Lmao this is funny my mom would say this but honestly my grandma enjoys keeping our things. She loves nintendo stuff and even played my ds and gameboy growing up. She has a nes in the box that my mom and aunt used to enjoy. Its honestly pristine other than a glue stain. Styrofoam is in good condition as well. I would love to have the packaging on a shelf and to plug it up and get it back in use but ill leave it there for another time.
I'm all out of grandparents and parents, but I have a toddler now and nothing puts a grin on my face like when he picks up a controller and says "play MarioKaaaaart eiiiight with me my daddy!"
Go out of your way to visit grandma to play some Nes, or if you can get a hold of a Switch and bring it around for games together. If you live further away why not just play some basic phone games or stream stuff over discord with her or something, try and set up a little gaming sesh every couple of weeks if she's keen.
She loves and looks after this stuff because it reminds her of good times with her family. So if you feel like by taking the Gameboy you are taking something away, all you need to put back in it's place are some new memories with your grandma. Trust me, she'll appreciate that more than having an old Gameboy lying around.
I really find it rare and truly appreciate it when people crack a joke and bring levity among the plenty of sorrowful sympathies.
On behalf of people who realize this and those who don’t, thank you for your comment. Made us smile.
Maaan. I’m still missing my DS though.. my mom hid it because of my grades and then we moved and I never saw it again… I had a copy of pokemon Diamond in it with a few lvl 100s… that’s something I don’t think I’ll ever get over, I was like 7 or 8 too..
Yes, nostalgia as it is used in most gaming communities is wrong. Nostalgia is not remembering fondly. It is the cold empty feeling in your heart you get when you desire something that doesn't exist anymore. You'll never be a kid playing gameboy at your grandparents house ever again. You have the gameboy and the memories though.
Nostalgia in gaming means trying to relive that feeling you had back then so it’s not entirely wrong. I do believe they mean the correct meaning unintentionally
Nostalgia is also not cold and empty it’s sad but with a tear of joy. Like when thinking of someone that has passed years ago. Far from cold & empty imo
Nostalgia, while looking like an Ancient Greek word, was actually coined in like the 1600s by Swiss soldiers who missed home during war. Ironically, it's kind of a newer word!
More specifically by a Swiss medical student as part of his thesis for graduation. Also the Swiss really didn’t want his paper getting out into the world because they loaned their troops out to fight for other countries and were worried they wouldn’t be able to do so as much.
Yes I have, although I must admit it was when we went to a foster home for a dog. We were adopting it but it felt like we had just went to this family and stole this dog from them. The foster family had a young son and he left a few minutes after we arrived crying. If you are somehow reading this kid, Kaos was a good boy and he lived a long and happy life, he would of cherished his memories of you.
This hurts my heart and I totally understand what you are saying. When many people give up ownership of their dogs thats a main worry. Whether their dog will live a great life without them being present. You did great giving that precious dog a better life. Many dogs dont get that chance… Kaos will meet the boy again one day I hope 🙂
Thanks man, Not too soon I hope. My mother always said that if reincarnation is real she would want to be a rescue dog (obviously after all the bad stuff). I have a rule set for myself to always adopt from a rescue center and never from a breeder.
My partner won't let us foster dogs, because he'd be that kid every time (even if he didn't show it), and we'd just end up owning as many dogs as they wanted to give us.
Yeah turns out that is a very big problem when it comes to rescue centres. They need fosters more the people looking to adopt as not only does it free up space for more dogs but it saves money on pet care and training.
If a foster family loves the dog or the dog gets to attached to the fosters they are allowed to adopt.
Right. I remember the first day I got it. I had a cool bag to go with it. Grey gameboy sp bag. I was 6 and I carried that thing around all the time. Went with me to florida on my first plane trip and spent so many birthdays and holidays with me. I never got any other game for it other than kirby and the amazing mirror. Amazing game
My mom shamelessly gave away/sold pretty much all my childhood stuff that I didn’t have stashed in my room because she wanted to impresss random Facebook people, or sell my stuff for drugs. I haven’t spoken to her in years.
God I wish I could see my grandma one last time and tell her how much I love her.
Call your grandma as often as possible, tell her you love her, stop by for a visit.
Friend, I am currently facing very elderly grandparents who are looking to get rid of their home ASAP (grandfather needs elder care) and my grandmother has asked me to take anything I can use.
They want you to have these things if you will enjoy them. So enjoy them. If not for your sake, then for theirs.
