Over at the 1up Retronauts blog:
As you may have heard, today is the 20th anniversary of the Game Boy's release, at least in Japan, though it soon reached the rest of the world and became the tiny titan of handheld games. It's kind of odd that the Game Boy doesn't get talked up as much among retro game nerds; These days, it's regarded as a tool for chiptune musicians, and the editorial love-ins are reserved for systems like the NES, PlayStation, or even the TurboGrafx. I'm guilty of that, too, and I feel especially shameful about it considering how much the Game Boy honestly affected my gaming life and was such a longstanding part of my childhood. But after 20 years, there's no use ignoring it anymore.
Ah, memories.
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