I'm 13, and recently have just been in love with my gameboy, even though I have the option to play lots of modern consoles. Something about my gameboy I just love all of the sudden.

Links awakening was so stunning. It was like having a full fat console game in your hands. One of my all time favourite games.

It's downright disgusting a video this good doesn't even have 500 views.

That was really good. I like the humility involved at the end talking about modern games. Maybe we do take them for granted. Very interesting challenge - I was looking forward to seeing the results all month!

Really cool video mate, I showed my missus the shot of you playing with your new born in your arms. She laughed and said 'That was you 8 years ago with your bloody PSP!'

the algo randomly recommended this to me. i thought this was really well scripted and narrated, and had good transitions. the nostalgia you conveyed definitely made me reflect on my own, and the personal touches like how you've introduced gaming to your kids, and balancing life / work and not really having as much time for longer games also struck a cord. also enjoyable seeing the "nerdier" side of things like modding your own system hope your channel continues to grow, the quality compares to much larger channels.

Randomly stumbled on this video and just have to say, you did a great job talking about why and how these retro games leave such an impression on us. When I was around 6 or 7, my mom bought me the original classic gameboy with Link's Awakening. I'd been seeing the commercials and begging for a gameboy. I played that game constantly but was never able to finish it because I didn't really understand it. But I loved every minute of it anyway. It was literally my first video game ever. When I finally picked it up and played it again a good two decades later and beat it, I was over the moon, haha.

I love these 30 day game boy videos. It’s like a 90s kid zen experiment

Amazingly, Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure is a fantastic Gamevoy cart. Happy memories and great video.

I recently played super mario land and it was the first old game I beat that didn't have save files. It was an incredible experience, learning the layouts of the levels and working your way further and further with each run was amazing. And the controls are really sharp for games of the time, with an amazing soundtrack that never misses. I love that game :)

This video is so much better than the Forge Labs one. It is much more insightful and genuine. I admire that you stayed committed to the original gameboy, rather than emulating anything, and repairing the battery inside the cartridge yourself. It's nice that you share a love for games with your family and I'm going to check out your other videos now.

I loved this video! I also love what youre doing for your sons. They’ll appreciate that a lot when they’ve grown up.

thanks for a wholesome & genuine vlog ~

That was great buddy. Kudos to you for doing the challenge. I fancy modding my Gameboy too 👍

Man what a fantastic video really loved seeing this journey!

Absolutely loved this mate !! So well done dude !! The editing is just top notch bud 👌 .. Loved it 😍😍

This video brought so much nostalgia. I still remember finally beating that Super Mario Lang on the DMG I was so happy that day. Wow life was much simpler back then. Thanks!

I love these types of videos

I love how "Playing Game Boy for 30 days" sounds like a challenge, especially since multiple similar videos have popped up on KZfaq. Where as, when I was a kid, I'd do that just for fun. I grew up with Game Boy and Game Boy color (and eventually a GBA down the line). I had worm lights, carrying cases, hundreds of those little individual game holders, screen magnifiers, battery packs, and an entire bag full of link cables. I spent a huge chunk of my childhood playing nothing but Game Boy. Especially since my friend down the street had one too, and we used to battle and trade Pokemon. Hell, I still regularly play Game Boy. I still have my old Pokemon Gold Game Boy Color, and even a couple old grey DMGs lying around. Plus a good handful of games. But to be perfectly honest, I play via emulation more than anything. I have my emulator set up to use a Super Game Boy border and a TV-Out shader to make it look and and feel like I'm playing on a real Super Game Boy. I even made a custom Super Game Boy Color border so it didn't feel out of place when I played GBC games. And on the GBA side of things, I use a Gamecube Game Boy Player border. Though I also have a GBA Flash Cart so I still use my real GBA too. I plan to get a GB/GBC Flash Cart eventually when I can afford to spare $60. I'd love to have a whole collection of Game Boy games, but I just can't afford it. I'm super broke nowadays. So, emulation and flash carts will have to do. But hey, I'm still playing and enjoying the games.

What a fun and interesting experiment/challenge. I just recently updated my GBA with an IPSv2 backlit screen and loving it, been playing a lot more then usual now. Maybe I should do my OG Gameboy... although can play them on the GBA so don't really need to but holding that OG Gameboy does bring back all those Feels for sure. Loved the video m8.

