| The Game Boy is the oldest hit game console of the | | | | Xbox - The Microsoft Video Game Console |
| Nintendo in the late 80's. The Game Boy is an 8-bit | | | | The Game Boy Console |
| handheld video game device developed and | | | | The Game Boy's main controls for playing games are |
| manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on | | | | located on the lower half of its front frame. The Game |
| April 21, 1989, in North America on July 31, 1989 and in | | | | Boy has four operation buttons labeled "A", "B", |
| Europe on September 28, 1990. In Southern Asia, it is | | | | "SELECT", and "START" as well as a directional pad. |
| known as the "Tata Game Boy". It is the first handheld | | | | The functions of these buttons vary from game to |
| console in the Game Boy line. It was created by | | | | game. There is a volume control dial on the right side |
| Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo's Research and | | | | of the console and a similar knob to adjust the |
| Development 1—the same staff who had designed | | | | contrast on the left side. A sliding on-off switch, as well |
| the Game & Watch series as well as several | | | | as the slot for the Game Boy cartridges are located |
| popular games for the NES. | | | | at the top of the Game Boy[8] Normally, users leave |
| The Game Boy was Nintendo's second handheld | | | | the cartridge in the system as recommended by |
| system following the Game & Watch series | | | | Nintendo to prevent dust and dirt from entering the |
| introduced in 1980, and it combined features from both | | | | system. |
| the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game & | | | | Playstation - It's Time to Play Game |
| Watch. It was also the first handheld game to use | | | | The Game Boy Popular Game |
| video game cartridges since Milton Bradley's | | | | Tetris was a pack-in title included with the Game Boy |
| Microvision handheld console. It was originally bundled | | | | at the handheld's release in 1989. It is a portable version |
| with the puzzle game Tetris. | | | | of Alexey Pajitnov's Tetris. It was the first game |
| Despite many other, technologically superior handheld | | | | compatible with the Game Boy Game Link Cable, a |
| consoles introduced during its lifetime, the Game Boy | | | | pack-in accessory that allowed two Game Boys to |
| was a tremendous success. The Game Boy and | | | | link together for multiplayer purposes. A colorized |
| Game Boy Color combined have sold 118.69 million | | | | remake of the game was released on the Game Boy |
| units worldwide. Upon its release in the United States, it | | | | Color entitled Tetris DX. |
| sold its entire shipment of one million units within weeks. | | | | |