Looking back on the Game Boy’s impact 30 years later
WEBApr 21, 2019 · The Nintendo Game Boy hit stores across Tokyo on April 21st, 1989, as a portable electronic device following in the footsteps of the Game & Watch.
Thirty Years Ago, Game Boy Changed the Way ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBJul 29, 2019 · When Nintendo’s handheld unit exploded on the U.S. market on July 31, 1989, it unleashed the power of video games in a transportive way. Now, players could take their games anywhere and play...
25 years of the Game Boy: A timeline of the systems, accessories, …
WEBApr 21, 2014 · The original Game Boy was the brainchild of Nintendo’s Gunpei Yokoi, who had previously produced the innovative Metroid action-platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Game Boy...
Game Boy - Wikipedia
WEBThe Game Boy is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo, launched in the Japanese home market on April 21, 1989, followed by North America and Europe later that year. Following the success of the Game & Watch single-game handhelds, Nintendo developed the Game Boy to be more like a portable …
Game Boy Turns 30: Remembering Nintendo's Famous Handheld
WEBApr 20, 2019 · This coincided with the mid-life of the monochrome Game Boy console, and in 1995, Nintendo introduced a line of Game Boys with the same specs as the original 1989 model but produced with...
IGN Presents the History of Game Boy
WEBJul 27, 2009 · Gunpei Yokoi saw it differently. The engineer had helped to guide Nintendo into both the toy and arcade markets, and in 1980, he found a way to bring the two together. It wasn't the Microvision...
35 years later, the Game Boy still shapes how we play games
WEBJul 31, 2024 · A market has popped up for handhelds that look and feel like the Game Boy and can play original Game Boy games. The Analogue Pocket and Miyoo Mini are some notable examples of this.
33 years ago, one Nintendo innovation changed how we game …
WEBAug 2, 2022 · The Game Boy became an iconic piece of gaming culture and solidified Nintendo as the king of handheld gaming. The imitation game The Steam Deck brings the power of PC gaming to handhelds.
The Complete Gameboy History and Timeline - Altered Gamer
WEBJul 20, 2011 · Though it was not projected to be a huge success, the original Game Boy was the start of the Game Boy dynasty. Game Boy history starts with the original 8-bit device with only five buttons to complete many diverse functions on hundreds of games.
Nintendo Game Boy at 30: As fun as it ever was - Engadget
WEBApr 21, 2019 · Released only in Japan in 1998, the Light fit somewhere between the original Game Boy and the Pocket in size, but had one thing no other Game Boy had: an electroluminescent display. It...