The Game Boy was the start of the Game Boy lineage, which included its release in 1989, the Game Boy Color in 1998 and the Game Boy Advance in 2001.The handheld was also aided by its simple button layout, which was reminiscent of the NES controller.Despite releasing at the same time as the more powerful Atari Lynx and a year before the Sega Game Gear, the Game Boy had a much lower price of $89.99, which helped it outsell the competition.Between the Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, and Game Boy Color, a combined 118.69 million units were sold worldwide.In South Korea, where it was distributed by Hyundai, it was known as the Mini Comboy. The Game Boy was released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in the USA on July 31, 1989, and in Europe on Sept.
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The Game Boy was Nintendo’s second handheld idea and Gunpei Yokoi’s concept, modeled after his earlier Game & Watch line. Noiseredux is well known in the Racketboy community for his love and knowledge of the Game Boy and maintains a blog on the handheld at RFGeneration, while Zen Albatross has contributed in the past to Racketboy, including an excellent piece on the handheld’s 20th anniversary in 2009. I would like to thank both Noiseredux and Zen Albatross for their help creating this article. All three featured different hardware, bring different strengths to the table, and are important enough to warrant separate articles. It should be noted that this piece focuses on the Game Boy, not the Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, though they are mentioned at several points. Its legacy continues to inspire and to fill our hearts with wonder. In the realm of video games, few machines can claim to have had the impact of the Game Boy, and fewer still can claim its longevity. It is a testament to toymaker Gunpei Yokoi that his creation has brought so many years of laughter and joy to the people of the world. Now the Game Boy is one of the most easily recognized pieces of machinery in the entire world, Pokemon is a common household name, and nearly everyone and their mother has heard of Tetris. But it wasn’t just popular, it became a cultural icon. Nintendo’s leadership believed it would be popular. In 1989, Nintendo released the Game Boy, a grey brick of plastic with a green screen and only four audio channels. Bgb and kigb link series#
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