The Game Boy (Japanese: ゲームボーイ) is an 8-bit h
andheld
game console which was developed
and manufactu
red by Nintendo
and first released in
the 100th anniversary of Nintendo in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America on July 31, 1989
and in Europe on September 28, 1990. It is
the first h
andheld console in
the Game Boy line
and was created
and published by Satoru Okada
and Nintendo Research & Development 1.[9] This same team, led by Gunpei Yokoi at
the time, is c
redited with designing
the Game & Watch series as well as several popular
games
for the Nintendo Entertainment System.[10] Redesigned versions were released in 1996
and 1998 in
the form of Game Boy Pocket
and Game Boy Light (Japan only), respectively. The Game Boy is Nintendo's first h
andheld
game console
and it combined features from both
the Nintendo Entertainment System
and Game & Watch.[10] It was sold ei
ther as a st
andalone unit or bundled with
the puzzle
game Tetris. During its early life
time,
the Game Boy mainly competed with Sega's Game Gear, Atari's Lynx,
and NEC's TurboExpress. The Game Boy outsold its rivals
and became a significant success.[11] The Game Boy
and its successor,
the Game Boy Color,[8] have sold over 118 million units worldwide.[5] Upon
the Game Boy's release in
the United States, its entire shipment of one million units was sold within a few weeks.[12] Production of
the Game Boy
and Game Boy Color were discontinued in
the early 2000s, being replaced by
the subsequent Game Boy Advance, released in 2001
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