The Game Boy screen flickers like a firefly. I try to turn it on again with the red button, but nothing happens. I plug in the little cable to the TV, hoping maybe that’ll make it work. Still nothing. The game I was playing, Super Mario Land, won’t start. I push Start and Select, but no sound or picture comes out. The battery must be dead. I check the back where the little door is supposed to pop up—nothing there either. It’s like he left me stranded on that island with just one life. I try shaking it gently; maybe that’ll help, but the screen stays dark and quiet. Now what do I play?