How gaming in bed used to happen...

PocketBuckle · 7 months

Kids these days with their Gameboy Advances....

aqua23 · 7 months

Bitch please

lawlshane · 7 months

Isn't there a picture of some type of light peripheral every two days? How is this interesting?

hery41 · 7 months

Another week, another wormlight post. Just waiting for ctf_facingworlds.

Aseldo · 7 months

Sega GameGear was the first handheld to have a screen that would be bright in the dark. =)

skullhair · 7 months

I modded my gba with an Afterburner kit. The success of the Afterburner, is what prompted Nintendo to release the gba sp.

LarsoVanguard · 7 months

Please, PLEASE NO MORE SNAKELIGHT POSTS. HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF POSTS WITH THIS SAME IMAGERY (and titles) ARE HERE ALREADY.

Jack_Squire · 7 months

GBA? Get off my lawn.

downvotemule · 7 months

This image has been reposted dozens of times. What the fuck is wrong with the retards that upvote this as if it is worthwhile content?

[deleted] · 7 months

fuck yeah, I love th--

gameboy advance

ಠ_ಠ

HappyZavulon · 7 months

Advance SP made my life so much better

OnceButNeverAgain · 7 months

Fucking Glare.

Bluer123 · 7 months

I would use a torch/flashlight rested in a careful position next to my head.

kepedo · 7 months

I need one those for my Kindle.

Vinicelli · 7 months

Fuck dat reflection.

PrimeIntellect · 7 months

A gameboy advance? What are you, some kind of rich kid from the future?

Krellyn · 7 months

TIL: /r/gaming is hipsters.

robot-rollcall · 7 months

And the GBA had such poor visibility (even in good light) that 3rd party backlight kits were all the rage for a few years. Until the GBA SP came out, at any rate.

Chanstheman · 7 months

And there was always a glare off the screen!

Spoggerific · 7 months

More evidence that /r/gaming is a shithole! I'm not sure why I keep coming here.

Arcland · 7 months

All of my friends were jealous. I had the only light without a horrible glare.

Lawsuitup · 7 months

Am I the only one who had to bend this thing into the weirdest angles to avoid the horrible glare.

poordiabeto · 7 months

I used to use a light like you, but then I got a Gameboy SP...

[deleted] · 7 months

Bitch, this is still how I game in bed.

L_Glycine · 7 months

Good night mom! Reaches under pillow for lighted game boy Thought I was sooooo crafty.

RTrooper · 7 months

I had this. Pretty reliable but bulky.

Medeski · 7 months

Or you had a Game Gear and didn't have to worry about having that light. all you needed to worry about what the fact that your batteries would last 5 minutes.

dolphtesla · 7 months

No love? Lynx

SenTedStevens · 7 months

That's cute. You young-ins and your fancy worm lights. I had the original GB and my light source was a flashlight with the sheets/comforter over my head so as to keep the light levels low around me at night. That way, no one yelled at me to "turn off that damn light and to to bed."

zwgmu7321 · 7 months

My dad lost his job because of Nintendo. Nintendo killed the Gameboy worm light industry with the release of the SP. Fuck Nintendo!

ziggit · 7 months

Who needed a light when you had a game gear?

[edit] Batteries

kabukistar · 7 months

How gaming in bed used to happen [FIXED]

etmcdo02 · 7 months

I just nostalgia'd so goddamn hard.

meeanne · 7 months

Ah, the gameboy advanced. My parents rarely present me with surprises, so them picking me up from school on my 16th birthday and telling me to put my backpack in the trunk of the car only to find a bag from best buy with a new gameboy advanced and an accessory pack is one of my favorite memories.

hootie_mcboob · 7 months

Game Boy Booster for me. This thing was a tank.

Jaberwock02 · 7 months

Story of my childhood...

3ducksinamancostume · 7 months

My retro boner is so hard right now.

willman161 · 7 months

The thing is, I would sit next to the window in the sunlight so I could play my gameboy advance. But now if I try to use my cell phone in sunlight I can't see any fuckin thing..... :/

CrobisaurCroney · 7 months

When I packed up for college I found about 5 of those things under my bed that I kept losing when I was younger. Good thing they were like 5 bucks usually.