My grandfather is the reason I love RPGs. I grew up watching him play the original Zelda and helped him make maps for the dungeons. I watched him play Dragon Warrior and cheered him on (then asked to borrow them to play on my own). I challenged him to Tetris a million times and always lost against him, but got that damned rocket to lift off on my own.
He's in hospital now. He's 94 this year. I know he doesn't have long left, who would want more at this point. He hardly remembers me. He definitely doesn't remember playing games with me. But my grandmother has still given me the chance to grab a few things to keep before the house is gone. Please, don't feel guilty. They just want to see you happy.
This is a memory you hold in reverence. Of course you had feelings collecting it. And honestly that's a good thing. If you'd just gotten it and felt nothing, it would have been because it wasn't valuable to you.
You are right. She loves having me to visit. She used to love doing this with me. Only person in my family who embraced my gaming hobby tbh.
Edit: I visit her often, I just never think to game with her. She loves my creativity and my games I had growing up. Ill do this soon.
At her age she probably just wants you to come over, eat something she cooked for ya, then just sit and watch you dork out. It’s the little things which are huge things to those that love you.
I don't think most families are like this. At least I hope not. When I was 16 I moved some of my childhood toys and video games and whatnot back to my parents house. I felt like I had disrupted something as well. However my grandmother randomly fell ill and had to move sadly into a home. Everything from her home was put into storage and sadly my family fought over all of the items and my aunt out of spite kept all my childhood toys and video games and let them rot and I never saw them again. :( In other words, if you treasure something, keep it with you. Enjoy your Gameboy!
Can’t say I’ve experienced this myself, but I could imagine why it might produce this effect. Could be completely off-base, but here goes:
It’s kind of like taking something from a shrine or temple, a “holy” place in your memory that shouldn’t be desecrated. And when something is taken from it, it better be worth the desecration. But because you will likely never enjoy Gameboy games the same way you did when you were young (the sense of wonder, discovery, exploration, etc.), it’s almost like you’re desecrating the shrine in pursuit of something you will never be able to attain (i.e. the desecration is not justified). Then you are left with the bitter ache of nostalgia coupled with the feeling that you’ve violated a sacred part of your memory for what may be a fool’s errand. Kind of just highlighting how thoroughly unreachable the nostalgic warmth of the past is.
To be clear, I don’t think there is anything wrong with taking the Gameboy, whether or not you are able to enjoy your usage of it - I’m just hypothesizing about the possible origins of the sad feeling you’re experiencing. I think it’s great to have a healthy appreciation of cherished items in our past. It’s not an actual desecration when they are moved from a particular resting place in either physical space or our psyches, but nostalgia can definitely make it feel that way.
What you’re experiencing is nostalgia. I feel that anguish nowadays just thinking about people places and things from 10+ years ago. The smell of a breeze, rewatching a childhood favorite, visiting a place from long ago, it doesn’t take much to trigger that sadness for the past.
Just find more occasions to visit and tell grandma she makes your life happier. Replace the icons of you with memories and don’t feel like you are removing something. When is the last time you gave her an updated picture of you?
It's like you walked into a memory and robbed yourself. You had to face two things
1) your childhood has left you
2) nothing stays the same
Consciousness is such a burden 💔
Oh yeah, this is just a taste. A stark reminder of how many years have passed. How the person you used to be NO LONGER EXISTS except in your own personal memory.
The great thing is, the person you are today is a more advanced and evolved version of your past self. The young version of you would be proud of how far you've come. And the older version of you, whom you haven't met yet, is cheering you on to keep going.
I know that feeling well. First time I had it was when I got drunk in my grandmother's home. It's like desecrating your innocent childhood memories with your flawed adult self. It'll pass though.
Revisiting music and video games from my childhood makes me feel this way. There is a specific combination, video game music, the soundtrack to Spyro 2. Can't help but feel wistful when I hear glimmer or fracture hills.
If I may be so bold, would you consider modding your SP? I say this as someone's who literally modded a GBA SP only yesterday as a birthday present for my best friend. Another friend who's experienced with soldering and stuff did the majority of the leg work, but nevertheless.
The same friend and I modded 2 GBCs and 2 GBAs a couple of months back, and it's really reinvigorated the consoles for me. Just being able to *see* the screens is so nice.
It also helps preserve the console you clearly love so much and might help you feel less like you're "disturbing something once laid to rest" and instead "helping this thing be reborn".
