Game Boy Pocket - Red

by Nintendo

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002ST36
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,163 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Gameboy red edition.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Over 5 years and still running strong!, April 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Game Boy Pocket - Red (Game Cartridge)

I have heard that this Game Boy came out in 1996, but I have always thought that when I got my Game Boy Pocket I was four. I wasn't four in '96, but I could have been five. Well, anyway, I got this Game Boy when I was about 4 or 5 years old. Even then, it was so easy to figure out that I could play Crazy Castle for hours (if my mom had let me!). It kept a 6-year-old occupied on a trip from Florida to Pennsylvania, and even now, though I have two Game Boy Colors and a Game Boy Advance, I still play it every once in a while, and it still works! The only thing that troubles me, and has always caused me trouble, is the battery compartment door. It never stayed on, and finally I lost it! But the batteries stay in okay. This system has a contrast switch that turns the screen lighter or darker (it baffled me when I was younger!!). But now, the screen looks like newsprint, but that's probably because I'm either too used to better graphics, or it's old. But, I'm sure you'd have a lot of luck with a newer one! This one that I have is red and must be one of the first ones because I remember seeing the mesmerizing commercial on TV and then, one day asking my mom to get it for me! But, then again, a day in little-kid time is more like a month in real time, since you can't tell time when you're that young! Anyway, I think that this is a super system for anyone, especially someone being introduced to pocket games.

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The system that introduced me to Game Boy!, October 10, 2001

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"fireball90" (N.J., USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Game Boy Pocket - Red (Game Cartridge)

Even though this is very, very, very, very, very, old, it was the system that started my crave for Game Boy. Without it, I wouldn't have a Game Boy Color or a Game Boy Advance.