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Kids React to Gameboy!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pCp8g-VjOs

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>> No.1744869

No thanks.
It's likely to be them complaining how it isn't as good as their iPhones.
I can't imagine why I'd want to watch that.

>> No.1744882

I saw the one where they looked at a Walkman with absolute disbelief.

I mean, shit, when I was 8 I knew what a fucking gramophone was. I didn't have to poke it with a stick for two minutes trying to assess its threat level.

I don't think it's a situation of "kids these days" as much as it is that they just get sheltered dumb kids to do these.

>> No.1744886

These are mostly staged and they only show the most retarded reactions.

>> No.1744890

>>1744840
>"Wait, so this thing doesn't even have WiFi? lol that's gay..."
No thanks.

>> No.1744901

>>1744869
I has a 13 year old saying it obviously won't have any incredible games, and another kid complaining about having to touch buttons.

>> No.1744912 [DELETED] 

Toonami - Space Dandy Ep. 15 Promo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeSjNahEvZk

>> No.1744916

>>1744840
Did they all have to say what it was? We can all fucking read.

>>>>>THOSE WACKY KIDS!!!!

>> No.1744919

>>1744901
>It has a couple of 30 year olds behind the scenes telling a 13 year old to say it obviously won't have any incredible games, and another kid to complain about having to touch buttons

These videos are clickbait and always have been.

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>>1744912

Now THAT'S more like it!

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>>1744840
I feel like I'm the only one who finds this video endearing.

>> No.1744943

>>1744936

Mine's a personal problem. I wasn't that dumb as a kid, so I can't empathize with kids who aren't excited to learn about a new piece of technology. They approach this stuff with contempt at the ready. I was fascinated by and salivated after every bit of old technology I came across when I was a kid.

>> No.1744958

>>1744943
Of course they're dumb and have contempt for new things(assuming they aren't putting it on as an act) but why hate them for it? The humor comes from their simplicity. Can you imagine them trying to play Super Mario Land and getting pissed because it offers a real challenge unlike most modern ios/android games? It would be hilarious, like watching DSP, only not as sad

>> No.1744967

>>1744943

They specifically pick out the kids that say the shit that makes it go viral among the 20-something crowd. This is not a serious sampling of kids across america for some documentary. It's a clickbait youtube video.

>> No.1744974

>>1744967
be honest, you know that the vast majority of kids would instantly hate on shit Milleniums grew up with.

>> No.1744981

I thought it was pretty okay. that asian kid knew about it and said he owned one to play pokemon.
he's alright in my book

>> No.1744984

>>1744919
This. Don't worry, anyone with a pair of braincells can see how painfully forced this is. Maybe some of these were "inspired" by genuine reactions (I doubt that even), but the video is visibly scripted and heavily exaggerated.

>> No.1744990

>>1744984
go to a lower elementary school grade with a Game Boy, Game Gear, Laserdisc, etc. and you'll get more or less the same reactions I bet.

>> No.1744993

>>1744974

Hey man, every single little kid I've ever babysat (and since I'm a good 10 years older then most children of the current generation in my family there's been a lot) have loved Super Mario World on an original SNES when I showed it to them so ain't worried.

>> No.1745002

>>1744840
>I made it! It says Game Over!
>I kind of feel sad for the people in the past
The Asian boy in glasses and the 13 year old white kid were the only ones who were actually not dumb.

>> No.1745020

>>1744840
This one wasn't so bad, but the one where they made them play with the AppleII infuriated my inner /g/.

>> No.1745023 [DELETED] 

>fat white girl with glasses complains about dah patriarchy

Some things never change.
But the blonde 12 yo was hot.
>"It's big and clunky"
I'll show ya something big and clunky allright.

>> No.1745030

>>1745023

You cad, I spit out my drink.

>> No.1745058

>2011
>not forcing your kids to play through all games ever created in chronological order starting with pong

>> No.1745061

>>1745058
this is the only way to do it.
or else your children will be cod kiddies

>> No.1745089

>>1745061

>implying that my future children will not be slaves to their VR chambers to actually care about antique toys like CoD.

>> No.1745316

>>1745089
>implying VR CoD won't be GOTY

>> No.1745332

lol nice one op.

>> No.1745356

>>1745089
>implying you're not in a vr chamber right now.

>> No.1745367

>>1745356
>implying "real life" isn't just a really shitty MMO that suppresses your memories of the actual real world in order to fully immerse you
>implying the only way out isn't to run out of lives

>> No.1745372

>>1744840
"This game is addicting... but I lost."

