"Following the launch of the original monochrome Game Boy console in the late '80s, Nintendo ruled the market with total dominance thanks to an incredibly popular line of million-selling systems. When the Game Boy Micro was unveiled in 2005 - almost a year after the launch of the Nintendo DS - few could have predicted that it would be the final machine to bear the legendary name." - Nintendo Life
I saw this wonderful little key-chain computer (!) Shown to be great for retro games. Check out the video, I'm waiting.
You can build your own, of course. Surely you want to? I sure want to, but also I know that it will just not get done. Time, this constant villain, makes me not want to enter any DIY project of this type. I have purchased several Raspberry Pi computers over the years but not so long ago I gave up and gave away my last one. It does not matter, I'm either too comfortable or too busy - and buying things just to gather dust feels somewhat unnecessary.
But anyway, key-chain computer for gaming, what an wonderful idea! I remember a Tetris key-chain ring (which I still have, somewhere...) and how it made me embrace this wonderful puzzle game even more. There is something special about those small, niche games machines. Although it is desirable that they can play more than one game - and preferably in color.
My favorite mini-game machine of all time is the Game Boy Micro. It never hit big in Sweden, I've only seen a handful here, but for me it's the perfect Game Boy Advance version. My dad bought it for me, a pink nice little thing, much more used in Japan which of course means it was new for its time. So wonderful to play on, despite the stamp big screen. I sometimes snatch it from its old retro box where its contained - booting up The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past or Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, dreaming away to the days of old. Of course, it's no coincidence that it's Super NES games like the GBA version that's hot on the little Micron, they're so retro-amazing in their feeling i can't help myself to just pick it up and blast away for a few hours.
So as for now, my Game Boy Micro keeps a permanent spot on my gaming desk. A key-chain ring computer in all honor, but it can not just beat this wonderful little thing.
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