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Cheap/easy way to play Pokemon game boy games? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by DipDoodle@alien.top to c/gaming@level-up.zone
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I’m not even sure this is the correct sub for this.. but hopefully someone can help me out. My daughter is very much into Pokemon, and basically is at a perfect age to be introduced to one of the greatest games of all time, red, blue, or yellow (she loves pikachu). I would love to give her a gameboy or if there’s a cheaper handheld way to play? The problem is, I don’t know if she will like it so I don’t want to spend $200 just for her to reject the game… any advice?

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[–] SpektaterArg@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Pizza Boy GBA basic, as silly as the name sounds, is a GREAT emulator for completely free.

I know it's available on Android, not sure about ipad

[–] PhobosAnomaly 1 points 1 year ago

My other half has a copy of Pokémon blue, but she didn't want me fucking with the save game so I went and bought a reproduction. Looks great, plays great too - only about $10.

If you don't have original hardware, you're a bit goosed unless you consider the backwards compatible Game Boy Advance.

You may be better off with ROMs and phone emulators instead.

[–] LotusCSGO@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

For as close as you can get to the original experience without paying too much:

  1. Get a KongFeng GB Boy from Ebay. This is a knockoff Gameboy color with an IPS screen, although it is a slightly distorted aspect ratio. There are other alternatives, but this was popular a few years ago when I was beginning to look into this.

  2. Get a knockoff reproduction of an original gameboy cartridge off ebay.

Combined this should run you about $50 or so, and give as close to the original experience as is reasonable today. If you have your own stuff, it's even compatible with trading/battling with original hardware via a link cable.

[–] creatorZASLON@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Emulator or a repro game from eBay for $10

[–] imashination@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Anbernic rg35xx or similar. Runs almost anything up to ps1 era

[–] W8kingNightmare@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are controllers built for phones so they actually attach to it, makes playing these old games very enjoyable

Search on Amazon, "Android/iPhone controller"

[–] DipDoodle@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I gotcha, but how would I get Pokemon on an iphone

[–] W8kingNightmare@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You are looking for ROMS, search for Gameboy ROMs and you will easily find what you need

[–] coxie86@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You could try installing AltStore and Delta. It’s a bit involved and you will need to connect to your pc once a week to refresh the apps but it works well once it’s all done.