At 30, Game Boys live on in unexpected ways

Re:At 30, Game Boys live on in unexpected ways by pushpop on Sunday April 21, 2019 @12:10PM (#19712730)

All of my battery backed games are still going strong. Not just the Gameboy ones but all the other retro consoles in my extensive collection too.

However I do think I’ve been exceptionally lucky not to have even one bad egg amongst my archive.

Ironically it’s not the games that’s caused me battery issues but the consoles themselves. My Saturn, Dreamcast and Xbox all needed to have batteries replaced despite being several generations more recent.

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Re:At 30, Game Boys live on in unexpected ways by elsonrodriguez on Sunday April 21, 2019 @10:09PM (#19715857)

Their time is about to come. Invest in some sort of save dumping device while you can.

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Re:At 30, Game Boys live on in unexpected ways by pushpop on Monday April 22, 2019 @03:23AM (#19717144)

I’m sure they will die at some point. When that happens I get the joy of playing them all over again. Bar a few RPGs, there’s nothing there that can’t be beaten in a few hours once you’re familiar with the game. Which is one of appeals of retro gaming for me.

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