Game Boy
Nintendo's 1989 handheld, sold in North America and Europe with Tetris.
The Game Boy is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Nintendo, released in Japan on April 21, 1989 and in North America on July 31, 1989. Designed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 under Gunpei Yokoi and Satoru Okada, it was Nintendo's first handheld to use ROM cartridges. Its version of Tetris was bundled with the console in North America and Europe and was the first game compatible with the Game Link Cable.
Quick Facts
- Also known as
- DMG-01; Mini Comboy (KR)
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Generation
- Fourth
- Discontinued
- March 31, 2003
- Units sold
- 118.69 million (including all variants and Game Boy Color)
- Media
- Game Boy Game Pak
- System on chip
- Original: Nintendo DMG-CPU (Sharp LR35902), Pocket/Light: Nintendo CPU MGB
More in Development & Legacy
Elsewhere in Tetris
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced
Comments
Loading…