The game that pushed the Game Boy into the upper reaches of success was Tetris.
Upon its release in the United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within a few weeks. The Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color, have both combined sold 118.69 million units worldwide. Despite these other handheld consoles, the Game Boy was a tremendous success. As part of the fourth generation of gaming, the Game Boy competed with the Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx, and the TurboExpress. It plays games from ROM-based media contained in small plastic detachable units called cartridges (sometimes called carts or Game Paks).
Based on a Z80 processor, it has a black and green reflective LCD screen, an eight-way directional pad, two action buttons (A and B), and Start and Select buttons. The original gray Game Boy was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989. This is also apparent in the name (conceived by Shigesato Itoi), which connotes a smaller “sidekick” companion to Nintendo’s consoles. By following this simple mantra, the Game Boy line managed to gain a vast following despite technically superior alternatives which would have color graphics instead. When Yokoi designed the original Game Boy, he knew that to be successful, the system needed to be small, light, inexpensive, and durable, as well as have a varied, recognizable library of games upon its release.
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Yokoi was also responsible for the Game & Watch series of handhelds when Nintendo made the move from toys to video games. The gaming device was the brainchild of longtime Nintendo employee Gunpei Yokoi, who was the person behind the Ultra Hand, an expanding arm toy created and produced by Nintendo in 1970, long before Nintendo would enter the video game market. Nintendo’s Game Boy handheld was first released in 1989. Game Boy This is a short wikipedia introduction for the Game Boy. As places in this book may have a copyright by the original owner. You use part of this publication on your OWN RISK though. EVERY part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher. NoCopyright © 2016 by DaddaRuleKonge All rights are NOT reserved. Similar books/PDF`s in the same format are books on NES, SNES, PSX, Sega, Atari, N64, Game&Watch, NeoGeo, including several other book in the same vein, from TMNT toys to Point and Click games. I hope you will get some use of this book, and maybe help you in your quest on collecting, or just having fun with this great system. The book is free, and I hope the information and pictures I use comes under free-use. If you are annoyed, or the owner of some of the content i took from you, send an email to me.
Find a site that you like and give them some spending money. If you are happy with the book then please look at some of the web-sites on the “Reference Guide” page. I have tried to make the book well presented and easy to look through. I made this book cause` I like to catalog and categorize stuff, and to learn more about the system. Copy/paste by: DaddaRuleKonge DaddaRuleKonge This is book is made for people who collect for or are interested in the original Game Boy (including Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Light.
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