Platform archive · Nintendo
Game Boy
Nintendo’s monochrome handheld favored battery life, durability, and a compact cartridge library. Regional revisions and the Color-compatible transition kept the platform active for more than a decade.
Hardware launch era1989
Physical games942
Documented packages945
Hardware variants8
NintendoLaunch information
The platform’s opening chapter
- Hardware era
- 1989
- Launch region
- Worldwide
- Primary physical format
- Cartridge
- First documented physical release
- April 21, 1989
- Latest documented physical release
- July 1, 2000
- Special editions and variants
- 3
Hardware collector index
Colors, revisions, and special editions
Launch · Worldwide
Off-White
Color · Worldwide
Play It Loud! Deep Black
Color · Worldwide
Play It Loud! Radiant Red
Color · Worldwide
Play It Loud! Vibrant Yellow
Color · Worldwide
Play It Loud! Gorgeous Green
Color · Europe / Japan
Play It Loud! Cool Blue
Color · Japan / Europe
Play It Loud! Traditional White
Color · Worldwide
Play It Loud! High-Tech Transparent
Best-known releases
Platform-defining collector highlights
Complete physical checklist