JayDecay · 7 months

I just got another GBA and a bunch of good games for it. Laying one of those little LED flashlights laying on your chest and facing the screen works wonderfully..

I remember modding my old GBA when I was a teenager so it had a backlight before the SP came out just so I could play that damn Castlevania game that was too dark.

MVallieres · 7 months

I hate these stupid nostalgia posts. We get it, you've aged, we all have. Guess what? Our shits better now! Those lights were fucking stupid. I can use my DS in a cave now.

puppyfarts · 7 months

Game Gear > Game Boy

ryno235 · 7 months

Nice, I had the same color gba. Brings back some awesome memories. Mario Kart Super Circuit, Pokemon Ruby, and The Sims Bustin out were my games of choice. So awesome!!!

ShaggyS · 7 months

I had one of these and all I have to say is that it was awful! You could barely see what was going on on the screen because of the reflection!

I still used it to play till sunrise! YEAAAAAH

imgur-mirror-bot · 7 months

nateguy · 7 months

I hated not having a backlight. We couldn't afford those fancy add-ons, so I always had to awkwardly lean towards the light and play at an angle otherwise the screen would just look blank.

stvrunner · 7 months

r/gaming ... complains about games with a young teen user base Up votes posts from young teen user base

[deleted] · 7 months

Used to happen? Dude that thing came out in like 2001. I was 15. I guess that is a long time ago, dang.

Zenyatoo · 7 months

My sister used to take like riding lessons or something. I always got dragged along, and when we would drive back I had to play in between the flashes of the lightposts. The day I got the magnifying glass light attachment thing was the happiest day of my life.

Trawlers · 7 months

Still got one of these.

Gaffelstein · 7 months

God that thing fucking sucked

Stormdancer · 7 months

Yep... had that rig. Didn't work worth a damn.

HZAres · 7 months

more like how gaming ruined your eyes... still worth it!

donutsalad · 7 months

I used a flashlight.

Chrispy3 · 7 months

Waves of nostalgia, just washing over my body.

Gazzabaws · 7 months

I bought a GBA a couple of weeks ago and forgot to buy one of these. Boy am I paying for it now. I've been playing it in bed using the light off my phone to see the fucking screen.

jarred0809 · 7 months

Bitch please. Game Boy Color and a flashlight.

intel23 · 7 months

lmfao@ i had one of these for gameboy color

FerminINC · 7 months

Gamestop, for those of you who shop there, are going to stop carrying gba games and accessories. A lot of stores are having a 75% off sale. Got me a carrying case for 27 cents.

Klopford · 7 months

I had one of those! Beat Super Mario World for the very first time with that setup when I was supposed to be sleeping. ;)

rbra · 7 months

What is that?

yearz · 7 months

Aghh a ray of sunlight. Fuck. Damn my screen is filthy...

Ikarus3426 · 7 months

That's why the Sega Gamegear was great. It had it's own backlight and picture bright enough to blow away your face. Great for late night gaming or long drives home in the back of the car.

Of course, you had to have a good stock of AA batteries to keep that power hungry energy monster happy.

MrMcQuone · 7 months

Along with having to quickly hide it under the covers when you heard the stairs creaking. Stop making me nostalgia all over the place.

thebugjim · 7 months

Major nostalgia moment.

TheDaftPunk · 7 months

I remember this EXACT acces. great times, I don't think I could have beaten Sonic Advance without it

GiraffeHat · 7 months

Have I been on Reddit for too long, or does that look like the Reddit alien's head?

you_get_a_monocle · 7 months

Still does. Gameboy pocket FTW

Wwwarwick · 7 months

I used to have that light for my GBA. I was going through security post 9/11 and got flagged going through security with it cause it looked "funny". They almost didnt give it back. I was like 15 too.

ratuuft · 7 months

Oh please thats some fancy pancy new handheld ?

