Old School Hand Helds

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by seabterry

I didn't have any of the really retro hand helds, but I played the consoles (Commodore 64, Atari, Intellivision). I did have the B&W Original Game Boy, then I had the Limited Edition Ice Blue Game Boy Pocket, then the Game Boy Color, but I played my Game Gear more than any of the Game Boys, but did,'t that thing take like 6 AA batteries at a time?!

And it took them to turn it on!


I had the TV tuner for mine, and it spent more time plugged into the wall than it did playing it on the go.

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by seabterry

I played my Game Gear more than any of the Game Boys, but did,'t that thing take like 6 AA batteries at a time?!

Did it ever! I had a battery pack for mine, usually gave < 4 of play after an 8 hour recharge. Had some nice games; some of which really need to be put on a compilation someday. Like: Defenders of Oasis, Shining Force, and Psychic World.

[phlydude]

I had a Mattel baseball that was a 2 person game (it was green with brown resembling the seating)...one pitched using a flip open door on the top (not removable like the black one you can see on the web) and one batted. You pitched a fastball, a slowball (change-up), curve or a ball (bean). The batter could hit, bunt and steal.
Kept me entertained before Intellivision and Atari.

I also had a toy car that was "programmable" called the "255 Computer Command" - it was a Covette with programmable distance and turns. We could never get it to do what we wanted. I also had a tank that was similar in commands called "Big Trak"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trak

[Rob71]

I just found this guys site. I have a busted Pac-Man Coleco unit I bought for the battery cover and I may try this out. A mini arcade would be pretty cool.

http://home.comcast.net/~lightnet/site/

[Rich1983]

The Game Gear was definitely the king of the hand helds.