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1989Game Boy console familyConsole family

Nintendo · Console family

Game Boy

Modest hardware, exceptional battery life, and Tetris made portable play a global habit.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Gunpei Yokoi’s team prioritized durability, price, and battery life over color graphics. The decision paid off: Game Boy survived stronger competitors and grew into one of gaming’s most enduring families.

Released
1989 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Fourth generation handheld
Format / type
Cartridge
Region
Worldwide
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Game Boy is a Nintendo hardware family documented for Worldwide, with a release recorded as 1989 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Fourth generation handheld hardware using Cartridge. PLAYBACK connects 8 documented hardware variants to this family, including Off-White, Play It Loud! Deep Black, Play It Loud! Radiant Red, Play It Loud! Vibrant Yellow, Play It Loud! Gorgeous Green, 3 more.

Research status
Structured source record
01

Release context

The documented release is 1989 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Worldwide on Fourth generation handheld. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

02

Regional differences

This record is scoped to Worldwide. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Cartridge. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

04

Editions and revisions

8 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Off-White, Play It Loud! Deep Black, Play It Loud! Radiant Red, Play It Loud! Vibrant Yellow, Play It Loud! Gorgeous Green, Play It Loud! Cool Blue, Play It Loud! Traditional White, Play It Loud! High-Tech Transparent.

Research sources

  1. commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