The LOVE the blonde boy with the orange shirt; he is out only hope. He was actually genuinely enjoying the Game Boy.l

>> No.1745373

>>1745372
*I Love that blonde boy...
*our only hope.

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>>1745373
>I love that blond boy

>> No.1745385

>>1745373
Do you now? Tell us more.

Caption: solicitation innotbo

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>>1744840

>> No.1745407

>>1744958
I was going to reply saying that super mario land isn't challenging and you can sit down and beat it in about half an hour but then I remembered I never got past world 2-2 as a kid and didn't see the ending until I was maybe 20.

>> No.1745414

how old are most people on /vr/? is it safe to say the vast majority of us were born in the 70s and 80s?

1988 master race reporting in

>> No.1745418

>>1744840
>Redditors React to Gameboy, Children Read the Script!!

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>>1745414

89 here. Didn't get a gameboy until 1995 but still feel old as fuck watching that video.

>> No.1745442

>>1745414
93 reporting. I've always kind of assumed most of /vr/ would be in their 30s or something.

>> No.1745443

Gameboy is plenty playable by today's standards. The controls are more responsive than any of these shitty mobile games, and the graphics aren't even too bad depending on the game.

>> No.1745450

>>1745443

A lot of kids would most likely hate that the majority of games are meant to be played in one sitting, and don't let you save.

Also, the lack of hand holding/checkpoints would be frustrating too.

Assuming they play the real hardware that is.

>> No.1745452

If anything didn't age well of the original game boy, it would be the screen. The monochrome nature of it did hinder the experience, but most games were designed in a way that used graphics that would could associate with immediately. You see a fire hydrant and your brain immediately colors it in as red. However, the Game Boy's screen was pretty bad with ghosting.

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>>1745452
>tfw no high resolution GB screen

>> No.1745514

>>1745450
I think that video, fake though it is, was supposed to be measuring their initial reactions and not their opinions on the game mechanics. Plenty of games did have hand holding, checkpoints, and saves, anyways. Link's Awakening isn't that much different from the more modern mobile Zelda games, for example.

>> No.1745524

>>1745414

1983

Someone euthanise me

>> No.1745529

>>1745414
1978. I've seen some shit.

>> No.1745538

>that one boy that is a little too exited its a gameboy

>> No.1745549

>>1745414
1987 here

>> No.1745595

>>1744840
I would adopt the shit out of that Asian kid in the green shirt.

>> No.1745631

>>1745414
1990 here, but being third world, I grew with retro consoles, and outdated-by-then fashion styles and 80s action movies.

>> No.1745636

>>1745414
1996
I like playing old games
Why wasn't i born earlier

>> No.1745639

>Clickbait garbage.

No.

>> No.1745641

>>1745636
>I was born in the wrong generation!
stop

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1983 here too.

I can still recall the fall of Coleco and the Sega wars...

>> No.1745679

>>1745641
I'm not saying I was born in the wrong generation
I enjoy games that are released now
If i had to choose between retro games and modern games i would chose modern
I just wish i was born earlier to experience older games before i was spoiled by newer games

>> No.1745702

>Elle
>Age 12

What the fuck? She looks 15 at the very least. That girl is fucking huge.

>> No.1745710

>>1745414
1994 here. Hello.

>> No.1745718

>>1744990

>excuse me sir, what are you doing?
>oh, no, it's okay, I'm just teaching the kids about the wonders of laserdisc

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>>1744840
>It's not like there's gonna be any amazing games on it

>> No.1745723

>>1745414
93 but my family was poor so I grew up playing everything like two gens behind until the most recent one. Hell even my video store had Genesis and SNES for rental until like 2003.

>> No.1745751

>>1745702
growth hormones

>> No.1745757

>>1745414
94

>> No.1745761

>>1745414
>tfw 1995 and everyone I know is a codfag

>> No.1745793

>>1745723
Same and I loved it

To be fair they should have given them a better game than Tetris. Metroid II or Balloon Kid or Gargoyle's Quest or something.

>> No.1745874

>>1744840
That South Asian kid really knows his shit. His parents are raising him right.

>> No.1745875

>>1745874
That kid made me cringe.

>> No.1745880

I think today's younger generation has a looser grasp on the concept of quality vs quantity. Generally, as long as new games/tech have enough different gadgets to keep kids occupied they will sell huge numbers regardless of quality. It's about having the latest gear.

I hate to say back in the day but back in the day a game wasn't necessarily desirable because it's the latest in a huge franchise; quality was a factor as well and I feel that's been gone for a while now.

