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Video game console - Game Boy

    Game Boy was an 8-bit handheld video game device with interchangeable cartridges developed and manufactured by Nintendo, which was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America on July 31, 1989 and in Europe on September 28, 1990. It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line and was created by Satoru Okada and Nintendo Research & Development 1. This same team, led by Gunpei Yokoi at the time, is credited with designing 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 was 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 either bought as a standalone unit or bundled with the puzzle game Tetris. During its early lifetime, the Game Boy mainly competed with Sega's Game Gear, Atari's Lynx, and NEC's TurboExpress. The Game Boy beat its rivals and became a tremendous success. The Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color, have sold over 118 million units worldwide. Upon the Game Boy's release in the United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within a few weeks. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color were discontinued in the early 2000's in favor of the subsequent Game Boy Advance, released in 2001.
    The Game Boy has four operation buttons labeled 'A', 'B', 'SELECT', and 'START', as well as a directional pad. There is a volume control dial on the right side of the device and a similar knob on the left side to adjust the contrast. At the top of the Game Boy, a sliding on-off switch and the slot for the Game Boy cartridges are located. The on-off switch includes a physical lockout to prevent users from either inserting or removing a cartridge while the unit is switched on. Nintendo recommends users leave a cartridge in the slot to prevent dust and dirt from entering the system.
    The Game Boy also contains optional input and/or output connectors. On the left side of the system is an external 3.5mm x 1.35mm DC power supply jack that allows users to use an external rechargeable battery pack or AC adapter (sold separately) instead of four AA batteries. The Game Boy requires 6 V DC of at least 150 mA. A 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack is located on the bottom side of the unit which allows users to listen to the audio with the bundled headphones or external speakers.
    The right-side of the device offers a port which allows a user to connect to another Game Boy system via a link cable, provided both users are playing the same game. The port can also be used to connect a Game Boy Printer. The link cable was originally designed for players to play head-to-head two-player games such as in Tetris. However, game developer Satoshi Tajiri would later use the link cable technology as a method of communication and networking in the popular Pokémon video game series.

Alphabetical list of the games for Game Boy hosted at RetroGames.cz:

