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Title: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Syt on July 07, 2014, 10:13:18 AM
From the pages of ARE YOU FEELING OLD YET??? :cry:

http://laughingsquid.com/kids-react-to-the-original-nintendo-game-boy-handheld-video-game-device-from-the-1990s/
"Did you really enjoy playing this?"

Never had one, because we were teh poor (had a C64 instead, because LEARNING, and an second hand NES with a few games). I bought an SNES with my own money, though, when I was 16.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Valmy on July 07, 2014, 10:15:11 AM
I thought Gameboys were pretty freaking lame at the time.  I vastly preferred just playing on my NES.  But damn were they popular even kids in 2001 and 2002 were still playing Gameboys.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: derspiess on July 07, 2014, 10:23:41 AM
Never owned any Nintendo system, save for the 3DS we bought Tommy that he never plays.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Grey Fox on July 07, 2014, 10:31:28 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 07, 2014, 10:23:41 AM
Never owned any Nintendo system, save for the 3DS we bought Tommy that he never plays.

Want to mail it to Canada for a can or 2 of maple syrup?
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Liep on July 07, 2014, 10:33:19 AM
Never saw the point of a game boy either, NES though, that was the shit.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: sbr on July 07, 2014, 01:57:09 PM
Syrup in a can? Goddamn canucks.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Grey Fox on July 07, 2014, 02:01:23 PM
Quote from: sbr on July 07, 2014, 01:57:09 PM
Syrup in a can? Goddamn canucks.

It's the only way.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstorage.ottawasun.com%2Fv1%2Fblogs-prod-photos%2F1%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F7%2F11007e8090d9ab920c614cca01a95597.jpg%3F&hash=45d910c83ccb786fa8937ea5b8104851be9d5fde)
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Habbaku on July 07, 2014, 02:05:19 PM
Both I and my brother had a Gameboy, and even that little link cable that let you play two-player games on it.  It was ossum at the time.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Razgovory on July 07, 2014, 02:07:59 PM
Modern children are very annoying.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: crazy canuck on July 07, 2014, 02:19:43 PM
I played "Electronic Quarterback" in the late 70s. It was Awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgH9Pn2tq5s
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: The Brain on July 07, 2014, 02:22:23 PM
Didn't have a Game Boy, I was a bit too old then. We played Game & Watch stuff in the 80s though.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 07, 2014, 02:46:24 PM
One of the 13 year old kids was a pleasant surprise.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: garbon on July 07, 2014, 02:47:37 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 07, 2014, 02:07:59 PM
Modern children are very annoying.

That's just children of any era.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Iormlund on July 07, 2014, 03:33:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMy1zO8m8sM
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Malthus on July 07, 2014, 03:43:06 PM
Kids should be forced to play "Pong" and like it!  :menace:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 07, 2014, 03:48:23 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 07, 2014, 02:07:59 PM
Modern children are very annoying.

That's not a new development.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 07, 2014, 09:20:21 PM
I had a gameboy and I loved it.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Habbaku on July 07, 2014, 09:24:56 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 07, 2014, 03:43:06 PM
Kids should be forced to play "Pong" and like it!  :menace:

:rolleyes:  Oh, good, another game with a straight, white protagonist.  Very modern.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: FunkMonk on July 07, 2014, 09:50:18 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 07, 2014, 09:20:21 PM
I had a gameboy and I loved it.

Yup me too. It was especially great because we went on road trips a lot so it became indispensable.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Maximus on July 07, 2014, 10:19:05 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 07, 2014, 09:24:56 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 07, 2014, 03:43:06 PM
Kids should be forced to play "Pong" and like it!  :menace:

:rolleyes:  Oh, good, another game with a straight, white protagonist.  Very modern.
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Malthus on July 08, 2014, 07:56:52 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 07, 2014, 09:24:56 PM
Quote from: Malthus on July 07, 2014, 03:43:06 PM
Kids should be forced to play "Pong" and like it!  :menace:

:rolleyes:  Oh, good, another game with a straight, white protagonist.  Very modern.

:lol:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 08, 2014, 08:14:01 PM
Another offering from the same channel.  :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyswpJgr6DY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyswpJgr6DY)
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 09, 2014, 02:50:10 PM
Seriously, watch the first couple minutes of the  clip.  :ph34r:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 09, 2014, 03:05:41 PM
:mellow:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Habbaku on July 09, 2014, 04:52:33 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 09, 2014, 03:05:41 PM
:mellow:

Ditto.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Barrister on July 09, 2014, 11:21:33 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 09, 2014, 04:52:33 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 09, 2014, 03:05:41 PM
:mellow:

Ditto.

