Good grief, first alarm clocks and now this... Rock band Green Day has announced that it is releasing 'Dookie Demastered', a collection of extraordinarily unique items that play individual tracks from the band's iconic 1994 album Dookie.
The items are available to purchase in the US, but only via a limited draw; so essentially you're free to order however many you like, but you could very well end up with none. Items include a floppy disk (Having a Blast), a doorbell (Longview), and a Big Mouth Billie Bass (Basket Case), but what really caught our attention is a genuine Game Boy cartridge that plays the entirety of Welcome to Paradise.
Limited to just 25 hand-numbered copies at $39, it certainly seems like a pretty good bargain for such a weird collector's item... If you can get your hands on one, that is. It's also important to note that there's no actual 'game' included with this, as such; it's literally the song playing on a Game Boy. Pretty cool though, if you ask us.
You can check out the full roster of items over on the official website (and you can listen to all of it too - bonus!), and you can try your hand at purchasing the Game Boy cartridge itself on the Brain store page. It's only available for US residents, though, sorry folks.
So if you're a Green Day fan or happen to be one of those folks who absolutely must own every Game Boy cartridge in existence, then... well, good luck we guess!
What do you make of this curious little product from Green Day? Let us know in the comments below and whether you plan on attempting to purchase one.
[source dookiedemastered.com]
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Dookie as an album is endlessly replayable for me. These items are amazing. Love that there’s a hit clip
Only available in the US because they know only American idiots would buy it.
ba-dum-tss
Wow can this day get any weirder for game announcements
It's wild how we got an announcement that is even more out in left field than Alarmo today but anyway, hope those getting this will enjoy it!
Re-releasing an an album track-by-track via 15(!) different and obtuse physical media formats is an absolutely ridiculous idea.
I love it.
greenday is corny and not punk
This is for everyone who just questioned the pragmatic value of Alarmo.
This is definitely a bit far out,
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Welcome this! 🤘🤙
@BASEDSAKRI you're like 30 years late to that tired argument ha
Boooooo it's limited to US only. 😭
@Borderlineland more for the rest of us commies yay
I think this would be interesting if the cartridge had the whole album...but just one song? Yikes.
When it comes to punk I prefer the Sex Pistols, Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, etc, etc. Not hating on Green Day, they're a good band, but 70-80's was punk at its best, especially '77.
@Savage_Joe They're targeting the gaming demographic cos of our Geek Stink Breath. Yeah we need the you're going to have the Time of Your Life playing it warranty guarantee or I'm not buying this next Holiday.
What a wacky Wednesday this is turning out to be.
@BodkinDQ from that list I feel compelled to recommend you check out Cock Sparrer - Shock Troops
@jake1421 Already heard them and like em. Used to listen to Mary Ramones's punk rock blitzkrieg on Sirius XM Faction and he plays both popular and deep cuts alike from all sorts of punk bands. Dead Boys I feel are underrated from the OG scene. X and Reagan Youth are some of my other favorite underrated punk bands. Sex Pistols are still my favorite though. Rocked hard, candid, and took no prisoners! 🤘
Glad I don't suffer from the FOMO syndrome, or I would be broke and living in a cardboard box, by now 😂
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@GarlicGuzzler you found us out? Well I have to get the gang, Stalin the Rushing Russian, Uncle Adolf, and of course, of course, Thumper Trumper the Father of January 6th and attacked the town of Charleroi. I know this because I live right across the Monongahela, Mon Valley as a American born citizen.
Never really understood the success around this band but they seem like pretty nice guys and the items are awesome.
as a green day fan: wut
There we go, I've been waiting to see when the world of ridiculous hand numbered expensive music novelties would come to video games. Surprised lrg doesn't have their grubby mitts on this.
And I'll check out the rom on my Pocket whenever it gets inevitably dumped.
@Arkay
What solids have been totally dissolved in their liquid?
@Savage_Joe Waitwaitwait, I got one more...
SEGA this year be like: My Shadow's the only one who walks beside me.
Eh, Static Dress released Rouge Carpet Disaster on GBC a few months back and that was cooler than a song!
Green Day used to be cool a long time ago, I guess this harks back to that time but I can live without it.
@Not_Soos I came here to ask "who would buy this?". Thanks for the answer.
America only.
Turns out I do wanna be an American Idiot...
This is such a good idea and shows me how the band think and I like it.
@Not_Soos American Idiots. I see what you did there. That’s really great 😊
@Savage_Joe Very good. I wasn’t expecting a second witty reply. 😎
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Man. Dookie is a classic, so I went to the website and listened to all the samples and I thought it was kind of amazing. I can't imagine a lot of people would be able to get use out of the player piano roll, but I'd love that Minidisc because I still have a player. Or I could just record the album onto a blank MD myself, unless I already did that years ago.
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