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The Game Boy Pocket was a smaller, more portable version of the Game Boy, the [[Game Boy Color]], a system that was both portable and in color, the [[Game Boy Advance]] which was more technologically advanced, and had two extra buttons, and the [[Game Boy Advance SP]], which was a smaller [[Game Boy Advance]], but with an adjustable backlit screen. | The Game Boy Pocket was a smaller, more portable version of the Game Boy, the [[Game Boy Color]], a system that was both portable and in color, the [[Game Boy Advance]] which was more technologically advanced, and had two extra buttons, and the [[Game Boy Advance SP]], which was a smaller [[Game Boy Advance]], but with an adjustable backlit screen. | ||
==Zelda Games of the Console== | ==''The Legend of Zelda'' Games of the Console== | ||
The original Game Boy had two Zelda releases: [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]], and | The original Game Boy had two Zelda releases: ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakenong]]'', and ''Link's Awakening DX''; the latter was an expanded version of ''Link's Awakening'' that was actually playable as a standard Game Boy game, but could also be played as a full-color Game Boy Color game instead of keeping the original shades of grey as most games did. However, a special dungeon, the Color Dungeon, could only be played on a Game Boy Color. | ||
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The Game Boy was the first, excluding the Game and Watch line, of battery-powered handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo, and is the third system that allowed a portable Legend of Zelda game, behind the Zelda Game Watch and Zelda Game & Watch. It is one of the world's best-selling game system line, selling over 118 million units worldwide to date since its release 1989[1], and has spawned many successful spin-offs, including the Game Boy Pocket.
Spin offs
The Game Boy Pocket was a smaller, more portable version of the Game Boy, the Game Boy Color, a system that was both portable and in color, the Game Boy Advance which was more technologically advanced, and had two extra buttons, and the Game Boy Advance SP, which was a smaller Game Boy Advance, but with an adjustable backlit screen.
The Legend of Zelda Games of the Console
The original Game Boy had two Zelda releases: Link's Awakenong, and Link's Awakening DX; the latter was an expanded version of Link's Awakening that was actually playable as a standard Game Boy game, but could also be played as a full-color Game Boy Color game instead of keeping the original shades of grey as most games did. However, a special dungeon, the Color Dungeon, could only be played on a Game Boy Color.