![]() If you don’t already have a DMG-01, fret not! there are still some bargains to be had, though only if you’re quick enough to spot them first. Unfortunately, people seem to have woken up to their value on the second-hand market, especially since demand for this retro gold soared at around the time of the first covid-19 quarantine. ![]() Even in 2020, the modding scene remains booming. During that period, Game Boys went through a glowing resurgence of popularity in the form of modding. Popular enough for a niche of techies to cotton on, unpopular enough that they were mis-valued by the general public as trash. Production of DMG-01 Game Boys stopped in the early 2000s, making them somewhat of a collector’s item. But even ten years later they were still considered cutting-edge. The non “Play it Loud!” mostly grey Japan-made variants had already been in production since 1989. Of course, those bricks were the original DMG-01 Game Boys. While it may seem like being given the gift of a plastic brick with buttons on was some Victorian-era punishment, my late-90s childhood was enriched by that same situation. Before there were half-a-grand consoles and polyphonic ringtones, pre smart and arguably pre sleek technology, there was Nintendo Game Boy.
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