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Age: 27
From: Perth, Western Australia
Systems Currently Owned:
Atari 2600, Atari Lynx, 2 NES (neither work however, I could get them to work by meh), SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, GBA, GBA SP, 2 game Boy micros, DSi, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Wonderswan Color, X-Box 360, PSPGo and a PC.
Currently Playing:
Fallout New Vegas (360)
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (XBLA)
Who's That Flying?! (PSPgo)
Mario & Luigi Bowsers Inside Story (DS)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC)
Upcoming games I'm looking forward to
Okamiden
Ghost Trick
Epic Mickey
Anything on the 3DS
Hey Hey, abit more about myself I guess, I've been playing games since as long as I can recall, my first love was my C64 and have many fond memories of it such as Jumpman, Archon, Aliens, Mario bros & some weird game involving Camels. After that int he early 90's I got my first real taste of Nintendo with the Game Boy and have been hooked ever since. I'm a loyal Nintendo fanboy through and through and while I may hate them sometimes I'll always return because damit because thats just how a fanboy is meant to be. I would consider myself more of a handheld gamer then anything. I enjoy consoles and all but I just find it easier to lay back and get out my DSi or one of my various Game Boys for some awesome Handheld gaming fun.
Top 5 games of all time.
5. Kirbys Canvas Curse (DS)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening (GB)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask (N64)
2. Tetrisphere (N64)
1. Secret of Mana (SNES)
A few links
The Vookcast: An Australian Nintendo Podcast that I host for Vooks.net the oldest and best Australian Nintendo site on the net.
My Game Collection
I love my Nintendo Handhelds.
Gamer Profile
3DS friend code:
Steam:
Battle:
PSN:
Mii: 1424 8626 6174 2238
Gamertag: flamecondor
Steam:
Battle:
PSN:
Mii: 1424 8626 6174 2238
Gamertag: flamecondor
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*Days oh so not concurrent
So I hope you all enjoyed my 20 Game Boy games in 20 Days (Days definitely not concurrent), I honestly enjoyed writing it up. For me thats the most I every written for anything video game related other then a few forum posts around the place. I'm not much of a writer, much better at talking then writing articles. But I think I did good with this series, just wish I could of gotten it out in a more timely fashion. For anyone who wants to go back and check out some of the older posts and really CBF just clicking on my name above and seeing all my old posts well the you can just click on any of the links below. Day 1: Tetris Day 2: Ghostbusters 2 Day 3: Golf Day 4: Super Mario Land 2 Day 5: Gremlins 2 Day 6: Kirby's Dream Land Day 7: Terminator 2 Day 8: Pokemon Blue Day 9: Snow Bros Jnr Day 10: Metroid 2 Day 11: Sneak Snakes Day 12: Power Quest Day 13: James Bond 007 Day 14: Revenge of the 'Gator Day 15: Alien 3 Day 16: Mortal Kombat 2 Day 17: Pokemon Silver Day 18: Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly Day 19: WWF Superstars 2 Day 20: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Something I wanted to keep to with this series was keep it more about my experiences with the Game Boy while I was growing up. The Game Boy was the system that set me on the path I ended up on as a video gamer. Had I started on a NES or a Master System or whatever things would of ended a lot differently. So with the series instead of just going with the 20 best Game Boy games I went with the ones that stood out the most in my memory from my early years of gaming. Hence why stuff like Gremlins 2 makes the list over something great like Donkey Kong 94. 
In doing this thing I've come to appreciate the Game Boy more and its made me love the thing more then ever. I've been playing soo many Game Boy games over the last few months. I'm just amazed how well some of these games still hold up to this day. Add to that the rate I've been buying Game Boy games off ebay as of late, and not just ones I used to own, but ones I overlooked at the time for various reasons, which brings me to my next point. 
I realised something while I was doing this list, that to talk about only 20 games for the Game Boy in no way does the system justice. There are sooo many games for the system that you could just talk about them forever. Also the lack of Game Boy Color games I covered annoys me as it was an important part of the Game Boys life that I feel like I glossed over a little and there are some truly amazing titles in the Colors library. So starting in a few weeks I'll be doing a new series covering the rest of the Game Boys library, hopefully this series will more regular then this. This next series will not just be the games I played when I was younger (and trust me there is still a lot of them to go over), but the ones that I missed out on for whatever reason (Shantae anyone?) 
So until I beg you go back and dust of your Game Boy and give the old friend some love. Its still even 20 years later one of the most amazing video game systems ever made. Thank you Gunpei Yokoi, you made an amazing system that will never ever be forgotten, may you rest in peace.
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
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I just wonder if the incoming games for a new generation of portable system will be as charming, but that could be hard to achieve. Most of the magic on the Game Boy was the 2D simplicity that relied behind the games, perhaps we will find new geniuses aside Hal, GameFreak, Rareware, Capcom and Intelligent Systems. it all parts from the future.
Your posts were very informative and enjoyable, even if I didn't particularly like the games. This will be a missed series.
So far I've purchased, Metal Gear Solid, Pokemon Yellow, Kirby's Dreamland, Tetris, Megaman II, and Megaman III.
I should hate you for making me spend money, but I don't. I love you.
Don't worry dude its not just you, since I started doing this thing I've bought nearly 30 Game Boy games, 2 Game Boy Pockets (the first one has too many scratches and I wanted one that looked nice), a Game Boy Color, a original Game Boy, a boxed game Boy micro and I'm waiting on a Back lit GBASP. I've spent over 500 Aus on Game Boy stuff in the last few months. Damn I need something constructive to spend my money on.
And then last year I found Shantae for $3, and never miss an opportunity to mention that :P
If you haven't checked out Wario Land 3, it's highly recommended.