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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 39987x 58%
Addams Family, The 1991 21969x 57%
Adventure Island 1986 24752x 70%
Adventure Island II 1991 19332x 65%
Adventure Island III 1992 27168x 68%
Adventures of Lolo 1987 22612x 62%
All-Star Baseball 99 1998 5340x 57%
Alleyway 1989 68533x 67%
Asteroids 1979 19427x 81%
Astérix 1993 13639x 63%
Atomic Punk 1990 7578x 81%
Balloon Kid 1990 28294x 63%
Batman 1989 36610x 72%
Battle City 1985 35831x 70%
Battletoads 1991 17418x 64%
Battletoads & Double Dragon 1993 17958x 71%
Bionic Commando 1987 18892x 74%
Blades of Steel 1988 16974x 76%
Bomb Jack 1984 15267x 83%
Bomberman GB 1994 13284x 74%
Bomberman GB 2 1995 60194x 70%
Boulder Dash 1984 18829x 59%
Boxxle 1989 30736x 67%
Bubble Bobble 1986 20960x 62%
Bugs Bunny 1989 22907x 78%
Caesars Palace 1992 11746x 64%
Castlevania II 1991 4487x 73%
Castlevania: The Adventure 1989 36233x 70%
Championship Karate 1992 11740x 57%
Chase H.Q. 1988 15772x 63%
Chessmaster 1989 15918x 72%
Choplifter II 1991 10644x 68%
Cliffhanger 1993 11630x 50%
Contra III 1992 23430x 79%
Cool Spot 1993 20844x 85%
Darkwing Duck 1992 15828x 73%
Defender 1980 18376x 70%
Desert Strike 1992 7165x 56%
Dig Dug 1982 26511x 76%
Disney's DuckTales 1989 27374x 73%
Disney's DuckTales 2 1993 7425x 48%
Disney’s Pocahontas 1996 17262x 63%
Donkey Kong 1994 99052x 75%
Double Dragon 1987 21328x 76%
Double Dragon II 1990 24158x 70%
Double Dribble 1987 13597x 75%
Dr. Mario 1990 0x 70%
Dracula 1993 14866x 58%
Earthworm Jim 1994 19375x 66%
Elevator Action 1983 19647x 76%
F-15 Strike Eagle 1985 18207x 65%
FIFA International Soccer 1993 22181x 69%
Felix the Cat 1992 22583x 74%
Final Fantasy Legend 1989 27623x 78%
Flipull 1989 8297x 74%
Frogger 1981 16176x 83%
Gargoyle's Quest 1990 27873x 76%
Gauntlet II 1986 10987x 53%
Golf 1984 20977x 78%
Gradius 1985 17899x 78%
Gremlins 2 1990 11404x 80%
Home Alone 1991 24903x 62%
Hyper Lode Runner 1990 27367x 63%
Indiana Jones and ... 1989 19415x 57%
Ironman 1989 16549x 65%
Joe & Mac 1991 8798x 84%
Joust 1982 14851x 58%
Judge Dredd 1995 15748x 69%
Jurassic Park 1993 23435x 77%
Karateka 1984 17573x 63%
Kid Dracula 1993 15791x 58%
Killer Instinct 1994 22404x 83%
Kirby's Dream Land 1992 34253x 83%
Klax 1989 13223x 58%
Krusty's Fun House 1992 1868x 70%
Kwirk 1989 33165x 77%
Last Action Hero 1993 3345x 50%
Marble Madness 1984 16836x 65%
Mickey Mouse 1989 41949x 81%
Micro Machines 1991 16261x 66%
Micro Machines 2 1994 5777x 70%
Milon's Secret Castle 1986 5550x 40%
Monopoly 1987 18185x 78%
Monster Max 1994 6695x 54%
Montezuma's Return! 1998 17161x 60%
Mortal Kombat 1993 32849x 72%
Mortal Kombat II 1994 23652x 67%
Ms. Pac-Man 1982 25430x 69%
NBA Jam 1993 16504x 63%
NBA Jam T.E. 1994 59x 70%
NHL 95 1994 17500x 61%
NHL 96 1995 4697x 77%
Nintendo World Cup 1990 36801x 69%
Operation C 1991 54064x 72%
Othello 1988 16958x 65%
Pac-Attack 1993 2344x 60%
Pac-Man 1980 0x 66%
Pac-in-Time 1995 8227x 68%
Palamedes 1990 16235x 67%
Paperboy 1984 21708x 63%
Paperboy 2 1991 14208x 58%
Penguin Land 1987 17701x 76%
Penguin Wars 1985 18256x 81%
Pinball Dreams 1992 21806x 80%
Pipe Mania 1988 15804x 69%
Pit-Fighter 1990 5882x 50%
Pokémon Blue Version 1996 0x 79%
Pokémon Red Version 1996 0x 79%
Power Rangers 1994 22108x 77%
Prehistorik Man 1996 5882x 66%
Prince of Persia 1989 30348x 61%
Puzznic 1989 2899x 80%
Q Billion 1989 18561x 57%
Q*bert 1982 22049x 66%
Qix 1981 19707x 69%
R-Type 1988 25183x 68%
Road Rash 1991 1349x 35%
Road Rash II 1992 13893x 47%
Robin Hood 1991 16226x 72%
RoboCop 2 1991 15022x 40%
RoboCop vs Terminator 1993 13518x 65%
Sagaia 1989 6889x 80%
Samurai Shodown 1993 10972x 80%
Shanghai 1986 15434x 78%
Side Pocket 1987 15434x 70%
Skate or Die: Bad ’N Rad 1991 20589x 71%
Snow Brothers 1990 23289x 78%
Space Invaders 1978 23270x 69%
Star Wars 1991 20167x 73%
Star Wars: The Empire ... 1992 5724x 75%
Super Mario Bros. 1985 0x 76%
Super Mario Land 1989 0x 73%
Super Mario Land 2 1992 0x 74%
Super Star Wars 3 1994 12108x 71%
T2: The Arcade Game 1991 14848x 66%
Tennis 1983 23877x 80%
Terminator 2 1991 11863x 61%
Tetris 1986 279114x 81%
Tetris 2 1993 14482x 74%
Tetris Attack 1996 6120x 78%
The Battle of Olympus 1988 8859x 63%
The Flash 1991 2486x 40%
The Humans 1992 10652x 70%
The Jungle Book 1994 20058x 57%
The Smurfs 1993 5845x 77%
The Tower of Druaga 1984 16068x 70%
Tintin in Tibet 1995 6525x 40%
Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun 1996 7857x 74%
Titus the Fox 1992 12885x 76%
True Lies 1994 9411x 61%
Turrican 1990 10996x 65%
Universal Soldier 1992 16391x 60%
Wario Land 1994 0x 73%
Word Zap 1991 3527x 32%
Worms 1995 22385x 68%
Xenon 2: Megablast 1989 18201x 58%
Yoshi's Cookie 1992 2968x 84%
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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