Best Light For the Game Boy Color?...

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:38 am

I'd like to eventually get a DS, but I'd still like to be able to play GB, and GBC games, and given that GBC's are really cheap, I'd like to get one for those older games.

But I am confused as to which type of light is the best for the Game Boy Color. There seem to be 2 different types-this Pelican made light/magnifier:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 98547&rd=1

And the Nyko Worm Lights:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 48065&rd=1

Which of these is the better light to get for the Game Boy Color?

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:26 pm

i had a worm light once. it was alright i guess, the thing is you have to position it so the light pans across the screen without causing an outright glare.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:51 pm

External lights aren't very good... if you want to play GBC games, a GameBoy Advance SP might be a better choice. It will cost more than a GBC, but the small size and built-in light makes up for it, not to mention it will play GBA games.

Used SP systems should only cost you $30-$50 depending on where you look, in fact I think they're $50 brand new.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:21 pm

iatneH wrote:External lights aren't very good... if you want to play GBC games, a GameBoy Advance SP might be a better choice. It will cost more than a GBC, but the small size and built-in light makes up for it, not to mention it will play GBA games.

Used SP systems should only cost you $30-$50 depending on where you look, in fact I think they're $50 brand new.

$50 BRAND NEW?! Thanks, I'll have to check on that! Yeah, I think you're right on about the GBC-besides, Donkey Kong 3 is one of my favorite old-school games in ANY genre, and you can't, of course, fit an e-reader on a GBC.

Accutron · Post by **Accutron** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:49 pm

The SP runs about $80 at most major retailers.

How about a Super Gameboy? They cost about $5.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:26 am

Super Gameboy doesn't support GBC, if I recall correctly.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:41 am

Accutron wrote:The SP runs about $80 at most major retailers.

How about a Super Gameboy? They cost about $5.

Yeah, the SP is still $79.99 at my local GameCrazy. I wonder if there'll be another price drop for it-maybe when the Game Boy Advance Mini comes out.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:51 am

Or you could try getting a used DS. I saw ten of them piled up on a LameCrazy after people started going ga-ga for the PSP.

*waiting to see when the *%$#@! is Jack In The Box send that DS my brother won*

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:12 am

Specineff wrote:Or you could try getting a used DS. I saw ten of them piled up on a LameCrazy after people started going ga-ga for the PSP.

*waiting to see when the *%$#@! is Jack In The Box send that DS my brother won*

True-the used one's are are $59.99 at Gamecrazy-I'd just want to take a real good look at the screen, to make sure it isn't all scratched up! The one thing that would really worry me with a used SP is how much life the internal battery would have left in it for charging it up. But as it's a Nintendo console, it probably is pretty durable-they all have been with the exception, IMO, of the American NES.

Accutron · Post by **Accutron** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:37 am

Vexorg wrote:Super Gameboy doesn't support GBC, if I recall correctly.

Ah, right...Super Gameboy only supports the dual-compatible GB/GBC carts, not the GBC-only ones.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:27 am

That's very strange you guys are seeing GBA SP's for $80 brand new, because stores in my area are selling them $80-$90 CAD brand new, so I just did a rough USD conversion and rounded to what I thought would be a typical nice number.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:55 pm

Well you're certainly lucky up there in Canada!

Right now, I figure I might as well go for an FC Neo Fami unit-they're only $40 new at my local Game Force store, and they are reportedly the most reliable of the Fami-clones. Even though they say "Yobo" on the box, they're evidently made by a Japanese company called Gametech-don't know how well unlicensed NES games, like those made by Tengen, work on these, though.

With one of these, I wouldn't have to shell out $80, I could get more shmups, and I wouldn't have to get an e-reader and the Donkey Kong 3 cards just to be able to play one of my fav. NES games.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:39 pm

hey dave, are they selling it with the converter? i've been wanting one for the longest time but am unable to find any information about inclusion of the converter.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:04 pm

captain ahar wrote:hey dave, are they selling it with the converter? i've been wanting one for the longest time but am unable to find any information about inclusion of the converter.

As far as I know, the FC one's I was mentioning, ALL come with converters, so I wouldn't worry too much about getting one.