{"id":324,"date":"2021-04-03T19:44:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T18:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=324"},"modified":"2024-10-02T18:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:10:44","slug":"nintendo-game-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Game Boy: The Handheld That Defined Portable Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nintendo Game Boy revolutionized the handheld gaming market, providing a portable gaming experience unlike anything before it. With an iconic library of games like <em>Tetris<\/em>, <em>Super Mario Land<\/em>, and <em>Pok\u00e9mon Red &amp; Blue<\/em>, the Game Boy became a household name and solidified Nintendo&#8217;s dominance in the portable gaming world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being technologically inferior to it&#8217;s competitors (Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx) it received praise for it&#8217;s battery life and durability and outsold it&#8217;s competition, selling one million units in the USA in a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hardware Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Processor<\/strong>: Custom Sharp LR35902 (similar to Z80) running at 4.19 MHz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graphics<\/strong>: 2.45-inch STN LCD display with a resolution of 160&#215;144 pixels, 4 shades of gray-green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memory<\/strong>: 8 KB of RAM, 8 KB of VRAM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storage<\/strong>: Cartridge-based games (up to 8 MB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audio<\/strong>: 4-channel stereo sound<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Power Supply<\/strong>: 4 AA batteries (providing 10-15 hours of gameplay)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connectivity<\/strong>: Link cable support for multiplayer gaming<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dimensions<\/strong>: 90 mm x 148 mm x 32 mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original Release Date:<\/strong> 21st April 1989 (28th Sept 1990 in UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discontinued:<\/strong> 23rd March 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (New in 1990):<\/strong> \u00a369.99<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (In 2024 Price):<\/strong> \u00a3160<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modifications I have performed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for computer \u00a350.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for repairs and upgrades \u00a30.00<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nintendo Game Boy revolutionized the handheld gaming market, providing a portable gaming experience unlike anything before it. With an iconic library of games like Tetris, Super Mario Land, and Pok\u00e9mon Red &amp; Blue, the Game Boy became a household name and solidified Nintendo&#8217;s dominance in the portable gaming world. Despite being technologically inferior to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1990s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1083,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions\/1083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}