• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    “Game Gear/Game Boy” for us old fucks. But yeah, shit never changes. My son now does the same with his Switch.

    • Stan@lemmywinks.com
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      1 year ago

      Original gameboy was not backlit. I think you could buy external lights that were like a tiny reading lamp you could attach to the top.

      • Nakari Lexfortaine@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Tiny lamps, magnifiers with lights attached, the little “Lite Worm” you could plug on top that barely did anything besides put a bright spot on your screen…

        There was a lot of bad ideas before the concept of a backlit Gameboy left Japan. Because of course they had an exclusive one with a backlight before the GBA was even a thing, let alone the SP.