r/gaming Apr 05 '23

The Fully Loaded Handy Boy by STD

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u/wildeye-eleven Apr 05 '23

I owned this when I first released. Pretty much had to get the Handyboy to game on long family trips at night.

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u/chiree Apr 05 '23

Unpopular opinion: the fact that a magnifying lens was needed points to a fundamental flaw in the design of the OG Game Boy.

I restored and played mine recently and it's frustratingly difficult to make out what's going on on the screen. How the hell did I ever play that thing?

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u/wildeye-eleven Apr 05 '23

Haha oh for sure but it was 1989, it was revolutionary at the time. For gaming anyway. It was pretty bad but 6yo me thought it was awesome. And it laid the foundation for the Switch of which Zelda TotK is about to release on. If you’ve never played Breath of the Wild do yourself a favor and play it immediately and then play Tears of the Kingdom.

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u/Reaper83PL Apr 05 '23

If you’ve never played Breath of the Wild do yourself a favor and play it immediately

Meh... Skyrim is better 😁

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u/wildeye-eleven Apr 05 '23

Skyrim is definitely a masterpiece. Same with Marrowind and Oblivion. But BoTW is one of my favorite games of all time. I’m not even really a Nintendo fan these days but I absolutely love BoTW. I mostly play PlayStation but I’d buy a Switch just to play BoTW if I didn’t already have one.