The GBA was good we had a couple, the last one was the Tattoo ed. Had the same ink as Iron Mike on the back.
We had a load of DS’s thanks to the brilliant cheap unlimited warranty that Game offered.
The DS was so successful as it was cheap and pre smartphone becoming good. The 3ds I see was quite expensive, we never had one the kids had moved on to phones and tables by the time the DS’s all finally past. We had an edge cards and the kids used the DS as media players on long euro trips. As well as the odd rom or two ?
The switch had sold well at launch I can’t see it being a long term success, I’m seeing the Wii all over again.
I can’t say I noticed any discomfort with the DS, but tbh I never played it long term, the kids never moaned though.
I’m really enjoying reliving my gamboy youth. I saved up all year to buy my GB from Andorra as it was about half the price. When we got there my mum bought if me. I wad happy but dead pee’d off at the same time. But it did afford me to buy a few games and the most important add ons for the gamboy, a power plug and the nightlight. Andorra was so cheap. I went back this year probably 25 years later, still cheap, but the now had gone, even though it was about the same time of year, and the place stunk of stale dog pee. Full of posh people with little time house dogs pissing everywhere.
I see now you can actually by a proper back light panel and install it inside, behind the gameboy monochrome screen really easily
Back to emulators, I also tried of a 64 one and tried Mario, which worked OK, and golden eye. Golden eye doent hold up to my fond memories of it.
The gameboy does. I think it is because the GB games was from a simple sprite era which is now a relic, it was probably the hight of its era, where as the N64 was at the beginning of the new 3d era, and it it just so dated now, and just not very good.
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