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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Game Gear/Game Boy" for us old fucks. But yeah, shit never changes. My son now does the same with his Switch.

[–] Stan@lemmywinks.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Original gameboy was not backlit. I think you could buy external lights that were like a tiny reading lamp you could attach to the top.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I just used a flashlight.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Tiny lamps, magnifiers with lights attached, the little "Lite Worm" you could plug on top that barely did anything besides put a bright spot on your screen...

There was a lot of bad ideas before the concept of a backlit Gameboy left Japan. Because of course they had an exclusive one with a backlight before the GBA was even a thing, let alone the SP.