>> No.1745886

>30 year old nerds react to kids react to stuff from muh childhood

why do you people let yourselves get baited and upset so fucking easily. go play a videogame and chill bros

>> No.1745891

I can't watch this video. Can someone describe it to me?

I let my niece play with my Gameboy all the time. I got games like Kirby and Tetris just for her, and she loves it.

>> No.1745898

>>1745886

Nobody's getting upset. It's a stupid video and even if it were real kids wouldn't be amazed by an old GB anyway

>> No.1745910

Nice b8 m8...actually....damn...you...fuck this generation of kids. No imagination and just all fucking, walking, talking potatoes.

>> No.1745914

>N64
>not Nintendo DS home edition

>> No.1745915

>>1745442
We are you youthful faggot

>> No.1745916

>>1745910
lol that's true.

>> No.1745917

>>1745880

They have a loose grasp on anything that doesn't involve sharing pictures of themselves so I'm not going to disagree.

>> No.1745919

>>1745910

Is there a "fedora" equivalent for people trying too hard to act old and upset at younger people?

Also, your parents probably thought the same thing about your stupid ass for playing Game Boy.

>> No.1745920

>>1745414
94 reporting. A little younger than others here, but I was raised on the NES up until the turn of the millennium. Journey to Silius and Mega-Man were the bane of my existence.

My first "Current-Gen" console was the n64. My mind was BLOWN when I heard about the ps2.

>> No.1745924

>>1745919
his post is accurate though, it must have hit you hard.

>> No.1745926

>>1745924
Swing and a miss on both counts.

>> No.1745935

>>1745919
I'd say so. I don't think you're allowed to get angry at a younger generation until you're at least 40. Being in your mid 20s and getting mad at 13 year olds is just silly because it's like a ten year gap which isn't that big.

>> No.1745937

I still have a GB Pocket, but I usually just put the classic cartridges in the SP.

>> No.1745940

>>1745935
I think it's fair to criticize vapid, narcissistic behavior and general self-entitlement that hasn't had such a profound effect on older generations. You don't have to be greying to spot trends.

>> No.1745946

>>1745702
Back when I was 12 there was a girl in my grade who was like 6 foot tall and a head taller than every other guy in the grade

girls hit puberty fast bro

>> No.1745951

>>1745940
>hasn't had such a profound effect on older generations.

Meant to say that those weren't traits of older generations.

>> No.1745954

>>1745880
>I hate to say back in the day but back in the day a game wasn't necessarily desirable because it's the latest in a huge franchise; quality was a factor as well and I feel that's been gone for a while now.

come on let's get real, you wanted anything the radikewl TV commercials told you was good

>> No.1745959

>>1745954
That's how it is these days, too. To deny it is to deny what is obviously true, the commercials just aren't on television anymore.

They're here.

>> No.1745965

>>1745414

92 reporting in

>> No.1745967

>>1744840
Besides the genuinely retarded moments:
>how2battery
>how2cartridge
>we got more portable stuff now, wats the use? all game consoles are the same except for portability right guys?
>seems old, must have bad games
>ohnoe we has to press buttons
So, yeah besides those, I would actually agree that the Game Boy isn't desirable when compared to newer consoles. I wouldn't want one because of the low resolution, unlit, green screen alone. Not to mention that the newer hardware and programming technology used in the DS/PSP/whatever allows game developers more control over level design and story telling within games. Newer games seem more fundamentally enjoyable. Also, I never grew up with a Game Boy, so I think I'm speaking from an unbiased perspective. A game should be able to stand on its own, not because of some historical respect I owe it.

>> No.1745970

>>1745959
well for fun here's an ad that tried selling the Game Boy to people born in the late 70s/early 80s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ov34ciLVEc

>> No.1745971

>>1745954
>>1745959

Although I agree with your points a series like COD would not sell in large numbers every single year. Mediocrity is acceptable now and it's the norm.

>> No.1745972

The kids didnt make me cringe, most knew what it was, after all there are like 13 million owners of 3DS in the USA, and Pokemon is still popular, they have to kinda know what it is. There is a cartoon with some creature and a dog that has a character which is a humanoid Game Boy.
I also think this is very scripted.

What makes me cringe is parents who think that nowadays kids are smarter because they grow with smart phones and tablets without buttons and know how to use them well. Lets see if this kids who never use buttons at all can beat Super Mario Bros.

>> No.1745974

86 here.

Fucking kids don't know the magic.

