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by Sevaris 1626 days ago
Novel idea but I feel it doesn't go into nearly enough depth or detail.
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Yes, and it's sad because there's so much to say about the Game Boy and its followers, and I'm not even talking about being more complex, just more information would have been nice. And it might have been better with real pictures of the inside of the consoles, instead of the scans which look cool but add nothing else (it hides more than it shows). Just looking cool might of course be enough as it attracts some people not interested in the subject, so I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just disappointed as someone mildly interested on the subject.
I completely agree. I think this would've been more impressive if they left the DSi and Switch out of this.

You could dedicate an entire thesis worth of information to the DS section alone. This page should've focused on the Gameboys legacy, but I imagine it was difficult to obtain devices to scan, they likely used what they had on hand, and am glad they did create it.

If anyone wants to work together to make scans of more devices, I own a very large number of these handheld devices and would be willing to have them scanned.