GotGame: The original Game Boy celebrated its 25th birthday last week. To remember the original Game Boy, we’ve assembled a list of the five greatest features of the original Game Boy…as well as five of its worst hangups.
“There are many iconic platformers yet Kid Chameleon is rarely discussed so allow me to shine the spotlight on this retro treasure.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Acquire, famous for games like Tenchu and Octopath Traveler, becomes KADOKAWA subsidiary. Can this mean a revival for beloved series?
I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.
Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.
"The company was unable to focus enough on its main hope"
Nope. Going back to the 32X as the reason Sega lost that generation doesn't go back far enough before the Saturn.
Sega executives need to blame themselves as to why Sega lost that generation. Not Saturn. Not 32X. Not Sega CD. Nope. Executives were the reason why. It wasn't the hardware. Those devices were either dropped early or released to soon resulting in a developer backlash the hurt the game catalog. They really shouldn't have been made at all because they should have planned their next move more carefully. It has nothing to do with the devices. Poor leadership decisions and lack of unity within the company are what happened.
Love how blame is always shifted away from what is the truth. Writing a book placing the blame on the 32X isn't the truth.
Very wonderful article. Its really pity that took 10 years to Nintendo to give color at Gameboy and 15 years to give black-light.
Though, I wouldn't say that battery life is an advantage. Ok 15 hours for 4 AAA batteries, I prefer a rechargeable battery even his life is shorter....
Whatever, gameboy brings back so many memories and it had the greatest library of games ever!!!! A legendar system.
Cool article! Enjoyed a trip to memory lane and I think you totally nailed the main pros and cons in a fun way. I no longer have my original one but I still have an fully functional Game Boy Pocket.
i loved the fat original gameboy, tetris and mario all day son lol