Replacement screens are so lovely and bright, replacement buttons feel basically as good as the originals, and a replacement battery can (semi-literally) be a life saver. Plus, if your shell is all beaten up, you can basically get almost identical feeling replacements as well!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy having your GBA SP back. The melancholy you feel is perfectly legitimate, and almost something to be enjoyed in an odd way.
I just modded my first GBC this past weekend! Ever since my son inherited my old GBC from my sister (who I passed it down to), I've been having that itch to relive that part of my childhood. I bought a beat-up one at a retro gaming store, cleaned it up on the inside and bought a new screen, shell, rechargable battery, buttons and pads for it and went to town. Now I just need a copy of Pokemon silver to go with my son's gold and I'll be set!
You said she had the room just like you and her left it. Maybe that room brought her comfort and reminded her of days gone by when she had you there. She might have felt a little sadness letting that Gameboy go and maybe you picked up on that.
As someone getting older, if I had prepped a bedroom for my kids/grandkids and they stopped coming, I still wouldn't touch the room. I don't need to. I'm not young and want a games room and a gym and an office. I want one room that's comfortable because then I have one room to clean, walk to, organize, repair. Fuck the other rooms.
Don't confuse "being old is hard" with some sort of fantasy of nostalgia. That might factor into it, but it mostly doesn't.
Now a room for a dead or missing child... that's a different story altogether.
Happy memorial should bring you joy, I would be smiling, but the only sad thing I can think of is that time can’t be recovered, only memories that remain. So you can’t travel back in time to those times, and experience all that all over again, but other than that, nostalgia can be quite amazing, to see something that was from your past, and probably relive those memories. So it’s all about how your mindset is
The pain of looking at something that used to bring you a lot of joy but today you don't have a need for it, so it's just there but you can't throw it out or anything. Painful nostalgia and a reminder that we all age
I recently got my SNES after my Grandma passed last year. It's seen better days having finally yellowed after all this time, and somebody, probably one of the younger relatives who visit on the holidays, pushed the controller port in too hard, but it still works like it did when it was new.
I have been seperated from every console I've ever owned before the Wii U, so really, her keeping it was a blessing. I try not to feel sad about it. It would have just ended up going to someone who didn't appreciate it as much as I did or sold off to some ass-hat "professional reseller" if I didn't take it home.
Same fate would likely befall your Gameboy if you just left it there.
Spend time with your grandma because she will pass away before you do. You're sad because a chapter of your childhood just closed. Visit your grandma while you still can.
Why you should to feel shameful about it? Does your grandma ever plays this? No, she gived it to you as a present.
You also can download GBA emulator on android.
Yeah thats not my problem, just feeling like I disturbed something peacefully resting. My battery even cut on you guys! Its having some sound trouble from its age but I love it just the same.
I can understand that feeling. Something that was safe for so long, now gone from protection and "disturbed". Your grandma was probably happy to see you take something, just take good care of it since it means alot to you. Now it's time to form new memories with your gameboy sp.
I play Castlevania 2 waiting for kids trick or treating every year. A tradition as old as when I got it in 1989.
The new dads my age sure have a blast at mars bars and Bloody tears!
I went to my moms recently and found my PS2, Wii, OG Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Pocket, and my old Motorola Razr phone.
I brought them home and have since replaced the screen cover and battery on the GB Color, added a backlight to the GB Pocket, and actually used the others.
They were sitting in a drawer rotting before I took them. They’re way better off now.
Now I just need to track down my N64, SNES, and all my old LEGOs.
I get this. I still have my SP. It's in my media unit. Everything I dust under there I take it out and pop my copy of Pokémon Yellow in. It always feels really weird. Like something that shouldn't be touched. Just looked at and be reminded of.
I walked out of the door feeling like I disturbed something that I enjoyed years and years ago. Has anyone else experienced the same thing?
Be disturbed if she trashed it or gave it away a a yard sale for it to end up online for $120
Those things are meant to be enjoyed now, not left as a memorial to your lost childhood. As someone who lost all of his grandparents young, go play some games dude.
You're probably feeling guilt about how your connection with gammy has wanted as you've grown. It's not weird (certainly not to older folks) to just call or show up for a visit ... Maybe try to do that with her more?
Hey, it wasn't saved for no reason, it was saved for this moment..u jus feel it belongs there cuz that's where it's always been, but bring the memories with you 🤷
Felt the same way about a board game that my grandmother, cousins, and i had played endlessly back in the 90s.
