Just what we needed...

[A Black Falcon]

So why do I want the GB and GBC games? What I mean is, they don't sell the old GB or GBC games any more. The main reason the collection of old games is cool, to me anyway, is that they are once again available, to me, to get. Beats blindly hoping the game you are looking for shows up at some used game store...

But local game stores, EB, and Gamestop all do carry used GB and GBC games... just like N64. It's NES and SNES (and VB) that aren't available. Yes, it would be nice to have a gaurantee that that rare game you want is available, and it would be cool if they had GB/GBC games for sale too. I'd like that, for sure... my point really is that there's nothing quite like owning the real cart. :) That said of course I'm sure to buy at least some of these games...

Yes, the less moving parts, the better the design. My point was that hard disks will last LONGER than the disk drive. What THAT means is the system is rendered unusable in the same amount of time anyway, so who cares how long the longest lasting part lasts? For all practical purposes, the most important part life span is the shortest critical one.

You think? It's variable... hard drives and CD/DVD drives both fail. I don't know if one will last longer than the other -- sometimes a HDD works for ten years with no problems, but others break after a couple of years... same with CD drives.