Buddy, I played a lot more earlier this year. It's interesting you bring up the game because I woke up this morning and played again since I missed those younger years.
All of my Gameboys died as did my Pokemon games (Red, Gold, Crystal, Ruby, and Sapphire); they put those stupid batteries in the old games that kill it once they go dead...
You should see the methods for making the perfect pokemon now. The story is quite dark in the new ones and breeding perfect pokemon can take hours upon hours and tons of luck. Its insane esp if trying to breed shiney pokemon. Using the best method for them it will take often 400 eggs or more. perfect pokemon could take hundreds of eggs as well. Thats what entertains me.