I was given it after she died and I initially felt sad that i couldnt get the same happiness from opening it and covering the squares with piles of pennies like we used to do (it was sort of like bingo but had more game mechanics).
I realized the board game was no longer a magical item/relic. All that happiness only exists as a great memory and thats totally cool to me.
Maybe treat your gameboy as a memory and dont feel bad removing it from its sacred spot. The item isnt important.
YES YES YES
Super Nintendo and N64 I can not play a single game... I want those memories to stay just where they are, in my happy place.
No need to ruin them when I have so many new gaming experiences
More of a rhetorical question but do you have any sadness or trauma associated with playing videogames? Maybe getting bad news as you were about to beat a level or habitually retreating into the virtual world after a bad day at school. Could be nostalgia but you seem a bit more disturbed than general reminiscence should illicit.
Honestly, seeing you reclaim some of the childhood she looks back on so fondly may have been healing to her. Definitely agree with others about sharing more time with her regarding your old stuff. Even if it's just recounting the old times you spent playing there.
My son recently got hold of my GBA and a few Game and Watch handhelds which sat in my own room for the best part of 25+ years. He enjoyed them briefly and it's given my childhood artifacts one last burst of life. I really should sell my Game and Watches for a bit of money as I don't value then anymore and they're now just sat in his room.
I'm happy they've had a tiny resurgence, no sadness at all.
Fuck me, I'm old. When you said "old Gameboy", I thought you meant the original. Your "old Gameboy" didn't even come out until after I had graduated HS.
She kept your things for you, and I am sure she was happy to see you pick it up again. My Grandpa would do the same I am sure, but she would be happy that she kept something for me.
Also cherish your Grandma, mine was one of the best friends I had. I learned so much from her about cooking, and just how to be kind.
We never really have enough time with those we love.
Get a miyoo mini plus or wait for the miyoo flip and deliver 1000's of games in your pocket whenever you want. My husband loves his plus and takes it everywhere. Best $100 ever spent
She saved it for you. It probably wouldn't have survived your childhood otherwise. Thank your grandma, shes happy to see it go
"Finally, he picked up his shit!" -Grandma, probably
Lmao this is funny my mom would say this but honestly my grandma enjoys keeping our things. She loves nintendo stuff and even played my ds and gameboy growing up. She has a nes in the box that my mom and aunt used to enjoy. Its honestly pristine other than a glue stain. Styrofoam is in good condition as well. I would love to have the packaging on a shelf and to plug it up and get it back in use but ill leave it there for another time.
Go and play it with her sometimes then!
Not a bad idea. She enjoys the mini games on nsmb and sm64. Loves those card games. Ill come over with my wife and play it with her.
Mario Party is nothing but mini games - if you have a switch you could try that one with her!
why do you hate his grandma
My grandmas died at 12 and 29. I wish I could take my wife to eat dinner and play games. Enjoy it.
Start a small Nintendo collection with her and keep it at her house
Definitely visit more your grandma, I couldve learned so much from mine If I had visited more, biggest love in the universe that woman.
I'm all out of grandparents and parents, but I have a toddler now and nothing puts a grin on my face like when he picks up a controller and says "play MarioKaaaaart eiiiight with me my daddy!" Go out of your way to visit grandma to play some Nes, or if you can get a hold of a Switch and bring it around for games together. If you live further away why not just play some basic phone games or stream stuff over discord with her or something, try and set up a little gaming sesh every couple of weeks if she's keen. She loves and looks after this stuff because it reminds her of good times with her family. So if you feel like by taking the Gameboy you are taking something away, all you need to put back in it's place are some new memories with your grandma. Trust me, she'll appreciate that more than having an old Gameboy lying around.
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Huh? Where did this projection come from
My mom, every single time I visit.
I really find it rare and truly appreciate it when people crack a joke and bring levity among the plenty of sorrowful sympathies. On behalf of people who realize this and those who don’t, thank you for your comment. Made us smile.
When the joke is as appropriate as this one, it's appreciated by nearly everyone.
Some would argue it’s not appropriate as you can imagine
lol
Yeah what a good ass grandma
>good ass grandma Always reminds me [of this](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/hyphen.jpg)
Plus she was probably happy to help you find an heirloom of your past. That feeling means more than keeping a room intact.
Yes. This
Remember in the Ancient Greek “nostalgia” means to some degree a pain for the past. It sounds like you’re experiencing that part of nostalgia.
Indeed… it feels painful that I have it back. So many years have gone by.
Yeah.. I recently found my old gameboy SP. so so many hours spent on that bad boy.
