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{{Console
{{Infobox|console
|name = Nintendo Gameboy
| logo = [[File:Game Boy DMG logo.png|400px]]
|games = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''
| image = [[File:Gameboy.jpg]]
| caption =
| game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''
| release Original model (DMG-001) = {{Region|jp|y=1989|m=4|d=21}}<br/>{{Region|us|y=1989|m=7|d=31}}<br/>{{Region|eu|y=1990|m=9|d=28}}<br/>{{Region|au|y=1990}}
| release Super Game Boy = {{Region|y=1994|m=6|d=}}
| release Game Boy Pocket = {{Region|jp|y=1996|m=7|d=20}}<br/>{{region|na|y=1996|m=9|d=2}}<!--<br/>{{region|eu|y=|m=|d=}}-->
| previous =
| counterpart_header = Home Console Counterpart
| counterpart = [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br/>[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
| next = [[Game Boy Color]]
| related =
}}
}}


The '''Nintendo Gameboy''' was the first handheld video game system developed by [[Nintendo]]. It did not support colour, so most games were in black and white.
The '''Game Boy''' was the first handheld video game system with interchangeable game cartridges developed by [[Nintendo]], a ''de facto'' sequel to the [[Game & Watch]] line. It supported only 2-bit "colour", represented as four shades of green in the original model, and four shades of grey in the upgraded Game Boy Pocket rerelease. The games could also be played on a TV using the Super Game Boy accessory for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], with limited added features and colour in some cases.
 
It was succeeded by the [[Game Boy Color]], a mildly upgraded version; then by the all-new [[Game Boy Advance]].


==Games==
==Games==
There was one [[The Legend of Zelda (Series)|Zelda]] game developed for the gameboy: ''Link's Awakening''.
There was one [[The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''Zelda'']] game developed for the Game Boy: ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''.


===Link's Awakening===
===''Link's Awakening''===
{{Main|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening}}
{{Main|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening}}


{{Cat|Consoles}}
{{Cat|Consoles}}
{{Cat|Handheld Consoles}}
{{Cat|Handheld Consoles}}

Latest revision as of 00:32, January 19, 2025

Game Boy
Game Boy DMG logo.png
Gameboy.jpg

Games

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Home Console Counterpart

Release

Platform

Date

Original model (DMG-001)

Japan April 21, 1989
United States July 31, 1989
Europe September 28, 1990
Australia 1990

Super Game Boy

June 1994

Game Boy Pocket

Japan July 20, 1996
North America September 2, 1996

The Game Boy was the first handheld video game system with interchangeable game cartridges developed by Nintendo, a de facto sequel to the Game & Watch line. It supported only 2-bit "colour", represented as four shades of green in the original model, and four shades of grey in the upgraded Game Boy Pocket rerelease. The games could also be played on a TV using the Super Game Boy accessory for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, with limited added features and colour in some cases.

It was succeeded by the Game Boy Color, a mildly upgraded version; then by the all-new Game Boy Advance.

Games

There was one Zelda game developed for the Game Boy: Link's Awakening.

Link's Awakening

Main article: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening