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    Game Boy

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    | media Game Boy unitssold Worldwide: 118.69 million, including [[Game Boy Color units
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    The is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America on , and in Europe on . In Southern Asia, it is known as the "Tata Game Boy""chronology">"NYTVGP"> It is the first handheld console in the Game Boy line. It was created by Gunpei Yokoi and Nintendos Research and Development 1—the same staff who had designed the Game & Watch series as well as several popular games for the NES."allgame">

    The Game Boy was Nintendos second handheld system following the Game & Watch series introduced in , and it combined features from both the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game & Watch."allgame" /> It was also the first handheld game to use video game cartridges since Milton Bradley Companys Microvision handheld console. It was originally bundled with the puzzle game Tetris.

    Despite many other, technologically superior handheld consoles introduced during its lifetime, the Game Boy was a tremendous success. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color combined have sold 118.69 million units worldwide. Upon its release in the United States, it sold its entire shipment of one million units within weeks.Kent 2001, p. 416. "According to an article in Time magazine, the one million Game Boys sent to the United States in 1989 met only half the demand for the product. That allotment sold out in a matter of weeks."

    Features

    The Game Boy has four operation buttons labeled "A", "B", "SELECT", and "START", as well as a directional pad.Owners Manual, p. 5. "(12) Operation buttons — The controls for playing games. (See game manuals for button functions.)" There is a volume control dial on the right side of the console and a s read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game+Boy

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