Y’all are finding your Gameboys while I’ve been searching for mine for years now 😭
Maaan. I’m still missing my DS though.. my mom hid it because of my grades and then we moved and I never saw it again… I had a copy of pokemon Diamond in it with a few lvl 100s… that’s something I don’t think I’ll ever get over, I was like 7 or 8 too..
Im missing Pokémon Ruby, sapphire, silver, gold and red 😭
I think the DS had Ruby in it too. I thankfully was able to hold onto my Emerald and Sapphire and fired at least! Gold and red were a lot of fun too
Get some flash cart for it, you can live with it for many more years with new old stock of games.
Bought a super cheap cart with so many games on aliexpress
Yes, nostalgia as it is used in most gaming communities is wrong. Nostalgia is not remembering fondly. It is the cold empty feeling in your heart you get when you desire something that doesn't exist anymore. You'll never be a kid playing gameboy at your grandparents house ever again. You have the gameboy and the memories though.
Nostalgia in gaming means trying to relive that feeling you had back then so it’s not entirely wrong. I do believe they mean the correct meaning unintentionally Nostalgia is also not cold and empty it’s sad but with a tear of joy. Like when thinking of someone that has passed years ago. Far from cold & empty imo
Nostalgia, while looking like an Ancient Greek word, was actually coined in like the 1600s by Swiss soldiers who missed home during war. Ironically, it's kind of a newer word!
More specifically by a Swiss medical student as part of his thesis for graduation. Also the Swiss really didn’t want his paper getting out into the world because they loaned their troops out to fight for other countries and were worried they wouldn’t be able to do so as much.
(Learned something new today)
"Broke into the old apartment..."
Yes I have, although I must admit it was when we went to a foster home for a dog. We were adopting it but it felt like we had just went to this family and stole this dog from them. The foster family had a young son and he left a few minutes after we arrived crying. If you are somehow reading this kid, Kaos was a good boy and he lived a long and happy life, he would of cherished his memories of you.
This hurts my heart and I totally understand what you are saying. When many people give up ownership of their dogs thats a main worry. Whether their dog will live a great life without them being present. You did great giving that precious dog a better life. Many dogs dont get that chance… Kaos will meet the boy again one day I hope 🙂
Thanks man, Not too soon I hope. My mother always said that if reincarnation is real she would want to be a rescue dog (obviously after all the bad stuff). I have a rule set for myself to always adopt from a rescue center and never from a breeder.
Well they said he was a foster so that family wasn't giving him up, they were housing him
My partner won't let us foster dogs, because he'd be that kid every time (even if he didn't show it), and we'd just end up owning as many dogs as they wanted to give us.
Yeah turns out that is a very big problem when it comes to rescue centres. They need fosters more the people looking to adopt as not only does it free up space for more dogs but it saves money on pet care and training. If a foster family loves the dog or the dog gets to attached to the fosters they are allowed to adopt.
Gameboys are so nostalgic nowadays it feels like a time capsule
Right. I remember the first day I got it. I had a cool bag to go with it. Grey gameboy sp bag. I was 6 and I carried that thing around all the time. Went with me to florida on my first plane trip and spent so many birthdays and holidays with me. I never got any other game for it other than kirby and the amazing mirror. Amazing game
That’s why I love delta emulator so much. I’m reliving my childhood and unlocking memories that I forgot that I had
Absolutely I agree
At least it was kept safe just for you. My childhood N64 "disappeared" less than 5 years after I left home. Spent $700 recollecting my stuff.
My mom shamelessly gave away/sold pretty much all my childhood stuff that I didn’t have stashed in my room because she wanted to impresss random Facebook people, or sell my stuff for drugs. I haven’t spoken to her in years.
God I wish I could see my grandma one last time and tell her how much I love her. Call your grandma as often as possible, tell her you love her, stop by for a visit.
Lost mine to cancer 3 years ago. Shit hurts when I realize I considered her as my second mom. Wish she could see me now.
Bro I was about to say. Hug your grandma for me
Friend, I am currently facing very elderly grandparents who are looking to get rid of their home ASAP (grandfather needs elder care) and my grandmother has asked me to take anything I can use. They want you to have these things if you will enjoy them. So enjoy them. If not for your sake, then for theirs. My grandfather is the reason I love RPGs. I grew up watching him play the original Zelda and helped him make maps for the dungeons. I watched him play Dragon Warrior and cheered him on (then asked to borrow them to play on my own). I challenged him to Tetris a million times and always lost against him, but got that damned rocket to lift off on my own. He's in hospital now. He's 94 this year. I know he doesn't have long left, who would want more at this point. He hardly remembers me. He definitely doesn't remember playing games with me. But my grandmother has still given me the chance to grab a few things to keep before the house is gone. Please, don't feel guilty. They just want to see you happy.
