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.

"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.

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

(T_T)

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*

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.

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;

.

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."

;^;

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

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

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

I was looking through the Soul-Crushingly Depressing pool, thinking most of them weren't depressing until I came across this one.

You're too good for this world, old pal.

So depressing.... I am near the point of crying.

*Old Snake salute*

mine works still (though i really haven't touched it in a a few years...) i'm glad my mom got it for me... kinda weird that i'm reminiscing playing really old games on it... when i'm still in my teens... i guess i like old stuff haha...

...

I had a gamegear.

...

I.. I should go.

No matter how many times I see this *salutes hands*

It always brings a tear to my eye.

I find this oddly sentimental. I had to retire several of mine this way...

Manly... Manly fuckin' tears.

Oh god why did I look at this again? You'll never be forgotten, Game Boy. Thanks for all the great times, pal...

Good night sweet prince, and let a chorus of angels sing ye to your rest.

"Even if you were gone, your presence shall never disappear and your memories shall never fade, so farewell my friend... till we meet again..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ebC8EVe1JQ&feature=related

"This old thing... Heh... Symbol of my childhood right here. I saved princesses, battled terrible monsters, captured amazing creatures and befriended them, and met some amazing people and saw awesome places on my journey. There were a few bumps and bruises but it was one hell of an awesome ride. The music was always good, and I find myself humming a few tunes from time to time."

"..."

"/sigh/ I'm gonna miss you GB. Thanks for giving me such an awesome childhood. Giving me something to look forward to after coming home from the bullies and the mean kids that used to pick on me for the stuff I liked and the way I looked. Giving me a chance to do things that I'd never get to do normally as a young kid. So just... Thanks for everything."

/manly tears/

Rest in peace Game Boy... You will be carved in history as the best portable system ever...

I felt too happy so I went through the entire "soul crushingly depressing" pool. This is the only pic that made my cry.
:(
RIP old buddy.

"Son...you've got a ways to fall...they'll tell you where to go~...but they won't...know...

Oh~....I've got something in my throat~....I need to be alone~...while I suffer~...

Oh~!...There's a hole inside my boat~...I need to stay afloat~...for the summer~..."

Just about everything console, game, and accessory I have still works, My GBC actually has always had a bent spring making it hard to put batteries in, I didnt notice this til quite a few years after getting the gba since I always used an adapter, my brother's old gbc works perfectly however

AbatedDust said:
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

.

Oh God the Dentist's, I shouldnt bring this up on a nintendo related pic but our family dentist has had a large Genesis display in the waiting room ever since I was young, pretty sure a few games were taken out of it since the beginning, but I still get to play sonic and aladin everytime I go

and when I think about it it was probably a demo cabinet considering how everything was packed together, had a huge SEGA logo on it and came with a switcher so you could push a button to switch games automatically

ElevatorEleven said:
...

I had a gamegear.

...

I.. I should go.

The Gameboy made us cry because the loss of a friend
The Gamegear made us cry because the loss of over ten thousand batteries

Tetrominon said:
Manly. Fucking. Tears.

Voted Up T_T

Man I miss my childhood.....I used to have my gameboy but...not anymore T_T

May the Omnissiah guide this noble spirit to peace. The machine spirits whisper their farewells to a master that doted upon their mechanical forms.

Oh and by the way, Manly. Fucking. Tears.

Athal said:
I wish I didn't sell mine.

I wish I never brought mine to school and played with it under the table while taking an exam at the same time (true story)

sillycon said:
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

The only thing tougher then a gameboy is an Atari 2600.

Clean the battery contacts and cartridge connector and that gameboy probably will live again.

If that fails replace the electrolytic capacitors I brought a few vintage devices back from the dead that way.

My gameboy survived a 10 foot drop from the 2nd floor of my old apartment and and was left there for a couple days in the rain (don't ask).

Retrieved the guy and it powered on like as though nothing fucking happened. Nevar forget.

My Gameboy died.
I ended up taking it apart and putting it back together to fix it. So nostalgic. :')

I think mine still works, gotta check.

I come back to look at this image every few months, just to keep in mind how lucky I am to still have a working one.

It deserves a proper burial

I broke mine out because of this pic. Only to discover that the contacts for the batteries were corroded beyond repair. Now it sits in a glass case on my mantle. Forever to be remembered and treasured. I wish I could fix it but I'm incompetent with electronics... :(

Man I feel like such a douche that I sold it.

Ah, `The Brick`. How I adored thee, you played on despite all the abuse shoved at you on a regular basis. Rain, scratches, falls and that one time my brother used it to clonk a kid in the back of the head, and yet you never broke.

Just... play this.

I shall always remember the days when all your gaming problems could be solved with blowing air into a slot.

Manly Fucking Tears

I had someone attempt to steal mine back when I was in high school. I think he's still eating out of a straw. You don't mess with another man's Game Boy.

The label has worn off, and the buttons have been smoothed with age from use, but mine still works.

Who lets their games get in that condition? Mine look like brand new.

You would just get sadder and sadder as the POWER light got dimmer and dimmer... You had no money for an extra set and you chose to buy a new game instead of the AC adapter, haha!

WAIT! I... STILL... FUNCTION...

The trusty old Game Boy Brick. Good enough to play Bomberman on, and solid enough to smack anyone who dares start shit with you whilst gaming.

Never had a brick-version (cousin had one though), but I have the original Pocket. After several falls onto hard surfaces, some from over my head, it still works like a charm with one exception: the buttons and D-pad are worn out from countless hours of use.

I tell you though, those things are so tough they could probably survive a carpet-bombing

I honestly found myself shedding some tears here when I saw this pic. I suddenly wish I could go back to being a child and playing one of these (back when mine still functioned).

RIP my old GB. You brought me many a good days worth of fun.

I saw this and realized to my horror that my Game Boy Pocket, which I haven't touched in 15 years, had it's old batteries in it.

Ran to the basement storage room and sure enough, my GB was packed FULL of leaky battery acid/crust.

Cleaned it all out, put in new batteries, and she fired up like nothing had ever happened...screen and speakers both as clear as the day it was manufactured.

I'm sorry, baby. I'll never do something like that to you ever again.

And this is why I love the Pink Gorilla store (used to be Pink Godzilla) near where I live. They have someone ON STAFF who can resurrect a Gameboy from almost nothing left. I've seen men, grown men, walk in looking like their dog died, and walk out looking like they'd just got the best sex of their lives, holding their fixed Gameboy.