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The Illuminator Advert - Game Boy Accessory (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by Grimm@lemmy.zip to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 36 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I had this one; felt like I was living in the future.

[–] Thrawne@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have a knock off of that on my gameboy. Found it at a retro shop for 12$ this weekend. Fired up my castlevania in big screen glory

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 3 days ago

Sadly, that's an eBay photo I searched for the comment. I had that exact setup, but it got sold at a yard sale over 2 decades ago :(

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Same. I remember being in the back of the car thinking literally nothing better than this

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried literally nothing?

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

Well sure, as an adult it's bliss, but as a kid it made me want to chew my own hair off.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Nothing better than H-H-H-HEADACHES

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 points 4 days ago

Same! That one has the Official Nintendo Seal of Approval®, and the magnifying lens was a bigger help than you would think.

[–] bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Man I had a curly one that you could set in all imaginable poses

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There were so many versions of this. I wonder if Nintendo ever produced or endorsed an official one.

My parents got me one with an orange light, which washed out the colors but (probably) made it less obnoxious to use while they were driving.

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I remember using something similar for my GBA. They sucked, but they were better than the alternative of not playing.

[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Hahaha, yeah you're right, this sucked, but not worse then rawdogging an unlit lcd in on the go conditions. ColorLCD is a lot worse still without backlight. But not playing as alternative... phew... yeah..

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 days ago

I remember waiting for my parents to drive by street lights so could unpause and kind of make out the screen. Really I was just walking Link around the beaches of Koholint collecting rupees until I maxed out. Then I'd buy lots of bombs and stuff, use those, then repeat the process.

Sigh. Good times...

[–] pasdechance@jlai.lu 8 points 4 days ago

I had a light for mine. Took 4 AA batteries. Amazing that I never complained about that... But my mom made us use rechargable batteries.