Nintendo Game BoyNintendo GameBoy Pocket

Game Boy Specs

CPU

 Z80 8-Bit CMOS

Clock speed

 4.19 MHz

RAM

 8 Kb

Power source

 4 AA batteries

Battery life

 Approx 12 hours

Screen

 STN dot matrix LCD

Weight

 394g¹
148g²

Resolution

 160 x 144 pixels
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Top Games
Tetris (series)
Pokémon
Super Mario Brothers (series)
Madden 2001 Football
Pac-man Special Edition

Nintendo Game Boy [1989] Rating: 5/5

Nintendo Game Boy Pocket [1996] Rating: 4.5/5

The Game Boy was the world's best selling video games system and was the biggest breakthrough made by a hand-held console. It had surpassed efforts made by the Sony Game Gear, NeoGeo Pocket, and Turbo Express and has been the standard ever since.

The Game Boy came with an LCD screen that could only produce four colours. Because of this problem Nintendo came out with a more advanced screen in the GameBoy Color.

Additional accessories include: AC Adapter, Link cable, Game Boy Camera (external & inserted), and GameBoy printer.


VERDICT
The good thing about this console is that it has lasted for so long - since 1989, along with its colour version until the early 21st century. It was only really being phased out due to the release of the Game Boy Advance. Its success is shown when the original games, such as Mario and Tetris still exist in its latest consoles, albeit with a slight revamp, but mainly still in the same format.
Current Nintendo
WiiRating: 4.5/5
Nintendo 3DSRating: 0/5
Nintendo DSRating: 4.5/5
Retro Nintendo
Game BoyRating: 5/5
Game Boy AdvanceRating: 4.5/5
Game Boy Advance SPRating: 4/5
Game Boy ColorRating: 4/5
Game Boy MicroRating: 3/5
GameCubeRating: 4.5/5
N64Rating: 4/5
NESRating: 4/5
SNESRating: 5/5
Virtual BoyRating: 1/5