Customer Reviews

Original Nintendo Game Boy, Gray

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I ordered this for my mom who is recovering from surgery. When she had a surgery 10 years ago, my Game Boy was her favorite immobile pastime. My old one broke and I am so glad I was able to fine this one -- she loves it! It has kept her entertained while she can't move around.

The item arrived very quickly, in the exact condition described, working just right.

Thanks!

The Game Boy is the roots of modern handheld gaming. Despite the fact that it didn't have color, what it did have was an amazing library of classics. From Super Mario Land and Tetris to the Game Boy Color titles, there's no doubt you wouldn't resist this.

Compared to the fancy-schmacy PSPs, GBA, and Nintendo DS handhelds today, this game is indeed a dinosaur, its monitor small in size compared to the size of the whole unit itself, the monitor being a weird green color and limited graphics, and needing four AA batteries at once.

Yet all of these fancy new handheld platforms would not have existed with this beauty. It was nice in its simplicity - games had to define themselves through gameplay rather than graphics. I still have my cherry-red Game Boy, though I haven't touched it in ages and it's in its case packed away in my chest. Ahh, memories...

Sure, the new handhelds boast a lot more capability, but you can't go wrong with Classic Game Boy!

UPDATE:i got the game boy & mario land today!!!!

i got the game boy today and it came all the way from eugene Or!!!!!

and i got super mario land a few days back before i got this!!!

pros: very very durable it looks like it could take a beating.

cons:when you put a game pak in the game boy without blowing in it the nintendo logo turns into a black line my advice.......blow into the slot where the game is held and then before you put batterys in it put some acohoul in the battery slot. over all very very pleased.

Sometimes it is fun to bring the retro feeling to the future! Sometimes it is fun to have a bulky system like the Nintendo Game Boy Original! Sometimes it is fun to have the most durable gaming system in the book!

The Original Game Boy was designed in 1989 and was released with many well known titles one being Super Mario Land. I really like this system as it is MUCH different than all of the other Nintendo Game Boy systems and it is so durable that if you threw it off the empire state building and landed on your cats back it would still work perfectly. Don't buy a Nintendo DS Lite that you have to pay $35.00 for a game that is not even the size of your eye ball, get something cheap, durable, and has a big library of games. I would also get the gray Nintendo Game Boy battery pack with the cord because then you don't have to use 4 AA batteries, however with batteries the Original Game Boy can last about 30 hours with only 4 AA batteries. This system is A LOT better than any other system by Nintendo, to be honest with you, now you can get Super Mario Land at Game Stores for $1.00 and up but most commonly $12.00. *****WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT BUY A NINTENDO DS LITE, THEY RIP YOU OFF AND I HAD ONE AND MY BROTHER HAD ONE AND WE GOT SO RIPPED OFF ON GAMES THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD OUR CELL PHONE BILL...... *****Please get a Nintendo Game Boy Original, you will be so happy, make sure you get a case for it and be sure to put the games in plastic cases. The best Game Boy Game deal I ever got was, I got a Super Mario Land (original) from Game Stop for $1.50 last weekend!


Some games I would like you to have in your library for many reasons are:
Super Mario Land(Original)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Super Mario Land 4(Bootleg on a multicart of mine)
Tetris (The Original)
Tetris Plus
Tetris DX
Tetris Attack
Tetris Blast
Wario Land 2(Gray Cartridge Color)
Solar Striker (Gray Cart 1989 release)
Lemmings(Somewhat fun/cool artwork GRAY cartridge)
Original Game Boy (Nintendo 1989 Gray Color)
A roomy carrying pouch
Donkey Kong Land
Donkey Kong Land 2
Donkey Kong Land 3
Any Multicarts(in 1) except for the 4 in 1 pak games.....
Japanese Releases(You never know what kind of game it is)
Clear Cases for the Game Boy Games
At home case, try to make it black and fit about 12 games
New Drawers: To store some of your Game Boy Games in...
anything else I missed that would be good for your collection?

PLEASE GET ME, I AM A COLLECTOR'S DREAM AND I AM VERY GOOD WITH POWER, I AM HIGHLY DURABLE, AND BEST OF ALL I AM BULKY!

Please buy me if you find me...

J.R. Platt

Despite the age of the product it works GREAT I have one I bought on here from a great seller and it's kind of dirty , the screen is scratched and stuff but that's OK! There's no lines in the screen and the sound is way better than the game boy advance!

Overall great product!

I also would like to say, my game boy advance looses it's battery door all the time. I have yet to lose the battery door on this one. I broke my first game boy advance after 3 days of owning it! I broke a display model of a game boy micro as well!

Old game boys are much more durable than the new systems, do not buy a Game boy SP or a DS they break so easy if you drop them it's not worth the money at all!

It's great
just as the seller described
this is vintage material!
better than this xbox, PSP filth we get nowadays
a must-get!!!

OK people,

It's the CLASSIC game boy, released in 1989, and was borderline outdated when it was released, so to all saying "Graphics SUCK" go away. Its a RETRO game item which is now a collectable, its not a DS or whatever. The screen is hard to see but that should be understood if you buy this, it was a cheap display for 1989, so shut up! If you're looking for something fun to play old games on, get a PSP and run the emulators, but if you want a collectable item or something like that, get this.

This game boy was in excellant condition!! Very fast ship ! Great service.

this gameboy i got on friday and i must say i love it. its much better than the games now