Game Boy
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Game Boy Joins Toy Hall of Fame...seat of the family automobile," the Toy Hall of Fame explained in a statement. "Over the past two decades, Game Boy has become synonymous with hand-held gaming fun. Its portability and efficient design, ability to allow simultaneous... In this article: Game Boy, National Toy Hall of Fame, Tetris, Super Mario Land, Mario, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Strong National Museum of Play |
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kottke.org | November 04, 2009
Game Boy emulator in Javascript
...or interesting links, send them along. Game Boy emulator in Javascript Neat. Tetris on the Game Boy is still like a comfy chair after all these years. Runs best in Google Chrome. See also the Javascript Nintendo emulator. By Jason...
In this article: JavaScript, RSS, Liberal arts, Google Chrome, Tetris, and Twitter
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Life123 | October 27, 2009
Who Invented Nintendo?
...system to new heights, and supply could not keep up with the demand. In 1989, the world received the Game Boy, a handheld portable gaming device, along with the game Tetris. More advanced versions of gaming consoles and games appeared over the...
In this article: Nintendo Company, Super Mario Bros., Revenue, Metroid, Radarscope, Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Tetris, and Shigeru Miyamoto
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The Bergen Record | November 06, 2009
Ball finally bounces into immortality
...beach balls, foam-like Nerfs and an old-style leather soccer ball. Game Boy transformed the electronic games market by popularizing handheld gaming. It was the first portable system to allow multiple players simultaneously and...
In this article: New York, Tetris, Nintendo Co., and Tiger Woods
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IGN | October 12, 2009
Gaming with Your Girlfriend
Playing Golden Eye or Mario Kart on the 64, playing Tetris on a friend's Game Boy, or giving Street Fighter a go at the local corner shop - at some point in their lives, most girls have picked up a controller and played a game. This...
In this article: Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Wii Sports, Tetris, SingStar, Nintendo, Wii, and PlayStation 3
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Chicago Sun-Times | June 02, 2009
Tetris celebrates 25th birthday
...young. "Tetris" has its 25th birthday this week. Pierce recalls playing "Tetris" on a Nintendo Game Boy that was on display in a department store when his family couldn't afford the unit. Rothfarv played on his Nintendo until the game...
In this article: Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, Nintendo, Barcade, Moscow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Georgia Tech
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IGN | October 01, 2009
Tetris Review
Trouble is, this is Tetris. Sure, there are a few new variants, but they're variants on the same gameplay I've been playing since my Aunt Dell and Uncle Scott bought me a Game Boy for Christmas oh-so-many years ago. Because this is a Mini,...
In this article: Tetris, Tokyo Game Show, PlayStation Network, Dell, and IGN
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www.scientificamerican.com
Tetris marks 25 years of haunting gamers' dreams
...of spatial relations and quick reflexes. Tetris went on to sell millions of copies, becoming a staple of the original eight-bit Nintendo Entertainment System and its handheld companion, the Game Boy. In the process, the game infiltrated the...
In this article: Tetris, San Francisco Chronicle, Flickr, Nintendo Entertainment System, U.K., and Reuters
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Newsweek Top News | July 16, 2009
25 Years After Tetris, the Russians Are Back
...to North American PCs, floppy by floppy, three years later. In 1989, Nintendo introduced the Game Boy to the world, offering Tetris as the exclusive pack-in game cartridge. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Tetris has sold more than...
In this article: Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, Russia, 505 Games, NPD Group, Microsoft, and United States
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The DSi Virtual Console Wishlist
...an entire generation and still hasn't let many of us go. The decision to make Tetris the pack-in title with the Game Boy's launch 20 years ago single-handedly made the system a winner. And, in doing so, changed the landscape of the entire...
In this article: Nintendo, Donkey Kong, Tetris, Pokemon, Kirby's Dream Land, Wario, Atari, Nintendo DSi, and Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
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The Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America on , and in Europe on . In Southern Asia, it is known as the "Tata Game Boy" It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line. It was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendo's Research and Development 1—the same staff who had designed the Game & Watch series as well as several popular games for the NES.
The Game Boy was Nintendo's second handheld system following the Game & Watch series introduced in , and it combined features from both the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game & Watch. It was also the first handheld game to use video game cartridges since Milton Bradley's Microvision handheld console. It was originally bundled with the puzzle game Tetris.
Despite many other, technologically superior handheld consoles introduced during its lifetime, the Game Boy was a tremendous success. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color combined have sold 118.69 million units worldwide. Upon its release in the United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within weeks.
- Type:
- Handheld game console
- Preceded By:
- Game & Watch
- Media Type:
- Game Boy cartridges.
- Manufacturer:
- Nintendo
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