Ditto ^ 2
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Syt on July 09, 2014, 11:22:49 PM
Dunno, I found their "Elders react to Gangnam Style" and "Elders react to GTA V" better.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: garbon on July 09, 2014, 11:41:18 PM
Elders react to Grind On Me. :)
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 09, 2014, 11:58:18 PM
I was thinking more of the source material than the commentary. The Elders can be pretty funny, but they're more likely to be presented with very popular material. The really bizarre stuff gets shown to the "youtubers" or occasionally the teens.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: garbon on July 10, 2014, 12:13:20 AM
I guess it depends on whether you like mainstream stuff or bizarre stuff. :P
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 10, 2014, 12:18:41 AM
I enjoy things that surprise me. Online. Not so much IRL.  :sleep:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Caliga on July 10, 2014, 07:04:42 AM
The Gameboy thing reminds me of something that happened when I was a kid.  My parents owned a campground in central PA near Penn State and alot of the campers were actually white trash hicks who lived there for most of the year (the campground was closed in the dead of the winter... no idea where they went at that point).

Anyway, one time my brother and I were up there and we were sitting on a bench playing with a Gameboy.  These two hillbilly kids came up to us and were like "Whatcha doin?"  My brother showed them the Gameboy and their jaws dropped.  "A... Game.... boy?  WHOT THE HAYULL?" :lol:  It was like they'd seen a UFO or something.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Ed Anger on July 10, 2014, 07:48:30 AM
Quote from: Caliga on July 10, 2014, 07:04:42 AM
The Gameboy thing reminds me of something that happened when I was a kid.  My parents owned a campground in central PA near Penn State and alot of the campers were actually white trash hicks who lived there for most of the year (the campground was closed in the dead of the winter... no idea where they went at that point).

Anyway, one time my brother and I were up there and we were sitting on a bench playing with a Gameboy.  These two hillbilly kids came up to us and were like "Whatcha doin?"  My brother showed them the Gameboy and their jaws dropped.  "A... Game.... boy?  WHOT THE HAYULL?" :lol:  It was like they'd seen a UFO or something.

Cal the rich kid amazes the natives.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atarimania.com%2F8bit%2Fscreens%2Fseven_cities_ea_6.gif&hash=ac90642a795bb6cfbe53a91aee9585fb496c9f30)
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Norgy on July 10, 2014, 07:54:25 AM
Quote from: Caliga on July 10, 2014, 07:04:42 AM

Anyway, one time my brother and I were up there and we were sitting on a bench playing with a Gameboy.  These two hillbilly kids came up to us and were like "Whatcha doin?"  My brother showed them the Gameboy and their jaws dropped.  "A... Game.... boy?  WHOT THE HAYULL?" :lol:  It was like they'd seen a UFO or something.

Explains some of the UFO sightings in the US. You were aliens.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Caliga on July 10, 2014, 01:46:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 10, 2014, 07:48:30 AM
Cal the rich kid amazes the natives.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atarimania.com%2F8bit%2Fscreens%2Fseven_cities_ea_6.gif&hash=ac90642a795bb6cfbe53a91aee9585fb496c9f30)
Link is broken but I appreciate the effort and love the reference. :hug:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Caliga on July 10, 2014, 01:48:10 PM
Quote from: Norgy on July 10, 2014, 07:54:25 AM
Explains some of the UFO sightings in the US. You were aliens.
Not likely.  While I do like Reese's Pieces, I really hate phoning home. :hmm:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: garbon on July 10, 2014, 02:13:29 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 10, 2014, 01:46:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 10, 2014, 07:48:30 AM
Cal the rich kid amazes the natives.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atarimania.com%2F8bit%2Fscreens%2Fseven_cities_ea_6.gif&hash=ac90642a795bb6cfbe53a91aee9585fb496c9f30)
Link is broken but I appreciate the effort and love the reference. :hug:

Strange as it showed up for me, no problem.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: The Brain on July 10, 2014, 02:17:49 PM
Only Kentucky internet seems to have this problem.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Norgy on July 10, 2014, 03:40:32 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 10, 2014, 02:17:49 PM
Only Kentucky internet seems to have this problem.

Is it: coal powered?
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: crazy canuck on July 11, 2014, 11:07:51 AM
Quote from: Norgy on July 10, 2014, 03:40:32 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 10, 2014, 02:17:49 PM
Only Kentucky internet seems to have this problem.

Is it: coal powered?

And they were coal rolling it at the time.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Caliga on July 11, 2014, 11:12:15 AM
Quote from: Norgy on July 10, 2014, 03:40:32 PM
Is it: coal powered?
We don't believe in clean energy 'round these parts, son.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Norgy on July 11, 2014, 03:55:41 PM
Neither does Norway, but we try to look like we do.  :uffda:
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: MadImmortalMan on July 11, 2014, 04:08:51 PM
I thought it was kinda lame back then too. It was enough of a hurdle that when my brothers were using the NES or SNES I would read a book instead of going to the GB.
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Caliga on July 11, 2014, 04:20:59 PM
Quote from: Norgy on July 11, 2014, 03:55:41 PM
Neither does Norway, but we try to look like we do.  :uffda:
You guys are screwed once we figure this clean energy shit out.  Guess you'll have to go a-viking again. :)
Title: Re: Today's Kids React to the Original Nintendo Game Boy
Post by: Syt on August 06, 2014, 10:21:00 AM
For CdM: Kids react to a Typewriter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfxRfkZdiAQ&list=PL23C220A2C5EC0FDE&index=1&src_vid=3gn14Lrw3jo&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_3749828455