The GameBoy was probably the best thing Nintendo ever did. Over the course of its ten years on the market, it was defined by Nintendo applying everything it learned of game design from the SFC and the FC into this little, black and white, limited, yet still appealing device. Sometimes the games felt more like shrunk down SFC experiences instead of junior versions of Famicom games. I would argue that Link's Awakening is superior to A Link to the Past. The GameBoy is a testament to Nintendo's game design philosophies trumping hardware features. They made the Gameboy as simple and cheap as possible while still creating a very viable device. A lot has been said about the Gameboy and Nintendo's principle philosophy of repackaging decrepit tech, so I won't say anymore. The point of this little post is to share some pictures of my well worn GameBoy Light - Nintendo's final word on this system before the GameBoy Color's release in 1998. The main difference between this and the original GameBoy (and GameBoy Pocket before it), is, of course, the Timex-esque 'indiglo' backlight. These pictures do it more justice than it deserves, but the final effect of this backlight is still the trademark blurry, green screen the system was famous for; except now you can enjoy that in the dark. This Tetris DX cart might as well be permanently soldered in. Enjoy the shots!