Game Boy

The Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld video game console, first released in Japan in April 1989. It was later released in North America in September 1989 and then in Europe in September 1990. It is Nintendo's first handheld with switchable games. The Game Boy is also one of the first portable consoles to use game cartridges, meaning the games are interchangeable. The Game Boy family eventually expanded to include the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, and Game Boy Micro. The Game Boy was discontinued on 23 March 2003.

The Game Boy has a green screen that displays four shades of dark green (gray for the Game Boy Pocket). Like the NES, the Game Boy has two face buttons, start and select, and a cross-shaped direction pad. The console has a single speaker, and it can be used with stereo headphones. As many as four Game Boys can be connected together with the Game Boy Link Cable.

The Game Boy was invented by Gunpei Yokoi, who was also responsible for creating the unsuccessful Virtual Boy and the successful Game & Watch games.

Recently, the Game Boy was compared to all Nintendo handhelds and systems released between 1989 and 2016 to see how long each one's battery life lasted, and the Game Boy beat all the other systems with 30 hours of battery life. The Game Boy provided the most game play at its time and currently still does.

Best-selling games
 Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow
 Tetris (included with the Game Boy)
 Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal
 Super Mario Land
 Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
 Dr. Mario
 Pokémon Pinball
 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
 Kirby's Dream Land
 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
 Donkey Kong Land
 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
 Pokémon Trading Card Game
 F1 Race
 Yoshi
 Donkey Kong
 Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi
 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelists
 Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories

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