Game Boy Works Vol. 2 001: The Game Boy (Patreon)

Good morning. First, a couple of apologies are in order. I'm sorry that I did not post a bonus video this past weekend, for those who subscribe to such things; I've been dealing with an ongoing family health concern for the past few weeks, and that situation has absolutely wrecked my schedule and made it a struggle for me to simply keep up with work. I only finished this video yesterday, where I try to work a video or two ahead of the Patreon posts. It doesn't help that this is the fourth half-hour-long video I've produced in less than two months, which is a little much. And I need to prep for my live presentations at MGC this weekend, so things aren't looking any lighter for the next few days. But I will post double bonuses some weekend soon and respond to outstanding messages as soon as I can.

Second apology: The voiceover sound quality in this episode is not great. My mixing board has been on the brink of death for a couple of years, but until now I've been able to fudge it by swapping mic ports. Alas, that no longer works, and I had to record several takes on this very lengthy script before I could even manage this. My replacement board should arrive today, so the blown-out audio is a one-time quirk. But it's still annoying and disappointing, especially when this was meant to be a 10th anniversary Video Works episode that marks the beginning of a new phase for this project. Thanks for nothing, universe.

Yes, 10 years. I'll be posting more about that soon. In the meantime, here's a look at the Game Boy from the U.S. NES chronology perspective—a very different point of view from the retrospective I posted a decade ago, which focused on the Japanese launch.