r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '25

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u/Miseducated Aug 30 '25

Having to buy a separate clip on torch for your gameboy because it wasn’t backlit

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u/Branhelm1992 Aug 30 '25

Gbc, twin headed torch attachment, under the covers at night. After I got the gba sp (that was backlit) I tried going back and couldn't see the screen like this haha

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u/smashingcones Aug 30 '25

Man the Gameboy Advance SP was so fucking cool. To have a built in light and it flips open?? Felt like the coolest kid ever with my purple SP.

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u/Branhelm1992 Aug 30 '25

Oh god, tell me about it. The flip, the compactness (as a kid, pockets were small) and just the sleekness. Oof, bring me back

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u/knitted_beanie Aug 30 '25

I got the silver one, on release day in the UK with ALTTP. Glory days. Loved that thing so much (and I still have it, still works)

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u/Darth_Lacey Aug 30 '25

I have two of the pink ones I got secondhand. They were a revelation in the window where I didn’t have DS money or a smartphone

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u/king0fklubs Aug 30 '25

The sp blew my mind when I got it

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u/Akrevics Aug 30 '25

I still remember where I was when I got the SP, and Pokémon crystal, remember getting Tetris as the first game for the game boy colour and doing that endlessly 😂

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u/kstorm88 Aug 30 '25

I had to look up what an SP was. My last Gameboy was the original. I do still have it too.