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Game Boy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the entire Game Boy line of handheld consoles, see Game Boy line. Game Boy. Manufacturer. Nintendo. Product family. Game Boy line. Type.
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Handheld game console. Generation. Fourth generation. Retail availability. JP April 2. 1, 1. NA July 3. 1, 1. 98. EU September 2. 8, 1.
Introductory price. Game Boy: ВҐ?/US$8. AU$? Discontinued. March 2. 3, 2. 00. Units sold. Worldwide: 1.
Game Boy (Play it Loud!), Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Light and Color units)Media. ROM cartridge. CPUSharp LR3. MHz. Best- selling game. Tetris, 3. 0. 2. 6 million (pack- in/separately)Pok.
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Successor. Game Boy Pocket (redesign)Game Boy Light (redesign)Game Boy Color (successor)[6]The Game Boy(Japanese: ゲームボーイ,Hepburn: Gēmu Bōi?) is an 8- bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on April 2. North America on July 3. Europe on September 2. It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line, and was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo Research & Development 1—the same staff who had designed the Game & Watch series as well as several popular games for the Nintendo Entertainment System.[7] Redesigned versions were released in 1. Game Boy Pocket, and Game Boy Light (Japan only), respectively.
The Game Boy is Nintendo's second handheld system following the Game & Watch series introduced in 1. Nintendo Entertainment System and Game & Watch.[7] It was originally bundled with the puzzle game Tetris.[8]As part of the fourth generation of gaming, the Game Boy competed with the Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx, and the Turbo. Express. Despite these other handheld consoles,[9] the Game Boy was a tremendous success. The Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color,[6] have both combined sold 1.
Upon its release in the United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within a few weeks.[1. Hardware[edit]. The right side of the Game Boy, showing the volume control and the extension connector, with detached protector. The Game Boy has four operation buttons labeled "A", "B", "SELECT", and "START", as well as a directional pad.[1.
There is a volume control dial on the right side of the console and a similar knob on the left side to adjust the contrast.[1. At the top of the Game Boy, a sliding on- off switch and the slot for the Game Boy cartridges are located.[1. 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.[1. The Game Boy also contains optional input and/or output connectors. On the left side of the system is an external 3.
DC power supply jack that allows users to use an external rechargeable battery pack or AC adapter (sold separately) instead of four AAbatteries.[1. The Game Boy requires 6 VDC of at least 1. A.[1. 6] A 3. 5 mm stereo headphone jack is located on the bottom side of the console which allows users to listen to the audio with the bundled headphones or external speakers.[1. 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.[1.
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 Pok. Г©mon video game series.[1.
Technical specifications[edit]. The Game Boy runs on 4 AA batteries. CPU Custom 8- bit Sharp LR3. MHz. This processor is similar to an Intel 8. Z8. 0 are present.
However, some of the Z8. Still other instructions are unique to this particular flavor of Z8. CPU. The core also contains integrated sound generation. RAM: 8 k. B internal S- RAM (can be extended up to 3. B)Video RAM: 8 k. B internal. ROM: On- CPU- Die 2. Mb, 2 Mb, 4 Mb and 8 Mb cartridges.
Sound: 2 pulse wave generators, 1 PCM 4- bit wave sample (6. Г—6. 4 bank or 2. Г—3. 2 bank) channel, 1 noise generator, and one audio input from the cartridge.[2. The unit only has one speaker, but headphones provide stereo sound (for further information, see Game Boy music)Display: Reflective STN LCD[2.
Г— 1. 44 pixels. Frame Rate: Approx. Game Boy, 6. 1. 1 on a Super Game Boy[2. Vertical Blank Rate: Approx 1. Screen size: 6. 6 mm (2. Color Palette: 2- bit (4 shades of "gray" {light to very dark olive green})Communication: 2 Game Boys can be linked together via built- in serial ports, up to 4 with a DMG- 0. Power: 6 V, 0. 7 W (4 AA batteries provide 1. Dimensions: 9. 0 mm (W) Г— 1.
H) × 3. 2 mm (D) / 3. × 5. 8″ × 1. 3″[2. Launch games[edit]Revisions[edit]Play It Loud![edit]. Play It Loud! Transparent Game Boy, North American Edition.
On January 1, 1. 99. Nintendo released several Game Boy models with colored cases, advertising them in the "Play It Loud!" campaign[2.
