GameBoy Micro Price *************

[koolmoecraig]

I just saw that Nintendo set the price of the GB Micro at $100.

Are you friggin kidding me!?

I was all over it at around $50-$75

$100. Jeeesh

[TalkingOctopus]

That is bizzare considering it costs more than the SP.  I don't really see the micro's attraction -- the sp is small enough for me.  I guess I am not who they are marketing it too.

[versapak]

I was really interested in it, but like everything Nintendo does these days, they completely turned me off of it.

[Nannuu]

Ouch.  Schniky I was hoping for $50.  Aren't copies of old products supposed to be streamlined and cheaper?  That's a bummer, I'd have liked to have one as my Advance stinks without lighting.

[Franco]

I had the same problem with my GBA. I ended up getting a Afterburner kit for it. I dont know if you have seen them before, they are basically a backlit film that you place inside the case in front of the screen. You just have to solder a couple of wires onto the GBA board for the power and off you go! You do need some soldering skills and a dremmel/cutting tool to cut away part of the case although I had VERY little soldering skills before I did this and managed it fine.

http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad/gba/backlit.htm

[pointdablame]

The Afterburner isn't made anymore, and for good reason IMO.  By the time you buy a GBA and the afterburner, you could have had a SP.  You can sell your GBA for a few bux and just buy a new SP and still wind up on top.

The afterburner was a great idea before the SP came out, but it's not worth it now (if you can even find one now)

[Scott84]

Gameboy Micro's price is way too much. wow. 

[ChadTower]

Seems like you're all in accordance.  Now don't buy it.

[Franco]

The Afterburner isn't made anymore, and for good reason IMO. By the time you buy a GBA and the afterburner, you could have had a SP. You can sell your GBA for a few bux and just buy a new SP and still wind up on top.

The afterburner was a great idea before the SP came out, but it's not worth it now (if you can even find one now)

Agreed. I bought my GBA on the day they came out (and have only just paid it off on credit  lol ). If i was buying a new system now I would just get an SP seeing as they are back lit already. Nannu seems to have a normal GBA so I thought I would suggest what I did to remedy his problem.

[Hoagie_one]

i have a DS so I dont need a micro...either way, it seems pricey

[JB]

Sidenote: GBASP is NOT back-lit. A backlight shines from BEHIND the LCD, not in front of it. That's called front-lit.
And yes, there IS a signifigant diffrence. Generally speaking, you get a cleaner and more even lighitng solution from a proper backlight.

In the case of the SP's implementation, you also get a ghosting effect(most visible on Castlevania map screens, where there's a "phantom castle" shifted almost exactly one square up from the real one).

The Afterburner isn't made anymore, and for good reason IMO.  By the time you buy a GBA and the afterburner, you could have had a SP.  You can sell your GBA for a few bux and just buy a new SP and still wind up on top.

The afterburner was a great idea before the SP came out, but it's not worth it now (if you can even find one now)

Unless you're one of the people that thinks the SP is too small to play comfortably.

[19rjs99]

Ouch.

[ChadTower]

Sidenote: GBASP is NOT back-lit. A backlight shines from BEHIND the LCD, not in front of it. That's called front-lit.
And yes, there IS a signifigant diffrence. Generally speaking, you get a cleaner and more even lighitng solution from a proper backlight.

Yep... note the superiority, even 10 years later, of the TurboExpress.

[Hoagie_one]

it was before its time

[ChadTower]

With a price tag from today.   

Gotta say, though, still worth $100 at least.  I have put in hundreds and hundreds of hours on mine, not a dead pixel after 6+ years and I bought mine used.  The PCE GT is just as good, too.

[Stingray]

Seems like you're all in accordance.  Now don't buy it.

Don't worry. My SP is fine for me. If I get the urge to buy another Nintendo handheld, I'll kick in a few extra bucks and just buy a DS.

-S

[ChadTower]

Well, if you already have one, why would you need another?  That's why I don't have a GBA, GBA SP, PSP, DS, or any of those other acronyms... I still have and use my TE, PCE GT, and GG.

[shmokes]

Well, if you already have one, why would you need another?  ... I still have and use my TE, PCE GT, and GG.

Well, when does this start to apply.  You, for example, appear to have four. 

[ChadTower]

Well, I bought the TE to play, and still play it 7 years later.  I bought the GT broken from a friend of mine for parts in case my TE broke, but then fixed it and I use it for Japanese TE games.

I actually have five Game Gears, all picked up at yard sales and stuff because they were like $5 with games.

BTW, I only listed three.  The PCE GT is the PC Engine GT, the Japanese version of the TurboExpress.  Same unit, plays Japanese games instead and has Japanese lettering on it.

[shmokes]

whoops.....didn't notice there wasn't a comma between PCE and GT

[ChadTower]

Eh, since when did most people use proper punctuation here?   

I would definitely recommend a TE to anyone, best handheld out there.

[UndeadMeat]

Just wondering where you heard it was going to be $100? Last I heard (a couple hours ago) Nintendo had just announced that it would be coming out on September 19th and the pricing info had not been released yet.

UndeadMeat

[koolmoecraig]

Just wondering where you heard it was going to be $100? Last I heard (a couple hours ago) Nintendo had just announced that it would be coming out on September 19th and the pricing info had not been released yet.

UndeadMeat

Popular Science.

[davieboynj]

One thing you can't forget here is that you can fill up a rom cart with all your old school nes games and throw on a bunch of new ones and have them all in your pocket at less than the size of an nes controller. 

PSP can't offer that, or compelling games.  In time, but not now. 

And anyone who's used a DS knows how much better the gameboy's screen could be.  I'll prolly get it, along with a 1024 Flash card. 

[pointdablame]

One thing you can't forget here is that you can fill up a rom cart with all your old school nes games and throw on a bunch of new ones and have them all in your pocket at less than the size of an nes controller. 

PSP can't offer that, or compelling games.  In time, but not now. 

And anyone who's used a DS knows how much better the gameboy's screen could be.  I'll prolly get it, along with a 1024 Flash card. 

Um.... the PSP CAN and DOES do that right now.  You can play NES, Genesis, and some SNES and MAME games on a PSP right now.  It is a bit bigger yes, much bigger than the micro actually, but it's not too big to carry around IMO.

Neither the DS or the PSP have had a ton of great games yet.

I don't own either, but have used both quite a bit, and would buy a PSP over a DS... and certainly not spend $100 on a Micro.  But you know what they say about opinions....