Artist said:
ごめんね…もううまく…動けないんだ…
…今まで遊んでくれて、あり…が……と………う………

"I am sorry... I can... no longer function...
...Thank you for playing with me for... so... long..."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (sniff)

Manly. Fucking. Tears.

That's simply too sad...

Quick! Someone! Get 4 AAs! That (Game)Boy can still be saved!

Farewell, old friend.

We've had nearly 20 years of fun together.

This remember me of... myself, that was one of the best hanheld consoles I've ever had, thanks for being with us friend.

That'll do, pig.

I miss my old game boy brick now. I never should have sold it. :(

not gonna cry... not gonna cry!

"goes to his corner and curls into a little ball"

I remember my Game Brick.
Spent so much time playing on it. It went through two busted screens and a wrecked speaker, had been dropped dozens of times by my sister - usually onto hard concrete - and was terrorized by a sick cat, and yet it still played.

One day, it got stolen, and I had to shell out for a Game Boy Color (which also still works to this day).

Thank you, Nintendo, for those days when everything you made was nearly invincible.

Now excuse me while I go cry manly tears.

this isnt goodbye his spirit will live on!

"My Game Boy is dead.
He isn't here anymore.
But in our hearts, and on our GBA SPs, his spirit lives on!"

Depressing to realize there are kids out there right now playing on their DSes that DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. :'-(

Those things were so beast. A friend of mine lost his in his front lawn one time... and it got RAINED on. Besides a stray, white, horizontal line across the screen, it kept on keepin' on.

sillycon said:
Those things were so beast. A friend of mine lost his in his front lawn one time... and it got RAINED on. Besides a stray, white, horizontal line across the screen, it kept on keepin' on.

I know what you mean, mine had a day inside my schoolbag with a opened bottle of suntan lotion which got inside everywhere (easy to tell because mine was the transparent kind) and it still worked fine afterwards...

In fact, I have it right now and it still works...

finalagent said:
I know what you mean, mine had a day inside my schoolbag with a opened bottle of suntan lotion which got inside everywhere (easy to tell because mine was the transparent kind) and it still worked fine afterwards...

In fact, I have it right now and it still works...

Haha. When the nuclear winter comes, only two things will stand: roaches, and Game Boys. At least they'll have something to pass the time.

Relatedly, check out the picture to the right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy#Accessories

What, the roaches will play GB?

I've had two DS Lites drop on me, and in both cases the right corner with the lights broke off and therefore the hinge was basically rendered useless. Tried to get a replacement case, performed surgery, screwed up the top screen etc. etc.

My GBA SP keeps on tickin'. tho...

Eh, he doesnt have the cartridge properly inserted. That's why it doesnt function.

A salute to the machine that kept millions of children entertained for billions of hours. At home, outside, in the car, you were always there for me.

blarginator said:
Eh, he doesnt have the cartridge properly inserted. That's why it doesnt function.

This is true. It needs to be all the way in, or else the slide won't let you turn the power turn on. The game is also one of the GB/GBC cartriges with the space at the top, like Link's Awakening DX (which was WAYY too easy compared to the original).
I forgot to take the batteries out of mine, and they decayed and leaked acid all over the compartment. It sadly fails to function anymore.

tryptych said:
Depressing to realize there are kids out there right now playing on their DSes that DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. :'-(

FIENDS!!!!!! WE MUST PILLAGE THEIR HOUSES!!! HOW DARE THEY NOT KNOW OF THE SACREDNESS OF THIS OBJECT!!!!!!!

yeah, I still have one, and use it regularly to play pokemon yellow because my gba's battery life is atrocious.

though in reference to people mentioning that they have working gb's and non working current systems, it because THEY MADE THINGS TO LAST!! this shit nowadays is cheap shit.

Halocaust Gameboy is better.

Manly tears were shed

After seeing this I went searching for the game boy. Found it under a pile of old-skool consoles. This shit's still working.... it's amazing!!!

The "sad" tag is surprisingly fitting.

*manly tears*

Out with the old, in with the new.

Just a white bulky handheld.

Mine still works, haha. At it was a cool see-through clear Game Boy.

I never had one. My parents didn't love me enough.

I wish I didn't sell mine.

sillycon said:
Relatedly, check out the picture to the right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy#Accessories

Fucking MIND-BLOWING. Now I wish I had my old buddy mounted on display.

