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Category Archives: Game Boy
The Story of… Pokémon
In 1996 some small animals appeared on the Nintendo Game Boy in Japan. These Pocket Monsters is later known as Pokémon when the games was released in USA and Europe some years later. In Pokémon you controll the main character … Continue reading
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Retron 5 review
With Retron 5, you get a hardware that plays 9 different consoles out of the box: NES, Famicom, SNES, Super Famicom, Genesis, Mega Drive, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. And with the Power Base/Master System-converter, you … Continue reading
Posted in console, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Gameboy Advance, Hyperkin, Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES, Nintendo, retro, RetroN 5, review, Sega, Super Nintendo/SNES
Tagged console, Famicom, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Gameboy Advance, Hyperkin, Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES, Nintendo, retro, RetroN 5, review, Sega, Super Nintendo
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Happy 25 to the Game Boy
It was in 1989 on April 21 that the Nintendo Game Boy was released in Japan. That makes this small wonder 25 years old. The handheld was released in the US on July 31 the same year, while the Europeans … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, anniversary, Game Boy, Nintendo, retro
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Pre-ordered Retron 5
The multi-console RetroN 5 from Hyperkin was supposed to come out last year, but if all goes well, the console will be out in April 2014. With RetroN 5 you can play games from Nintendo NES, Famicom, SNES, Super Famicom, … Continue reading
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Tagged console, Game Boy, Gameboy Advance, Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES, pre-order, RetroN 5
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Get Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for free
You still have one week to get Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for free. Remember the Nintendo 3DS firmware update in December last year? If you register a Nintendo Network ID, or link a your Wii U created account, on the Nintendo … Continue reading
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Retrocast #01: Tetris (Game Boy)
This is the first edition of Frank’s Retrocast. I take a quick look at Tetris on Nintendo Game Boy. The game was released in 1989 (thou I say 1988 in the video). I’ve probably have a lot to improve in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, Game Boy, Nintendo, retro, retrocast, review, video review
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