Make your Game Boy more portable!

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-01-2011, 12:36 PM

Now, with a giant box on a strap!

Those hand bandages sure make my gaming intense. It's too bad I lost my left arm in that pit match.

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***Marilink*** · 03-01-2011, 12:50 PM

well, there's always the ever-popular...

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-01-2011, 12:52 PM

^ That poor guy's fingers have turned into spaghetti due to the badness of the power glove, which we all know is a badness that is only describable as so.

Here's a pretty slick magazine ad for the Famicom Disk System version, aka the original release, of the Legend of Zelda. For once, I'm grateful for the hacked up NES port, because of the sweet cover art and gold cart we were treated to. I think the synths in the NES actually had an edge of the peculiar FDS/Famicom sound combination, as far as tone is concerned.

***Booyakasha*** · 03-01-2011, 04:36 PM

Wow. That kid looks really, really happy. I can't imagine the kind of portability issues he had to be dealing with that a mere carrying case would transport him to the level of transcendant cosmic joy he's achieved in the 'after' picture.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 03-01-2011, 07:03 PM

^ That is almost exactly the same thing I was thinking.

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Vapor · 03-02-2011, 02:29 PM

I always thought the Nintendo Power commercial was quite intense:
Spoiler Below

HE EATS A MAGAZINE AND THE WORLD EXPLODES

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Glux · 03-02-2011, 02:46 PM

I wish I could have lived in the days when people cared about Nintendo.

***Marilink*** · 03-02-2011, 03:57 PM

Plenty of people care about Nintendo. The difference is that there's viable competition that people also care about along with it. Consoles and companies don't have pet fans anymore, but people actually view the video game companies together as one large market.

***Booyakasha*** · 03-02-2011, 11:28 PM

I've always liked Nintendo. I've just never liked them liked them.

Gabriel · 03-08-2011, 09:23 AM

I wish that commercial was still playing today. At least it would have people laughing out of their chairs.

***Ace Mercury*** · 03-08-2011, 12:58 PM

I made my Game Boy more potable by taking out the circuit boards and replacing it with vodka.

Panfan · 03-08-2011, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Booyakasha

I've always liked Nintendo. I've just never liked them liked them.

I agree. I mean, I like Nintendo as friends, but I'm not really sure about taking things further. I'm kind of going through a difficult time now and I don't think I'm ready for a relationship just yet.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,156 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Make your Game Boy more portable! Now, with a giant box on a strap! Those hand bandages sure make my gaming intense. It's too bad I lost my left arm in that pit match. Post bizarre or outdated retro Nintendo and gaming-related pictures and ads here, at your leisure, folks. Last edited by Cosmonautical; 03-01-2011 at 12:48 PM.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,156 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	^ That poor guy's fingers have turned into spaghetti due to the badness of the power glove, which we all know is a badness that is only describable as so. Here's a pretty slick magazine ad for the Famicom Disk System version, aka the original release, of the Legend of Zelda. For once, I'm grateful for the hacked up NES port, because of the sweet cover art and gold cart we were treated to. I think the synths in the NES actually had an edge of the peculiar FDS/Famicom sound combination, as far as tone is concerned. Last edited by Cosmonautical; 03-01-2011 at 12:58 PM.

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*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Wow. That kid looks really, really happy. I can't imagine the kind of portability issues he had to be dealing with that a mere carrying case would transport him to the level of transcendant cosmic joy he's achieved in the 'after' picture.

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03-02-2011, 03:57 PM	#8
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,823 Times in 1,008 Posts	Plenty of people care about Nintendo. The difference is that there's viable competition that people also care about along with it. Consoles and companies don't have pet fans anymore, but people actually view the video game companies together as one large market.

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*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	I've always liked Nintendo. I've just never liked them liked them.

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Gabriel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pesterchum~ Gender: Posts: 2,752 Thanks: 206 Thanked 139 Times in 115 Posts	I wish that commercial was still playing today. At least it would have people laughing out of their chairs.

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