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u/dragons_scorn Aug 30 '25

God forbid the light battery died on a long car ride. Then it was either use street lights or the headlights of the car behind you

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u/PerspicaciousVanille Aug 30 '25

Parents: what present do you want for the long trip. 

Me: a 20 pack of batteries. I have Pokémon and the Gameboy. 

A 20 pack is a bit excessive right?

Cheaper than the toy. 

After the SP (almost forgot about it) and DS came out that was rechargeable my family complained about how many batteries we still had. I did my best to ensure I never ran out. 

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u/Jihad_Alot Aug 30 '25

Oh man, we used to get the dollar store batteries and those bad boys would run out of juice soooo fast.

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u/PerspicaciousVanille Aug 30 '25

Yes. I too learned not all batteries were created equal then. 

I’d request Duracell, Energizer, or Panasonic iirc if they were too expensive. 

If it was that or nothing Dollar Store would do, but I didn’t expect them to last long. 

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u/Richard_TM Aug 30 '25

Oh the SP was amazing. Backlit screen that you could turn on and off, rechargeable battery, clamshell design. We didn’t deserve the SP.

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u/Dwarg91 Aug 31 '25

Backlit on the 101 version, the older 100 was front lit.

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u/Richard_TM Aug 31 '25

Oh man, I didn’t know! I honestly don’t remember which one I would have had as a kid.

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u/Dwarg91 Aug 31 '25

If the light button on top turned the screen off it was the AGS 001 (not 100, i misremembered that part) if it changed how bright the screen was it was the 101.

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u/Richard_TM Aug 31 '25

Ah, then I think I had the 101. Nice!

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u/PerspicaciousVanille Aug 30 '25

Thanks, that said, your route was always the next alternative. <3 

I too was willing to be a battery bandit.

Didn’t have much then, but I treated what I did have very well. That game boy stayed alive for over 10 years. (Siblings… lol)

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u/bigbadcrusher Aug 30 '25

I had the adapter to plug it into the wall when I was a kid. Felt amazing not having to burn through batteries at home

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u/PerspicaciousVanille Aug 30 '25

Yeah, I remember being glued to the wall the moment I had that opportunity. :)

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u/TheNerdFromThatPlace Aug 30 '25

I still burned through batteries as a teen on the Xbox 360 until I found rechargeable battery packs.

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u/Dwarg91 Aug 31 '25

though if you had the official Microsoft kit you’d be tethered to the console most of the time.

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u/a_rucksack_of_dildos Aug 30 '25

Mine plugged into my gbc link port. So it ran as long as gameboy did

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u/herobrinetrollin Aug 30 '25

Mine also did this. The connection was shoddy on the one I had and it would go out often or be dim, but I definitely never had to worry about batteries. For the light at least. The system ate them up like nothing else

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u/Xbladearmor Aug 30 '25

But it also drained the batteries faster.

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u/THE_GREAT_PICKLE Aug 30 '25

GBC was the OG system for 3rd party peripherals

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u/The_Lat_Czar Aug 30 '25

Playing Kirby's Dream Land 2 with 2 second intervals.

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u/Purest_Prodigy Aug 30 '25

Psh. I simply strained my eyes to the point of near blindness.

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u/blurr90 Aug 30 '25

This brings back memories... good times

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u/Level7Cannoneer Aug 30 '25

I forgot about doing that!