Not mine, but I always enjoy seeing these monstrosities.

    • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      2 months ago

      I had the GameBoy Color version of the magnifying glass/speaker/fake joystick combo. It ran the speakers and the light off of its own pair of batteries. The speakers were an upgrade (especially for the stereo sound) but everything else was a gimmick. The incandescent bulb was too dim and housing around the screen made it darker and even more difficult to see:

      Later on in early 2000s we got the worm light. LED and was powered from the link cable port. It was considerably brighter and hardly affected battery life from what I remember:

      We also eventually got magnifying glasses that didn’t have the housing around the screen to darken it:

      • PolydoreSmith@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 months ago

        Those worm lights were the first time I ever saw an LED. It was crazy to me that it was so bright it was blue.

        • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 months ago

          Same but I was 12 at the time so I didn’t think much about the bulb tech nor it’s color temperature. I was just like “wow that’s a bright bulb”.

          Later on around 2005 I got my first piece of tech with an OLED screen: a Kenwood car stereo. It wouldn’t be for nearly another 20 years when I finally got my first OLED TV.

  • you_are_dust@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    What would actually happen if you used an action replay and a game genie at the same time? Would it not even be able to boot up? Would it work and just one supercedes the other? I only ever had game genie so I couldn’t test it. Does anyone know?

  • Deadeyegai@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    This is the ideal Gameboy body. You might not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like (just be sure to have all the batteries nearby).

  • Alaik@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    A game genie and action replay on one unit? I seem to recall that being a very bad idea.

    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      You might brick your game, but that’s a small price to pay for electronic gaming dominance.

  • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    No, you do not mix AR and game genie but there is a distinct absence of anything Gameboy camera/printer attachment so it’s clearly incomplete. I’d also suggest the attachment reading lamp, but I think if that magnifying attachment comes with a light that works, too. Not sure if that particular one does, though.