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An old classic Gameboy, the original black and white kind with the batteries door missing, so we had to use a piece of cardboard taped to the back to keep the batteries in. I spent hours playing Super Mario Land, trying and failing to get past level 4.

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New Gameboy, this time an Advance, with the buttons on either side of the screen rather than below it, and a batteries door that actually holds in the batteries. Color screen, better graphics, and better games. Pokémon Blue, which I found in a snow bank on my way home from school and found it still worked, Lord of the Rings, Mario Cart. It even plays the old Gameboy original games so I can play Super Mario Land on it, but I still play that game on the old, beaten Original.

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Have a 3DS now; the graphics are amazing compared to the pixilated black and white of the Original. It connects to the internet and can play music as well as games. Nintendo even rereleased some old games from the ‘90s for it with updated graphics; Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64, but it can’t read old game cartridges and they haven’t remade Super Mario Land for it. I sold or lost the Original Gameboy long ago, and can no longer play Super Mario Land.