Old Gameboy

[loveless92]

Does anyone here have an original gameboy with the serial number starting with G016? I found out that these gameboys have some type of soviet transmitter in them and I'd like to get my hands on it to see if I can find out what exactly it is.

 

[Daedalus]

What do you mean by "Soviet transmitter"? Like as in a transmitter made or designed in the former USSR... or is the implication here that the Russians were somehow tracking American gamers during the eighties??

 

[loveless92]

It was made in 1989, so it's the former USSR.

 

[Daedalus]

K, so it was (i) made in the former USSR and (ii) made in 1989.

Tell us more... why it the transmitter so unusual, or why has it peaked your interest? :?

 

[loveless92]

It's unusual because the gameboy was made in Japan and for some reason certain gameboys with the serial number beginning with G016 have these transmitters in them and they're poorly glued in which is also unusual, if you see a component in one of your electronics that is poorly glued in and not really attached to anything that'd be kind of weird right?
I'm mainly interested in it just because of my thirst for unnecessary, but cool knowledge.

 

[c750dt]

It's a hoax. A google search pointed me to this Youtube video:
http://anonym.to/?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nRimp1qWQU

In that video, his "soviet transmitter" is the LCD assembly from a flip style cell phone. Funny video though, oh man the ending is hilarious.

 

[Texas]

ohh cool i love the old GameBoy

 

[loveless92]

Thanks for clearing this up for me C750dt!