Pok\u00e9mon series; Red, Green and Blue. Green, due to poor image quality, wasn\u2019t available outside Japan.\nThe Game Boy Light, a Japanese-only release, had a built-in backlit screen allowing people to play in low light conditions, an insane concept for those used to the original, that needed the add-on clip light when it got even slightly dark.\n
Game Boy sold an external camera and printer for their handheld, the camera took low res images of the user and in turn, Game Boy may actually be responsible for the world of the selfie.\n
The original Game Boy was over twice as fast as the NES with both having 8-bit CPU\u2019s and, with the NES\u2019 2kb and the Game Boy\u2019s 8kb, it had four times the RAM.\n
The Game Boy is the “chiptune” artist\u2019s instrument of choice; these are musicians who use vintage game hardware to make electronic music. With special sequencer cartridges, artists can get the device to make a range of weird sounds.\n
Game Boy Color\u2019s Kirby Tilt \u2018n\u2019 Tumble game had a built-in accelerometer in the cartridge which recognized when a player moved the hand held itself; this was then used to direct Kirby in game.\nNeil Young used the previously mentioned Game Boy camera to produce his Silver and Gold album art work, the photo was taken by his daughter Amber.\n
The handy boy was a weird accessory for the Game Boy which included a magnifier, stereo speakers and light, when constructed it looked more like a spaceship than a games console.\n
The pure sales figures of the games and console alike show the popularity of the Game Boy, whatever your thoughts on the device are, you have to admire the undeniably simple and yet addictive nature of the games.\n
The amount of cult classics started on the Game Boy are far reaching and some, including Pok\u00e9mon, are still going strong today.\n
The Game Boy even seemed to make its way into popular culture, so not only was it a gamer\u2019s dream it seemed to be the chosen method for one of the most popular singer-songwriters album art and somehow became an instrument.\n
There is, as per all retro consoles, such a strong following for the handheld and if something can survive a bombing it has to be shown a certain level of respect.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So many journeys as a child were filled by the seemly never ending onslaught of the Game Boy\u2019s heavy-hitters including Pok\u00e9mon & Zelda. The simplicity, the games, and easy controls made the Game Boy one of the most popular handhelds in the world. Here are 15 facts about this gaming icon.\n","protected":false},"author":10000002,"featured_media":9276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"8165,221529,6606,225897","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"category":[9,20],"tags":[94,1150,85],"topics":[1153,179],"class_list":["post-8879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-toys","category-technology","tag-lists","tag-hardware-gadgets-devices","tag-video-games","topics-game-consoles","topics-nintendo","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"acf":{"tfs_sources":[{"url":"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2008\/03\/gameboy-survives-bombing-still.php","title":"Geek Ologie\u00a0- Gameboy Survives Bombing","no_follow":false},{"url":"http:\/\/thetechreader.com\/games\/26-facts-about-the-original-game-boy-that-you-never-knew-game-boys-26th-anniversary\/","title":"TheTechReader.com","no_follow":false}]},"yoast_head":"
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