They're being raised o Apple products. Fucking makes me sick as hell. Apple products. WHAT THE FUCK?

>> No.1745976

So how does it feel to know that the Fine Bros make at least $69k a month from these videos? (Socialblade estimation). That's about 20 times the average American monthly wage. And that's at minimum.

>> No.1745978

>>1745972

>5th grade
>Teacher tells me everyone will grow up using computers, they will be a normal part of life and everyone will be proficient at them

>now
>Everyone knows how to use Facebook and that's pretty much about it.

>> No.1745979

You guys realize that these "kids react" videos aren't supposed to be some deep look into the attitudes of the future, right?

For the most part they're just kids saying shit that is obviously dumb. It's cute.

It seems like there are fewer and fewer people who have kids on /vr/ these days.

>> No.1745982

>>1745972
>What makes me cringe is parents who think that nowadays kids are smarter because they grow with smart phones and tablets without buttons and know how to use them well. Lets see if this kids who never use buttons at all can beat Super Mario Bros.

They aren't becoming smarter because the sense of discovery has been replaced with instant finger tip answers to any problem in life. And even if a kid could beat SMB god knows he couldn't sit through a playthrough with no saves.

>> No.1745983

>>1745979
>It's cute.

no it's not

>> No.1745994

>>1745414
94 and raised in Slavlandia with shitty computers and a weird Soviet NES clone, which probably shaped my taste up somewhat.

>> No.1746000

>>1745982
>They aren't becoming smarter
Actually ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

>> No.1746007

>>1746000

>IQ scores

Kids are less knowledgeable at the same age then us 20 or 30 somethings. Look and listen, you don't need a study to see that. They don't have to learn and memorize it's all layed out on Google.

>> No.1746009

>>1746000
More like the gradual slippage of testing standards.

>> No.1746014

>>1745974
>They're being raised o Apple products. Fucking makes me sick as hell. Apple products. WHAT THE FUCK?

Because no school had Macintosh computers. None.

>> No.1746015

>>1746007
>then

*than, how unfortunate for my point.

>> No.1746016

>>1745940
>I think it's fair to criticize vapid, narcissistic behavior and general self-entitlement that hasn't had such a profound effect on older generations.

Anything you say about any other generation can likely be said about whichever generation you belong to.

This applies to pretty much every generation ever, including whatever one you belong to.

>> No.1746019

>>1746000
>IQ testing

ahahaha

>> No.1746020

>>1745983
Yeah it is. They're kids. They don't know what the fuck they're talking about. That's the joke.

>> No.1746021

>>1746016

So you would rather ignore the effects of personal devices and smart tech and resort to tired arguments. Fine with me.

>> No.1746025

>>1744974
As little faith as I have in humanity, I disagree. I think most kids aren't this stupid and annoying. Well, some. I was working on an arcade cabinet in my garage a couple months ago and some 8-10 year olds rode by on their bikes and were completely fascinated.

>> No.1746029

>>1746021
>tired arguments.

You know what arguments are tired? People complaining about generations that they don't belong to, especially when "bolstered" by anecdotal evidence.

>> No.1746030

>>1745414
'92 here.

>> No.1746032

>>1746029

I said it's fine. I prefer not to rustle the sheep.

>> No.1746034

These cuhrayzee kids complain about old tech XD
Us adults and our old tech huh?

>> No.1746037

>>1746032
So in other words, you have no interest in actually strengthening your argument. Go on and elaborate on your original points you made some posts ago--I'm listening.

>> No.1746038

>>1745414
1992

>> No.1746040

>implying the gameboy is better than your cell phone

>> No.1746042

>>1746000

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/05/23/Last-century-Western-nations-lost-an-average-14-IQ-points/UPI-77081369362633/?spt=hs&or=hn

>> No.1746046

>>1746040
still has a better battery life that's for sure

>> No.1746051

>>1746040
automatically better for gaming since it has buttons. every other facet pales in comparison, obviously.

>> No.1746053

>>1746007
>Kids are less knowledgeable at the same age
I don't know. I know that the Internet helped me tremendously when it came to gaining knowledge (branches of government, foreign politics, history of electronics, history of manufacturing, biology, etc ...); in fact most of my knowledge of vidya is thanks to the Internet. While it's true that casual Internet browsing is correlated with a decrease in brain volume, I would really be ridiculously ignorant without the Internet.

>>IQ scores
And not to mention I'd give a lot of that knowledge back for a 5 point gain in IQ.