Awesome 😊thank you for always having a fun video👍

20:25 that game was so great, it kept you entertained even when not powered on

It was so cute how your baby just casually held and started playing with the Gameboy! Amazing

Really enjoyed this mate, cheers

I loved this concept when you first mentioned you were doing it, and the results are great! You can only do it if you have a decent selection of games though. Imagine trying it if you only have a couple of average GameBoy games. 🤣

Thanks mate. I'm currently jumping back into Final Fantasy series. I've been buying tons of games recently but I didn't have the mood to play them. When I saw your video I immediately pick up my gameboy advanced and jump directly into FF after I found out my gameboy no longer works. I feel fun again playing video games.

You playing Pokemon while waiting for the Covid test reminded me of when I was playing through Pokemon Yellow while on breaks at work. Got fairly far without using a guide book, then I lost my 18+ hour progress

I started with GBA as a kid, and most my memories of that is my frustration with struggling to see the screen. Played more GBA on the DS than I ever did on my GBA xD

Dude, this is awesome. I wasn't sure what to expect. Thank you for posting this. Like and subscribe.

Hey man keep going. This is fantastic content❤

Love this video! I'll get a gameboy again soon :) I really miss the old games.

Dude i still got my gameboy color i got from my cousin back at 2014. I have just ordered Pokemon red,blue,yellow,gold,crystal and silver. Cant wait to do a 30 day gameboy color challenge soon Good video

I'm so glad that your kids are going to grow up to understand the beauty and importance of these older games that so many people can't seem to understand.

Hats off to you mate. I've been into retro gaming for years, I remember when the odroid go came out and that was the first proper backlit Gameboy like console (besides the sp) I have modded gameboys for years and own some impressive IPS backlit gameboys of all gens. I have wanted to do the challenge since forge labs video, but I've always backed out from weakness. I plan on doing the challenge still but as to when is a mystery to me haha! I keep weighing up DMG vs GBC vs GBA. DMG seems like the go to for its size and I have an IPS screen for it, but GBC also seems pretty nice having that colour option as well as a plethora of different game choices. I think trying an un backlit screen could be pretty cool too! I'll set a course of rules and hopefully complete the challenge

Great great great video Chronik, i don't know if I could cold turkey a gameboy for 30 days straight!

I throughly enjoyed watching this video. I still use my DMG with original screen, I’ve been tempted to upgrade it but I love playing how I remember. I’m always playing Game Boy, Game Gear, and Lynx in between modern gaming. So much better when you have 30 minutes to kill.

This was just a beautiful story, I totally fall into it. It was a pleasure to hear it ✌️

Your dad sounds like an absolute legend! I'd have given anything to have had a supportive one like yours. A lesson to all dads... show enthusiasm in what your son/daughter are interested in you which means not only could you discover a new hobby or passion but life long memories "pit fighter is a game that always makes me think about my dad.. it reminds me of how how would always dive me to the local cinema or arcade". Such memory and kindness cause shared compassion. Amiga Pit Fighter was terrible from what I remember. Absolutely loved it though, down to the realistic sprites (per -Mortal Kombat) and it felt so naughty playing in a underground Fight Club (prior to the bastion of rebellion that GTA1 came to represent).. the real inspiration behind Chuck Palahniuk's Book/Film. Final Fantasy Legends turned out to be the firs FF game I ever played.. didn't release until about a decade or two after finishing FFVII-IX. Any thanks for the great video. Nostalgia an good vibes all round

What a lovely video, really enjoyed this

This is like a glimpse of heaven, then :-) But the one to play for 30 days again, is now the Analogue Game Boy, the ultimate Game Boy, ultimate Game Gear, ultimate Neo Pocket. Your kids are so blessed, you're on the same page with them and will not struggle to have the latest consoles and games. Thanks for taking one for the team. God bless, merry Christmas, happy new year.

I'm really impressed by the shots you really put the effort into this video that I didn't expect. Playing while holding a baby and Gameboy 1 handed haha that's an adult move only though kids hands are too small. The library of the Gameboy is so varied I'm glad you took this very seriously and played physical games. Great video!

This is really cool!

Oh good!! That is an experience!! I once made a similar thing with my "Gameboy Advance"!

it's such a fun detail, but I always love and still do how easy it is to just play Pokemon one-handed i wasn't expecting someone to point this out ever, i thought i was the only one doing that

I think you should do neogeo games only for 30 days next. Awesome vid man! 🙏🏻

I am playing the Gameboy DMG more than any other console. PS5, Halo Edition Xbox Series X and Switch OLED. I absolutely love it. Looking forward to getting the analogue pocket. Q1 this year.

