Personal Statement: Gameboy

The product that I have chosen was made first in 1989, in Japan but mostly to everybody in the 90’s. I was born in 1995 and was not till 2002 when I really knew what a Gameboy was. I was on my way to school one day in Elementary school. I didn’t know what it was and never really saw commercials of Gameboys on T.V. I noticed the kid was a grade higher then me and one day I noticed him playing with it after school and went over to go take a look at it. I had asked if I could see it and it was something that I never felt before. It was awesome and so cool to me that it was a portable game device and had an amazing game (Pokemon). This was the first system that you could play your games on the road instead of waiting to get home. I was into cards and Pokemon and was awesome to play the real game. …show more content…
The product at the time was around hundred dollars and was a bit pricey for my family. For Christmas I had gotten a purple gameboy advance and felt so cool to have one. I would walk around my school thinking I was the coolest kid with a top gadget. Just getting a first hand feel of it was what influenced me to get into video games but also getting a GameBoy. I remember it influenced me to get other products for the GameBoy like the link system. This system allowed others to play with each other sort of the wifi back then. It was an awesome expiernce as we builded a club of 20 kids and all played for a bit after school on certain days. It helped me realize I could build nothing out of something and also how one little act can spark a hobby of yours. I know maybe I would of gotten my hands on a Gameboy later but it wouldn't have been the same experience of forming my own squad and having those