After seeing this image, I had to go and dig out my old GB equipment.

My GB Color still works, but my Pocket (bought back when it first came out, over half a lifetime ago) refuses to stay on for more than a second. I spent a good hour opening it up and cleaning various gunk out of it, but to no avail.

Rest well, true friend ;_;

Quoting the last mission of clan centurio in Final Fantasy XII: "Farewell to a legend."

We know our roots. We won't forget you. Thanks for the happy times a lifetime ago.

I don't remember where my Game Boy is, but I still have it somewhere. And yes, it still works.

Even my GBC, which wasn't made too much later, is trying to die on me...it's sad...

I admit it, I shed some tears.

This is one of the funniest things I have seen today, I remember seeing that screen as a kid.

Anyway, who remove the pool?

tryptych said:
Depressing to realize there are kids out there right now playing on their DSes that DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. :'-(

I remember those days fondly, and now I know that those days will never be relived. We should dedicate ourselves to let the new generations know just how our past meant to us, and how much their's will mean to them.

Mine still functions but the screen looks more like a faded yellow and it has two lines towards the top of the screen.

And yet the Nintendo store in NYC has a Gameboy that survived the Persian Gulf and looks like it shouldn't run, but does!

I don't think kids today will have the chance to play the classic games... I don't know if they fixed this in more recent models, but on the first ds model you can't play gameboy or gameboy color games. I broke my gameboy color, advance, and 2 sp's, so now I can't play the old games anymore :'(

Weep not, for Game Bricks that have left this world have moved on to a better place, a place where we to will someday go so we may be reunited; the dentist's office.

Sigh~ I never got one. I wished my parents would have bought me a GB. Well, a childhood friend of mine had one and everytime I went to visit them I played on it(Pokemon, yay!).
Best. Hours. In. My. Life.
I miss you, Game Boy. *goes into a dark corner, curls up into a ball... sob*

I still have my grape GBC, still works fine, except the image doesn't go away immediately when I turn it off. Saddly the same can't be said for several of the games I have to go with it. The internal batteries dried out on my Heroes of Might and Magic game and both my Zelda Oracle games, and Magi Nation went through the wash a few years back :/. God, I was like, six when I got the thing. I still use the bugger though, since my DS doesn't let me insert GB/GBC games, just DS and GBA carts.

imaliar said:
And yet the Nintendo store in NYC has a Gameboy that survived the Persian Gulf and looks like it shouldn't run, but does!

The thing was BOMBED.

And it still runs tetris perfectly!

that's them extremely sad ;________; goodbye old friend thanks for always being there ;_;

I still remember the little sound it made when it cuts off.

Manly tears have been shed

"On that day, we lost something that couldn't be replaced."

I seriously cried there just a minute ago.....not gonna cry again, NOT GONNA CRY AGAIN!!
(1 minute later....)
WAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! I MISSS YOU GAMEBOY!!! COME BACK PLEASE!!!

;^;

You will be missed my friend. You will be missed... ;_;

I think I'm going to throw up from sadness :[

Everyone who played pokemon on this baby, say "I"!

Of everything in the soul crushing pool, this is the only one that truly makes me sad for more than a few moments.

The power of nostalgia is immense. Thank you for this.

Also, my beautiful grey brick still lives. I think I'm going to go hug it now.

WHY DOES THIS HURT SO MUCH...

so... sad........ ;_;

...My tears aren't even manly.

tryptych said:
Depressing to realize there are kids out there right now playing on their DSes that DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. :'-(

What did you expect? There is people who cant even recognize the first released DS model when they are holding a DS Lite themselves, let alone a Game Boy. Depressing, indeed.

My first handheld console was a GameBoy Pocket because when I got into videogames regular Game Boys werent being sold anymore. I have fond memories of the GBC, the GBA (particularly the GBA SP, but I had both) and the first months of the NDS.

As grateful owner of many Nintendo handhelds, I salute you, Game Boy. Manly tears have been shed, and you will be remembered.

I just tried to play my old game boy today, thinking i'd still work. Unfortunately, it was only half alive. Then it just shut off. Then i was reminded of this image. I just broke down in tears.
Sad to see something part of my childhood to die off like that. Rest well, my friend.

Fatal_Exception said:
That'll do, pig.

That'll do.

My Gameboy Pocket is still alive, i'll never ever sell it