35 years of the Nintendo Game Boy, the handheld originally dubbed "hopeless"

Originally dubbed "hopeless", the Game Boy went on to have a lasting legacy, as well as hosting some of the most influential games of all time.

[ZeekQuattro]

Lots of fond memories with the Gameboy. It was my first portable console. It's also the last system my parents played as games were getting too advanced for them outside of pinball, Mario and classic Donkey Kong games. 🤣

[Cacabunga]

I never had one but some school friends did.
I still remember the magical feeling of playing motocross and mario bros 2 (i think).. gaming addiction since that very moment

[victorMaje]

I’ll never forget opening that Christmas gift. I was ill, had a fever, and was screaming with Joy :)

[Profchaos]

I still have my original GB that I opened up on Christmas morning way back and donkey Kong game it came with.

Still works to I recently picked up a ever drive for a decent price and have been rediscovering some of my all time favourite games like Pokemon, super Mario land 2 and links awakening.

Amazing little system with interesting development and release story.

The story of how Tetris came to be a pack in has been turned into a movie it's that interesting

[P_Bomb]

I remember the audio being pretty ace back in the day.

[Knightofelemia]

I love the Gameboy just like I love the GameGear had to McWill mod and recap the GameGear. Hand held machines from that era I still love. I also love the fact Nintendo made the Super Gameboy for the SNES I really enjoyed that. Also love and still own the Gameboy player on the Game Cube. I don't know why but I will take an actual handheld system whether Gameboy, GameGear, Gameboy Advanced, PSP, or Vita. Over playing a game on a phone to me gaming on the phone is not the same. I still take one of my hand held systems on the road when I go to work. I miss those days I remember when third party companies would litter the handhelds with shitty products and products that actually worked well. I would try for a Lynx or a Turbo Express but they can get expensive and so can the games.

[ARESWARLORD]

To this day mine still sits under my tv ready for a quick Tetris session

[Agent75]

Texas calculators stuck together as a joke by Nintendo engineers, out pops the Game Boy. The screen was terrible, plenty of games, not many classics and overpriced. Took way too long to release a better model, but that was the Game Boy Pocket. Game Boy Color screen was too small and lacked quality games. The only pure handheld that was any good from Nintendo was the 3DS. Overall, the Switch is Nintendo’s best handheld. Handheld gaming overall has always been average.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

This was my best friend when it came to car trips, I had the classic Gameboy (which I'm sure I still have in storage somewhere). Then I played it obessively when the Pokemon games came out, I played Red and then Yellow, I think I then got Gold and my sister got Silver. I also had Mario, Tertris and Link's Awakening. I also remember returning home in the dark on car trips and trying to play by street light lights.

Good times.

[Babadook7]

The Game Boy had a bit of a celebrity role in the recent Tetris movie. Which was pretty awesome.

I don't remember the Game Boy ever being hailed as hopeless. They set up kiosks in public places and it drew plenty of attention with Tetris being instantly understandable by all ages.

[Trilithon]

still got my original game boy and all the games and it still works just like it always did