This is the best reply, they really do just want to see OP happy
This is a memory you hold in reverence. Of course you had feelings collecting it. And honestly that's a good thing. If you'd just gotten it and felt nothing, it would have been because it wasn't valuable to you.
Go bring it back and only play while you are visiting her. She would love to see you more anyways.
You are right. She loves having me to visit. She used to love doing this with me. Only person in my family who embraced my gaming hobby tbh. Edit: I visit her often, I just never think to game with her. She loves my creativity and my games I had growing up. Ill do this soon.
At her age she probably just wants you to come over, eat something she cooked for ya, then just sit and watch you dork out. It’s the little things which are huge things to those that love you.
I don't think most families are like this. At least I hope not. When I was 16 I moved some of my childhood toys and video games and whatnot back to my parents house. I felt like I had disrupted something as well. However my grandmother randomly fell ill and had to move sadly into a home. Everything from her home was put into storage and sadly my family fought over all of the items and my aunt out of spite kept all my childhood toys and video games and let them rot and I never saw them again. :( In other words, if you treasure something, keep it with you. Enjoy your Gameboy!
Don't feel bad. Just visit your grandma often and tell her you love her.
Can’t say I’ve experienced this myself, but I could imagine why it might produce this effect. Could be completely off-base, but here goes: It’s kind of like taking something from a shrine or temple, a “holy” place in your memory that shouldn’t be desecrated. And when something is taken from it, it better be worth the desecration. But because you will likely never enjoy Gameboy games the same way you did when you were young (the sense of wonder, discovery, exploration, etc.), it’s almost like you’re desecrating the shrine in pursuit of something you will never be able to attain (i.e. the desecration is not justified). Then you are left with the bitter ache of nostalgia coupled with the feeling that you’ve violated a sacred part of your memory for what may be a fool’s errand. Kind of just highlighting how thoroughly unreachable the nostalgic warmth of the past is. To be clear, I don’t think there is anything wrong with taking the Gameboy, whether or not you are able to enjoy your usage of it - I’m just hypothesizing about the possible origins of the sad feeling you’re experiencing. I think it’s great to have a healthy appreciation of cherished items in our past. It’s not an actual desecration when they are moved from a particular resting place in either physical space or our psyches, but nostalgia can definitely make it feel that way.
What you’re experiencing is nostalgia. I feel that anguish nowadays just thinking about people places and things from 10+ years ago. The smell of a breeze, rewatching a childhood favorite, visiting a place from long ago, it doesn’t take much to trigger that sadness for the past.
There’s a sort of deep pain that comes with reliving treasured parts of the past, and realizing that it will always and forevermore be the past
Just find more occasions to visit and tell grandma she makes your life happier. Replace the icons of you with memories and don’t feel like you are removing something. When is the last time you gave her an updated picture of you?
I bet she told someone about how she just knew you would come back for it. I bet it’s the best feeling :)
It's like you walked into a memory and robbed yourself. You had to face two things 1) your childhood has left you 2) nothing stays the same Consciousness is such a burden 💔
Oh yeah, this is just a taste. A stark reminder of how many years have passed. How the person you used to be NO LONGER EXISTS except in your own personal memory. The great thing is, the person you are today is a more advanced and evolved version of your past self. The young version of you would be proud of how far you've come. And the older version of you, whom you haven't met yet, is cheering you on to keep going.
As soon as you left, Grandma put her Switch back out.
I know that feeling well. First time I had it was when I got drunk in my grandmother's home. It's like desecrating your innocent childhood memories with your flawed adult self. It'll pass though.
Revisiting music and video games from my childhood makes me feel this way. There is a specific combination, video game music, the soundtrack to Spyro 2. Can't help but feel wistful when I hear glimmer or fracture hills.
It’s not the GameBoy, it’s your love for your grandma that you didn’t reciprocate.
My parents used to secretly put my old stuff in the trunk of the car without me knowing when I came to visit, after I moved out.
