Found my old game boy after over 18 years. It still turns on.

[u/Tnel1027]

[u/pokehustle]

Its only modern technology that stops working after it gets old

[u/kitycat22 → u/pokehustle]

Right? My gameboy mini went through the washer like 7 times before it died

[u/Josho94 → u/kitycat22]

Had a gameboy SP that disappeared during fall. When the snow smelted in spring I found it again and it worked perfectly.

[u/SSpectre86 → u/pokehustle]

Not sure if this is the case for GBA games, but original Gameboy games are often in danger of having their cartridge batteries permanently die these days.

[u/pokehustle → u/[deleted]]

Get a job

[u/saltnpepper420 → u/[deleted]]

So how is the relationship with your father ?

[u/saltnpepper420 → u/[deleted]]

Yup thats what i thought.

Disowned.

[u/mutanthands]

Is it a GBA SP 101?

[u/Kongopop → u/mutanthands]

That definitely is

[u/mutanthands → u/Kongopop]

Screen looks crisp 👌🏻

[u/PussyXDestroyer69 → u/mutanthands]

Thank you. GBA SP

That’s something else that you recognize variants.

[u/TactileTangerine]

Real question is - was it charged when you found it?

[u/Tnel1027 → u/TactileTangerine]

I didn’t charge it at all!!! Picked it up and turned it on. Absolutely bonkers

[u/Error4ohh4 → u/Tnel1027]

Dude no joke, I had the same experience. I found mine after like 10 years and it started right up. I had eventually moved. Years later, I went to check on if it still started but could find it. I came to the conclusion that, one of the people who helped me moved likely stole it, so I’ll never know if it would have kept the charge :(

[u/pedrofg → u/Tnel1027]

Impossible

[u/Pure1nsanity → u/TactileTangerine]

Mine had charge when I found it a few months ago. Charge does not last long though.

[u/VVinh]

I still have my cobolt blue SP in excellent shape with Pokemon Sapphire in the slot :D

[u/Mcnuggetjuice → u/VVinh]

Fire red for me!

[u/Nuka-Cole → u/VVinh]

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald best generation, change my mind

[u/NickelBear32]

Nintendo used to have a huge supply of a virtually indestructible material called Nintendium. Everything they made was military grade plastic that could survive a nuclear blast better than a cockroach. Now a days the supply is thin.

[u/SSpectre86 → u/NickelBear32]

The Gulf War Gameboy is my favourite example of this. Literally survived a bomb blast.

[u/Civil_Proposal_8188]

Nice! My mum still plays Dr Mario to this day,30+ years later.

[u/pinehapple → u/Civil_Proposal_8188]

Mine too! There's a group of moms out there holding on to dear life with dr mario

[u/Showyoucan]

Older Nintendo hardware is Nokia ohone levels of sturdy. Can't count the amount of times I accidentally pulled my N64 off of it's perch and onto the floor and it was always perfectly fine.

[u/simplycantdeal]

My favorite console of all time.

[u/Zealousideal_Fox4583]

https://giphy.com/gifs/speRXj65t8xgwYAjQp

[u/VapidRapidRabbit]

I still have my red one. And my Sony PSP as well.

[u/Responsible_Earth393 → u/VapidRapidRabbit]

The psp was just a device from god that thing was amazing back then sadly mine died in 2013 never bought one again after that

[u/Staff_Senyou]

Why wouldn't it? It's from the era when tech was built to last

[u/Orzahn]

Og Nintendo could give Nokia a run for it's money.

[u/Nyanzerfaust]

My classic 1990 Game Boy still works perfectly. 36 years have passed already? Jesuschrist...

[u/rmorrin]

That's a Gameboy advance SP OK. I also recently got mine and it works 

[u/8eer8aron]

Op reach for grapes with title making it seem loke it was the original grey bricked game boy

[u/iLLy_RiLLy]

Time to buy all of the Kirby's, Mario's and Zelda's

[u/HaveToGoHomeNow]

“Oh yeah, turn me on baby” GameBoy probably…

[u/bZbZbZbZbZ → u/HaveToGoHomeNow]

[u/TheOneTruecarioZ]

GBASP PEAAAAK

[u/One_Ad2596]

I still play Fire Emblem Sacred Stones on mine

[u/DevilcryforAngel]

It is time to game boy

[u/Deefs42]

Amen

[u/NXT_GG]

Good Job, dont throw it away its probably worth alot on ebay.

[u/Tnel1027 → u/NXT_GG]

Never throwing this bad boy away!

[u/tablawi96]

The demand for Gameboy begins

[u/spaceraingame]

I won mine in a raffle at my elementary school fun fair back in ‘03. It was cobalt blue. Wish I still had it :(

[u/Smooth-Quantity-7024]

My GBA SP and original DS has crazy battery life. I'd leave them in a drawer for months and months and they'd still have a decent charge when I switched them on. No idea what the Switch is like.

[u/Puckwallow]

Fucking Pokémon Pinball

[u/Errkin]

hearing that little b-ling! is like instant therapy

[u/Arn777333]

That's a flex

[u/Mechtroop]

I have the same color! I have a slick leather case/pouch on it too. It got me through my deployment back in 2004 (22 yrs!). Played The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past on it among others.

[u/CustardCarpet]

Ny friend's dog ate mine

[u/Bigworm666999]

My kid plays mine. It is easily 10 years older than she is.

[u/PerhapsAnEmoINTJ]

I had one exactly like this! Metroid: Zero Mission, Bomberman Tournament... good times.

[u/frostedflakesblue]

How does one lose such a relic for 18 years?

[u/Deltajer]

Dibs

[u/spyker54]

They definitely don't build them like they used to

[u/idontwanttofthisup]

Check the battery before it explodes

[u/WakaWaka_ → u/idontwanttofthisup]

I have one too, no spicy pillow. Same with my DS's, those batteries just refuse to die

[u/confidential613 → u/WakaWaka_]

My 3DS is still alive here, but I've noticed that the battery life has decreased a bit.

[u/scr0tal]

YoU doN'T oWn iT!!

[u/El_Chilangisimo]

This isn’t interesting as fuck. Why wouldn’t it?

[u/DMmeNiceTitties]

Nostalgic as fuck.

[u/R3AP3R51]

I miss those days :(

[u/mrb000gus]

Look up Everdrive. You can thank me later ;)