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The Game Boy is the first handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The Game Boy was released in 1989 in Japan and North America, and in 1990 in Europe. The Game Boy was the first successful handheld console, and was the predecessor of all other iterations of the Game Boy line. The Game Boy’s original release was in black and white, It wasn’t until 1998 that Nintendo would release the Game Boy color.

Tech Specs (taken from Wiki):

CPU

Custom 8-bit Sharp Z80 at 4.194304 MHz (has a slightly different instruction set than a standard Z80, and integrated sound generation)

RAM

8 kByte internal S-RAM

Video RAM

8 kByte internal

ROM

256 kbit, 512 kbit, 1 Mbit, 2 Mbit and 4 Mbit and 8 Mbit cartridges

Sound

2 Square Waves, 1 Triangle Wave, 1 White Noise. The unit only has one speaker, but headphones provide stereo sound

Display

Reflective LCD 160 × 144 pixels

Screen Size

66 mm (2.6 in) diagonal

Color Palette

4 shades of “gray” (green to (very) dark blue)

Communication

Up to 16 Game Boys can be linked together via serial ports

Power

6 V, 0.7 W (4 AA batteries provide ~35 hours)

Dimensions

90mm(W) × 148mm(H) × 32mm(D)/3.5 × 5.8 × 1.3 (inch)

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