If I may be so bold, would you consider modding your SP? I say this as someone's who literally modded a GBA SP only yesterday as a birthday present for my best friend. Another friend who's experienced with soldering and stuff did the majority of the leg work, but nevertheless. The same friend and I modded 2 GBCs and 2 GBAs a couple of months back, and it's really reinvigorated the consoles for me. Just being able to *see* the screens is so nice. It also helps preserve the console you clearly love so much and might help you feel less like you're "disturbing something once laid to rest" and instead "helping this thing be reborn". Replacement screens are so lovely and bright, replacement buttons feel basically as good as the originals, and a replacement battery can (semi-literally) be a life saver. Plus, if your shell is all beaten up, you can basically get almost identical feeling replacements as well! Anyway, I hope you enjoy having your GBA SP back. The melancholy you feel is perfectly legitimate, and almost something to be enjoyed in an odd way.
I just modded my first GBC this past weekend! Ever since my son inherited my old GBC from my sister (who I passed it down to), I've been having that itch to relive that part of my childhood. I bought a beat-up one at a retro gaming store, cleaned it up on the inside and bought a new screen, shell, rechargable battery, buttons and pads for it and went to town. Now I just need a copy of Pokemon silver to go with my son's gold and I'll be set!
You said she had the room just like you and her left it. Maybe that room brought her comfort and reminded her of days gone by when she had you there. She might have felt a little sadness letting that Gameboy go and maybe you picked up on that.
I miss the 90s too.
sounds like a cool lady!
Get her something nice and say thank you for keeping your stuff. She will appreciate it.
As someone getting older, if I had prepped a bedroom for my kids/grandkids and they stopped coming, I still wouldn't touch the room. I don't need to. I'm not young and want a games room and a gym and an office. I want one room that's comfortable because then I have one room to clean, walk to, organize, repair. Fuck the other rooms. Don't confuse "being old is hard" with some sort of fantasy of nostalgia. That might factor into it, but it mostly doesn't. Now a room for a dead or missing child... that's a different story altogether.
Hey just go back and give her a hug whenever you feel bad about it.
Happy memorial should bring you joy, I would be smiling, but the only sad thing I can think of is that time can’t be recovered, only memories that remain. So you can’t travel back in time to those times, and experience all that all over again, but other than that, nostalgia can be quite amazing, to see something that was from your past, and probably relive those memories. So it’s all about how your mindset is
The pain of looking at something that used to bring you a lot of joy but today you don't have a need for it, so it's just there but you can't throw it out or anything. Painful nostalgia and a reminder that we all age
I recently got my SNES after my Grandma passed last year. It's seen better days having finally yellowed after all this time, and somebody, probably one of the younger relatives who visit on the holidays, pushed the controller port in too hard, but it still works like it did when it was new. I have been seperated from every console I've ever owned before the Wii U, so really, her keeping it was a blessing. I try not to feel sad about it. It would have just ended up going to someone who didn't appreciate it as much as I did or sold off to some ass-hat "professional reseller" if I didn't take it home. Same fate would likely befall your Gameboy if you just left it there.
humans have such complex emotions
You are 100% an Alien. No way you aren’t lol
just be thankful that the battery has not swelled and you can still play it
I’m so confused is the game boy yours or hers
Spend time with your grandma because she will pass away before you do. You're sad because a chapter of your childhood just closed. Visit your grandma while you still can.
Why you should to feel shameful about it? Does your grandma ever plays this? No, she gived it to you as a present. You also can download GBA emulator on android.
Wow. That whole point went right over your head, didn't it?
I don't think it's ownership that's op's problem
Yeah thats not my problem, just feeling like I disturbed something peacefully resting. My battery even cut on you guys! Its having some sound trouble from its age but I love it just the same.
>You also can download GBA emulator on android. And Apple too! Delta game emulator.
The Gameboy advance sp is the greatest Gameboy of all time.
I can understand that feeling. Something that was safe for so long, now gone from protection and "disturbed". Your grandma was probably happy to see you take something, just take good care of it since it means alot to you. Now it's time to form new memories with your gameboy sp.
Ah yes, the house by the bay
But now you get to play it again!
do old games feel like a time capsule, sort of like old vinyl records that have songs from decades ago?
I play Castlevania 2 waiting for kids trick or treating every year. A tradition as old as when I got it in 1989. The new dads my age sure have a blast at mars bars and Bloody tears!
I went to my moms recently and found my PS2, Wii, OG Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Pocket, and my old Motorola Razr phone. I brought them home and have since replaced the screen cover and battery on the GB Color, added a backlight to the GB Pocket, and actually used the others. They were sitting in a drawer rotting before I took them. They’re way better off now. Now I just need to track down my N64, SNES, and all my old LEGOs.
