My Handheld Collection! Game Boy, GBA, Nintendo DS, Sega Game Gear and More! - Erin Plays

[@chaospoet]

Guys get yourself a woman who'll take care of you the way Erin takes care of her yellow Gameboy Pocket. I had an original Gameboy back in the early 90s. I wish I still had it. I only just recently started getting into handhelds after being interested and looking into them for years. I picked up a DS Lite in mint condition for $30. I love that it plays GBA games. I got a handful of GBA games after buying a retron 5 (which is how I played the gba Castlevania games with a Super Nintendo controller) but being able to play them on the go is so great. Been able to find some good DS games for really good prices too. But, as a massive Sega fanboy, I want a backlit modded Game Gear so much. I'm realizing how much I missed out skipping out on handhelds. Great collection.

[@newwavejunkie]

That GBA SP is in pristine condition! Nice job taking care of it. It's such a great system but it kills my hands playing on it for too long.

[@shawn_530]

The Sega Nomad is just insane. I’d probably throw my back out playing that beast!

[@devinbutterworth3345]

My childhood self was the biggest enemy to any handheld console in existence 🤣 good on erin for being a beacon of self control. Even her childhood stuff looks relatively nice for the age.

[@daveweeks4748]

There's an attachable hand grip for the SP making it twice as wide and much more comfortable to hold (works for me:) Cheers.

[@lordjs9726]

Wow! That's a lot of handhelds. Nice goin' there, Erin.

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks! 😊

[@lordjs9726]

@@ErinPlays Anytime. I only have a 3DS XL and a 2DS. I no longer have my GameBoy pocket and my GameBoy Color. Threw them away years ago because they didn't work anymore.

[@BIGMILKO]

Another great video, Erin! Seriously love the variety and how you never know what you'll get here!

[@shawn_530]

I don’t know how I ever played a Game Boy Color w/o a backlight mod!! This is such a fun video! Thanks for sharing!

[@ErinPlays]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@longplaylegends]

No kidding... I have absolutely no clue how any of us ever tolerated it. Which makes me wonder how the damn things sold so well in the first place. I do remember that stupid attachable light on my GBA. Jesus, the things we did to add something that should have already been included..

[@christopherosborn7081]

Young eye balls.

[@tein357]

Nice, glad to hear someone else enjoyed CrossworDS back in the day.

[@ErinPlays]

Glad I'm not alone!

[@maggs131]

It blows my mind that I never heard of the nomad growing up, whenever anyone mentioned a handheld it was the game boy or game gear and a few lynx fans. The nomad was freaking amazing and I can only guess its $180 price tag was its downfall

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

We didn't hear about it because Nintendo was mopping the floor. They over ran Atari and Sega both. Atari 5200 and 7800 what? A Sega master what? A sega genisis who? I remember one kid at school got a sega instead of a ninteno. He said he regretted it and you could really see his pain lol. The only kid I knew who went Sega instead of Nintendo. Nintendo was killing it. It was gameboy or nothing else. No one heard of a sega handheld. I didn't.

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

Nintendo is still king of the handheld. I've got a PS vita but we all know what happened to that. Look at the switch. Mopping the floor still. Not even Sony seems able to compete. They just stopped trying! Cowards! haha.

[@KWPZ21]

@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism Me too but with my PSP. I regret selling it. I sold it full of Nintendo games. I also regret selling my DS Lite and 3DS. I'm going to find one and buy both again.

[@christopherosborn7081]

I got the original gameboy in 1989, I was 10 and it got me hooked on handheld gaming.

[@virgogaming6488]

I'm a handheld collector myself, I had the brick Gameboy and my first GBC was teal.

[@MM12684]

Got a game boy in 1990 for my bday along with tmnt arcade for NES. It was a top 3 moment

[@DamianAngels]

I am thoroughly impressed by your upgrade level of gamer celebrity through the years and think your just one of the coolest people ever tbh

[@abraxasvoice440]

That's what I got for Christmas decades ago too. Game boy color. Same color..yellow!! I had one game at the time..SHADOWGATE!!! I played that game for weeks🤪🤪

[@retrogamingknight]

Game Gear was the 1st handheld that I owned. I had the choice between that and a Game Boy, and GG had color. DS was my go to for games when every console game of that era was a 3-D polygon game. Handhelds never get very much attention anymore, so it's great to see all those great handhelds in such well maintained condition.