Japanese name: Game Boy Bros. Specifications for this unit remain exactly the same as the original Game Boy, including the monochromatic screen. This new line of colored Game Boys would set a precedent for later Nintendo handhelds; every one of them since has been available in more than one color. Play It Loud! units were manufactured in red, green, black, yellow, white, blue, and clear (transparent) and RAINBOW cases.
Most common are the Green, red and yellow. Black, Clear and white are the most rare (clear and black due to popularity). Blue was a Europe and Japan only release, White was a Japanese only, and Transparent Clear was US only. White remains the rarest of all the Play it Loud colors. A rare, limited edition Manchester United Game Boy is red, with the logos of the team emblazoned on it.
It was released simultaneously with the Play it Loud! United Kingdom. The Play It Loud's screens also have a darker border than the normal Game Boy.
Game Boy Pocket[edit]. The 1st release Game Boy Pocket.
The original Game Boy lacked a backlight. Multiple third party addons were made to fix this. In 1. 99. 6, Nintendo released the Game Boy Pocket: a smaller, lighter unit that required fewer batteries. It has space for two AAA batteries, which provides approximately 1. Additionally the unit is also fitted with a 3 volt, 2.
DC jack which can be used to power the system. The Pocket has a smaller link port, which requires an adapter to link with the older Game Boy. The port design is used on all subsequent Game Boy models, excluding the Game Boy Micro.
The screen was changed to a true black- and- white display, rather than the "pea soup" monochromatic display of the original Game Boy. Also, the Game Boy Pocket (GBP) has a larger screen than the Game Boy Color (GBC) that later superseded it. The GBP's screen has a 6. GBC. Although, like its predecessor, the Game Boy Pocket has no backlight to allow play in a darkened area, it did notably improve visibility and pixel response- time (virtually eliminating video ghosting). The first version did not have a power LED.
This was soon added due to public demand, along with new Game Boy Pocket units of different colors (released on April 2. Game Boy line. There were several limited- edition Game Boy Pockets including a metallic Ice Blue unit and a pink model exclusive to Japan.
The Game Boy Pocket was not a new software platform and played the same software as the original Game Boy model. Game Boy Light[edit]The Game Boy Light was released on April 1.
ВҐ6,8. 00[2. 6] and was only available in Japan. The Game Boy Light is only slightly bigger than the Game Boy Pocket and features an electroluminescentbacklight for low- light conditions. It uses 2 AA batteries, which gave it approximately 2. It was available in two standard colors, gold and silver, as well as numerous special editions - an Astro Boy edition with a clear case with an Astro Boy picture on it, an Osamu Tezuka World edition with a clear red case and a picture of his characters, a solid yellow Pok. Г©mon Center Tokyo version, a clear 'skeleton' Famitsu edition which had only 5,0. Pok. Г©mon. Reception[edit]In its first two weeks in Japan, from its release on April 2.
Game Boy's release in the United States on July 3. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color combined have sold 1. Japan, 4. 4. 0. 6 million in the Americas, and 4. By Japanese fiscal year 1.
Game Boy Color's release in late- 1. Game Boy alone had sold 6. At a March 1. 4, 1. San Francisco, Nintendo vice president of marketing Peter Main answered queries about when Nintendo was coming out with a color handheld system by stating that sales of the Game Boy were strong enough that they had decided to hold off on developing a successor handheld for the near future.[2.
In 1. 99. 5, Nintendo of America announced that 4. Game Boy players were female, which was higher than the percentage of female players for both the Nintendo Entertainment System (2.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1. In 2. 00. 9, the Game Boy was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, 2. As of June 6, 2. 01. Game Boy and Game Boy Color games are available on the Virtual Console service on the Nintendo 3. DS's Nintendo e. Shop.[3.
See also[edit]References[edit]^"retrodiary: 1 April – 2. April". Retro Gamer (Bournemouth: Imagine Publishing) (8.
April 2. 01. 1. ISSN 1. OCLC 4. 89. 47. 70. White, Dave (July 1. Gameboy Club". Electronic Gaming Monthly (3): 6.
Happy 2. 0th b- day, Game Boy: here are 6 reasons why you’re #1". Ars Technica. September 7, 2. Consolidated Sales Transition by Region". Nintendo. January 2. Archived from the original(PDF) on February 1. Retrieved February 1.
ELSPA Sales Awards: Platinum". Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Archived from the original on May 1. Retrieved January 1. Umezu; Sugino. Nintendo 3. DS (Volume 3 – Nintendo 3.
DS Hardware Concept)(Transcript). Interview with Satoru Iwata. Iwata Asks. Nintendo.
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