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sidewaydriver
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Fuck it, I'm running this show now. Which is better? Gameboy Color or Dreamcast? This is kind of a hard one actually as both consoles were under rated and over shadowed by what was coming next.
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Sehkmaenzo
Joined: Jun 29 2010
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FINALLY!
Must... Rate... Stuff...
Well, dreamcast had sonic adventure 2 and rival schools 2, so... GameBoy Color it is!
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
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I'm going with GBC because it had Metal Gear Solid
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
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You are the wind beneath my wings.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Dreamcast, because GBC barely counts as its own system. It was like Game Boy 1.5.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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| Dreamcast, because GBC barely counts as its own system. It was like Game Boy 1.5. |
This, GBC barely counts as a separate entity. Also, Dreamcast is the shit.
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
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Dreamcast. It had enormous potential and I always wanted to own one.
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Syd Lexia
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Chu Chu Rocket!
Let's all save the mice!
Chu Chu Rocket!
The cat is very scary!
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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True, the GBC wasn't quite a full leap to the next thing, but I remember flipping out when I first saw it. It just seemed so unimaginable that Gameboy would be in color.
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Preng
Title: All right, that's cool!
Joined: Jan 11 2010
Location: Accounting Dept.
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I can't vote on this due to too much bias because I've never owned or even played a Dreamcast, so I'm biased. But I have very fond memories of my Game Boy Color. Like others have mentioned, it wasn't exactly a big step up on its own (at least compared to the Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS), but I enjoyed it.
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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Too much bias? I think you're looking way too deep into this poll.
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Fernin
Title: Comic Author
Joined: Dec 12 2008
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Game Boy Color, definitely. Over 800 games were created for it, it sure as hell counts as a system.
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
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I wanna see some campaigning before I make my choice.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
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I have 4 main problems with Game Boy Color:
1. By the time it came out, Nintendo had spent millions of dollars successfully defending the monochromatic Game Boy against color challengers. We were told that color systems were blurry and had low battery lives, and were a waste of our money. And they were mostly right. And then suddenly Nintendo wanted us to waste money on THEIRS.
2. It was a recycled gimmick. Anyone remember 1994? The Super Game Boy? Through its patented Ted Turner technology, it took digital crayons to your GB games and added color. The GBC, at its launch, was THE EXACT SAME THING.
3. The palette sucked. The Game Gear, for all its blurry graphics and battery-raping, had a vibrant color palette. A lot of GBC games looked like shit. I don't know how many colors the GBC could handle at once, but games consistently felt less colorful than NES games.
4. The technology was super fucking dated. When GBC launched in 1998, we were already well into the 64-bit era. And we were still playing 8-bit handhelds? And because the technology was dated, there wasn't a whole lot of innovation. It was mostly shovelware and shiny license shovelware, with the occasional gem. There aren't very many memorable GBC titles because of the technology. If you go to GameFAQs, the top SEVEN games on the GBC Top 10 List are all Pokemon and Zelda. The remaining three are Dragon Quest.
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Ash Burton
Title: AshRaiser
Joined: Nov 10 2008
Location: Florida
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Did the Dreamcast have a printer? No. GBC for sure.
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Ash is probably just home humping his SNES collection.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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And what CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY that GBC printer was!
Let's not also forget the SUPER AWESOME GBC CAMERA THAT WASN'T AT ALL A COMPLETE PIECE OF SHIT.
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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Wow, Syd. I didn't realize the Gameboy Color ruined your life.
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
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Man i have to agree with Syd here. What did the GBC bring to the Game Boy besides color? The Dreamcast was the first console with a built in modem and online play. Can you surf the internet on a GBC? didn't think so. Granted, the browser was shit, but nonetheless, you had internet. I'm going to have to go Dreamcast on this one, GBC doesn't bring enough innovation to the table.
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Preng
Title: All right, that's cool!
Joined: Jan 11 2010
Location: Accounting Dept.
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Ouch. And me some friends had hours of fun on the Game Boy Color Camera.
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Arlock41
Title: Naunie
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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For me, my gaming world in 1999-2001 was the Dreamcast and Gameboy Color, so it's a tough choice for me. In the end I went with Dreamcast because it promised a kick ass Resident Evil game and delivered. The Gameboy Color promised a whole remake of the first game and instead gave us Gaiden. What a cock tease.
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Thunderhorse
Title: This is DELICIOUS!
Joined: Dec 29 2009
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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Never owned a Dreamcast, but it wins by default. It had both the Evolution games, and both the Sonic Adventure games. Very few games can compare.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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Apaine
Joined: Jul 31 2010
Location: Callifornia
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This thread reminds me of how kick ass the dreamcast was. I loved how the memory cards would show some kick ass animation while you played.
Did anyone else love raising those chau things in sonic adventure 2?
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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No, I hated raising chaos. This contest is over.
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