[@Mr_x_19922]

Color, lit screen and much better graphics xD but the gameboy had a better games library

[@ronniefeess4836]

That's substantial! Thanks for sharing all these.

[@qqq1701]

Years ago I got a Game Gear at a yard sale and thought it was the coolest but the battery hunger was crazy. I wasn't really interested in handhelds until the DSL came out. I got that, traded in for an XL, traded in for a 3DS, sold for a 3DS XL, sold for a New 3DS. I also got the super cool Metal Slime New 2DS. The R4 card on the DSL was the most amazing thing ever. I recall games often had to be patched to work on it, something later cards fixed. A few years back I got a GBA SP. I turned it into a backlit GBA but I kind of don't like it. I've been meaning to rebuild it as a SP.

[@vsarge8762]

Love the music at the background is clearly from Super Mario Land 2 The 6 Golden Coins - The Moon Levels. So Nostalgic

[@Donscottmusic]

Great collection! 🙂 I had a lot of consoles back in the 90s, which (like a fool) I got rid of, or sold. Game consoles that are now going for some big money online. Virtual Boy, Atari Jaguar, Sega CD, CD-i, to name a few.

[@peterd8030]

Your ad reference at the beginning is actually when they introduced colors on the original fat Gameboy, you can tell from the speakers. I had the 1st gen gb and remember when colors came out, I saw that ad in Nintendo power. Love your videos, never stop

[@winterburden]

That's so cool Erin, thanks for showing us your handhelds! 🙆‍♀️

[@susanfit47]

I owned a Nintendo Game Boy in the 90's, then I had owned a Game Boy Color, then the Game Boy Advance for my birthday in October 15, 2001. I'll stick up with this one: 1990's and 2000's Nintendo adverts were the best. Now I need to get the Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Advance and repurchase the original Game Boy to make my Game Boy family line.

[@stealthninja4299]

This video literally saved my 20+ year old Gameboy Colour as my batteries had done exactly the same thing. You sure have a great collection of handheld consoles by the way. Especially the Sega Nomad. That's so cool. Great video Erin😎

[@elveskz]

I love your portable collection, you take great care of them. I have 3 handhelds: GBA SP Flame (the same) a BittBoy pocketGo and a Nintendo DSI XL. I loved knowing your channel. Hello from Brazil!!

[@alternity28]

I love the clamshell design of the GBA SP! Protects the screen so effectively. The backlighting is excellent too. Bought several and never played my old platinum GBA again!

[@gate7clamp]

That’s a great collection Erin I have my silver game boy pocket all the way up to the yellow switch light

[@JM-pm1yb]

The Minish Cap, Superstar Saga, the Mario Advance series….such a cool era. My first handheld was a Game Gear, then a standard Game Boy: Green Color. But, I have to say, the coolest Game Boy I owned was the Silver Game Boy Pocket. It was the game boy that I finally beat Donkey Kong on. That was an awesome Christmas present!

[@dan_evilrobot]

My very first handheld I ever got for my birthday was the Gameboy Advance SP Grey color. And the game that I got me was The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and the four Swords. I absolutely love Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga technically my first RPG game I've ever played. Lol. That was great video Erin.👍

[@Gameboy_Steve]

Awesome video. I still have my DMG. I remember playing Super Mario Land.

[@retrorick]

omg i totally forgot about that gameboy ad with the different color hair....hahaha

[@ErinPlays]

It’s classic! 😂

[@TVsMrNeil]

I'm not crazy about collecting game consoles, but I'm very proud of my Classic NES Edition GBA.

[@AdmiralBison]

Which is why it's important to support game preservation. Hardware/consoles get old and die, but you games can be backed up live on in newer systems via emulation.

[@daytonchris8351]

my 1st handheld was a green gameboy pocket. back then i wanted the artic blue edition. my favorite games were mario land 1 and 2, and tetris too, and pokemon blue. i had most of the other consoles you had too, but i had the original ds, gba and a 2ds instead. but i never had the nomad or the ngage. i really enjoyed watching this, it brought back memories.

[@ErinPlays]

The Arctic blue game boy is awesome.

[@Nintendofan-yk4cd]

Nice handhelds Erin! I love that Coca-Cola Game Gear and the Nomad in the box! I own the Pokemon GBC as well but mine doesn't have any sound :( Got the original GB, the Blue GB Pocket, Teal GB Color and NES edition SP all in the box. The SP is probably my favorite handheld of all time.

