The Game Boy

The original Game Boy was released on April 21, 1989 in Japan and in August 1989 in the United States with an MSRP of US$100. Based around a Z80 processor, it has a black and green reflective LCD screen, an eight-way directional pad, two action buttons, and Start and Select buttons. It plays games from ROM-based media contained in small plastic detachable units called cartridges (sometimes abbreviated as carts or GamePaks).

The killer game that pushed the Game Boy into the upper reaches of success was Tetris. Tetris was widely popular, and on the handheld format could be played anywhere.

The Game Boy was the brainchild of long-time Nintendo employee Gunpei Yokoi, who knew that, to be successful, the system needed to be small, light, inexpensive, and durable, as well as have a varied, recognizable library of games upon its release.

About our Game boy corner

Four Gameboys are available to the visitors, along with the cabling for multiplayer games and 10 legendary games. Although the console is more than 15 years old, it can still offer the same unique gameplay and addictability. The new consoles have nothing on Gameboy�.