The Game Boy was a huge hit worldwide, since its launch in Japan it has sold over 100 million units worldwide. It allowed people to play their favourite Nintendo games while they were out and about. Pokemon, Super Mario and Tetris were some of the best selling Game Boy titles.
The Game Boy originally came in only grey style casing but in the early 1990’s Nintendo released it in a wide variety of colours including a clear see through casing.
The Game Boy’s Game Library contains over 450 games including many classics like Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong and Pokemon. The Game Boy allowed gamers to play their favourite games wherever they where whenever they wanted.
The Game Boy Printer allows you to Print off photos from a Game Boy Camera or in game content like Pokedex entries from the Pokemon Games.
This is the paper you print onto with the Game Boy Printer, the paper is basically just a roll of blank sticky paper so you can stick your print outs somewhere.
The Game Boy Camera turns your Game Boy into a Camera. You can add stamps and effects to your pictures then print them out via the Game Boy Printer.
The Game Link Cable allows for multiplayer games between two or more Game Boys.
CPU – Custom 8-bit CMOS, 2.2 MHz clock Speed
Memory – 64 K-bit static RAM
Screen - STN type dot matrix LCD, 160 x 144 pixels, 4 shades of grey
Size – 90mm x 148mm x 32mm
Weight – Approximately 300 grams including batteries
Power – 4x AA Batteries
Battery Life – Approximately 15 hours
Sound – 4-channel FM stereo, Output: Speaker (10mW) Headphones (2mW)