>> No.1746054

>>1746051
>get controller
>suddenly everything is better
>access to emulation
>more than just gameboy

I'll take a phone over the brick any day.

>> No.1746058

>>1745679
Isn't it great to be able to emulate, though

>> No.1746059

>>1746054
i had no idea smartphones have controller accessories, that's actually interesting.

>> No.1746061

>>1746059
Smart phones can do anything. Just be careful that you don't allow them to gain sentience.

>> No.1746063

>>1746053
>I would really be ridiculously ignorant without the Internet.

The same applies to me. I was generalizing. Obviously the ones who are naturally curious can use the internet to GREAT advantage, but it general it discourages clever thought and actual learning.

>> No.1746068

I've actually pushed my little brother to play retro games so he doesn't end up like this. He's twelve years old now and loves playing sunset riders with me. Feels great.

>> No.1746098

>>1745414
1Q84 mexifag beaner reporting in!

>> No.1746103

>>1745967
I can't bring myself to watch it. What's the complaint about buttons?

>> No.1746110

>>1745414
92, raised on the game boy. Parents wouldn't let me have a home console. Super Mario Land was the first game I ever played

>> No.1746116

>>1746042
That's MOSTLY Mexicans/Arabs setting up shop and pumping out kids like there's no tomorrow.

>> No.1746128

>>1744943
>I wasn't that dumb as a kid
That's right anon, you were the specialist little boy!

>> No.1746181

>>1744943
>I wasn't that dumb as a kid
Yes you were.

>> No.1746187

>>1745414
1989

I feel like I'm on the border between being too old to be on 4chan and just old enough.

>> No.1746191

>>1746187
You were too old to be on 4chan the day you turned 16

>> No.1746193

>>1746191
I didn't think /vr/ would be so underaged. Fucking shit alot of 1994 and 1995 in here. You guys were like 9 when 4chan was in it's in prime. What the fug.

>> No.1746195

>>1746191
/vr/ is decent brother

>> No.1746196

>>1746195
Yeah, true enough. Some other parts of 4chan, though (and no, I'm not referring only to /v/ here) are wastelands.

>>1746193
Uh, 1994 was like 20 years ago.

>> No.1746212

>>1744943
>I can't empathize with kids who aren't excited to learn about a new piece of technology.
Same. The world would be a boring place though if everyone were like us.

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>Girls can play this! Why can't it be called Gameboy Girl!

>> No.1746218

>>1746215
Yes, and?

>> No.1746221

>>1746193
4chan was never good.

>> No.1746225

>>1746221
pls

>> No.1746226

>>1746225
He's right though. It was better, but it was never good.

>> No.1746229

>>1746226
i guess i had a different experience than you guys.

>> No.1746230

>>1746229
I used to have more fun here, but when I looked back, this place always had some brand of retarded shit to deal with.

Just like the Game Boy.

>> No.1746231

>>1745414

'83. I'm here forever.

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>>1745414
1990 another mexican reporting, me and my brother only had the nes and a gb until 1996 when our parents gave us a snes for christmas.

>> No.1746295

>>1745414
88 here.

>> No.1746329

>>1745414
'96 poor Amerifag early PC master race.
>tfw grew up with an NES, PSX, PC, and a collection of 2600 games for PSX
>tfw now have appreciation for all generations

feels fucking fantastic, man.

>> No.1746339

>>1746295
that's too old to know what 4chan is though

>> No.1746343

>>1745020
THIS

>> No.1746348

>>1745414
86 here. I hope my 2 year old doesn't turn out like the kids on the video...

>> No.1746361

Kids have emulators on their phones and PCs and as long as they own any kind of console, they are aware of the retro games available for download.

Don't assume everyone born after 2000 has never seen Super Mario Bros before.

>> No.1746371

>>1744840
Considering that most kids only like touch-controlled shovelware flash games nowadays, I expect the worst

>> No.1746379

>>1745414
1995 here, but i love videogames in general, no matter how old they are.
I have played a lot of great games thanks to 4chan

>> No.1746402

>>1745414
'93 here. I grew up with older consoles for much of my childhood, but still had an appreciation for them once I got my first current-gen system.

I discovered most of my /vr/ faves through emulation though

>> No.1746409

>The walkman episode had no effect on me
>This episode hits way too close to home
>I still have my old one

>> No.1746413

You all know this is staged, right?
>inb4 "You think someone would do that?"

>> No.1746415

>>1746339
>15 years old when the site launched
How is that too old?