[@ErinPlays]

Very cool! Thanks for watching :D

[@steelcurtain187]

The GBA SP & DS Lite can never be topped imo

[@stashmerkin9576]

I still have my Nomad from back when. You are correct Erin, it *destroys* batteries! It was easier to just plug it in. Which is why those battery packs are so rare.

[@stewartmatthews1551]

Hand held systems are good if you are on a road trip those are good it is good too when the internet goes out they are awesome for that

[@darrancoyle8394]

Loved the Gameboy as a kid. Only eve had a lend of the game gear but thought it was a fun hand-held.🕹️

[@mattmyers9351]

Great video Erin! I didn't grow up with the Gameboy, but I have one now. I remember my cousin had one, and she let me play Super marioland on it. I'm getting a an analogue Pocket. Hopefully it still ships next month and doesn't get delayed again.

[@ErinPlays]

Good luck!

[@mattmyers9351]

@@ErinPlays thanks Erin!

[@orinanime]

I've got an original Gameboy. But transparent. Not the classic grey. My cousin had an original grey growing up and so jealous. I had a purple GBC as well. I had a Sega Game Gear. But sold it. The white GBA. And an SP. Still have my GBA SP. I still have my SONY PSP. And a New 3DS XL

[@WhatAHorribleNight]

God, I loved Gameboy culture. 😅 So many comments I could make, but I'll stick with this one: 1990s Nintendo adverts were the BEST lmao. I remember the Play it Loud campaign - a lot of the TV spots were awesome too, like the Pokémon and Wario Land commercials. Anyway, great video! First of yours I've seen. I'll definitely be back.

[@TheDaggerman30]

You have some killer hand helds! I am playing catch up on your videos...it has been a very long 3 months for me.

[@geofferywadley2722]

Nice Erin takes me back to the early 2000's when I had my Yellow Gameboy Color With Pokemon Yellow

[@nostartia]

So cool. I want to get a GBA SP after watching your video. Looking forward to your Castlevania GBA experience :D

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

I swear I got that same GBA SP bundled with SuperStar Saga back in 2005. Played it so much!

[@Punk93Metal]

Got a Game Boy pocket for Christmas ‘98 but what really hooked me was getting a Game Boy Advance for my 8th birthday in 2001. I loved that thing. Wish I still had it lol

[@mikesando7766]

Love seeing the game gear. Spent many hours playing Mortal Kombat and Sonic as a kid. Awesome.

[@KWPZ21]

For me it's Sonics and Tales and Street of Rage.

[@modelcitizen1977]

NEC Turbo Express was life changing at the time.

[@vesalampinen]

My first Nintendo handheld was Nintendo Game & Watch Popeye Panorama Screen electronic game (released in 1983). I still own it but haven't played it in ages. I have once tried to play the original Gameboy back in the day but all I got from it was an headache.

[@crithon]

I had no idea about the Target GBA, that's so neat

[@JuanGarcia-vh7zo]

I loved my 2DS, need to get another one. I gave it away to my little cousin. She wanted a DS so i just gave it to her. I also love my Nomads, got 2. One of them I want to get the screen mod done to it. The other I want to keep original. I've always been a portable gamer. Even today I still prefer portable gaming.

[@jamesburchill7522]

Begrudgingly I admit, that I had a yellow Gameboy pocket and a big, ole shiny pair of kikware pants that had a detachable pocket, attached to a lanyard that had a viewing window which allowed play without really removing them from your pants. Couple that with a shiny Adidas shirt and bleached hair..Ecstasy is hell of a drug.

[@Ninten70]

Nice Collection there. I remember I saw the Coca Cola game gear at the Coca-Cola factory also You just have to get the Neo Geo Pocket color and then your collection will be completed

[@gate7clamp]

2:25 Erin oh that brings back memories of Chuck E. Cheese I think I still have at least one receipt photo

[@quentinparhiala9415]

This is a great fun video from Erin

[@sonicmario64]

I actually have the Pokemon Edition Game Boy Color in my collection! Even though I don't play it that much (especially due to it being hard to play older games without a backlit screen), I'm still able to keep it as a kind of collectible. :D

[@DanWylde1]

Before watching thumbs up for me, I love your channel Erin !! :)

[@ErinPlays]

Yay! Thank you!