I shared this on Twitter. It was cool to see you passing on part of your childhood to the next generation.

Great video! I learned myself you realy need to focus on the system in these days. Playing on ps5 and then on the old DMG gameboy is not easy to do

Wow!.. This might be my favourite video you've done, what a great idea... I don't think I could do it... I love my gameboy but the draw of other consoles is great... Love the story telling shit!.. Class

I’m doing this but with a PS Vita and Retroarch. I love gb games and I’m excited to go through a lot of the games I missed as a child. All I had for my gb was battle arena something and Pokémon growing up.

I’ve been playing my dmg quite a bit lately as I have several of them, original and the play it limit versions but I’ve been mainly playing a couple that I’ve modded with ips screens so I can play them with any lighting. So good, no fluffing around with load times or updates and they r good to quickly pickup and play, even if it’s only for 10 minutes or so

That story about your Dad buying you pit fighter got me emotional lol. I had a very similar experience playing super mario bros on gba with my Dad. I have no idea what happened to that game, but I wish I still had it.

You have the cutest kids, I too actually went back to by roots recently. I moded my old game boy color with a new back lite (amazing) and added an atomic purple shell. It meant going to my local flea market to find games. I enjoy every minute of it, it reminded me of the good old days!

Solid list of games! Wwf superstars is amazing

Yeah, I play old games cause I don't have much choice being that I am poor, but it's not so bad cause I too have realized that they are still fun. I applaud the fact that you have such determination to do it for a whole month.

I loved the flow in your video. Made myself reflect too in my retro gaming journey....I don't have a connection with game boy as I never had one. Atari 2600 is my crush. 😄

Love how you keep your gb games in a shoebox aswell haha I just bought a drawer for mine the other day tho

Ah, an entire library for 30 days. Some of us go that time with just twelve. In the end, you respect modern gaming more than before. When you have every game at your disposal, they lose effect easily.

Nice ! 💪😎 As a kid back in the early 90's i played only Game Boy games for years 😉

A complex challenge I think and I know that I couldn't do is play tiger handhelds only for 30 days! Awesome video!

After watching the whole I auto sub. You try doing this to other retro console or handhelds like DS it's a cool content plus the way you narrate makes it even more entertaining to watch and how you humble yourself to the evolution of gaming graphics as a whole. So if you try this same concept to a different gaming device I would totally watch and dig it. Man you're awesome!

Actually the chrismas of 2020 i did actually get a Gameboy Color, and i love it, i also did that challenge but i'll see if i can remake it, but i have to get more games, i appreciate that theres people like you that still like playing retro games, i really like to hear storys like this one, and actually u inspired me ;D

Love this, thinking of giving it a go myself with my GBC! Though was very confused as to how you would play Pokemon Gold on a DMG..

I tried this challenge last summer, but stopped halfway through due to not having enough games. Hope to try again sometime, this video was what inspired me to try it out!

Love the video can you please do a vid were you play the game boy pocket and nes for one week

Awesome video Thanks :-)

0:17 this opining is awesome

Nice video, to be honest, sometimes go i back to playing my old games and I’ve had some real fun with them.

I have many emulators, but the one I keep playing time and time again is Game Boy. I remember playing all those games back in the days when I still had a GB.... but sadly I sold it many years ago. From time to time I would pick one borrowed from a friend... gosh I misss my old game boy!

YOOO I have that Gameboy notebook, I JUST remembered that when you showed that! ;W; Aww, the nostalgiaaa! I have to find that again! Thanks for the video!

Great video, i'm planning to do a simmilar video soon! :)

Great video dude! I'm glad you stuck it out. Its a tempting challenge although I'd be more tempted to do it with gba as I spent the least amount of time with it on games outside of pokemon. So would be a good way to e p some games I issued out on like golden Sun and advance wars.

To be fair, we never played these games 100% solo back in the day. You'd share rumors and tips at school, you'd find codebooks and books with "secrets and codes for 101 gameboy games" that were like magical grimoire we could pull out to solve our friends problems in a game by writing down a code he needed for something. That's how we all got tricked by the Mew trick in pokemon and a few other hoaxes, it was part of the word-of-mouth culture that got us through these games. It was a whole community growing up. So don't respect us too hard, we just got our tips through other sources, and we always had CheatPlanet and GameFAQs back then when things got too hard. I did get a walkthrough for Oracle of Ages, and I won't lie, totally worth it because that game was loaded with cool stuff like the magic rings and the lore and artwork made it such a great spectacle.

this was my childhood. for years. the gba holds many memories and subsequent gba sp especially was a godsend lol.

real talk? people lement having a huge backlog, but this is a good way to dig thru a backlog. set arbitrary limitations on what you will allow yourself to play and youll never be wondering what to play next

The new IPS screens make all the Game Boys SO much more playable and enjoyable. When I was a kid, I mostly played Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games on the Super Game Boy and Game Boy Player, because I could actually see them. Now, I have 34 hours on Pokemon Yellow on my modified Game Boy Color.