>> No.1746425

>>1745414
1995, but my dad gave me his old game collection from when I was a kid and I've been adding to it

>> No.1746439

>>1744840
The kind of people that raise these kids, that these kids turn in to, and that actively seek out videos like that to watch are the reason that I started coming to this place. Now everywhere is fucking overrun with them and nowhere is spared except for maybe a handful of forums and irc channels.

I wish I could just leave this place forever.

>> No.1746441

>>1745414
1991. Grew up with an NES and SNES, and was basically raised on a steady diet of Mario, Zelda, and Mega Man. Still have that SNES, but once the NES died I learned about the joys of emulation.

Lately I've been going back and trying to find a lot of the games I missed out on as a kid, namely Sega consoles, coming from a Nintendo family.

>> No.1746451

>>1745414
'92
I'm sorry, but I think i'm too young

>> No.1746462

>>1745414
'94, my first handheld was a game boy though.
I can see why kids wouldn't like it. Its big, doesn't have colour and the games for it are not that great anyway.
I dont see why everyone wants the younger generations to enjoy retro games. When i was a kid and i had a ps1 i couldnt care less about older consoles, i was too busy enjoying what i had.

>> No.1746485
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>>1746462
>the games for it are not that great anyway.
Keep telling yourself that.

>> No.1746539

>>1745414
'82 here.

I've been more fascinated with advances and experiments in the various technologies rather than the actual games themselves, so new or old it's always neat to figure out how people did things and the lengths people went to just to get one thing working just right.

Even if it was staged, hopefully one of those kids gets an interest in learning about what came before their time. History is a fascinating place and it's great to keep it alive even if it is just to see the next generation shudder in horror at it.

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>>1746061
>Smart phones can do anything.

>> No.1746558

>>1744890
But didn't it have infared??

>> No.1746568
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>>1745414

1985.

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>>1746462
>the games for it are not that great anyway.

Which ones did you have? Game Boy's library is quite big, and it has a lot of master pieces, but also a lot of shovelware, like the PS1 or the NES.

Also, I can understand someone born in 1994 to think the original GB is too old, by the time you were 8, the GBA was already out.

>> No.1746572

>>1746014
Or Apple 2 for you supposed old faggots

>> No.1746579

>>1746570
I probably didnt play enough of them to be honest. Mostly i played batman, tetris and a couple of other games a cant remember. Looking back it probably was all shovelware.
Can you recommend any good games i can try out?

>> No.1746581

>>1745414
1983. What am I doing with my life?

>> No.1746584

>>1745414
1995
shit im young compared to you guys. My family were poor and we didn't get a PS2 until 2005. Until then i played on my parents Master System 2 and tried to beat Alex Kidd all day every day

>> No.1746594

>>1746568
SPRINGSTEEN
MADONNA

WAY BEFORE NIRVANA THERE WAS
U2
AND BLONDIE

MUSIC STILL ON MTV

>> No.1746596

>>1746579
Mario land series
Kirby series
Balloon kid
Final fantasy adventure (first mana game)
Nemesis
Metroid 2
Wario land
Donkey Kong
Bomberman GB
Legend of the river king
Universal soldier (it's turrican)
Castlevania adventure 2
Mega man series

>> No.1746605

>>1746596
>Legend of river king
I love you. I will have your children.

>> No.1746606

>>1746596
Adding onto this...
Pokemon series is a hit or miss for some people.
Daikatana for GBC was surprisingly not bad, and Romero put the rom up for freeware.
Super RC Pro AM
Catrap (Pitman if you're a Eurofag)
LoZ: Link's Awakening DX
And probably more I can't think of at the moment.

>> No.1746614

>>1746596
>>1746606
Thanks anon, il try some of these out.

>> No.1746624

>>1746605
It is the comfiest goddamn game

>> No.1746874

>>1744840
I find this especially hilarious because my son's most favorite thing is my old Gameboy.

Seriously /vr/, don't fall for the clickbait. You're better than that.

>> No.1746889

>>1745414
1993 supreme master of all races. Southern European so I was raised under the Famiclone like it was meant to be. My first games were SMB, Excite Bike and Tanks.

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>>1745414

88 race

>> No.1746909

>>1745414
86 here.

>> No.1746912

84

>> No.1746914

>>1745970
>posts game boy advert
>it's not Rik Mayall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w24KR30nEsg

>> No.1746915

>>1744840
"YES I HAVE THIS!"
based chinese nerd kid

>> No.1746917

>>1745414
'87 here, my wife was born in '92

you'd be surprised how often i say "you never heard of WHAT?"

