Retro

What An Old Game Boy Can Teach Us About Men’s Toilets

Via Vice mag’s tech site, Motherboard, we get a look at one of the best pieces of work ever done on a Game Boy. And it’s not even a game.

In response to recent excitement over things like the iPhone’s Game Boy camera app, Michael Byrne shares this clip, made by some friends of his back in 2001, that uses an actual Game Boy camera. To show 15 things you should never, ever do in a men’s toilet.

Entertaining and educational, it is.

The 1-Bit Camera App Is Cool, But Here’s a Whole Movie Made With the Game Boy Camera [Motherboard]


March 14, 2012
In Real Life

Legos, Gameboys And Transformers Collide In This Toy Of Our Dreams

If I had to sum up my favourite things from my childhood, this would be it EXACTLY. Lego: the best kid’s toy — bar none. Soundwave: the awesomest and most imitated Decepticon. And Game Boy: the first handheld gaming system that didn’t suck. (I’m looking at you Tiger Electronics.)


February 7, 2012
In Real Life

Did Three Japanese Guys In Afro Wigs Just Accidentally Cover The Super Mario Land Theme?

Game music can show up in the most random places. Rarely, however, does it involve rock bands in bad wigs.


January 30, 2012
Nintendo

Is This The Smallest Game Boy Ever Made?

The original Game Boy was big enough to fit in an enormous pocket. This Game Boy is big enough — make that, small enough — to clean your teeth.


December 1, 2011
In Real Life

3 Guys, 18 Million Blocks, One Unbelievable Minecraft Video

It’s just two minutes and 22 seconds of black-and-white video. In it we see a play-through of classic ’80s Game Boy title Super Mario Land. Pretty bland stuff, until you hear how it was created.


November 23, 2011
Nintendo

Metroid II Coming To Nintendo eShop

Before the 3DS launched, Nintendo promised that it’d be rolling out a catalogue of Game Boy classics for their new handheld. While that roll-out hasn’t been as fast as some fans has wanted, a genuine classic’s hitting the system this Thursday.


September 30, 2011
Nintendo

A History Of Nintendo Handhelds On Beautiful Little Posters

Club Nintendo goodies, rewards offered by the company for serious and long-serving fans, aren’t usually that great. But these Nintendo handheld cards, celebrating 31 years of portable goodness, they’re great.


September 17, 2011
PC

Smash Bros PC Demake Super Smash Land Is Out, Free

Super Smash Land, the PC ‘demake’ of the beloved Super Smash Bros series is here in full, free of charge and looking faithfully Game Boy-esque.


September 14, 2011
Nintendo

‘Super Mario Ceremony The 30th Anniversary Medley’ Is An 18-Minute Mariogasm Of Sight And Sound

Jamming 30 years worth of Mario tunes and visuals into an epic 18-minute long video remix, the creators of “Super Mario Ceremony The 30th Anniversary Medley” doing an impressive job of honouring Nintendo’s famous mascot.


September 6, 2011
In Real Life

Akira Was A Great Comic, An Amazing Movie, But Its Games, Hrm…

It’s one of the defining works of modern popular culture, and features plenty of stylised, graphic action. So why is it nobody has ever made a good game out of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira?