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The GameBoy Handy Boy! And boy is this thing... handy. : retrogaming

I bought one of those on sale years ago. When I got to the car I excitedly opened the box only to discover it was broken. I think the speaker hinges were busted. So I took it back and got a refund. It was probably all for the best. Adult me looking at this agrees it looks unusable.


The Handy Boy (1994) : cassettefuturism

I actually had this as a kid for my Gameboy. It actually wasn't half bad, but it was extremely unwieldly.

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One of my friends had this monstrosity. It really didn't improve anything, and made holding the Gameboy super annoying. Forgot if this came with a light, that would have been cool.

I had one that was a light and a magnifier, and i removed the magnifier because it was stupid to have to look at the screen at the correct angle or it would get all blurry, and because my middle-school eyes never thought the screen was too small anyway. The light though, it was a game changer.

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[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

I had the NUBY Game Light, and it was glorious! No longer were long drives a bane of my existence!

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had one of these as a kid and honestly I loved it. It made it a lot easier to play in the car or in weird light situations. I don't think mine had the extra buttons/joystick though, just the top part with the magnifier, lights, and speakers.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Same, I remember mine having the buttons but they sucked and I took them off and promptly lost them.

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago
[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

This pic is definitely some modern nerdo blinging out their GameBoy like it's a luxury purse.

I had a screen light plugin back in the day, though. It made those six hour drives every few weeks bearable, without having to wait for a light to pass over us before I made a jump.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I had a snake shaped light for my GBC way back when lol. Never got any accessories for my original GB

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I have one of these bad bois! The lights are so much better than a snake light. I do wish it was modular—I’d love to be able to remove the magnifier at will, and the joystick isn’t the best idea.

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