Important takeaways
- Green Day is releasing Dookie Demastered on a limited edition Game Boy cartridge for $39.
- The collection has 15 tracks in various nostalgic formats, such as floppy disks and doorbells.
- Some fans are delighted with the unique crossover of Green Day music within games, such as in Stardew Valley.
Green Day is released Dookie Demastered on one Game Boy cartridge. While almost no one expected the Game Boy to appear in the latest video game news, the part involving Green Day may have shocked many fans as well. It's been a couple of decades since the last Game Boy cart was manufactured and released, so Green Day's announcement may come as a huge surprise to both the music and gaming community.
Green Day and video games are not total strangers to each other. In 2010, the dotted line was included Green Day: Rock banda spin-off from Rock band franchise that some consider a great tribute to the band. While many say the game didn't really break any barriers, some fans enjoyed the opportunity to play the likes of Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt. The game allowed players to perform various songs, including the entire American Idiot and Dookie albums. However, it looks like a song from Dookie may be making a comeback to a gaming platform.
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Green Day has announced it Dookie Demastered will be available in the United States. Dookie Demastered is a collection of nostalgic one-offs that will play tracks from the band's 1994 album, Dookie. Items include a floppy disk that plays Have a Blast, a doorbell that plays Longview, and a Game Boy cartridge that plays Welcome to Paradise, among others. Each piece is limited to just 25 copies, with the Game Boy cartridge retailing for $39. The cartridge is not a real game, although it will play the song in Chiptune format on a real Game Boy.
Items included in the Dookie Demastered Collection
- Player Piano Roll (Burnout) – $49
- Diskette (Having A Blast) – $19
- Teddy Ruxpin (Chump) – $99
- Doorbell (Longview) – $49
- Game Boy Cartridge (Welcome To Paradise) – $39
- Toothbrush (pulling teeth) – $49
- Big Mouth Billie Bass (basket case) – $79
- Hitclip (female) – $29
- 8 Track (Sassafras Roots) – $19
- Cylinder of Wax (When I Come Around) – $49
- X-Ray Record (Coming Clean) – $49
- Answering Machine (Emenius Sleepus) – $49
- Minidisc (eventually) – $19
- Fisher Price Record (FOD) – $19
- Music Box (All By Myself) – $19
The site has a full list of items along with a brief preview of the songs they are associated with. Cartridges are notoriously low capacity, so this in itself is a great achievement. While Game Boy Advance cartridges can theoretically carry movies, the original Game Boy cartridges have much less storage space.
With how influential Green Day has been in the music community, it's no wonder that some fans still try to perform their songs using different mediums. A Stardew Valley fans even played American Idiot in the game using flute and drum pads. That in itself is an impressive feat that shows that even some gamers enjoy popular music in the games they play. That's possibly part of the reason why Green Day chose the Game Boy cartridge as a unique item to be part of their Dookie Demastered collection.
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo's original Game Boy was part of the fourth generation of consoles and was the first time the company attempted to create a handheld gaming system. It was loved by gamers and managed to spawn a successful line of upgraded Game Boys in the future.
- Stamp
- Nintendo
- Original release date
- 31 July 1989
- Original MSRP (USD)
- $89.99
- Weight
- 7.76 oz
