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Advantages: Good fun, cheap
Disadvantages: No new games available

I used to have one of these when i was younger and loved it then and have recently bought another one that both me and my partner still love even though the console is a good few years old, there are some brilliant games for it that are available really cheap from games shops including golden eye and f1 racing which are games i loved as a child and still love now. There is nothing what so ever complicated about the console and how it works compared ...
...get my head around. Value for money on the actual console was brilliant paid around £17 including 4 games for a boxed N64 in really good condition. The only downside is that no new games will ever be made for the N64 so you will have to keep sourcing second hand games. It does not have any internet features found in some of todays consoles but i don't see this as making it any less fun. I would definately recommend it to anyone that quality is ... Read review

Advantages: Wi-Fi, wide range of games.
Disadvantages: Bad screen, not for 'hardcore' gamer.

The Nintendo DS is an enjoyable game system. There is a wide range of games for all ages and many online games for the player who wants to play against gamers around the world. I wouldn't recommend the Nintendo DS to 'hardcore' gamers due to it's graphics and controls. Personally I think the Nintendo DS is mostly for the younger gamer who wants something to play in the car or on the plane. The Wi-Fi is very good for games, I've never got any lag ...
...the stylus and/or fingers. The Nintendo DS plays Nintendo DS games (obviously) and GBA games, this is a very nice feature because then you won't have to have a Game Boy Advance/SP and a Nintendo DS. The Nintendo DS DOES NOT play original Game Boy games. The DS includes a built in microphone which is the first time a microphone has ever been put in a handheld system. The microphone is used in Online Games and also games like WarioWare Touched and ... Read review

Advantages: Slique, easy to use, all around beautiful
Disadvantages: Hardly any sport games

...The reason I love the Nintendo DS is because it is a touch screen. This makes it very interactive, the different games that you get allow you to do different things on the touch screen. Such things like in Pokemon Ranger you can catch pokemon by drawing a circle around the pokemon. Or in Cooking mama 2: cooking with friends. You can use the stylus and touch screen to cut, grater, stir, break etc food. The amount of games you can play on this system ...
... A list of (some) Nintendo DS games on sale at the moment Super Mario 64 DS WarioWare: Touched Yoshi Touch & Go Pokémon Dash Kirby: Canvas Curse Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends Nintendogs: Lab & Friends Metroid Prime Pinball Nintendogs: Best Friends Edition Mario Kart DS Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Animal Crossing: Wild World Super Princess Peach Tetris DS Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! New ... Read review

Advantages: It was portable to some extent
Disadvantages: it's nothing compared to todays consoles

My brother had a gameboy but got a gameboy colour for his birthday, i was given his gameboy the next month for my bithday, i got one game with it and that was the only original gameboy game i own to date. At the time it was a great console what with its non-colour screen not very good mono speaker. The gameboy was replaced by the gameboy color which was much better than the original gameboy The console took four AA battereies and there wasn't an ...
...so whilst you were in the middle of a game it would just die on you although you could get an AC adapter for it. I don't think that there will be many people who are reading this review with the intent to buy a Gameboy but for those who are don't get one, it was good at the time but it isn't good any more, get yourself a Ds lite instead. ... Read review

Advantages: It's in colour, duh!
Disadvantages: Quiet, no cool style tretris like the original Gameboy..

Although it would seem to be an old piece of kit now-a-days, I can't help but wonder what I would have been like without having a GameBoy Advance to help me through those boring airport terminals, or ridiculously long coach journeys. Of course, it was only on holiday that I used the GameBoy - using it any other time just didn't seem right! At the time, it was a magnificent mesh of modern and old, the mixture of new colours and shapes with the old ...
...mine is stowed away, waiting for a day to reappear, and it is still in working order. The graphics, sound and games may not be much, but they are fun to get nostalgic with! This is definitely going to be one of those retro toys to return in a few years time, and when that time comes, I'll be there waiting with my tacky plastic backlight, and interchangeable-various-colours-covers to auction away.. ;] ... Read review