Re: When Is A Game Old?

On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:30:02 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:09 this Monday (GMT):

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If single-game handhelds count, I think I have some Tiger
Electronics-esque ones somewhere. Otherwise, probably one of my NDS
cartridges..

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Ooh, I hadn't considered those.
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I'm not sure it's older than my "Hitchhiker's Guide" disk, but it's
ofthe same era: I have an Nintendo "Game & Watch" with an LCD screen
where Mickey Mouse tries to catch eggs (a gift from a well-meaning
relative).
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Well, I say I still have it, but honestly, I don't know. I didn't get
rid of it, but I've no idea where I have stashed it. I haven't seen it
in years. It still worked last time I tried, although that probably
speaks more of the robustness of the coin-cell batteries than the
device. ;-)
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I had a love-hate affair with that game. It was the most tedious game
I've ever played, but it was also the only hand-held game I owned for
decades. So it inevitably got tossed into the bag - and played -
whenever I knew I would otherwise be stuck somewhere doing nothing.
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Eventually I replaced the device with a Palm Pilot hand-held, which
not only had a greater variety (and depth!) of games that could be
loaded onto it, but apps and books that could entertain me  when I
tired of the games.