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Game Boy Light - Rare Japanese Backlit Indiglo Model

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2008-08-17 10:26:22 by bohus in Retro Thing
...Boy with a backlight It was this shortcoming that competitors like Game Gear and Lynx tried to exploit, but failed because the battery hungry tech just wasn't ready yet. From the Game Boy's smeary LCD introduction in 1989, it wasn't until 2003's Game Boy Advance SP that gamers could get rid of the many hacky third party screen lights that had...
 
Tags: light, game boy light, game boy, game boy advance, indiglo, game boy musicians, backlight, indiglo backlight, portable
 
 
 
 
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Game Boy Light - Rare Japanese Backlit Indiglo Model

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2008-08-17 10:26:22 by bohus in Retro Thing
...Boy with a backlight It was this shortcoming that competitors like Game Gear and Lynx tried to exploit, but failed because the battery hungry tech just wasn't ready yet. From the Game Boy's smeary LCD introduction in 1989, it wasn't until 2003's Game Boy Advance SP that gamers could get rid of the many hacky third party screen lights that had...
 
Tags: light, game boy light, game boy, game boy advance, indiglo, game boy musicians, backlight, indiglo backlight, portable
 
 
 
 
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Retrospective: Jack Bros. for the Virtual Boy

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2008-09-18 12:00:00 by TideGear Adam Milecki in Retro Thing
...Boy, no one understands you. You were cut down before your prime by pathetic advertising and people who consider complaining a hobby. Were they to actually play your games they would have seen what I saw -- a quirky 3D upgrade to the Game Boy with some great games and fantastic potential. Alas, because of your loss we still don't have a...
 
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Complex Bow Shooting Boy Robot follows elegant Japanese Karakuri styling

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2008-02-20 16:18:44 by HASH0x8c21a30 in DVICE
...Boy Robot is a fully functional archer, pulling an arrow from the fan-shaped quiver beside it, loading it on its bow, aiming and firing. Fashioned in the style of traditional Japanese Karakuri puppets mechanized dolls dating back to as old as the 17th century the Bow Shooting Boy Robot consists of a pedestal, the boy, and a hanging target for...
 
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Japan's Astro Boy Robot Redesigned As a Fat Ass [Fat Astro Boy]

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2008-04-21 18:48:42 by Chris Magor in Gizmodo
...Boy , the robot Mickey Mouse of Japan with a machine gun in his ass and laser on his fingertip, has received his first major graphic overhaul in years. And they made him fat! The formerly svelte, doe-eyed bot with 100,000 horsepower looks like a cross between a fish lips and a mini sumo wrestler Not surprisingly to Shimuzu, they have been...
 
Tags: astro boy, astro boy fan-base, robot, japan, fat, robot mickey mouse, mini sumo wrestler, avocado california rolls, major graphic overhaul
 
 
 
 
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Play-Asia Selling Game Boy Printers Again, For Some Reason

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2008-03-03 08:04:41 by Andrew Liszewski in OhGizmo!
...Boy camera could only take 128112 pixel grayscale photos, it still managed to build up a bit of a following, even with serious photographers. In fact the cover of Neil Youngs Silver & Gold album actually featured a shot taken by the camera. However the Game Boy Printer accessory never really gained as much popularity. While it was the easiest...
 
Tags: camera, game boy camera, photos, pixel grayscale photos, special thermal paper, neil youngs silver, region protection, andrew liszewski, japanese version
 
 
 
 
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Play-Asia Selling Game Boy Printers Again, For Some Reason

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2008-03-03 08:04:41 by Administrator in Oblingo!
...Boy camera could only take 128112 pixel grayscale photos, it still managed to build up a bit of a following, even with serious photographers. In fact the cover of Neil Youngs Silver & Gold album actually featured a shot taken by the camera. However the Game Boy Printer accessory never really gained as much popularity. While it was the easiest...
 
Tags: camera, game boy camera, pixel grayscale photos, photos, special thermal paper, neil youngs silver, original article, japanese version, printers
 
 
 
 
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Nintendic Takes A Look Back At The Virtual Boy

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2008-04-05 15:02:13 by Andrew Liszewski in OhGizmo!
...Boy system. Believe it or not, the VB was created by Gunpei Yokoi who was also responsible for the Game & Watch, Metroid and the ridiculously successful Game Boy. Thats a pretty solid track record, but unfortunately as we all know, the VB wasnt exactly a runaway hit Nintendo planned to sell 1.5 million Virtual Boys by the end of 1995, but the...
 
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Game Boy Color mod reads ROMs from floppies

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2008-06-11 19:01:40 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Boy ROMs, if you're so inclined. You can play them on an emulator: nearly every platform under the sun has a perfectly capable Game Boy emulator available for it. I have Game Boy emulators installed on my laptop, PSP, Nintendo DS, GameBoy Advance and cellular phone. Of all my gadgetry, only my watch stubbornly refuses to play Link's Awakening...
 
Tags: game boy, game boy emulators, floppy drive, play link, play, circuit board, stubbornly refuses, gameboy advance, french modder