Going back to a more limited format and situation is what I do to revise my appreciation for a lot of things that I have. It's why I still have the same stereo setup and computer setup after years. I use something for a bit that's so inferior, that when I get back to the regular stuff I have, it's amazing in comparison.

Thanks, found a new hidden gem, will look for this Mole game.

I am glad I clicked on this video because as a 14 year old boy I have come to the conclusion that I will try to relive 1989. This means that I have to use my Macintosh SE instead of this, I will use my 1987 tv, my games will be Atari, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and my Gameboy. I am now a subscriber of yours.

That looks fun!

i do that unintentionally. gba micro, gamegear etc. too. great handhelds. didnt have that many gb games as a kid though.

Even after 2 years the vid is still great

The thing about the 30 Day Game Boy challenge is... it seems like it would only be hard for people that are semi-addicted to modern gaming and would miss it. I feel like for me, it's more of a challenge to limit myself to playing a modern console with only newer games available, especially if I make it only new releases rather than remakes of games I like. It's way too tempting to want to spend all my gaming time reliving my childhood and sometimes it feels like I have to force myself to adapt to new games and learn to appreciate them rather than just play the old ones. Like, if you are into retro gaming, I am curious what a 30-day PS5 challenge would feel like. How much would you miss being able to go back to the old games after that?

I got a dmg-01 today for Christmas with Tetris and super Mario land and love it

great video!

Nice. I tried 30 years and yes I will play it for 30 more years with the rebuilt game boys with backlit screens. I see that I can continuously play without being bored

a gameboy advance and /or SP with an IPS screen & modern battery is awesome

I have biverted Gameboy in yellow screen colour whichis closest to the original just with a backlight. I also bought a retrosix rechargable battery. Lasting much longer than 4 AAs

Mate, long time no talk, im revisiting this video now to start my dmg challenge (i was coffee and pixels on ig) i deleted all my social media, tomorrow there will be no phone use (outside of emergency texts and calls) youtube use, or any console use. Just my ips dmg and a lot of reading. Not sure if itll go on a month but i mean a month break from the world would be pretty epic i think!

Anybody who knows Stav knows he didn't actually separate himself from his PS5 so this is a great and well done piece of fantasy video. lol j/k I was really interested to hear of your experience from this. That clip with the newborn--dude, you already look so drained! Really, REALLY glad you played Link's Awakening. It's a great game and you're too right that it's very, very cryptic at times. Your Spidey game ruined by the sea--well...that's how Parker would've wanted to go. lol Agreed though, what are kids thinking!? Oh man, sounds like it didn't take long to start wanting something more from gaming! I worried about that. But then that acceptance and embracing of playing the GB--that's very interesting. Is it dependent on the games being played or is it being conditioned by constant use of ONLY the GB I wonder. Ha ha--oh man, I hadn't even considered the teasing of the boys playing AntStream while you did this!

How do you make sure your game boy games keep saving?

algo reccomended this to me :> been going down the gameboy rabbit hole the past few days

Nice video! Quick question though. I have a 4 year old boy. I noticed around the 3:20 mark your son playing ps5. If you don’t mind me asking, how old was he before he was able to play ps5 on his own?

I just bought a DS Lite again this year. I will buy the Gameboy Advance/SP next then I will buy a Gameboy again. I plan on learning how to mod soon.

Hey man, Caught this after the GBA challenge. I was hoping to find out if you had a reccomendation for when to get your kids into gaming. I have a 1 year old now and didnt want to start him to early but not too late either. just curious

i agree this video is so good im 14 and i love old games and consels my aunt gave me a game boy and i love it

The image of him holding his baby while playing gameboy is the sequel ending to that pic of the kid playing gameboy during his prom dance

getting mk2's toasty is done by anticipating it. Everytime you uppercut/get uppercutted you do the button presses by default :p

Oh man… Wwf superstars, links awakening and waverace are literally my favorites. 👌🏻

Love Hearing You Childhood!