[@franzbinett9416]

You must have been a very kind kid because Santa gave you all these great handhelds 😊. The sp matches your hair beautifuly, you should get that one backlit also and play the castlevanias on it instead of the switch.

[@maggs131]

The sp 101 was backlit. The 001 wasn't

[@nostalgicwiz3977]

I still have my blue Game Boy Advance SP. I have to make time to play it

[@Mayhem_Cube]

WOW freaking awesome! Great video my friend keep up the great work!!!!!!

[@benlogan100]

Thanks for the Starfy introduction!

[@danbauer3669]

Cool video, Erin! Always enjoy it when people share their stories! For me, it was always Game Gear. I wanted something like the NES that I could play in the car on long drives to Oma's house. Now, I've got 187 games and so much other SGG junk that it's the second biggest part of my game collection (behind the super lame Xbox 360). I discovered your channel through somebody called Mike Matei, maybe you know of him. Anyway, I will check out more of your videos now! Great work!

[@michaeldemers2716]

My favorite handhelds are the Feihao 4.3" HDMI Famicom handheld from Ali-Express with the KryzsioCart flashcart from Ebay and the Retroad 5 Plus with the GB/GBC Extension Converter from Ali-Express with the Everdrive GB X7. I have a GBA in a DMG-01 body that doesn't play GBA but does play the Gameboy Color games. I have a series one GB Everdrive that works with it and a Hyperboy. I also have a Consolized GBA that I love and a Gameboy Micro. I play the Retroad handhelds the most though.

[@bdillmore40]

Cool video Erin! I enjoyed it! I also own a yellow Game Boy Pocket. Since you own own and showed it in this video, and talked about it's significance with your childhood I thought I'd tell you a cool story I have with mine. I was really bored one day (don't remember what day or year this was) and I sat down in my dining room and played Kirby's Dreamland on it. Well I loved playing Kirby's Dreamland so much, that I beat the game 3 or 4 times in one sitting in one day! I really enjoyed the game, and I enjoyed playing it on that Game Boy Pocket! I still own it today too!

[@ErinPlays]

That's awesome! Thanks for taking the time to comment :D

[@Alejandro_Arispe_III_Gaming]

Great Video Erin!

[@zorochii]

Sega Nomad is basically SEGA grabbing Genesis and putting it into a portable case. It's so crazy. Another one it's just as crazy is the uh Turbo Grafx 16 one, Turbo Express!

[@tevinhoward4419]

Happy Thanksgiving Erin plays my friend.🦃😘💖🌹

[@adam-l74]

My first handheld was a purple see thru game boy color and I had a game boy camera lol.

[@timmyflyersguy]

Hey Erin, Awesome collection!!! I really admire and respect what you do on here!!! 💗💗💗💗

[@TheRavenwolf666]

I used to have the original Gameboy but I still have the GBA flip handheld in black. The last game I played on the new 3ds XL was Bleach: Dark Souls for DS.

[@chrislowe2793]

My Gameboy Pocket was blue. I also had the Gane Gear, Gameboy Advance and Ninrendo 3DS. The Advance is the only one I still have.

[@andoru5422]

That's a pretty sweet collection. I've owned a few of those over the years but the one I always wanted but never got was the TurboExpress portable TG-16.

[@Konarcoffee]

Hey we had the same SP color! Such a great console, I can still feel my fingers cramping from games heavy on the shoulder buttons

[@janX9]

8:31 There is a movie called *The Coca-Cola Kid* from the mid 90s with Eric Roberts. Good movie, I still watch it today.

[@outsideredge]

I have the OG GBA in silver. I bought a DSI from my nephew as he never plays it anymore, but I still think about buying a DS Lite, just for that GBA cartridge slot. Would love to play Circle of the Moon and Metroid Fusion on that bright screen

[@jloomis7]

My dad had an ngage growing up. It sucked even then in those times. I remember that it had to be turned awkwardly to to use as a phone.

[@xyanide1986]

I love the GBA! It felt like a supercharged SNES in the pocket, loved that thing. I wasn't too fond of the SP model at first, but the lighting won me over. About 10 years ago I got into GBAs again and they were DIRT cheap. I had a little flash cart with SD card and even emulated NES on the damn thing. I managed to grab what later turned out to be a rare surf blue AGS-101 backlit model. However, when I was taking pictures to sell it a couple years ago I knocked it off the table and it shattered into a million pieces. Be *very* careful with some of these older plastics as they get more brittle with age.

