Game Boy
The Game Boy is a handheld console. It was Nintendo's first game console in the Game Boy range. It was their first portable console to use game cartridges, so it could play more than one game, and you could take it anywhere. Since 1989 the range has grown to include not only the original, but also many other consoles such as Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP and Game Boy Micro. All of these (except the Game Boy Micro) can play Game Boy games as well.
The Game Boy has a green screen that can show four shades of grey or dark green. Like the NES, it has four buttons and a cross-shaped direction all control. The console has a single speaker, but can be used with stereo headphones. As many as four Game Boys can be connected together with special wires for games with more than one player.
The idea for the Game Boy came from Gumpei Yokoi, who also made many other Nintendo video game consoles.
Nintendo made Game & Watch games before the Game Boy and later the Nintendo DS after the Game Boy.
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- Super Mario Land
- Tetris (Which was included with the Game Boy)
- Alleyway
- Baseball
- Tennis
