The display screen was also changed to black and white instead of the original’s greenish dot matrix screen, and it reduced motion blurring and other frustrations that came with the lower-quality screen. The Game Boy Pocket had a slimmer size than the original, since it was meant to, well, be put in your pocket. Game Boy PocketĬoolest version: Emerald Green, which didn’t really look green at all, but had a sick color combination that looked unlike any other Game Boy out there.
BLACK AND WHITE GAME BOY SERIES
It may be the most primitive of the series by today’s standards, but it was a major deal at the time, and a great lead-in to the rest of the series. It didn’t keep parents from telling you to stop staring at it for so long, but at least you could make the pixels out a bit better, and that’s all that really mattered.ĭespite this, the Game Boy is still very likable three decades later. It was hard to see, especially outside, and users had to deal with it by tacking on “worm lights” and magnifying glasses to make some sort of Frankenstein-like gaming creation. The one big downfall of the Game Boy, though, was its lack of backlight, which was an issue throughout the entire history of the handheld up until the Game Boy Advance SP and Game Boy Micro. We’re still using cartridges (albeit much smaller) but the Game Boy sure did pave the way. Even as a kid, I knew that when I plunked its cerulean cartridge into the Game Boy, that was the future of gaming – and look where we are now with the Nintendo Switch, years later. I can still remember plucking that Toys “R” Us product card from its pouch and walking it to the front of the store with Mom to retrieve my brand new copy of Pokémon Blue and feeling like a million bucks. There were so many greats on this version: Pokémon Red and Blue, Mario, Kirby, and Zelda, just to name a few. Though it didn’t feature the same color graphics or form factor as its competition from Sega, Atari, or NEC, it ultimately ended up outselling them and winning over players with its wide selection of games, better battery life, and durability, according to AtariAge. This bad boy - the original Game Boy - was a game-changer when it first debuted nearly 30 years ago.
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