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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: **Official Game Boy Appreciation Thread** (20th anniversary)
This thread isNOTabout the Ds. The DS is not part of the Game Boy line.
I made this thread because July 31 which is coming up will be the 20th Anniversary of the Game Boy which for me and a lot of people was a big part of there childhood. So this is to honor and give appreciation to the Best Handheld, you know what Console hands down.
The Game Boy (ゲームボーイ Gēmu Bōi?) line is a line of battery-powered handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo. It is one of the world's best-selling game system lines with a combined 200+ million units sold worldwide.[1][2]
The original Game Boy and Game Boy Color combined[3] sold 118.69 million units worldwide.[1] As of March 31, 2009, all versions of the Game Boy Advance combined have sold 81.47 million units.[1]
The Game Boy (ゲームボーイ Gēmu Bōi?) is an 8-bit handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America on July 31, 1989, and in Europe on September 28, 1990. In Southern Asia, it is known as the "Tata Game Boy"[1][vague][2] 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.[3]
The Game Boy was Nintendo's second handheld system following the Game & Watch series introduced in 1980, and it combined features from both the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game & Watch.[3] 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.[4]
Game Boy Pocket
In 1996 Nintendo released the Game Boy Pocket: a smaller, lighter unit that requires fewer batteries. It has space for two AAA batteries, which provide about 10 hours of game play. The Pocket has a smaller link port, which requires an adapter to link with the older Game Boy. The port design is used on all subsequent Game Boy models, excluding the Game Boy Micro. The screen was changed to a true black-and-white display, rather than the "pea soup" monochromatic display of the original Game Boy. The first version did not have an LED to show battery levels. This was soon added due to public demand, along with new Game Boy Pocket units of different colors, some of them new to the Game Boy line. There were several limited-edition Game Boy Pockets including a metallic Ice Blue unit and a pink model exclusive to Japan. The Game Boy Pocket was not a new software platform however and played the same software as the original Game Boy model.
Game Boy Advance
In Japan, on March 21, 2001, Nintendo released a significant upgrade to the Game Boy line. The Game Boy Advance (also referred to as GBA) featured a 32 bit 16.8 MHz ARM. It included a Z80 processor for backward compatibility to Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, and had a larger, higher resolution screen. Controls were slightly modified with the addition of "L" and "R" shoulder buttons. The system was technically likened to the SNES and showed its power with successful ports of SNES titles such as Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. There were also new titles in popular SNES series, such as Mario Kart Super Circuit and F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, and a variety of original titles. A widely-criticized drawback of the Game Boy Advance is that the screen is not backlit, making viewing difficult in some conditions. The Game Paks for the GBA are roughly half the length of original Game Boy cartridges, and so older Game Paks would stick out of the top of the unit. When playing older games, the GBA provides the option to play the game at the standard equal square resolution of the original screen or the option to stretch it over the wider GBA screen.
Game Boy Advance SP
First released in Japan February 14, 2003, the Game Boy Advance SP — Nintendo model AGS-001 — resolved several problems with the original Game Boy Advance model. It featured a new smaller clamshell design with a flip-up screen, a switchable internal frontlight, a rechargeable battery, and the omission of the headphone jack, which requires a special adapter to be purchased separately. In some regions owners of the original Game Boy Advance received a special limited offer to trade their old models into Nintendo and merely pay the difference on the Advance SP.[citation needed] In mid September 2005, Nintendo released a significantly improved SP model, unofficially dubbed the "Mark II" or GBA SP +, in North America, and officially Nintendo model number AGS-101, that featured a high quality backlit screen instead of a frontlit, similar to the Game Boy Micro screen but larger.
Game Boy Micro
The third form of Game Boy Advance system, the Game Boy Micro is four inches wide (10 cm), two inches tall (5 cm), and weighs 2.8 ounces (80g). By far the smallest Game Boy created, it is approximately the same dimensions as an original NES controller pad. Its screen is approximately 2/3 the size of the SP and GBA screens while maintaining the same resolution (240×160 pixels) but is now a higher quality (than original SP, not improved SP) backlit display with adjustable brightness. In the United States and Canada, except for the 20th Anniversary Limited Edition Game Boy Micro (pictured on the left), included with the system are two additional faceplates which can be swapped to give the system a new look; Nintendo of America sells additional faceplates on its online store. In Europe, the Game Boy Micro comes with a single faceplate. The Game Boy Micro is unable to play any original Game Boy or Game Boy Color games, only playing Game Boy Advance titles (with the exception of the nintendo e-Reader, discontinued in America, but still available in Japan).
Discuss. Share memories. Which Game Boys you owned. How much you loved. _________________ Do you want to buy that Sneaker/Shirt/Pants/Hat but cant physically go and get it yourself?
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I remember going crazy for the gameboy color once I saw that commercial _________________ Your Size 8 Freddy Kruger SB dunks OR Tiffany dunks (DS OR VNDS) For: Ps3 bundle (320 GB HDD and shit load of games!) & Brand new t-mobile blackberry 8900! (Get a great deal! I no longer need this stuff! kicks for electronics!)
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject:
Maddgikman wrote:
i never had one of those growing up
Then you had no childhood. _________________ Do you want to buy that Sneaker/Shirt/Pants/Hat but cant physically go and get it yourself?
Im available to do pickups from any store in the N.Y.C. area. For Anyone. Anytime.
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I've had all the gameboys - the original brings up many good memories. _________________ FOR SALE: HYPERIZE, NOKIA N97, AND MORE. 09 Denver Melo for MVP Nuggets 10
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject:
Seattle Advocate wrote:
Does anyone know what the MSRP of the GBA was?
When it first came out? $149.99 _________________ Do you want to buy that Sneaker/Shirt/Pants/Hat but cant physically go and get it yourself?
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:29 am Post subject:
The only one I didn't have is the micro and the og one, I still played the og ones just didn't have them. _________________ Get Cash for your electronics
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