Game Boy

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Game Boy ndi konsoledzi ya masewera yomwe  yomwe idapangidwa ndi Nintendo, idatulutsidwa mu msika waku Japan pa April 21, 1989, yotsatira ku North America mu chaka chimodzimodzi ndi m'maiko ena kuyambira mu 1990. Pambuyo pa kupambana kwa Game & Watch handhelds imodzi, Nintendo idapangitsa Game Boy kuti ikhale ngati portable console, yokhala ndi ma cartridge omwe angasinthidwe. Lingaliro ili linakhala losangalatsa kwambiri ndipo Game Boy inakhala cultural icon ya m'zaka za m'ma 1990 ndi zaka zoyambirira za m'ma 2000.
Game Boy idapangidwa ndi gulu la Nintendo Research & Development 1, lidalembedwa ndi Gunpei Yokoi ndi Satoru Okada. Chipangizocho chili ndi dot-matrix display, directional pad, mabatani anayi a masewera, speaker imodzi, ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito ma cartridge a Game Boy Game Pak. Zojambula za gray ziwiri zili ndi mitundu ya buluu komanso magenta oyera akugwira bwino kwambiri pamwamba pa mipanda yachikhalidwe. Pa kutulutsidwa, inatumizidwa ngati chida cholembedwa kapena [Pack-in game] yokhala ndi masewera monga Super Mario Land ndi Tetris.
Ngakhale kuti mawu osiyanasiyana akukankhira ma graphics ake a monochrome komanso kukula kwake kok compared to competitors ngati Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx, ndi NEC TurboExpress, Game Boy inachita bwino kwambiri kuposa iwo onse. Zikafika pa kuchuluka kwa malonda, zikafika pa 118.69 million units za Game Boy ndi wotsatira wake, Game Boy Color (1998), zomwe zakhala zomwe zimachitika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Game Boy inapeza ma redesign angapo pakukula kwake, kuphatikiza Game Boy Pocket (1996) ndi Game Boy Light (1998). Malonda a Game Boy variants anapitilira mpaka mu 2003.

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