[@TotallyRadical]

I owned a Game Gear in the 90s. Had a great screen, but most of the games for the console were pretty meh at best. Looking back most of them were 🐕‍🦺💩 but it was in COLOR dammit. 😉🤣 GBA SP is one of my fav CONSOLES of all time. Handheld or otherwise. An amazing library of games, many of which were revivals or continuations of 8 and 16 bit franchises. It was a great Renaissance.

[@abelreiscarvalho7143]

Unfortunately I have neve had any Nintendo handheld in life , but I do have a psp phat launching model . As a child my mom got me a super Nintendo junior on Christmas Eve in 1998 .

[@DreamcastKyle]

I Still love my Gameboy Color and SEGA Game Gear. I’m sort of on the hunt for an Atari Lynx!

[@rossrobertson674]

I got the yellow Gameboy too back in 99 when I was probably too old to be playing pokemon

[@JustinEvitable80]

I should have the Target Gameboy Advance since I work at Target. Oh well, I won a Nintendo 3DS while working there.

[@hiroyui9699]

It is so sweet you kept all your original systems. I sold all mine, but rebought them later in life.

[@ErinPlays]

Oh no! Well, at least you were able to rebuy them :) It happens.

[@maggs131]

I blame gamestop. 😖 if not for them I'd still have all my original systems and not have had to rebuy them all

[@rezterralico4369]

Never been to a Chucky Cheese but went to a Rocky and Bullwinkle location in Edmonton Alberta in the early 90s.

[@willwidrick8039]

Great video, I love Nintendo handhelds. I’ve had them all

[@andeed4200]

Space Zone music -- haven't heard that in a while! 💗

[@davraa1]

Nice collections erin. From davao city here

[@grubbyhubster]

Handhelds are the best!!! Sad to not see a PSP in there lol

[@TheKorfish]

No way my Gameboy pocket was yellow but I lost it later in life a friend have me his red one. Also you would've loved my Toys R Us branded GBA

[@AdmiralBison]

Support game preservation. Hardware/consoles all eventually become no longer easily available, but the games can be backed up and played on new more powerful systems like Handheld Gaming Pcs.

[@tonydeluna8095]

What’s up Erin! Thank you for another video! Your collection is awesome have a great and safe day!

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks! You too!

[@tonydeluna8095]

@@ErinPlays thank you! Your collection is badass!

[@elekidskywalker7937]

Great video... I love the SML 2 moon theme❤ Keep going👍❤

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks 😄

[@darinstaley1993]

I used to have the clear Gameboy as a kid

[@tonyjackson4078]

Always wanted a Turbo GraphX Express and the Neo Geo Portable.

[@TVsMrNeil]

Oof, that Nomad battery pack. The Sega Nomad is substantially lighter without that thing. I believe someone even made a lithium-ion battery replacement that is also a bit lighter.

[@ThunderFist1978]

I ended up giving my 3DS to a friend when I got my New 3DS. It had a Sailor Moon skin on it, and even though he hates Sailor Moon, he told me he would keep the skin on it so he would remember who gave it to him. I have a different Sailor Moon skin on my New 3DS. Thanks to the skin on my original 3DS, I made a friend at an anime con who I still talk to today even though we haven’t seen each other in over 7 years.

[@themblan]

I have a red GBA SP, too. Woot.

[@GlamMetalUnderground]

Just got back in Erin plays and awesome collection

[@fastandfurious3173]

I actually never had a game boy! I once had a Game Gear that we got from a catalogue (remember them?) but only for a few weeks then we returned it, no intention of buying it, think we did the same with the Sega CD! I must have given my parents headaches!

[@WizardOnAWhale7]

I had the GBA SP that looked like the original Nintendo controller. I miss that thing.

[@dianeprima8031]

I think that must be the Bomberman Tournament music at the beginning of the GBA section? Instant forgotten memory... One of the best link cable games. Another great vid, love the channel

[@ErinPlays]

It is! And thanks so much.

[@thanosrings5007]

Gameboy color was dope especially since I had the game shark I abused the hell of that game shark lol

[@MrMegaManFan]

I don't think anyone makes the thermal paper for the printer any more, and old stock would probably not print out correctly. Cool that you still have it though!