How old is the original gameboy

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. View manifest View in Mirador. Description The Nintendo Game Boy was released in Both had superior color LCD displays but both also suffered from short battery life and limited game availability. Nintendo shipped over million units of the Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color around the world. As with the NES, game software was stored on removable cartridges, allowing users to switch games at whim.

With the Game Boy Colour not only having a link cable connector, but also an infrared sensor too for more connectivity, it was the perfect system for that series of games. It was faster, sleeker and, and had a larger, higher resolution screen. Left and right shoulder buttons were added and a library of old SNES games were remastered and ported onto the Advance system.

However, one of the drawbacks of the system was that it was not backlit, so it was still hard to play in some conditions, but that would soon change. Between and , the Game Boy Advance SP came along with its smaller clamshell design, front lit display, and a rechargeable battery. No longer were you stealing batteries from the TV remote or plugging into the walls on a bulky adapter that was more of a weapon than a plug.

There was no headphone jack though, so you either played in silence or blasted those tunes loud and proud. Later, in , Nintendo gave the SP a higher quality backlit screen upgrade rather than the previous SP front-lit screen. It's still sought after by collectors to this day. Scott has been writing for Screen Rant since and regularly contributes to The Gamer. It turned out that wasting a childhood playing video games, reading comic books, and watching movies could be used for finding employment, regardless of what any career advisor might tell you.

Scott now writes game reviews for Screen Rant and The Gamer, as well as news reports, opinion pieces, and game guides. He can be contacted on LinkedIn. By Scott Baird Published Apr 21,