>> No.1746919

>>1744840
>"Wait a minute... you don't just turn it on and get the apps?"
hahahahaha. oh man I feel so fucking old

>> No.1746924

Do they have some sort of retard screening process? Because the Gameboy honestly isn't that old, or at least the Gameboy Advance. Some of my 13-year-old son's friends still have GBAs.

>> No.1746925

>>1744865
>>1744869
hahahahaha.
>first two autistic replies getting angry at children in 2014
based /vr/

>> No.1746928

>>1745414
'86 here
I used to think this was the master race year to be born but not anymore
I'm just too old now
turned 28 in june
the problem is I don't feel fucking 28. I feel 23 at best.
5 years on 4chan
I really have to leave already
I don't want to get old :(

>> No.1746929

>>1745636
dont ever wish away your youth son
I'd gladly trade age with you

>> No.1746930

>>1746348
Why are you guys so aspie about this shit? The only reason you like the video games you do is because you grew up with them. If you were born in this generation you'd be growing up with this same shit and you wouldn't be so hot on the original Gameboy either.

Christ you morons are stupid.

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>mfw all those angry misogynists flipping out over the girl asking "why can't it be called Gameboy Girl?"

Oh man the /v/ thread earlier was filled with this and it was fucking hysterical

>> No.1746942

>>1745414
1990. Had an NES until 1996 when I got an SNES. I got Game Boy Color in 1999, N64 in 2001, and GameCube in 2005. So I was always a few years behind the curve, but I never had any problems with it.

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>>1745414
>1957 here

>> No.1746950

>>1746924
this guy gets it
These kids who don't understand the device are really, really, unintelligent or overly stuck in the loop. Humanity isn't doomed - and while this video seems to imply that it is, you nostalgiafags are bitching over nothing.

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>>1746930
If you see this image while scrolling the first page you been visited by the based asian kid of hope and optimism.

>> No.1746989

>>1745414
1994 here. Got a Gameboy Color and Pokemon Blue for my 5th birthday.

>> No.1746995

>>1746979
Absolutely based.

The rest of the kids are jackasses.

>> No.1746996

>>1744958
I can beat Super Mario Land in my sleep, though. It's probably the easiest Mario game from that time period.

>> No.1746997

>>1746938
Do you have a link to the archive then?

>> No.1746998

>"I did it, it says game over"

jesus christ. what did he think he was supposed to do?

>> No.1747008

>>1746596
>Legend of the river king
Holy shit. You just blew my mind. I've been trying to remember this game for over a decade since I only ever got to see it played once at a friend's house.

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.

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>>1746570
'95 here, the only games I enjoyed on the GBA were Metroid Fusion and Super Dodgeball Advance. Most of the games only looked fancy and lacked substance.

>> No.1747016

>>1745976
Good thing I use adblock

>> No.1747021

>>1746020
Kids say the darnest things is cute. This is clickbait

>> No.1747024

>>1745414
1984 big brother masterrace.

>> No.1747027

>>1746979
THANKS BASED ASIAN KID!

>> No.1747039

>>1746904
I wish I was 88 so I could use a cool picture like that hahahahaha I'm 90 though I grew up with hand me downs I had a NES and gameboy before I was even in kindergarten. I asked for the gameboy myself even I took to gaming pretty young.

>> No.1747065

>>1746917
Your wife was a sheltered kid my younger brother is her age and isn't that oblivious

>> No.1747091

>>1746917
>people born in '92 are married
>>1745414
'91 h-here. No gf, but at least I got to play my neighbor's atari 2600 when I was a kid. I loved it. I wish his parents didn't get divorced and had to move away.

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>it's an iphone case

>> No.1747607

>>1744869
If it's any consolation, I gave a one of those slim gameboys to my 12 year old cousin and he was completely enamored with it, much like I was with one of those Game & Watch games with the backlit colored screen reflected off a mirror. Old, but really novel and still fun.

>> No.1747675

>>1747607
He's probably the kind of kid who'll be in a future /vr/, one of those people who look at old tech and get a feeling so complicated. It's a certain kind of worldview where retro things are like unearthed relics. They're things people of the past have owned and worshipped with weird markings and unique histories. You can look at a hu-card and feel like there's a whole world there that might have hidden treasures and new experiences.

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>The gaming device is stupid. They can't sense people's skin.. you have to, like, actually press buttons to do everything.