Black_Mamba24 · 7 months

Anybody have their old GBA that they're willing to sell? I never had my own when I was a kid and I'd like to see what all the fuss is about.

Desmeister · 7 months

Ate up the batteries like NOTHIN' though.

Snyda · 7 months

But do it under the covers, so you're prepared when mom comes and checks on you.

SonicFlash01 · 7 months

I found and turned on my old GBA the other night. The first thing I thought was "The backlight is bro-... Oh wait... Jesus..."

We can never go back. >____>

Hippi_009 · 7 months

This is still how I game on nights that I get insomnia and just bored. Doing so since 1995, w/ the Gameboy Color/Advance(only to play some Advance games).

miller_time · 7 months

you forgot the power cord. but i still keep my worm light around....oh the memories.

danguro · 7 months

Unfortunately mine broke the second I plugged it in. I don't even know why

Olangotang · 7 months

Now instead of gaming all night... I reddit all night!

RaginReaganomics · 7 months

Posted about this yesterday in a comment. Little did I know, I could just google search the subject matter and reap the karma explosion

jacks-colon · 7 months

What is that thing?

UserVII · 7 months

sexy and i know it

e4excellence · 7 months

Oh wow, this was so long ago! Holy shit!

/sarcasm

DJTaki · 7 months

This brings back bad childhood memories. I had a wormlight like that for my gameboy color. I got it for christmas, along with Pokemon Silver and i was the happiest kid in the world. Long story short, somehow by new years I couldn't find my light. To this day i refuse to play a game in bed, it just leads to tears.

BobbyD84 · 7 months

When 4 years ago?

CaptainShanks · 7 months

The SP was one of the worst things that ever happened to me and sleep. I had the NES controller one too :D

mudmaniac · 7 months

I had that stupid light snake. Was one of the few to buy this modkit:

Afterburner

Xialian · 7 months

And I still have mine :)

intromatt · 7 months

Never forget.

Metalheadzaid · 7 months

Bitches, we used flash lights under the blanket.

Kyderra · 7 months

My sister went to south Africa, my mother and I where talking about her reading a book on her I-pad in a small tent in the wild.

On witch my dad responded: "have fun reading with no lights in there, perhaps they have a small light bulb but I don't suggest it"

Accerbus · 7 months

http://i.imgur.com/D4beW.jpg [Fixed]

sirius89 · 7 months

I had the lupe too. <3

SethMoe7 · 7 months

How you should have done it

SuperTurtle · 7 months

No fucking way

Please tell me other things that happened 6 years ago

Leelodor · 7 months

Oh tell me about those days ten years ago grandpa!

Mega1mpact · 7 months

Mine broke when I tried to hide my GBA when my mom walked into the room. I wasn't able to repair the light and I ended up making it a habit to sleep With the lights on so that I could plqy in bed.

fanboy_killer · 7 months

In bed? Dude, with that GBA model you better had the wormlight with you anywhere.

El_Ruggador · 7 months

And for the record, that shit sucked.

IAmARetroGamer · 7 months

The SP was a godsend, FF:Tactics all night long :D

SSJSwagger · 7 months

I remembering playing my GBA, and the adults would always say "I don't see how you can see that."

Going back, I myself wonder how I lived without a back light.

dawnofthedead · 7 months

here is it again. how does this get upvoted every week???

NigmaNoname · 7 months

DAE REMEMBER DAT GAEMIN THING FROM UR CHILDHUD

LYK DIS IF U CRY EVRYTIM!!!

/r/gaming is such a shithole lately

ace9213 · 7 months

I had a magnifying screen for my game boy color that had two crappy lights on it so I could plat at night. That was how gaming was for me.

ohhhyeahhh · 7 months

STOP UPVOTING THIS SHIT

WeaponGrade · 7 months

Still have mine,AND the light.

cs12345 · 7 months

I just got a gameboy micro. Best thing ever.

great_decay · 7 months

correction

Haastrain · 7 months

Reporting in

Puregn0 · 7 months

all night

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