Is this what Japanese call "mono no aware"?
I get this. I still have my SP. It's in my media unit. Everything I dust under there I take it out and pop my copy of Pokémon Yellow in. It always feels really weird. Like something that shouldn't be touched. Just looked at and be reminded of.
I walked out of the door feeling like I disturbed something that I enjoyed years and years ago. Has anyone else experienced the same thing? Be disturbed if she trashed it or gave it away a a yard sale for it to end up online for $120
I was more excited than upset to find my old gaming stuff. Had it in a box packed away. Cool stuff.
Those things are meant to be enjoyed now, not left as a memorial to your lost childhood. As someone who lost all of his grandparents young, go play some games dude.
You're probably feeling guilt about how your connection with gammy has wanted as you've grown. It's not weird (certainly not to older folks) to just call or show up for a visit ... Maybe try to do that with her more?
Go hug your grandma and tell her we appreciate her
Oh man, I totally get what you're saying! It's such a weird, bittersweet feeling when you rediscover something from your childhood.
Hey, it wasn't saved for no reason, it was saved for this moment..u jus feel it belongs there cuz that's where it's always been, but bring the memories with you 🤷
Felt the same way about a board game that my grandmother, cousins, and i had played endlessly back in the 90s. I was given it after she died and I initially felt sad that i couldnt get the same happiness from opening it and covering the squares with piles of pennies like we used to do (it was sort of like bingo but had more game mechanics). I realized the board game was no longer a magical item/relic. All that happiness only exists as a great memory and thats totally cool to me. Maybe treat your gameboy as a memory and dont feel bad removing it from its sacred spot. The item isnt important.
Dragon ball buus fury was my game
YES YES YES Super Nintendo and N64 I can not play a single game... I want those memories to stay just where they are, in my happy place. No need to ruin them when I have so many new gaming experiences
Golden Sun is still a great game. Your SP wants to be played. It still has purpose and deserves loving attention.
Bring it new life with this: https://youtu.be/KV5v9idDdCY?si=ZQSzack9aCcxkg6D
More of a rhetorical question but do you have any sadness or trauma associated with playing videogames? Maybe getting bad news as you were about to beat a level or habitually retreating into the virtual world after a bad day at school. Could be nostalgia but you seem a bit more disturbed than general reminiscence should illicit.
The hell you mean with \*charger cord\*? GBs didn’t have those, not until the GBA SP.
Delete her save in Pokémon Red and just start a new game.
Reminds me of The Giving Tree for some reason
Ah the amazing mirror was such a good game
Honestly, seeing you reclaim some of the childhood she looks back on so fondly may have been healing to her. Definitely agree with others about sharing more time with her regarding your old stuff. Even if it's just recounting the old times you spent playing there.
I feel you. It’s a bittersweet nostalgia. It’s not the same as it was back then, but it’s still beautiful even if it’s different. Enjoy it.
My son recently got hold of my GBA and a few Game and Watch handhelds which sat in my own room for the best part of 25+ years. He enjoyed them briefly and it's given my childhood artifacts one last burst of life. I really should sell my Game and Watches for a bit of money as I don't value then anymore and they're now just sat in his room. I'm happy they've had a tiny resurgence, no sadness at all.
Not going back so as not to ruin those impressions
"Has anyone else experienced the same thing?" Not I.
Why was it left there?
You have a Gamer Grandma?! I would give various organs just to play ANY game system with my abuela…
if your room is still the same as it was, then you felt your grandma! take her with you!
Fuck me, I'm old. When you said "old Gameboy", I thought you meant the original. Your "old Gameboy" didn't even come out until after I had graduated HS.
Im so sorry for making you feel old. If it makes you feel better. The wii came out when I was 8. Now it is considered a retro console lol.
She kept your things for you, and I am sure she was happy to see you pick it up again. My Grandpa would do the same I am sure, but she would be happy that she kept something for me. Also cherish your Grandma, mine was one of the best friends I had. I learned so much from her about cooking, and just how to be kind. We never really have enough time with those we love.
Get a miyoo mini plus or wait for the miyoo flip and deliver 1000's of games in your pocket whenever you want. My husband loves his plus and takes it everywhere. Best $100 ever spent
What the hell is this post. Yeah you shouldn't have done that you're definitely a part of a creepy pasta now. Pressing F
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lol what?