>> No.1747846

Little girl says-
>why can't it be called Gameboy Girl

Fun fact: Nintendo DROPPED the Gameboy name for this reason. The DS was going to be called the Gameboy DS, but it was changed to just DS to be "gender neutral".

Political correctness is poison.

>> No.1747852

>>1746485

I tried Wario Land again recently and boy is it hard to get into these days. Sure, it's a perfect fit for the blurry OG Game Boy with its large sprites and slow movement but oh man, it's just TOO slow. Everything takes times and Wario comes to a full stop with almost every action he makes.

The sequels may changed a lot from the first game but they were certainly a step in the right direction.

>> No.1747878

>>1745414
>>1745761
1985 here.
Hate COD.

>> No.1747903

>>1747846
Except that's wrong. The DS was a gamble with no official name; it originally stood for Developer's System and was meant to stand alone with the Game Boy line continuing side by side. Of course, that didn't happen because the DS exploded in popularity and now the Game Boy name is dead.

>> No.1747919

>>1747846
>Political correctness is poison.

this is not an example of political correctness causing something bad (which is rare, usually it's fucking awful)

>> No.1747921

>>1744840
honestly, nobody fucking cares about this shit.

>> No.1747939

>>1747919
>this is not an example of political correctness causing something bad
Yes it is.
Gameboy >>>>>>> DS

As a name. It just screams PORTABLE VIDYA SYSTEM.

DS just sounds boring. I would have rathers Nintendo just make pink Gameboy systems and call them Gamegirls.

On a side note, I recently played Earthworm Jim again(pure delicious love), and the level where you whip the dog to get it through the level would never make it in a modern game.
Animal abuse and all.

Sad to see how far we've fallen.

>> No.1747953

>>1747939
>Sad to see how far we've fallen.

Yes, the fact that you're so worked up over video games has indeed shown how far we've fallen. Well, how far you've fallen at any rate, but I don't know you personally so you may not have had far to fall.

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>>1747607
I saw one of these on a GCCX segment and I wanted to throttle Arino for brushing it off. Just look at it. That mirror makes it look like a tiny arcade cabinet. It's like brain candy.

>> No.1747964

>>1747939
They just remade EWJ1 in HD a few years ago, with the pete level left intact.

>> No.1747976

>>1747964
You should know by now that people who bitch and moan about things like this have no idea what they're talking about.

>> No.1747993

>>1747964
Someone'll bitch. Guaranteed.

>>1747953
Lots of things keep happening to games, TV, movies, comedy, etc.
Cumia being fired, GOT getting chewed out for the incest rape scene, Nintendo being bitched at for not having homosexual marriage in one of their games.

Can you imagine a world where no company takes risks or does anything funny out of fear of hurting some idiots special snowflake autism syndrome?

>> No.1748019

>>1747993
>Someone'll bitch. Guaranteed.

Game's been out for a while now.

You're an idiot. Somehow this has moved from "This would never fly" to "Well, people are bitching."

Yes, people bitch. They can bitch about whatever they want to (I would hope your retarded ass realizes this, given your posts).

>> No.1748039

>>1745414
1990 poor kid with a heart of gold. had my C64 till about the Pentium came out.

>> No.1748052

>>1748019
You don't seem to understand though.
A minority of bitchers can now cause the majority to suffer as companies try to comply with demands or face "problems" that I can't outwardly mention on this board.

Oh, to hell with it, I'll mention the problems.
Feminists and faggots and tumblr scumfucks creating stinks over political incorrectness and forcing companies to change their policies.
SEE- Nintendo caving to fags.
Also, Rockstar caving and revising GTA Vice City because of the "kill all Haitians" butthurt.

>> No.1748082

>>1748052
This discussion isn't even about video games anymore. Would you feel more comfortable at another board, like /b/, /v/, or /pol/? Because you should go there. And stay.

>> No.1748086

>>1746103
that they have them. That this ancient plastic can recognize my skin touch

>> No.1748094

>>1748052
I'm about to call your parents and have your PC time revoked, son.

>> No.1748184

>>1744882
>I don't think it's a situation of "kids these days" as much as it is that they just get sheltered dumb kids to do these.

i think it's honestly a case of faking for the sake of a decent vid, im only 18 so gameboy and gameboy color was really before my time and gba was my first handheld
i still played some original gameboy games on it and enjoyed them, i also knew about things like typewriters, gramophones, those really old TVs with like a 1 inch screen, this stuff isn't exactly obscure and lots of people my age now about stuff long before their time and can respect them

also there is a kid talking about buttons as if modern consoles don't have any themselves or buttons have somehow become obsolete