Name Released Number of hits User rating
4-in-1 Fun Pak 1992 47672x 58%
Addams Family, The 1991 25267x 57%
Adventure Island 1986 31285x 69%
Adventure Island II 1991 23337x 61%
Adventure Island III 1992 102989x 74%
Adventures of Lolo 1987 27307x 62%
All-Star Baseball 99 1998 9695x 57%
Alleyway 1989 94491x 69%
Asteroids 1979 22558x 81%
Astérix 1993 17112x 64%
Atomic Punk 1990 13086x 83%
Balloon Kid 1990 43809x 65%
Batman 1989 43534x 73%
Battle City 1985 43607x 71%
Battletoads 1991 20470x 64%
Battletoads & Double Dragon 1993 20993x 71%
Bionic Commando 1987 21582x 75%
Blades of Steel 1988 19503x 77%
Bomb Jack 1984 22216x 85%
Bomberman GB 1994 20834x 79%
Bomberman GB 2 1995 70120x 71%
Boulder Dash 1984 21210x 59%
Boxxle 1989 36929x 66%
Bubble Bobble 1986 25896x 61%
Bugs Bunny 1989 27987x 81%
Caesars Palace 1992 16077x 75%
Castlevania II 1991 9694x 78%
Castlevania: The Adventure 1989 43187x 71%
Championship Karate 1992 14176x 57%
Chase H.Q. 1988 18284x 63%
Chessmaster 1989 18923x 74%
Choplifter II 1991 14259x 68%
Cliffhanger 1993 14138x 50%
Contra III 1992 28915x 79%
Cool Spot 1993 25658x 78%
Darkwing Duck 1992 18392x 77%
Defender 1980 22127x 70%
Desert Strike 1992 9218x 56%
Dig Dug 1982 31372x 76%
Disney's DuckTales 1989 33134x 74%
Disney's DuckTales 2 1993 9864x 48%
Disney’s Pocahontas 1996 20360x 60%
Donkey Kong 1994 140926x 75%
Double Dragon 1987 24668x 76%
Double Dragon II 1990 27903x 70%
Double Dribble 1987 15657x 75%
Dr. Mario 1990 0x 70%
Dracula 1993 17666x 58%
Earthworm Jim 1994 24003x 68%
Elevator Action 1983 23345x 76%
F-15 Strike Eagle 1985 21237x 63%
FIFA International Soccer 1993 28083x 67%
Felix the Cat 1992 27323x 74%
Final Fantasy Legend 1989 33712x 77%
Flipull 1989 10872x 74%
Frogger 1981 19447x 80%
Gargoyle's Quest 1990 33472x 77%
Gauntlet II 1986 12876x 56%
Golf 1984 24205x 77%
Gradius 1985 20450x 74%
Gremlins 2 1990 24769x 80%
Home Alone 1991 32127x 65%
Hyper Lode Runner 1990 32496x 63%
Indiana Jones and ... 1989 24047x 57%
Ironman 1989 20733x 65%
Joe & Mac 1991 11520x 80%
Joust 1982 17105x 57%
Judge Dredd 1995 18052x 69%
Jurassic Park 1993 27945x 76%
Karateka 1984 20825x 63%
Kid Dracula 1993 21522x 63%
Killer Instinct 1994 36474x 81%
Kirby's Dream Land 1992 52247x 83%
Klax 1989 15728x 66%
Krusty's Fun House 1992 4243x 70%
Kwirk 1989 52799x 78%
Last Action Hero 1993 5648x 50%
Lunar Lander 1990 8716x 53%
Marble Madness 1984 20774x 65%
Mickey Mouse 1989 60691x 81%
Micro Machines 1991 24756x 66%
Micro Machines 2 1994 9780x 70%
Milon's Secret Castle 1986 8054x 40%
Monopoly 1987 21548x 78%
Monster Max 1994 9786x 60%
Montezuma's Return! 1998 21965x 61%
Mortal Kombat 1993 37186x 72%
Mortal Kombat II 1994 26909x 68%
Ms. Pac-Man 1982 30971x 71%
NBA Jam 1993 19327x 64%
NBA Jam T.E. 1994 2441x 70%
NHL 95 1994 22262x 61%
NHL 96 1995 6787x 77%
Nintendo World Cup 1990 44518x 72%
Olympic Summer Games 1996 1995x 45%
Operation C 1991 62914x 71%
Othello 1988 30871x 62%
Pac-Attack 1993 5418x 60%
Pac-Man 1980 0x 67%
Pac-in-Time 1995 12321x 63%
Palamedes 1990 18352x 67%
Paperboy 1984 26568x 64%
Paperboy 2 1991 18104x 58%
Penguin Land 1987 21418x 76%
Penguin Wars 1985 22934x 82%
Pinball Dreams 1992 24150x 80%
Pipe Mania 1988 18781x 71%
Pit-Fighter 1990 14847x 30%
Pokémon Blue Version 1996 0x 79%
Pokémon Red Version 1996 0x 79%
Power Rangers 1994 27309x 77%
Prehistorik Man 1996 14544x 66%
Prince of Persia 1989 37082x 59%
Puzznic 1989 5186x 60%
Q Billion 1989 21633x 54%
Q*bert 1982 27554x 69%
Qix 1981 24115x 73%
Quarth 1989 855x 80%
R-Type 1988 29046x 70%
Road Rash 1991 3855x 35%
Road Rash II 1992 18463x 47%
Robin Hood 1991 20785x 66%
RoboCop 2 1991 18794x 40%
RoboCop vs Terminator 1993 18083x 65%
Sagaia 1989 20209x 80%
Samurai Shodown 1993 25092x 87%
Shanghai 1986 19136x 78%
Side Pocket 1987 17824x 70%
Skate or Die: Bad ’N Rad 1991 24125x 72%
Snow Brothers 1990 27380x 80%
Space Invaders 1978 29347x 68%
Star Wars 1991 25238x 73%
Star Wars: The Empire ... 1992 11020x 78%
Super Mario Bros. 1985 0x 76%
Super Mario Land 1989 0x 73%
Super Mario Land 2 1992 0x 74%
Super Star Wars 3 1994 16212x 71%
T2: The Arcade Game 1991 19242x 66%
Tennis 1983 28271x 81%
Terminator 2 1991 17243x 64%
Tetris 1989 371171x 81%
Tetris 2 1993 18045x 68%
Tetris Attack 1996 17981x 78%
The Battle of Olympus 1988 11142x 75%
The Flash 1991 6517x 55%
The Humans 1992 12778x 70%
The Jungle Book 1994 24799x 56%
The Smurfs 1993 10013x 64%
The Tower of Druaga 1984 20178x 70%
Tintin in Tibet 1995 9316x 83%
Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun 1996 11725x 78%
Titus the Fox 1992 15406x 76%
True Lies 1994 11408x 61%
Turrican 1990 15031x 65%
Universal Soldier 1992 18632x 60%
Wario Land 1994 0x 73%
Word Zap 1991 6481x 51%
Worms 1995 26504x 68%
Xenon 2: Megablast 1989 22546x 58%
Yoshi's Cookie 1992 6428x 78%
Zelda: Link’s Awakening 1993 0x 82%

All information in this article are taken from Wikipedia: http://wikipedia.org/.


Handheld gaming console Nintendo Game Boy.

 

Technical data:
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Generation: Fourth
Retail availability: April 1989 (Japan)
July 1989 (USA)
September 1990 (Europe)
Discontinued: March 2003
Units sold: 119 million (including Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Light and Color units)
Media: ROM cartridge
Processor (CPU): Sharp LR35902 core @ 4.19 MHz
Screen resolution: 160 x 144
Colors: 4 shades of gray
Controller input: directional pad with 2 action and 2 functional buttons built directly in console
Manual: Game_Boy.pdf
Best-selling game: Tetris (30 million)
Predecessor: Game & Watch (1980)
Successor: Game Boy Pocket (1996)
Game Boy Light (1998)
Game Boy Color (1998)

 

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