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1998Game Boy Light console familyConsole family

Nintendo · Console family

Game Boy Light

A Japan-only Game Boy Pocket variant added the family’s first electroluminescent backlight.

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

Released shortly before Game Boy Color, Game Boy Light paired a larger shell with a switchable blue-green illuminated screen. Its short production run made it a collector favorite.

Released
1998 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Game Boy revision
Format / type
Cartridge
Region
Japan
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Game Boy Light is a Nintendo hardware family documented for Japan, with a release recorded as 1998 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Game Boy revision hardware using Cartridge. PLAYBACK connects 4 documented hardware variants to this family, including Gold, Silver, Famitsu Skeleton, Astro Boy Clear.

Research status
Structured source record
01

Release context

The documented release is 1998 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Japan on Game Boy revision. 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 Japan. 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.

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Editions and revisions

4 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Gold, Silver, Famitsu Skeleton, Astro Boy Clear.

Research sources

  1. commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