Nintendo has been prioritizing battery life over flashy graphics since a looong time.
The Game Boy: A Technical Marvel of Handheld Gaming
Submitted 2 days ago by monica_b1998@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
https://slicker.me/retrocomputing/gameboy.htm
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Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 day ago
The Game Boy in particular was from Gunpei Yokoi’s design philosophy, “lateral thinking with withered technology”.
Honestly not a bad choice, especially for the time. Even if it was late in GB’s life, pokémon would have never worked on a system that eats 6 batteries in 3 hours.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Did the Game Gear even last 3 hours? Felt like 1 or less, but I might be remembering it after being forced to use nicads after the rents got sick of buying new alkalines.
atma46@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Man… this came late to our country. Mostly smugglers, but what a blast it was to have something so small to play games on. 🎮
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Did anyone else notice how fast that website loaded? Nice, clean design!
abfarid@startrek.website 1 day ago
Not if you’re on mobile :(
TheBluePillock@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve always felt the Game Boy is the biggest icon of old Nintendo, before their more modern and less consumer friendly form. Its portability and low price also made it a more accessible system worldwide for many years, making it a good symbol of worldwide gaming for that era in general.