Phil writes, "Today is the 28th birthday of Nintendo's handheld wonder, the Game Boy. This monochromatic marvel led the way to what we play currently, and many of its games still hold up. It's amazing to me the progression of tech in portables that has happened since the OG Game Boy. As a kid, I never could have guessed I'd be playing home console-quality games, 3D at that, on a portable device like I can now.
With the Game Boy's 28th anniversary, I wanted to do something special on SuperPhillip Central. Hence this top ten list counting down the best and boldest of original Game Boy software. That means no Game Boy Color titles like Pokemon Gold and Silver or Wario Land II."
We have all been there! Blowing on a Nintendo video game cartridge when the game we were playing just would not launch or appeared to be glitching.
I mean it worked for me. Regardless if it was just a poor connection between the cartridge and the console or some random bug that was preventing the game from loading properly, the placebo effect of knowing your breath is what fixed the game is dead set in the minds of plenty of 80s gamers.
Blow on the game and then use something about hte thickness of a deck of cards in my case it a was plastic sport card holder of about 20 cards that would keep the mechnaism all the eway down. Ahh and the famous left to right shuffle hoping the contact would touch.
Stupid Zoomer tries to debunk a technique used successfully by millions of people over many years.
Look out for they/them’s next article ‘DEBUNKED! Why the Xbox 360 towel trick is all a myth’.
I mean, sure it worked, but did it work every single time? If the answer is yes then you were probably just lucky, or more likely, not remembering correctly. Regardless, it did work be that luck or scientific reasons.
I literally have the same nes from when i was a kid and it still works doing these things. Played on multiple nes consoels when i was a kid always did the same thing and it would always work eventually. PLayed a ton of tecmo bowl with on diff consoles we all did the same thing to get the contacts to register.
Clearing the dust from inside the cartridge by blowing on it did work.
Perhaps YOU are unfamiliar with how easily dust can disrupt electronics, but entire generations of gamers and computer users are.
Yup. The pins would get dirty and dusty, anyone that's cleaned a game with a q tip knows that. Blowing the cartridge out would had have to helped.
It definitely works. They can go on and on about how it didn't but I was there for 100s of games. It was pretty damn common.
“You don't see many games that play like Midway's classic arcade hit Joust and Balloon Fight is one of them so let's get popping.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
When the first footage of Over Jump Rally appeared online, it rightly caused quite a stir. Created using Unreal Engine 5, it offered a tantalizing glimpse of what a modern-day Sega Rally could look like, complete with super-realistic car models, breathtaking environments and – of course – the trademark Sega Blue Sky.
someone put a lot of effort into making this feel or look just like the good ol'days
thanks for finding this.!
Well done and great potential for a tribute.
Hey Dev, would you happen to be a fan of Skies of Arcadia? Lol
I always played a soccer game, can't remember the name though
Save a click, here's the list;
10) Kirby's Dream Land 2
9) Metroid II: Return of Samus
8) Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
7) Mega Man V
6) Mole Mania
5) Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
4) Pokemon Blue. Red, and Yellow
3) Tetris
2) Donkey Kong ('94)
1) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
The website includes brief descriptions of the games and a screenshot of each but here's the list if you were curious.