have more entries worth noting? If there's only 7 games worth mentioning, don't make it a Top 10 just to get to 10, and don't mention 5 and arbitrarily throw games out just to have a Top 5.

[marlowe221]

I do want a raspberry pi or beaglebone based handheld though. Something in a Gameboy or GBASP shell would be perfect.

I would pay good money for this.

[Gunstar Green]

The closest thing you can get right now are these kits to make your own Game Boy. Pretty nifty:

http://makezine.com/2014/07/11/make-you ... y-replica/

[fastbilly1]

yeah the Gamegirl or BeagleBone GamingCape would be perfect. But I would love to buy one over make it. I am far better at making big things over small things.

[Gunstar Green]

I'm not very technically inclined. I'm sure if I tried to make one I'd end up destroying either myself or my apartment.

[Exhuminator]

I've been playing Game Boy games on my Droid phone. Some people can't handle not having actual buttons, but it works well enough for me.