It hard to believe that that the Gameboy has been around for 25 Years already...
The Game Boy (ゲームボーイ Gēmu Bōi?) is an 8-bit handheld
video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in
Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America in August 1989, and in Europe on
September 28, 1990. It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line, and
was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo Research & Development 1—the same
staff who had designed the Game & Watch series as well as several popular
games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Redesigned versions were released
in 1996 and 1998, in the form of Game Boy Pocket, and Game Boy Light (Japan
only), respectively.
The Game Boy is Nintendo's second handheld system following
the Game & Watch series introduced in 1980, and it combined features from
both the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game & Watch. It was originally
bundled with the puzzle game Tetris.
As part of the fourth generation of gaming, the Game Boy
competed with the Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx, and the TurboExpress. Despite
these other technologically superior handheld consoles, the Game Boy was a
tremendous success. The Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color, have
both combined sold 118.69 million units worldwide. Upon its release in the
United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within weeks. - Ripped from Wiki
The Nintendo Game Boy has been through many changes and iterations. Here are some of them...
Game Boy
Game Boy Pocket
Game Boy Light
Game Boy Color
Super Game Boy
Game Boy Advance
Game Boy SP
Game Boy Micro
Game Boy Player
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS Lite
Which Game Boy did you own?
What was your Favorite Game Boy Game?
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